Country Officer - Costa Rica

Global Fishing Watch

2 months ago

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About this role

The Country Officer for Global Fishing Watch will support delivery of national and regional priorities across the Eastern Tropical Pacific, working to advance transparency and make marine data actionable. The role is focused on coordinating national partnerships and regional activities across Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama while collaborating with a distributed international team. This is a fixed-term, remote role based in Costa Rica and contributes to the organisation’s mission of improving ocean governance through publicly accessible data and tools.

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Qualifications

University Degree in Marine Sciences, Fisheries, International Affairs, or Law

About Global Fishing Watch

globalfishingwatch.org

Global Fishing Watch is a nonprofit organization that advances a sustainable ocean by increasing transparency of global fishing activity through public map visualizations, open data, and analysis. Using satellite AIS, remote sensing and machine-learning methods, it produces interactive maps, datasets and research tools that help scientists, journalists, governments and NGOs monitor fishing, detect illegal activity, and inform policy. Its open-platform approach supports enforcement, scientific study and improved ocean management. Global Fishing Watch works through partnerships with technology companies, conservation groups and research institutions to scale maritime monitoring and accountability.