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The Sustainable Fisheries Graduate Program is a joint, transdisciplinary program in the School of Ocean, Earth Sciences and Technology (SOEST), College of Natural Sciences (CNS), College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR), Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge (HSHK), College of Social Sciences (CSS), and the College of Arts, Languages and Letters (CALL).
This graduate program will train the next generation of fisheries scientists and marine resource managers in the U.S. Pacific region handling some of the U.S.’s most economically and culturally valuable fisheries. By creating a nexus of tropical fisheries study, the fisheries faculty and graduate program will promote collaborative efforts between UH, local resource managers, and experts from other nations around the Pacific rim to achieve sustainable solutions for island-scale to multinational fisheries.

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Our Program offers the following degrees and certificate in Sustainable Fisheries:
Gain expertise in the field of fisheries to qualify for exceptional careers as a:
- Fisheries scientist
- Fisheries management professional
- Manager of nonprofit organizations for fisheries management
- Policy leader of ecosystem-based fisheries
Visit Hawaii’s Employment and Wage Statistics (2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Fisheries course (PACS 655) will be offered online in Summer 2026
- Fellowships for seven fisheries grad students highlights community support
- Fisheries faculty awarded 2026 Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching
- Sustainability and Resilience Seminar by Fisheries faculty, Ron Vave
- Conservation Program Management Intensive course in Summer 2026