
** LIMITED OFFER **
The School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology (SOEST) is offering a limited number of application fee waivers for those applying to the Sustainable Fisheries graduate program in Fall 2027. If interested, please complete the Request for Fisheries Application Fee Waiver form prior to the Graduate Admissions application being submitted and before November 15 (11:59pm HST) for consideration.
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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
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