Career Opportunities in Marine Sectors (COMS)

The Career Opportunities in Marine Sectors (COMS) Symposium offers a series of dynamic presentations about the world’s oceans as well as discussion of Career Opportunities in Marine Sectors including Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and the Arts.

This year’s Presentations Included:

 Margaret Malkoski – National Fisheries Institute – Seafood Industry

Terrence Tysall – Military/Technical Diving – NAUI

 Mark Dixon – Marine Science – NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Milford Lab

Tad Masek – Ocean Engineer – Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

 Lauren Romeiro – Shark Biologist and Filmmaker

2022 Presentations Include:

Amy Giannotti – Marine Ecologist – Schoolyard Films

Jennifer Sellitti and Joe Mazraani– Maritime History/Shipwreck Divers, D/V Tenacious – Criminal Defense Attorneys

Ted Maney – Marine Ecologist, Scientific Diving, Aquaculture – Salem State University

Amy Malkoski – Naturalist and Expedition Diver – Lindblad Expeditions

Dave Morton – Marine Acoustical Engineer – Ocean Acoustical Services and Instrumentation Systems (OASIS)

 2021 Presentations are available for viewing on YouTube

Welcome and Introduction – Ted Maney

Rick Simon – Commercial and Technical Diving, Equipment Manufacturer

Holly Bourbon – National Aquarium – Aquarium Diving, Exhibits Curator

Paul Cater Deaton – Writer, Producer, Director, and Cinematographer

Bruce Strickrott | DSV ALVIN Manager & Chief Submersible Pilot Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Faith Ortins – Ecotourism – BlueGreen Expeditions