The deadline to submit applications for the US Pacific Territories Capacity-Building Scholarships has been extended to March 15.
The scholarship pays for college expenses to complete a fishery science related undergraduate or graduate degree at universities in Guam and Hawaii.
Applicants must have completed or be in the process of completing their sophomore year in college and be a US citizen or national with strong ties to American Samoa, Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
A scholarship recipient from American Samoa is Faasalafa Kitiona (right) now employed at the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources under Director Henry Sesapasara (left).
For more information and a complete scholarship application contact the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council at (808) 522-5341 or at info.wpcouncil@noaa.gov
