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Montevecchi: "Open Letter to Seabird Biologists in the Falkland Islands"

November, 2017

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Montevecchi: "Musgrave Harbour Outreach"

October, 2017

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VOCM News: "Millions of Seabirds Vanishing Raises red Flags on Offshore Oil: Biologist"

October 18, 2017

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CBC News: "Researchers Call for Offshore Oil Action as Newfoundland Seabirds Vanish"

October 17, 2017

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VOCM Nightline: "Gillnets, Ghost Nets and Sustainable Fishing Practices"

October 5, 2017

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MUN Gazette: "Ocean Messengers"

September 28, 2017

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VOCM News: "Vessel Breached Buffer Zone of Ecological reserve: Montevecchi"

August 28, 2017

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CBC News: "Biologist Slams US Vessel For Running Aground in Witless Bay Reserve"

August 27, 2017

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Northeast Avalon Times: 'The Disappearance of Millions of Newfoundland Seabirds"

August, 2017

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VOCM News: "Coastal Wildlife and Oil Industry an Imbalanced Equation: Montevecchi"

July 17, 2017

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CBC News: "Offshore petroleum board not fit for environmental regulation, scientist says."

July 11, 2017

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The Telegram - Letter: "Oil companies and the CNLOPB - A scandalous relationship."

July 10, 2017

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CBC News: "We're doing something wrong: Environmentalist questions central Newfoundland scrap yard."

June 17, 2017

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Letter to Minister Catherine McKenna
January 30, 2017

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The New York Times - "Hunting 'Turr' in Newfoundland's Frigid Waters"
December 4, 2016

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CBC Radio: The Broadcast - "Are You Ready If a Ship Starts Leaking Oil on Your Coastline?"

December 1, 2016

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MUN Gazette - "Faculty serving in voluntary capacity to establish N.L. nature reserves"

November 29, 2016

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VOCM News - "Your Birdfeeder Could be Killing Songbirds"

August 17, 2016

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CBC Radio - The Broadcast Interview -"Rethinking the Capelin Fishery and Best Practices"

August 2, 2016

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Partners in Research Science Ambassador Award 2016 - Acceptance Speech

May 3, 2016

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CBC News - "Scientist scolds 'wasteful' hunters after seabirds dumped in C.B.S"

March 21, 2016

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The Telegram - "Salmonier River Controversy Can be Resolved"

February 15, 2016

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Fogo Island Inn 2016 Valentine's Weekend Bird and Mammal List

February 14, 2016

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NTV News - "Eagle Snared by Animal Trap in Clarenville"
February 3, 2016

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Brochure - "The Funk Island Great Aux Exhibition"
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Letters of Concern and Article- "Ragged Beach Development"
Ecological Concerns about Proposed Ragged Beach Development (June 2011). Read here
Witless Bay Municipal Plan and Development Regulations – Submission and Statement of Objection (October 2015). Read here
Osprey article: Environmental Stewardship of the Witless Bay Seabird Reserve. Read here

VOCM News: Biologist Calls for Reinstatement of Manager at Bird Sanctuary
August 28, 2015

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CTV News: Researchers to track northern gannets after Nfld. chicks left to starve

August 27, 2015

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Radio Canada International: Climate change and abnormal behaviour of gannets
September 18, 2014

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O Canada.com: Chicks starving in Newfoundland as warmer sea water imperils food supply for birds
September 12, 2014

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VOCM News: Puffins Doing Great, Gannets, Not So Much
September 1, 2014

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Nature NL (press release): Gannets abandoning chicks at Cape St. Mary's seabird colony
August 27, 2014

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The Pilot: Little Fogo Island a seabird hot spot
June 25, 2014

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The Telegram - A Road Not Taken
March 12, 2014

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Metro News - Feds must stop shipwreck oil leak: minister
January 13, 2014

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The Blog Aquatic - Interview: Dr. Bill Montevecchi on Oil and Dispersant Effects on Birds Wintering in the Gulf of Mexico
January 9, 2014

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The Telegram - Sandy pond Alliance Not Backing Down
November 26, 2013

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CBC St. John's Morning Show - "Why did the duck WALK across the road?"
October 17, 2013

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CBC Shift NB - "Massive Bird Kill Predictable, Says Scientist"
September 19, 2013

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CBC News - "Seabirds Get Comfy at Abandoned St. John's Supermarket"
July 10, 2013

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CBC News - "How a Paradise teen became a wetlands conservationist"
July 8, 2013

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CBC Radio Fisheries Broadcast - "Cod Moratorium, Gill Net Use and Seabird Populations"
June 26, 2013

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CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks - "Gill-net Drownings Depress Seabird Populations"
June 8, 2013

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CBC Radio Fisheries Broadcast - "The Cod Moratorium and its Still-Reverberating Effects on Seabirds"
June 4, 2013

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Nature - "Terrible Toll of Fishing Nets on Seabirds Revealed"
May 29, 2013

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Nature Research Highlights - "Divers Soar After Net Ban"
May 2013

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CBC Radio Noon - "The Coast Guard is Trying to Plug an Oil Spill..."
May 24, 2013

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The Telegram - "Judge Considering Sandy Pond Case"
February 28, 2013

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CBC News Here and Now - "Sandy Pond Alliance Court Challenge"
February 27, 2013

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CBC News Here and Now - "Duck Problems"
February 1, 2013

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CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "To Cull or Not to Cull"
December 11, 2012

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Juris Benjamin - "Lucky Landing: The Story of a Gannet in Need of Rescue"
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Global National - "Warmer Waters and Birds' Changing Behaviour"
August 29, 2012

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CBC News: Here and Now, NL - "Disappearing Gannets"
August 17, 2012

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CBC Radio One: On the Go - "Ted Speaks With Bill Montevecchi About Dive Bombing Crows"
July 4, 2012

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The Canadian Press - "Biologists Call for Action to Stop Multiple Oil and Mud Spills off Newfoundland"
July 4, 2012

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Radio Canada International: The Link! - "Scientist Demands Greater Monitoring of Canadian Seabirds Affected by BP Oil Spill"
March 28, 2012

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Presentation by Dr. Montevecchi - Hebron Environmental Assessment: Review of Comprehensive Study Report
December 6, 2011

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CBC Radio: Labrador Morning Show - "Arctic Seabird Presentation"
December 1, 2011

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BBC World Service - Science in Action
October 20, 2011

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The Vancouver Sun - "BP spill posed bigger risk to seabirds than believed: researchers"
October 20, 2011

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CBC Radio: St. John's Morning Show - "Oiled Gannets Research Paper"
October 19, 2011

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NDP Press Release - NDP Leader Questions Offshore Environmental Safety
October 17, 2011

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The Telegram - Second Spill in Matter of Weeks Raises Questions: MUN Prof
October 15, 2011

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Environmental Policy Questionnaire - NL Provincial Election
August 29, 2011

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Environmental Policy Recommendations - NL Provincial Election
August 29, 2011

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YouTube - "Funk Island: A Marvellous Terrible Place"
August 17, 2011

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Music and Songs to Right the Wrongs Concert
July 16, 2011

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CPAWS News Release - "Scientists Call on Canada to Strictly Protect at Least 30% of its Oceans"
May 16, 2011

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MPA Guidelines
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MPA Invitation
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The Telegram - "Time for Change at the Offshore Petroleum Board"
March 30, 2011

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CBC Radio: St. John's Morning Show - "Environmental Audit"
December 8, 2010

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News Video: "Gannets Migrating Into Danger"
November 21, 2010

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CBC Radio: St. John's Morning Show
November 4, 2010

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CBC News: "BP Spill Threatens a Third of Canadian Gannets"
October 21, 2010

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CBC Radio: As It Happens - "Birds-oil View"
October 21, 2010

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CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "Sea Birds Affected by Oil Spill in Gulf"
July 28, 2010

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CBC Radio: The Current - "Sea Birds Affected by Oil Spill in Gulf"
July 28, 2010

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The Telegram - "Gulf Disaster Worries Bird Scientist"
July 15, 2010

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Polar Exchange - Interview From the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference
June 10, 2010

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CBC News - "Keep Mine Waste Out of Ponds: Activists"
June 4, 2010

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Rotary Club Address - "Privilege and the Protection of the Great Grand Bank Ocean"
May 20, 2010

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CBC News - "Drilling Plan Off Newfoundland Called Unsound"
May 6, 2010

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CBC Radio Morning Show - "Oil Spills Impact"
May 6, 2010

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CBC News - "Low Risk for Newfoundland Oil Disaster: Williams"
May 3, 2010

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CLKB Radio: Ends of the Earth - "Five Reasons to Care About Arctic Seabirds"
January 25, 2010

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CBC News - "Efforts to Save Distressed Duck in St. John's Fail"
January 8, 2010

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Johnson GEO CENTRE public lecture - "Seabird Capitals: The Ecological Seabird Reserves of Newfoundland and Labrador"
October 27, 2009

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CBC Radio: NL Morning Show - "Lawn Islands Archipelago"
July 21, 2009

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NTV News - "National Conservancy Gifts Province"
June 26, 2009

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CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "The Funks: Bones, Seabirds and Ocean Conservation"
June 23, 2009

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The Western Star - No Evidence of Gannet Nesting; Cape St. George Kittiwake Colonies Significant: Professor
May 27, 2009

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CBC Radio: NL West Coast Morning Show - "Northern Gannets on the Port Aux Port Peninsula"
May 6, 2009

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The Western Star - Boat Tours Could Settle Gannet Breeding Colonies Debate
May 1, 2009

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CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "Lack of public information on oil spills at offshore platforms"
March 10, 2009

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CBC News - "Researchers feel cold shoulder as polar year project comes to a close"
January 27, 2009

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BBC News - "Warning as Seabird Breeding Fails"
October 30, 2008

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The Telegram Forum- Premier Williams' Broken Promise: The Sandy Pond Give-away
October 12, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi

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Related: Sudbury Human Health Risk Assessment

Related: Sudbury Community Soil Committee Media Release

Article: Offshore Hydrocarbon and Synthetic Hydrocarbon Spills in Eastern Canada: The Issue of Follow-up and Experience
By Gail Fraser & Joanne Ellis, in Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

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Listen to the audio broadcast of an interview with Dr. Fraser.

Read the C-NLOPB's response to the article here.

Press Release: "Predicted Number of Atallantic Offshore Oil Spills Exceeded"
September 15, 2008, The Alder Institute

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CBC Radio Noon - "What areas of the province should be protected from development?"
September 11, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi

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CBC News - "Production affected by White Rose oil spill"
September 10, 2008

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Parody: "The Front Fell Off"
Watch the video here (Windows Media).

CBC Radio Noon - "Economic Boom and Environmental Investment"
July 7, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi

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CBC News - "Ship dumped tonnes of oily bilge off Newfoundland, crew says"
May 2, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi

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CBC 'Interview: Wrecked Thick-billed Murres'
2007, Dr. Bill Montevecchi

CBC 'Commentary on Bill C-15'
May 17, 2005, Dr. Bill Montevecchi

CBC 'Crosstalk'
April 18, 2005, Dr. Bill Montevecchi and Ian Jones

CBC, 'Quirks and Quarks - Great Auk Extinction'
Jan 01, 2004, Dr. Bill Montevecchi

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CBC News - Record spill at Terra Nova under scrutiny
November 22, 2004, Dr. Bill Montevecchi

CBC News - Feds failing to protect the ocean: biologist
August 7, 2003, Dr. Bill Montevecchi