Marine Bird Interactions With Fishing & Hunting Activities

Research Directions:

  • Habitat Protection Around Seabird Reserves [MPAs]
  • Collaborative Research with Newfoundland & Labrador Fishers
  • Document Bycatch in 2 Types of Gillnets* –Fill Data Gap for Herring Nets
  • Mitigation -Gear Manipulation Effects on Catch and Bycatch (High-contrast warning flags)
  • Lights on Hand-lines to Attempt to Enhance Catch
  • Automated Hook-and-Line Gear [Shift] –Efficiency?
  • Fishers’ Attitudes About Different Gears
  • Fishers’ Work Conditions, Risk, Safety and Injury
  • Fishers’ Logbooks and Telephone Survey with DFO
  • Use of Evidence to Change Policy

Contact

Dr. W. A. Montevecchi

230 Elizabeth Ave, St. John's, NL, CANADA, A1B 3X9

Postal Address: P.O. Box 4200, St. John's, NL, CANADA, A1C 5S7

Tel: (709) 864-8000