Educational outreach is an important component of reducing the incidental catch of seabirds in commercial fisheries.…
Plastics
Plastic consumption in seabirds is gaining increasing attention as spatial documentation, chick mortalities and concerns about…
Posted in Projects, Seabird Research
Long-term Monitoring
I have worked with government agencies and non-governmental agencies in Canada and the USA to develop,…
Avian Predation
Common mergansers and other birds forage on the Columbia River and consume salmon smolts. I studied…
Island Restoration
I am very interested in the science of island restoration, particularly in the role of seabirds…
Posted in Marine Ecosystems, Projects
Species at Risk
The albatrosses and shearwaters are most at risk in BC from incidental longline mortality. I have…
MaPP – Marine Planning Partnership
Marine planning in the North Coast of BC is using an ecosystem-based management framework to support…
Marine Planning
Since 2008, I have supported public marine and coastal planning processes in Canada and the United States. I am currently the Science Coordinator for the Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast (MaPP), a co-led partnership between the BC Provincial government and 20 coastal First Nations.
Northeast Pacific Ocean
A 9,000 km voyage from the Galapagos Islands to Vancouver Island, BC presented a unique opportunity…
Marine Spatial Planning in WA state
For three years, I worked in Washington state to spearhead The Nature Conservancy’s first ever marine…