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