New PhD student Wes Franklin gave a great presentation at #AFS152 on how covid revealed the importance of education, outreach, and enforcement to compliance with rockfish conservation areas. With @RockfishMecca @MarineCons @JuanesLab @ConserveGaliano @anglersatlas

The #COVID19 pandemic is a natural experiment giving rare insight into #rockfish #conservation compliance - importance of outreach, enforcement, location, and angler demographics with @RockfishMecca @MarineCons @JuanesLab @ConserveGaliano @anglersatlas

WOW! Funded #rockfish PhD @BiologyBSU using apps & #citizenscience to incr angler compliance w MPAs & descenderes in BC. Incl 1-2 mo field work. RT & DM if interested. Jan 2020 start. Collaboration w @MarineCons @ConserveGaliano @RockfishMecca @anglersatlas #Juaneslab @UVicENVI