The RIDEM Division of Marine Fisheries is conducting interviews of lobster vessel captains that operate in federal waters in cooperation with the University of Rhode Island researchers to map historical lobstering efforts. This interview will take approximately 20 minutes. If you are interested in participating, please contact Owen Valentine (owen_valentine@uri.edu) or (401) 258-4959 to coordinate a time to meet for the interview. Your interview responses will be audio recorded, but you can still participate without audio recording if you choose. Any individual identifiers in responses will be deleted from results to keep your identity confidential. This research is approved by the University of Rhode Island Institutional Review Board. If you have questions about the study, at any time feel free to contact Todd Guilfoos from the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics in the College of Life Sciences at the University of Rhode Island (URI), at 401-874-4398.
NOTE: This effort is led by URI researchers to understand potential impacts of offshore development on lobster fishing.
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