Help a Researcher Out!

James Robbins (University of Portsmouth) is seeking vessel crews and managers willing to share their experiences and perspectives on wildlife collision and potential solutions.

I am a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth, interested in shipping activity and how it co-exists with whales, dolphins and porpoises.

I am investigating the experience, knowledge, and opinions of people employed in the shipping industry (who may work on vessels, or manage them from shore) to whale conservation, and how vessels may affect their conservation. This research contributes towards the fulfilment of my PhD, and results of the anonymous responses will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

This questionnaire is completely anonymous and voluntary, and you can choose to participate or not. We are seeking people who are 18 or over, and either work at sea or manage sea-going activities. If you do participate, thank you very much!

You can leave blank any questions that you do not feel comfortable answering. If at any point you decide you no longer wish to participate, you can simply close the questionnaire. By submitting a response on the Google questionnaire, you give your consent for myself and Dr Marley only to use the anonymous data for analysis.

The questionnaire can be accessed at the following link and will take approximately 15 minutes to complete https://forms.gle/gYhMkUnF9RUpPexK6. The questionnaire is open until January 2022.

Thank you.

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