David K. Mattila
Senior Scientist and Rescue Advisor, Center for Coastal Studies Science and Rescue Advisor, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Research
interests
Disentanglement of large whales from fishing gear.
Positions and Affiliations
Science
and Rescue Advisor to the
Director
and Principal Investigator, Humpback Whale Population Studies, Center
for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA, U.S.
(1994 - present)
Director
of Whale Disentanglement, Center
for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA, U.S.
(1997 - present)
Professional Mariner, Captain of CCS research vessels, 100 ton ocean operators license, first mate on commercial tug boat, yacht deliveries. (1973-present)
Commercial Fisherman (1971-1979)
Selected Relevant Publications
Bowman,
B., E. Lyman, D. Mattila,
C. A. Mayo. 1999.
Developing
a network of marine professionals for the rescue of entangled whales.
Abstract in the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals.
Clapham,
P., J. Barlow, T. Cole, D. Mattila,
R. Pace, D. Palka and J. Robbins. 2001.
Stock definition, abundance and demographic parameters of
humpback whales from the Gulf
of
Lyman
E., B. Bowman, D. Mattila and C. A. Mayo. 1999.
A
technique for disentangling large free-swimming whales. Abstract in
the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals.
Robbins,
J. and D.Mattila. 2001. Monitoring
entanglements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf
of