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title: "Employment opportunity: statistical modeller wanted to help reduce seabird bycatch in New Zealand"
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# Employment opportunity: statistical modeller wanted to help reduce seabird bycatch in New Zealand

[Dragonfly Data Science](https://www.dragonfly.co.nz) (Wellington, New Zealand) is looking for a statistical modeller to join its team. Someone is required to work on problems related to fisheries science, including on seabird and marine mammal bycatch issues.

 Seabird-related projects currently being worked on include a project looking at seabird bycatch in surface longline fisheries across the Southern Hemisphere; and statistical analysis of seabird bycatch for the New Zealand Government. Dragonfly Data Science is also working on methods for generating seabird distributions.

  

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Mitigation/Bird_scaring_lines_Amanda_Gladics.jpg)

 Twin bird-scaring lines in use behind a trawler, photo by Ed Melvin

 Applications close on 23 February 2018.

 More information on the position is available [here](https://www.dragonfly.co.nz/news/2018-01-24-fisheries-scientist.html).

 With thanks to Amanda Gladics.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 07 February 2018, corrected 08 February 2018*