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Tonya Wimmer
Tonya Wimmer
Manager, Species Conservation
A marine mammal biologist and a Nova Scotia native, Tonya has spent the past six years with WWF-Canada focused on reducing entanglements of endangered North Atlantic right whales and the bycatch of at-risk sharks and sea turtles. With one foot on the boat and another in the boardroom, she has developed important partnerships with fishers, industry experts, management authorities and scientists to drive this work.

Over the course of her research and training at Dalhousie University, Tonya spent over 52 weeks at sea studying whales and dolphins. She also served on the advisory committee responsible for driving the protection of the Sable Gully, the site of Tonya’s studies on endangered northern bottlenose whales. Today, Tonya’s breadth of experience and expertise benefits WWF as well as students at Dalhousie, where she teaches courses on marine mammals. She is also the president of the Marine Animal Response Society, a charitable organization that responds to distressed marine animals off the coast of Nova Scotia.

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