Publications

The Idea Tree has prepared several research documents and reports for public and internal use for our clients. Those publications in the former category are available below.

A full list of Dr. Phelps Bondaroff’s academic publications and other research work can be found here.

Public Reports

“The CO2 and Fuel Efficiency of the Sea Ranger Service Sailing Work Vessels Explained”

Commissioned by The Sea Ranger Service.

Lead Author: Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, with Wietse van der Werf.

download a pdf here.

“The Illegal Fishing and Organized Crime Nexus: Illegal Fishing as Transnational Organized Crime.”  

Commissioned by The Black Fish and The Global Initiative.

Lead Author: Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff

Download a pdf here.

Factsheet screencap

“Effects of entanglement and ingested fishing gear on seals and sea lions.” (Pinniped entanglement factsheet)

Researched and written for World Animal Protection Canada

Lead Author: Stephanie Ferguson

Download a pdf copy here. Higher resolution pdf for print available upon request.

Internal Reports 

  • Teale Phelps Bondaroff. “Abandoned, Lost, or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear in Canada’s Greenland Halibut Fishery.” Ed. Stephanie Ferguson. The Idea Tree Consulting, on behalf of World Animal Protection Canada, and the Global Ghost Gear Initiative. Unpublished research report, February 2018, 1-77.

  • Teale Phelps Bondaroff. “Pandora Bike Lanes: Qualitative Study of Perceptions of, and Impacts on Local Businesses in Lower Pandora.” The Idea Tree Consulting, on behalf of the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition (GVCC), Victoria, BC, Canada. Unpublished research report, December 2017, 1-9.

  • Teale Phelps Bondaroff and Stephanie Ferguson. “Seagrass and Carbon Sequestration in the North Sea: A Role for the Sea Ranger Service.” The Idea Tree Consulting, on behalf of the Sea Ranger Service, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Unpublished research report, January 2017, 1-43.

  • Stephanie Ferguson and Teale Phelps Bondaroff. “Ghosts of the North: Lost and Derelict Fishing Gear in Canadian Waters.” The Idea Tree Consulting, on behalf of World Animal Protection Canada. Unpublished research report, October 2015, 1-102.

  • Stephanie Ferguson and Teale Phelps Bondaroff. “Transition Cambridge: Vision for 2030.” Prepared for Transition Cambridge, United Kingdom, October 2012, 1-23.