Timothy Willcott

Tim is originally from St. Alban’s on the south coast of Newfoundland, but now resides in the Torbay area. He has graduated with a diploma in Marine Environmental Technology (2000) and an advance diploma in Coastal Zone Management (2001).

Currently he’s working with the Oceans Programs Division with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Here he has worked on several integrated management initiatives including ecosystem overviews for Placentia Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence and is currently working on an interactive CD about integrated management planning for Placentia Bay. In addition, he has worked on several workshops and other educational information seminars such as Kids Day and Oceans Day for the department.

Prior to working for the Oceans Programs Division, he worked with the Environmental Response Division of the Canadian Coast Guard and the Eastern Canada Response Corporation where he worked as a spill response technician and created a database of tanker traffic and a Tanker Operation Analysis report for vessels in Placentia Bay. He has also worked with the former Petroleum Resources Division of the Department of Mines & Energy for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, where he helped organized the Department’s involvement in the Newfoundland and Labrador International Offshore Petroleum Exhibition.