Frank Donald Robson

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Who is Frank Donald Robson?

Frank Donald Robson QSM was a New Zealand logging contractor, fisherman and marine conservationist. He was born in Greenmeadows, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand in 1912.

Robson was the first New Zealander to study whale strandings and the first systematic investigation of pollutant levels in marine mammals in New Zealand. His volunteer group, Project Jonah has saved thousands of marine mammals, continuing even after the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 made the Department of Conservation technically responsible for this.

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Apr 28, 2024

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on July 23, 2013

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