CAPTAIN DAVE MONTI

Dave grew up on the water and has been shell fishing, fishing, and boating all his life.  He held a scallop license on Nantucket for 15 years, where he scalloped during the fall and winter months.  Dave holds a master captain’s license and works as a charter fishing captain, keeps his charter boat in Warwick, RI and fishes in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Block Island Sound. 

Capt. Monti is the fishing columnist for the Providence Journal (the major daily newspaper in RI) and writes for eleven other newspapers, blogs and magazines.  He also is a regular contributor to the Marine Fish Conservation Network blog and a writer/editor of the Saltwater Anglers Association Magazine.  Dave writes about the environment, fishing policy, regulations and ocean issues such as spatial planning, federal and state fishing law, offshore wind energy, climate change impacts on fish and fishing as well as fishing tactics and strategies.

Dave is a recreational fisheries communications consultant and advocate, is past vice chair of the RI Marine Fisheries Council, serves as an active member of the RI Saltwater Anglers Association (the largest recreational fishing association in the northeast with over 7,500 affiliated members), is a member of the Rhode Island Party & Charter Boat Association, is a founding board member of the American Saltwater Guides Association, and serves as vice chair on the steering committee for the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program.  He formerly worked in the advertising and public relations industry, as partner and treasurer of the RDW Group marketing and digital communications firm.