[MARMAM] Vessel-Quieting Symposium Report Available

Colleagues, The final report from NOAA's 2007 international vessel-quieting symposium on quieting is now available at: . The suggested reference for this report is: /Southall, B. L. and A. Scholik-Schlomer. 2008. Final report of the// NO

[MARMAM] new publication

Marmamers I'm pleased to announce a new paper that I've just had published in Biology Letters: Marine mammals' influence on ecosystem processes affecting fisheries in the Barents Sea is trivial. The abstract: Some interpretations of ecosystem-based fishery management include culling marine mamm

[MARMAM] MSc in Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology

We are now accepting applications for the postgraduate course in Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology at the University of Aberdeen (starting September 2009). The course is a 12-month unique programme offered in partnership with The Scottish Fisheries Research Services leading to a MSc, MRes, or

[MARMAM] New article: modeling population impacts of bycatch

A new article has been printed in Ecological Applications: "Moore, J. E., and A. J. Read. 2008. A Bayesian uncertainty analysis of cetacean demography and bycatch mortality using age-at-death data. Ecological Applications 18:1914-1931." For those with subscriptions, the article can be accessed