[MARMAM] American Cetacean Society, Los Angeles-Chapter Now Accepting Applications for 2016 Grants for Research

2016-05-23 Thread ACS-LA.Grants
The American Cetacean Society, Los Angeles Chapter (ACS-LA) is happy to announce the opening of applications for its 2016 Research Grants The American Cetacean Society protects cetaceans and their habitats though conservation, education and research. Working with world-class scientists, ACS

[MARMAM] FWC Manatee Photo-Identification Internship

2016-05-23 Thread Johnson, Jennifer
Manatee Photo-identification Internships The manatee photo-identification program is based in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI). FWRI is the research arm of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), a state agency. For more

[MARMAM] Ship strikes and the IWC

2016-05-23 Thread Simone Panigada
Dear MARMAM friends and colleagues, with this message we would like to update you on the issue of ship strikes (collisions between ships and cetaceans) and at the same time enquire about your knowledge of incidents. Also, and most importantly, we want to remind everybody about the global IWC

[MARMAM] NEW PAPER: seal avoid windfarm during piling

2016-05-23 Thread Debbie Russell
Dear all We have a paper in Journal of Applied Ecology. It is Open Access and can be downloaded from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./1365-2664.12678/full?platform=hootsuite "Avoidance of wind farms by harbour seals is limited to pile driving activities" Debbie J.F. Russell, Gordon D.