[MARMAM] Introductory distance sampling workshop: widening participation applications now being accepted

The autumn offering of the introductory distance sampling workshop offered by CREEM will occur 20 Sept - 01 Oct 2021.  Distance sampling is a survey method often employed in the assessment of marine mammal populations. Registration for the workshop will open the last week of June. Meanwhile, ap

[MARMAM] New Publication: Cetaceans as sentinels for informing climate change policy in UK waters

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to announced our recent publication in Marine Policy: Williamson, M. J., Ten Doeschate, M. T. I, Deaville, R., Brownlow, A. C., & Taylor, N. L. (2021). Cetaceans as sentinels for informing climate change policy in UK waters. Marine Policy.

[MARMAM] New publication: WhaleMap: a tool to collate and display whale survey results in near real-time

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I have developed an open source software tool called WhaleMap (available at whalemap.org) to collate and display whale survey results in near real-time. It is described in our recent publication in the Journal of Open Source Software

[MARMAM] New Publication: Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a MPA

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent Open Access publication in Journal of Applied Ecology: Findlay, C.R., Aleynik, D., Farcas, A., Merchant, N.D., Risch, D., & Wilson, B. (2021). Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porp

[MARMAM] Conservation in Marine Mammal Response internship with stipend

Hello! The Marine Mammal Center is excited to recruit a candidate for our Conservation in Marine Mammal Response internship. This internship includes housing support, monthly stipend, and is based out of our Monterey Bay office in Moss Landing, California. Ideally, the intern will begin in July

[MARMAM] Flukebook.org: Release v.2021-05-31

We are pleased to announce the Wildbook software release v.2021-05-31, which is reflected in the Flukebook.org platform for cetacean photo ID. Wildbook DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4895243 Wildbook Image An