Hello MARMAMERS,
We are pleased to announce the Northeast Region Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle
Stranding Network Conference, ("NERS 2010 - In Good Stranding") from May 6-9,
2010 being held at the Bar Harbor Club in beautiful Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.
The annual NERS Conference brings together over 100 scientists, marine animal
specialists, managers, educators, stranding network volunteers, and interested
lay people from Virginia to Maine (and even further afield) to network and
share the latest knowledge about marine animal strandings, disease, rescue, and
rehabilitation. On Friday, May 7th and Saturday, May 8th, scientific papers
and posters will be presented on marine mammal and sea turtle disease, case
studies, stranding trends, large whales, and other topics of interest. Further,
there will be a Sea Turtle Disentanglement Workshop on the Saturday afternoon
and a Large Whale Necropsy Workshop on the Sunday morning, May 9th.
For more information and to start your conference registration please visit the
conference website: http://www.une.edu/conferences/ners2010.cfm
This page has the agenda, hotel information (hotel must be booked separately
from the conference registration!), and links to online registration and
abstracts information.
All rooms at the hotel must also be booked by April 6, 2010 to receive the
discounted price.
We also invite all interested parties to submit abstracts for oral
presentations and poster session. Presentations should be on issues related to
marine mammal and sea turtle health, stranding response, rehabilitation or
other related issues. Abstracts are due by March 26th, 2010 and should be sent
to Lynda Doughty at: [email protected]
For more information go to the abstract information link via the conference
website.
This year's conference is co-hosted by Allied Whale, (College of the Atlantic),
Maine Department of Marine Resources, and the Marine Animal Rehabilitation
Center (University of New England).
Cheers,
Rosemary Seton
on behalf of the Planning Committee for NERS 2010
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Rosemary E. Seton
Whale Researcher, North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalogue;
Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator
Allied Whale Marine Mammal Research Lab, College of the Atlantic
105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, USA
(207)-288-5644 (Lab) or (207)-288-5015, Ext. 5682
(207)-288-3780 (Fax)
(207)-266-1326 (Stranding Cell Phone)
[email protected]
http://www.coa.edu/alliedwhale
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