[MARMAM] Marine Tours as First Responders in MMPAs
Please consider registering for the half day, afternoon workshop Marine Tours as First Responders in MMPAs on Saturday, October 10, 2009 to be held in association with the SMM's 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Quebec City, Canada. Marine mammal populations throughout the world are increasingly associated with marine wildlife watching operations. With the recovery of North Pacific the humpback whale (Megaptera novengliae) stock, a corresponding increase in anthropogenic factors, which negatively impact humpback whales, can be expected. Oversight by federal and state agencies charged with enforcement cannot adequately address the needs of the resource. Marine tour operators, operating in whale dense waters are uniquely positioned to act as first responders in incidents involving whale-human interactions as they are often the first to sight incidents, have the technology to document and relay the precise location and have the capability to stay with and/or track the animal involved. The approach of utilizing marine tour operators as first responders benefits the natural resource, while also providing an immediate first line of action for management agencies that often operate from land-based stations with smaller vessels. Desired output of the workshop includes increased and formalized systems of communication between commercial marine tour operators and resource managers as there is potential to develop a spirit of cooperation towards a common goal through partnership. Speakers are currently being finalized and a detailed program will be forthcoming. To register, please visit http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_contentview=articl eid=358Itemid=214 Merrill Kaufman Director of Education Brooke Porter, MEd Director of Conservation Pacific Whale Foundation 300 Ma'alaea Road Suite 211 Wailuku, Hawai'i 96793 Work (808) 856-8341 Fax (808) 243-9021 www.pacificwhale.org ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
[MARMAM] ITALY: large scale cetacean monitoring from passengers ferries
In Italy different Institutions (both of public and private sector), Universities and NGO have joined forces to undertake a large scale cetacean monitoring programme from passengers ferries. The network, active since 2007, in summer weekly monitors presence, relative abundance, distribution and migration/dispersion timing of cetacean along the following routes: Civitavecchia-Golfo Aranci (since 2007) in the Central Tyrrhenian sea (along this route from 1989 to 1991 weekly observations on cetacean were undertaken by the same observers); Livorno-Bastia and Savona-Bastia (since 2008) in the Pelagos sanctuary; Calvi-Nizza (from 2009) in the western part of the Pelagos sanctuary. Preliminary data show that in summer most of the sightings of “whales” occur in coincidence with local high primary production zones such as the ones east of Golfo Aranci and along the Calvi-Nizza route. Accademia del Leviatano, Università di Genova, Università di Pisa , CRAB coop, Fondazione CIMA, networked by ISPRA, are the different bodies that participate to the research On the research the network has already submitted two different MS for the 2008 and 2009 European Cetacean Society conference proceedings. Summer weekly sightings can be checked from the blog: http://lericerchedelleviatano.blogspot.com/ ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
[MARMAM] Aquatic Mammals Journal Goes Green
Please post the following notice to MARMAM Members. Thank you. Kathleen Dudzinski, Co-Editor Aquatic Mammals Journal *** AQUATIC MAMMALS ³GOES GREEN² New Real-time, Online Journal with Print On-demand Option Aquatic Mammals is sincerely concerned about the use of consumables such as paper, ink, and mailing envelopes. The journal¹s Editors, Editorial Board, and sponsors the European Association of Aquatic Mammals, the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums, and the International Marine Animal Trainer¹s Association want to minimize the impact of journal publications on the environment. As a result, we have made several changes over the last 5 years. In 2004, Aquatic Mammals committed to printing the journal on paper made with 30% Post Consumer Recycled content, while retaining a high standard for print quality. In 2005, the journal made manuscripts available as .pdf text online format through Ingenta and ProQuest. In 2009, the journal made progress toward this goal by adopting an electronic manuscript management system, Manuscript Fast Track, which allows authors, reviewers, and editors to exchange articles via a paperless, online method. On 1 January 2010, all published materials by Aquatic Mammals (articles, manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, renewal notices, etc.) will be published and/or distributed entirely electronically. As a result, Aquatic Mammals will no longer appear in hard copy format. Aquatic Mammals will become a ³real-time² online journal through Ingenta and ProQuest. Once an article has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication, it will be immediately formatted by Document Publication Services. After review by the editors and authors, a final .pdf of the article will be made available to the authors for distribution. No more waiting for months for an accepted article to be available for distribution!!! Articles will have a volume, issue, DOI, and page numbers so they are immediately citable. As soon as an entire issue is available, all articles will be placed online through Ingenta and ProQuest ON-DEMAND PRINT OPTION The Editors of Aquatic Mammals realize that in some circumstances hard copies of an article or a whole issue might be needed. As a result, Document Publication Services has an ³On-Demand² hard copy option. One or multiple hard copies of a single article or a whole issue can be printed for the author(s)¹ specific needs. In addition, CDs can be produced at the author(s)¹ request. This option provides flexibility to the authors and saves needless printing and storage of issues. These small changes will not reverse global warming or staunch the relentless depletion of natural resources; however, the Editors and Editorial Board of Aquatic Mammals support environmentally responsible activities and want the journal to play its part in conservation. For subscription information, please access the Aquatic Mammals website: http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/ To submit a manuscript, please access the Manuscript Fast Track URL: http://am.expressacademic.org/actions/author.php ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
[MARMAM] Common Dolphins Sighting
Common Dolphins Sighting in the Tuscan Archipelago waters From: Davide Bedocchi - CE.TU.S. Cetacean Research Centre (Viareggio Italy) email: ce...@supereva.it or bedocc...@yahoo.it Dear Colleagues, In date July 21, 2009 we are pleased to annunce the sighting of three Short-Beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the waters of the Tuscan Archipelago. The Short-Beaked Common Dolphins were inside a group of about 200 Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) at a distance of about 8 miles North from Capraia Island. Date: 07/21/09 Time: 11.30 am. The dolphins were sighted and photographed by Lilia Giuntoli (CE.TU.S. biologist) from the Krill catamaran. In the last two weeks the Krill catamarans of CE.TU.S., member of O.T.C. Cetacean Tuscan Observatory, during the weekly research activities sighted Bottlenose Dolphins, Striped Dolphins, Risso's Dolphins and finally Short-Beaked Common Dolphins. Common Dolphins are now rare and endangered in all the Pelagos Santuary and our last sighting was dated Septemner 2005. For details regarding the sighting, pictures or other informations pls do not hesitate to contact us. Best and Kind Regards. Davide Bedocchi CE.TU.S. Cetacean Research Centre Dott. Davide Bedocchi - Naturalista Direttore Culturale CE.TU.S. Rappresentante CE.TU.S. presso l' O.T.C. Osservatorio Toscano dei Cetacei CE.TU.S. - Centro di Ricerche sui Cetacei Via Degli Ontani 60, 55049 Viareggio (LU) Italy e-mail: bedocc...@yahoo.it Mobile: +39 3287524380 www.cetusresearch.org ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
