[MARMAM] Protected Species Observer Certification Course on July 22-23

2023-06-28 Thread Angela Bostwick
MPSC is offering an online training course that provides Protected Species Observer (also known as Marine Mammal Observer) certification on July 22-23. This training is approved by the federal agencies Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

[MARMAM] Support for coordinated ecosystem science on potential impacts of offshore wind energy

2023-06-28 Thread Colleen Weiler
Dear MARMAM Community, The Monterey Bay Aquarium is engaging scientists with expertise in marine mammals of the California Current Ecosystem to review and add your name to this

[MARMAM] NEW PAPER: The most southerly occurrence of humpback whales in the western Weddell Sea

2023-06-28 Thread Angus Henderson
NEW PAPER: The most southerly occurrence of humpback whales in the western Weddell Sea Available free here: https://doi.org/10./mms.13033 Globally, warming oceans are causing marine species to shift poleward (Melbourne-Thomas et al., 2022

[MARMAM] New Paper: Bottlenose dolphin mothers modify signature whistles in the presence of their own calves (Nicole El Haddad)

2023-06-28 Thread Nicole El Haddad
Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of the authors and co-authors, we are pleased to announce the publication of the following paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Sayigh L.*, El Haddad N.*, Peter L. Tyack, Vincent M. Janik, Randall S. Wells, and Frants H. Jensen. (2023).