[MARMAM] Ocean ethics, and John Reynolds' last work

2019-09-21 Thread Wallace, Richard
Dear Marmam folks, I thought it would be of general enough interest to the Marmam community to share with you some of the work that John E. Reynolds, III was doing when he passed away in December 2017, and which has just now been published. For those who didn’t know John, he was senior

[MARMAM] Sirenews call for articles due 1 October

2019-09-21 Thread James Powell
Sirenews call for articles. The editors of Sirenews, the IUCN newsletter for the Sirenia Specialist Group, wish to invite authors to submit short articles related to sirenian research and conservation to siren...@sea2shore.org. Material should be submitted in MS

[MARMAM] 2020 - Internships at Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute

2019-09-21 Thread Bruno Diaz Lopez
The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute, a research institution dedicated since 2005 to the understanding and conservation of marine mammals and the marine environment in which they live, is now accepting applications for its Internship Program 2020.  Our scientific research experience and

[MARMAM] Job Vacancies at SMRU Consulting North America for senior acoustician and software engineer

2019-09-21 Thread Dominic Tollit
Job Vacancies at SMRU Consulting North America for senior acoustician and software engineer SMRU Consulting NA are looking for a senior acoustician and a software engineer. Posts are full-time and permanent with salary commensurate with experience. Please see the details in the relevant job

[MARMAM] Call for potential contributors - Special issue on small cetacean conservation in Frontiers in Marine Science

2019-09-21 Thread Jeremy KISZKA
Dear MARMAM subscribers A number of colleagues and I are conducting an initial survey of interest to identify potential contributors for a Research Topic for the journal Frontiers in Marine Science (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science

[MARMAM] New paper: Preferred, small‑scale foraging areas of two Southern Ocean fur seal species are not determined by habitat characteristics

2019-09-21 Thread Mia Wege
Dear MARMAM, On behalf of all co-authors, I am pleased to announce the publication of our article about habitat use by three closely situated fur seal colonies at sub-Antarctic Marion Island and how environmental drivers that are known to commonly influence fur seal foraging behaiviour, does not

[MARMAM] 2 x dual MMO/PAM vacancies: short-duration

2019-09-21 Thread Recruitment
Dear MMOs and PAMOs, OSC has two imminent positions available, which are on two separate projects. Each of these independent positions requires 1 x dual MMO/PAM, for which the primary role will be MMO, but in the event of poor visibility (e.g. fog), then the MMO will set up the PAM equipment

[MARMAM] Protected Species Observer Training in Newport, OR Oct 5-6

2019-09-21 Thread Angela Bostwick
MPSC is holding a training course in Newport, Oregon which provides Protected Species Observer (also known as Marine Mammal Observer) certification on October 5th and 6th, 2019. This class will include a vessel trip and admission to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, where the course will be taking