[MARMAM] Vessel speed and whale strikes

2013-06-15 Thread Greg Silber - NOAA Federal
This is to note that the paper “Vessel speed restrictions reduce risk of collision-related mortality for North Atlantic right whales” is available at: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/ES13-4.1 PDF available from Greg Silber (greg.sil...@noaa.gov). Vessel speed restrictions reduce

[MARMAM] IUCN status for the sperm whale

2013-06-15 Thread Gianni Pavan
Hi all, recently IUCN set the status of Mediterranean sperm whales as "Endangered" and not anymore "data deficient". The given (sub)population estimate is 2500 animals. To better address our research based on the acoustic detections with underwater platforms I'm willing to know on which studie

[MARMAM] ANNOUNCING A T-SHIRT / POSTER COMPETITION FOR THE 20TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON THE BIOLOGY OF MARINE MAMMALS IN DUNEDIN

2013-06-15 Thread Coralie D'Lima
Hi Everyone, The SMM conference committee is organizing a competition to design T-shirts / posters for the 20th Biennial conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Dunedin. Here are the details of the competition: Theme: "Marine Mammal Conservation – Science Making a Difference" (and possibly