[MARMAM] PSO Certification Course on February 25-26, 2023

MPSC is offering an online training course that provides Protected Species Observer (also known as Marine Mammal Observer) certification on February 25-26. This training is approved by the federal agencies Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcem

[MARMAM] SMM Editors' Select Series on January 19th: Investigating how humpback whales work together while bubble-net feeding with Ms. Natalie Mastick

Greetings MARMAM! Join us on Thursday, 19 January 2023 at 3 PM PST / 6 PM EST / 11 PM GMT for the next SMM Editors’ Select Series: Investigating how humpback whales work together while bubble-net feeding with Ms. Natalie Mastick of the University of Washington. This event is free to attend and pr

[MARMAM] Publication - Recovery of the Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale: a case study

Happy new year MarMam community, "Recovery of the Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale: a case study" is now available in the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. The gray whale was the first marine mammal and one of the first of any species to be removed from the Endangered Species List

[MARMAM] Fifth Marine Mammal Student Symposium

Dear all, the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea and the Arctic Biology Department of the Arctic University are excited to announce the fifth Marine Mammal Student Symposium with this year's theme: "Marine mammals in a changing Arctic: Finding a

[MARMAM] New publication- Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae)

My colleagues and I are excited to announce the publication of the following article in Animals:” Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae)” The full text of the article can be found here: https://doi.

[MARMAM] New publication: Multi-scale relationships between humpback whales and forage species hotspots within a large marine ecosystem

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce our recent publication in Ecological Applications: Szesciorka, A. R., Demer, D., Santora, J. A., Forney, K. A., Moore, J. 2022. Multi-scale relationships between humpback whales and forage species hotspots within a large marine

[MARMAM] Article on Detection Methods of the African manatee

Dear Marine Mammal Community, We are happy to share our recently published open access article in Frontiers in Marine Science: Factheu C, Rycyk AM, Keith-Diagne LW, Kekeunou S, Ramos EA, Kikuchi M and Takoukam Kamla A (2023) Acoustic methods improve the detection of the endangered African manatee

[MARMAM] (2nd announcement) 3rd Humpback Whale World Congress in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (6-10 March 2023)

Dear MARMAM Community, Some news about the 3rd Humpback Whale World Congress (https://www.hwwc.mg/): 1. The congress will take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 2. Four workshops will be organized on Thursday afternoon on a) Carimam, b) Blue Economy, c) Port activities and mar

[MARMAM] new paper on head and neck lesions in stranded seals in Belgium

Dear MARMAM colleagues, We are pleased to announce our new publication: Haelters, Kerkhof & Brasseur 2022, High prevalence of head and neck lesions in stranded seals: cause of death? Lutra 65(2):271- 283. Abstract: In 2021 Belgian beaches witnessed 101 deceased, washed ashore seals. This numbe

[MARMAM] New publication on studying marine mammals with environmental DNA in the North Atlantic

Dear MARMAM community, I’m excited to present and share our review on the use of environmental DNA for marine mammals in the North Atlantic. Happy reading! Székely, D., Cammen, K. M., & Olsen, M. T. (2022). Needles in an ocean haystack: using environmental DNA to study marine mammals in the Nor