New Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) spotlight whale habitats needing
protection in the NW Atlantic and Caribbean
13 February 2025. 43 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) have been
approved and placed on the map in the North West Atlantic Ocean and Wider
Caribbean. The new IMMAs high
Dear Sir/Madam,
Last year at the 2024 ECS conference a workshop was held discussing the welfare
of cetacean bycatch and entanglement, and how pathology can help to resolve
some of the issues and provide greater understanding. The proceedings from the
workshop are now available on the ECS websit
The In Memoriam piece for our dear friend and colleague Oswaldo Vasquez was
just published in The Latin American Journal of Marine Mammals, and can be
accessed here:
https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1725
Phil Clapham
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Phillip J. Clapham, Ph.D.
Seastar Scientific Inc.
Vashon
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce a recent publication in the Open Journal of Animal
Science:
Rose, N. (2025) The Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Song. Open
Journal of Animal Sciences, 15, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojas.2025.151001
Abstract: A 1.5-hour recording of
FINAL CALL (3 SPOTS LEFT)
WANT TO PROTECT MARINE MAMMALS FROM EXTINCTION?
THEN TAKE THIS CLASS!
GLOBAL POLICY AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS (New Zealand Summer 2025)
Watch video: New Zealand Marine Mammals https://vimeo.com/1050297282
Hosted through George Mason University (Virginia, USA), t
We're excited to announce Western Washington University will be hosting the
28th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of the Society for Marine
Mammalogy (NWSSMM) on Saturday May 3rd, 2025.
A registration link will soon follow!
Kind Regards,
The Marine Mammal Ecology Lab
Western Wa
Would you like to join ORCA’s team of Ocean Conservationists? We have
exciting opportunities to join our team this year!
*Who is ORCA?*
ORCA is a charity dedicated to studying and protecting whales, dolphins,
and porpoises worldwide. We identify and protect critical whale and dolphin
habitats.
Dear MARMAM-community,
on behalf of my co-authors I'm pleased to share with you our recently published paper "Characterizing the underwater soundscape at the site of a proposed port in northeast Iceland" (2024, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Authors: Amelie Laute, Thomas J. Grove, Alyssa M. Stolle
