Aquariums and Natural History Museums
- Aquarium of the Pacific
- Monterey Bay Aquarium - Monterey Bay Aquarium's home page.
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Masters of the Ocean Realm section.
- New England Aquarium
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History - General info; links to publications and events.
- Seattle Aquarium - Visitor information.
- Stephen Birch Aquarium Museum; UCSD - Aquarium info; links to Scripps Inst. Library.
- The Whale Museum - Educates the public on whales and marine ecosystems.
- Vancouver Aquarium - Visitor information.
Conservation Organizations and Government Agencies
- American Cetacean Society
- Center for Biological Diversity - Protects endangered species and wild places of western North America and the Pacific.
- Cetacean Society International
- Friends of the San Juans - An environmental organization in San Juan County, Washington.
- Georgia Strait Alliance - Washington state and British Columbia.
- International Fund for Animal Welfare - I.F.A.W. home page; animal welfare issues.
- International Whaling Commission
- Marine Resources Committee of San Juan County, Washington
- Marine Mammal Monitoring Program - Promoting stewardship of marine mammals in the Canadian waters of the Salish Sea.
- National Marine Fisheries Service - Links to news, publications and facilities.
- National Marine Mammal Laboratory
- National Oceanographic Data Center - Oceanic data information center.
- National Ocean Service - Part of NOAA.
- NOAA's Northwest Science Center Marine Mammal Program
- NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement - Report suspected violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
- Ocean Champions - Political action committee dedicated to building champions for the oceans
- Orca Adoption Program - A program of The Whale Museum.
- Orca Conservancy
- Orca Network
- People for Puget Sound
- Puget Soundkeeper Alliance - A program monitoring pollution in Puget Sound.
- SeaWeb - Raises awareness and inspires action to protect the ocean and the life within it
- The Society for Marine Mammalogy
- Soundwatch Boater Education Program - A program of The Whale Museum promoting stewardship of marine mammals in the U.S. waters of the Salish Sea.
- Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center - On San Juan Island, Washington
Research and Education
- The Acoustical Society of America
- Cascadia Research
- Center for Coastal Studies
- Center for Whale Research - orca research.
- Centro Interdisciplinare de Bioacustica (Interdisciplinary Center for Bioacoustics and Environmental Research); in English.
- Cetecean Behavior Laboratory - From San Diego State University.
- Dalhousie University Whale Research
- Dolphin Research Institute
- The European Cetacean Society
- Hawaii Whale Research Foundation
- Hatfield Marine Science Center - Oregon State University.
- Institute of Marine Sciences - UC Santa Cruz.
- International Marine Mammal Association
- Johnstone Strait Killer Whale Intrepretive Centre Society
- MarineBio.org - Learn all about marine biology
- Marine Mammal Research Program - Texas A&M marine mammal research.
- Mote Marine Laboratory - Detailed info on Mote Marine Lab.
- NOAA Vents Program Acoustic Monitoring - Includes link to acoustic methods used to study the distribution of large whales: with spectograms and sounds
- North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium
- Ocean Futures Society
- The Ocean Project - Teaching the importance, value, and sensitivity of the oceans.
- Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center
- OrcaLab - Studying the orcas of Johnstone Strait, B.C. (live video).
- Pacific Whale Foundation Research
- The Science-Lab.com/Environmental resources - A directory of environment-related web sites.
- SeaSound Remote Sensing Network - An underwater acoustics study by The Whale Museum.
- The SeaDoc Society - Wildlife Health Center, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
- Strawberry Isle Research Society
- Tethys Research Institute
- University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs
- Whale Center of New England - Formerly Cetacean Research Unit.
- Whale Conservation Institute - Dr. Roger Payne.
- WhaleNet - WhaleNet educational network.
- Whale Research Lab - University of Victoria, B.C., Canada
Collaborating Artists
Reference
- Charlotte, The Vermont Whale - "An Electronic Museum."
- Facts About Federal Wildlife Laws - Protection laws
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
- Marine Mammal Information Server - Links, resources and sound samples.
- Marine Mammal Protection Act- Basic text of M.M.P.A.
- Natural History Book Service (marine mammals) - Booklisting and ordering.
- Orcas in Captivity
- Protected Marine Species Research and Information - Marine mammal links.
- Strategies for pursuing a career in marine mammalogy - Society for Marine Mammalogy's brochure.
- Whale Watch Operators Association Northwest- Commercial whale-watching companies in the Pacific Northwest.
- Whalewatching as Critical Science Education? - 21-page research paper by Constance L. Russell & Derek Hodson (pdf file).
- Whale Watching Web - Whale watching links and cetacean info.
- Worldwidewhale.com - Info about whales and dolphins, and issues affecting them.
