Global Orca Workshop
Tuesday, August 27th
1:00 pm to 8:00 pm (Pacific Time)
And
Wednesday, August 28th
9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Pacific Time)
Come join The Whale Museum’s Global Orca Workshop virtually through Zoom! This workshop’s theme will be: Understanding orca eco-types around the world; Who are they and what are they facing in today’s changing ocean environments?
Invited Presenters include:
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Dr. Jeremy Kiszka, Principal Investigator, Marine Conservation Ecology Lab, FIU on Orcas of the Tropics
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Dr. Holly Fearnbach, Marine Mammal Research Director, SR3 on Antarctic Killer Whales
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Dr. Anaïs Remili, Postdoctoral researcher, McGill University on North Atlantic Killer Whales
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Candice K. Emmons, Research Fisheries Biologist, NOAA on PNW and Alaskan Residents and Offshore Orcas
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Dr. Ingrid Visser, Founder & Principal Scientist, Orca Research Trust on New Zealand’s Killer Whales
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Dr. Eve Jourdain, Postdoctoral Researcher, Section, University of Oslo on Norwegian Killer Whales
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Dr. Robin Baird, Hawai‘i Program Director, Cascadia Research Collective on Offshore Orcas in Hawaiian waters
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Dr. Ruth Esteban, Marine Mammal researcher, Madeira Whale Museum on Spanish Orcas and the Strait of Gibraltar
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Chloe Kotik, PhD student, University of Alaska Fairbanks on PNW and Alaskan Transients
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Jorge Cazenave, President of Punta Norte Orca Research on Argentinian Killer Whales
The registration fee is $70 for non-members; $50 for current TWM or SSAMN members. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at tracie@whalemuseum.org. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop.
