In 2002, the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans in the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (UNEP/ASCOBANS) declared the third Sunday in May of each year as the “International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise” (IDBHP) in order to raise awareness of the critical situation for populations of the Harbour Porpoise...
As part of WWF's quarterly seminar series, Dr. Rebecca Lent and Dr. Lorenzo Rojas-Branco will speak about the important work being done by both the US and Mexico to save the Vaquita from extinction. Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Ph.D. is the Head of the Organization for the Marine Mammal Research and Conservation at the National Institute of...
Porpoise Conservation Society president Dr. Anna Hall will be speaking at the first Pembrokeshire Porpoise Symposium. "We have one of the world's leading porpoise experts coming to Pembrokeshire, Dr Anna Hall. Anna has been studying wild harbour porpoises in the waters around British Columbia for almost two decades, during this time she has learned much...
The vaquita is the world’s smallest and most endangered porpoise, found only in Mexico’s northern Gulf of California. Less than 80 individuals are believed to remain and in an effort to save them a rally will take place outside the Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC, to bring attention to their plight as part of the...
This year, Saturday, July 11, 2015 has been designated as the Third Annual International Save the Vaquita Day!! This is intended to be an annual event similar to Earth Day, but with a specific focus on raising awareness and appreciation of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). Events around the globe...
The Wadden Sea Day 2015 will highlight the role and population development of marine mammals in the ecosystem of the Wadden Sea World Heritage property and mark the 25th anniversary of the Wadden Sea Seal Agreement. Two seal species and a toothed whale have established remarkable populations in the Wadden Sea. The harbour seal (Phoca...
ACS-Orange County is excited to have Dr. Thomas A. Jefferson, a highly regarded marine scientist and leading advocate for the Vaquita and other small cetaceans in jeopardy, as guest speaker at our August meeting! Dr. Jefferson's topic will be "A Tale of Two Porpoises: The Vaquita and the Harbor Porpoise." Don't miss the opportunity to...
The goal of the workshop is to begin discussion among people studying harbor porpoises in different locations, with different techniques and foci to (1) discuss similarities and differences between locations (2) develop a framework to quantify how harbor porpoises integrate and are affected by natural and human-induced environmental change. (3) Perhaps see if there is...
Golden Gate Cetacean Research biologists, Jon Stern, Bill Keener and Izzy Szczepaniak, will present the results of their newest research on the porpoises and dolphins of San Francisco Bay, providing an up-to-date since their last talk for ACS in 2012. The team has been studying two species, harbor porpoises and bottlenose dolphins, from shore and...