An Overview of some of the Current Issues affecting several Great Whale Species Thursday, August 25, 2011 7 p.m. Refreshments, 7:30 p.m. Program Lecture Hall, Monterey Boatworks, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove (Across from American Tin Cannery Outlet Stores) Speaker: John Calambokidis, Founder, Cascadia Research

Whale Conservation is frequently in the news and can be a hot political topic in many different arenas. Those supporting Whale Conservation have to confront different opposing interests including those in favor of oil drilling in marine environments, those looking to maintain existing shipping lanes and those in support of hunting threatened whales as a food source. The best defense in all these cases for the whales and those speaking on their behalf is good science based on accurate data.

Our speaker this evening is one of the founders of Cascadia Research, a non-profit corporation founded in 1979 to conduct research needed to manage and protect threatened marine mammals.

John will give us a special overview of some of the most important and interesting issues facing cetaceans in the wild including long term trends in humpback and blue whales, new findings on gray whale population structure, and some of Cascadia's studies on human impacts including ship strikes and response to sonar. Please join us for what promises to be an informative presentation from this globally recognized cetacean research scientist.

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