September 2015 - MARMAM - devlists.uvic.ca

New publication: Evasive behaviours of female dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) during exploitative scramble competition
by Dara Orbach 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper: Orbach DN, Packard JM, Kirchner T, and Würsig, B. 2015. Evasive behaviours of female dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) during exploitative scramble competition. *Behaviour *doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003310 ABSTRACT When males engage in scramble competition, are females non-evasive recipients of male coercion or evasive? Small groups of male dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) engage in exploitative (non-interference) scramble competition for access to oestrous females near Kaikoura, New Zealand. We conducted behavioural sequence analyses of videos of 48 mating groups with continuous records and focal individual follows of females. We determined (1) the frequency and type of behaviours (non-evasive vs. evasive), (2) the variation in simple transition probabilities of behaviours leading to a copulatory position associated with female resistance and non-resistance and (3) the variation in female responses to male behaviours throughout focal follows. Females exhibited frequent active evasive manoeuvers following male behaviours. Copulation sequences were highly variable and most complex when terminated by females. Females altered responses to male signals, one aspect of mate choice potentially favouring male endurance. A PDF version of the paper is available online at: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/1568539x-0… or via e-mail request to dnorbach(a)gmail.com Cheers, Dara Orbach Ph.D. candidate Marine Mammal Behavioral Ecology Group Department of Marine Biology- IDP Texas A&M University at Galveston http://www.tamug.edu/mmbeg <https://mail.tamug.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=oF36nqml20WyXY9FEWmciXAfCz1UuNIIYvY…>

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Ocean Sciences 2016 Session on Dynamic Ocean Management
by Daniel Dunn 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Dear Colleagues, My co-chairs and I are excited to announce the following session at the 2016 Ocean Sciences meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana; February 21-26, 2016): Dynamic Ocean Management: Managing at Finer Scales for Mobile Ocean Resources (link to session webpage<https://agu.confex.com/agu/os16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session9332>) Session ID: 9332 Session Description: Dynamic ocean management aims to respond to the movement of managed species, ocean users, and underlying ocean features. Higher temporal resolution of management measures can create efficiency gains and allows managers to address problems that were previously intractable. Understanding patterns in space and time for both target and non-target species can allow management to explicitly respond to the dynamic movements of marine animals and people that rely on them. Dynamic approaches are particularly important for highly mobile species as well as resource users that follow features such as fronts and eddies that evolve rapidly in space and time. Advances in remote sensing, archival tagging, hand-held technology, and species-distribution models have improved our ability to predict areas of low to high risk of unwanted species interactions in near-real time. That information can be disseminated to alert users to changing dynamic management areas via website and mobile applications. This session will explore (1) life history traits and ecosystems that may benefit from dynamic ocean management approaches; (2) how both human and marine resources respond to dynamic oceanography; (3) empirical examples to help quantify the efficacy and efficiency of dynamic management; and (4) ultimately data frameworks that can improve responsiveness of ocean management. Chairs: Elliott L. Hazen, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division, Monterey, CA, United States Daniel Dunn, Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Beaufort, NC, United States Sara Maxwell, Old Dominion University, Department of Biology, Norfolk, VA, United States Rebecca Lewison, San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States The abstract submission site<http://osm.agu.org/2016/abstract-submissions/> is now open and abstracts are due by 23 September, 11:59 p.m. EDT. We look forward to your abstracts and an exciting session! Sincerely, Daniel Daniel C. Dunn, Ph.D. Research Scientist Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab Duke University Beaufort, NC

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SMM 2015 Workshop: LOW COST METHODS TO REDUCE MARINE MAMMAL BYCATCH IN GLOBAL ARTISANAL FISHERIES
by Per Berggren 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Dear Colleagues, If you are attending the 21st Biennal Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in San Francisco and working on low cost bycatch mitigation we hope you would consider attending the following workshop: LOW COST METHODS TO REDUCE MARINE MAMMAL BYCATCH IN GLOBAL ARTISANAL FISHERIES Date/time: Sunday, 13 December 2015. 08:30-17:30. Organizers: Per Berggren (Newcastle University, UK), Jeremy Kiszka, (Florida International University) and Andy Read (Duke University) Contact email: per.berggren(a)ncl.ac.uk Description of Proposed Workshop: Bycatch is a major conservation threat to marine mammals worldwide. To date, most efforts to assess and mitigate bycatch have focused on industrial/semi-industrial fisheries in developed countries; much less attention has been paid to bycatch in artisanal fisheries of developing countries. Artisanal fisheries account for more than 95% of employment in the world's fisheries, and the potential magnitude of marine mammal bycatch in these fisheries is enormous. Many artisanal fisheries use small-scale gillnets and wherever the use of gillnets overlaps with marine mammals there is evidence of bycatch. Currently the greatest conservation threat to marine mammals is posed by bycatch in gillnets and so these gears are the main focus of this workshop. In industrial fisheries, the typical approach to mitigating bycatch follows a common pattern: bycatch is identified, its impact is assessed, and mitigation efforts to reduce the bycatch are then developed, tested and, finally, implemented. However, this is often a very lengthy processes, which includes a requirement to demonstrate statistically significant reduction of bycatch without undue impacts on the catch of target species. A more pragmatic approach is needed, especially in artisanal fisheries, in which mitigation is initiated immediately after bycatch is identified. Rather than waiting for an assessment, any mitigation measure leading to a bycatch reduction is put in place and the measures are then evaluated by an adaptive process implemented by fisheries participants themselves. Most currently available mitigation methods (e.g. pingers) are unsuitable for artisanal fisheries because of their cost, especially in developing countries. Nevertheless, a few promising examples of low cost mitigation strategies have been developed during the past decade, including gear switching, simple weak links and active disentanglement. The objective of this workshop is to review and bring together information on mitigation devices/methods that can be made from locally available materials, or changing fishing practices, to reduce the bycatch of marine mammals in gillnets at little or no cost. This will be a full day workshop (max 50 participants) divided into three sessions: 1. The first session will be dedicated to invited case study presentations on successful or unsuccessful bycatch mitigation for artisanal gillnet fisheries in a variety of geographical regions. 2. The second session (most of the day) will be dedicated to review, evaluation, discussion and collation of potential mitigation options to reduce marine mammal bycatch in artisanal gillnet fisheries. To facilitate and to make this a constructive exercise, we encourage workshop participants to submit ideas, potential prototypes or descriptions of mitigation device/methods for circulation in advance. 3. During the final session, the workshop will create a toolbox (to be placed on a suitable social media platform) of potential mitigation methods for different gillnets and geographical regions. Cost: $80 (early bird), $90 (after September 15th, 2015). For more information: https://www.marinemammalscience.org/conference/workshops/#bycatch Or please contact: per.berggren(a)ncl.ac.uk Many thanks for considering this and hope to see you at the workshop, Per Berggren, Jeremy Kiszka & Andy Read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Per Berggren School of Marine Science and Technology Room 5.90, 5th Floor, Ridley Building 2, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, UK Phone:+44 191 208 5676 Email: per.berggren(a)ncl.ac.uk Read more on https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/marinescience/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit us on http://www.facebook.com/newcastlemarine Follow us on http://www.Twitter.com/newcastlemarine And watch us on http://www.YouTube.com/newcastlemarine -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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SAVE THE DATE: 1st International Workshop “Conservation and research networking on common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Mediterranean Sea”, 13-15 April 2016, Ischia Island, Italy
by Daniela Silvia Pace 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Dear Colleagues, in order to promote greater participation in international dialogue and scientific knowledge exchange on Mediterranean common dolphin, essential to strengthen both the scientific and conservation efforts on the species locally, nationally and internationally, Oceanomare Delphis Onlus (ODO) and the Biological Conservation Research Foundation (BICREF), together with OceanCare, are jointly organizing the first International Workshop on this Mediterranean endangered cetacean species at “Albergo della Regina Isabella”, Ischia Island, Italy. Participation in the Workshop is by invitation only. Members of international public/private organizations and of academic institutions will be represented. The participation of observers is desirable and we would like to encourage anyone with interest in this cetacean species to participate in our exploration of new effective conservation ideas and possibilities. Observers have to cover their own expenses, as well as a registration fee of 100 euro. The provisional program will follow this Aide-Mémoire shortly. Findings, conclusions and action plans resulting from the workshop will be published as proceedings in a relevant scientific journal. For more information, please contact: postmaster(a)oceanomaredelphis.org Best wishes, Daniela Silvia Pace & Barbara Mussi, Oceanomare Delphis Onlus ( oceanomaredelphis.org) Adriana Vella & Joseph Vella, BICREF Malta (bicref.org) Silvia Frey, OceanCare (oceancare.org) *Daniela Silvia Pace* President, Oceanomare Delphis Onlus p: +39 346 1039652 <danielasilvia.pace(a)gmail.com> / f: +39 06 50910791 <%2B39%200650910791> e:danielasilvia@oceanomaredelphis.org w: oceanomaredelphis.org <http://www.oceanomaredelphis.org/> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oceanomare-Delphis-Onlus/160510983980667?ref…> <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/daniela-silvia-pace/b/3a8/ba7> <https://twitter.com/OD_onlus> *Oceanomare Delphis Onlus* [CF 92045790398. P IVA 03923430403 - legal head office: via guglielmo oberdan 27, 47921 rimini (RN), italy - operation offices: via gino marinuzzi 74, 00124 rome (RM), italy; via zaro 22, 80075 forio d'ischia (NA), italy; piazza bisio 31, 15040 valmacca (AL), italy]

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PhD studentship advert: seals & shipping noise
by Clare Embling 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

We would like to invite applications for the competitively funded* 3 year PhD ‘Do marine mammals react to shipping noise? Assessing the exposure and behavioural response of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) to shipping noise’ at Plymouth University, UK. We are seeking a highly numerate candidate to carry out 3D oceanographic and propagation models of shipping noise, and using archived datasets from grey seals tagged in UK waters to calculate exposure levels and assess behavioural changes in diving activity of seals in relation to shipping noise. Full details of the PhD and how to apply can be found at the link below: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/your-studies/the-graduate-school/po… DEADLINE: 15th September 2015 Any queries about the PhD should be addressed to Dr Clare Embling: clare.embling(a)plymouth.ac.uk<mailto:clare.embling@plymouth.ac.uk> Many thanks, Clare *Competetive funding means that this PhD is in competition with other projects and appointment for this studentship is dependent on the calibre of candidates. --------------------------------------------------- Dr Clare B Embling Lecturer in Marine Ecology Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre School of Marine Science & Engineering, Plymouth University, Room B425 Portland Square, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA. tel: 01752 586137 email: clare.embling(a)plymouth.ac.uk twitter: @ClareEmbling http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/cbembling http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Gcin3_gAAAAJ&hl=en Member of the Marine Vertebrate Research Group http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/research/mberc/Research/marine-vertebrates/Pages… twitter: @MarineVerts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ [http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/images/email_footer.gif]<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/worldclass> This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient then copying, distribution or other use of the information contained is strictly prohibited and you should not rely on it. If you have received this email in error please let the sender know immediately and delete it from your system(s). Internet emails are not necessarily secure. While we take every care, Plymouth University accepts no responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan emails and their attachments. Plymouth University does not accept responsibility for any changes made after it was sent. Nothing in this email or its attachments constitutes an order for goods or services unless accompanied by an official order form.

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BPM Training Course for MMOs working in New Zealand and Australian waters
by Lesley Douglas 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

BPM Training Course for MMOs working in New Zealand and Australian waters MMOs wishing to work on marine seismic surveys in New Zealand waters must successfully complete a training course consistent with the standards outlined in the 2013 Code of Conduct for Minimising Acoustic Disturbance to Marine Mammals from Seismic Survey Operations. Blue Planet Marine's course is one of only a few courses approved by the New Zealand Government as meeting these standards. It is suitable for candidates new to MMO work right through to experienced MMOs or industry/government personnel keen to better understand this role. MMOs working in Australia are subject to different legislation, Government departments, processes, and must identify a suite of different marine fauna. Our course will equip candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to operate in this environment. Our course consists of 14 modules of online distance learning and a three-day in-person practical component. The three-day practical component includes classroom, shore- and sea-based activities designed to consolidate online distance learning, and introduce and then practice techniques essential to the role of MMO. Candidates whom successfully complete the course will be capable and confident in undertaking the duties of a MMO under the relevant guidelines of Australia and New Zealand, and will be recognised by the New Zealand Government as 'trained' MMOs, able to work on marine seismic surveys in New Zealand waters. Candidates for the course must be able to complete the online distance learning within the timeframe specified below and be available to attend the practical component in Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. * Online distance learning: 24 September to 11 October 2015 (inclusive) * Practical component: 20-22 October 2015 (inclusive), Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. * Cost: NZ$2,100 (ex GST) - covering online distance learning, practical component, lectures and course handouts. (Note: any costs relating to travel, accommodation and meals required in order for you to attend the practical component of the course will be at your additional expense.) If you are interested in undertaking the course, please complete the table below and email it to Lesley Douglas (info(a)blueplanetmarine.com<mailto:info@blueplanetmarine.com>). Places are limited and applications close 15 September 2015. Apply early to avoid disappointment. First name: Last name: Email: Contact phone number: Postal address: Country: Notes on relevant experience or other comments: Lesley Douglas, M.Sc. Marine Scientist | NZ Office | Ph: +64 (0)27 631 9000 | Email: lesley.douglas(a)blueplanetmarine.com<mailto:lesley@blueplanetmarine.com> | www.blueplanetmarine.com<http://www.blueplanetmarine.com/> P.O. Box 3639, Richmond, Nelson, 7050, New Zealand [BPMprimarylogo FOR EMAIL SIGNATURE 40mm] This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system.

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