Hi all, We would like to announce the following upcoming workshop: 'MARINE MAMMALS PATHOLOGY: UPDATE OF THE NECROPSY PROTOCOL ON DISSECTION TECHNIQUES AND TISSUE SAMPLING'. Place and date: ECS conference 2015 in Malta, Intercontinental Hotel, 22nd March 2015. AIM: The protocol used during necropsies of (small) cetaceans is the tissue sampling and necropsy protocol written in 1991 by Thijs Kuiken and Manuel Garcia Hartmann. Increasing knowledge and experiences on this topic makes it necessary to update the protocol including also considerations for pinnipeds and large cetaceans, together with international experts of this field of research. The organization of the workshop is supported by ASCOBANS. There are limited places available, so please send an e-mail to Lonneke IJsseldijk (L.L.ijsseldijk@uu.nl) to register. The day fee for participants, including coffee and tea breaks, is 25 euros and should be paid in cash on site. Program outline: 22nd March 2015, full day workshop 9:00 Registration - Lonneke IJsseldijk and Heidrun Frisch 9:30 Start of the workshop 9:30 General introduction and participants' round table - Thierry Jauniaux Stranding networks in ASCOBANS area and ACCOBAM area 10:00 Small cetaceans protocol by Thierry Jauniaux 10:20 Seal necropsy, sampling and findings by Ursula Siebert 10:40 Large cetacean necropsy, sampling and findings by Sandro Mazzariol 11:00 Coffee break 11:30 Mass strandings by Andrew Brownlow & Sandro Mazzariol 11:50 Sound related mortalities by Paul Jepson 12:10 Sound related techniques by Maria Morrell 12:30 Lunch break 14:00 Aggressive behaviour of grey seals on porpoises by Lonneke IJsseldijk 14:20 Aggressive behaviour of grey seals on other seals by Dave Thompson & Abbo van Neer 14:40 Aggressive behaviour of dolphins on porpoises by Rob Deaville 15:00 Coffee break 15:15 Bycatch cases - discussion of case reports from different areas 16:15 Round table Kind regards, Lonneke IJsseldijk & Thierry Jauniaux Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, BSc Project coördinator Cetaceans Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University Department of Pathobiology T +31 30 253 5312, M +31 6 244 556 98 L.L.IJsseldijk@uu.nl Yalelaan 1, PO Box 80158, 3508 TD Utrecht The Netherlands