Dear colleagues, SaveWave is a Dutch eco-company that aims to reduce dangerous interactions between marine wildlife and fishing activities world wide. We have been successfull at reducing bird by-catch with our WWF award winning SeaBird Saver last year. Currently, there are many concerns for interactions between killer whales ans longline vessels. For this we have developed a device that can be used to emit a very wide range of sounds underwater to deter killer whales from longlining vessels. Next to artificially built signals, we would also like to tweak natural signals. Therefore we are currently looking for signals from killer whales (Orcinus orca) and long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas). During field work, a strong reaction from killer whales to long-finned pilot whales was observed, making trialing with these specific signals very interesting indeed. We are currently looking for signals that meet the following criteria: " Killer whale or long finned pilot whale clicks, whistles and pulsed calls " Frequency between 6 and 30 khz " High quality recordings " Preferably long recordings (10 seconds and more) " Preferably .wav files " Killer whales: preferably residents " Recordings on both species during: socializing, interactions with other pods, territorial and aggressive behavior. If you would like to contribute to our cause, please contact me at e.schrijver@savewave.eu for further information. Best regards, Ernst Schrijver Marine Biologist SaveWave BV P.O Box 81 2600 AB Delft The Netherlands Email: e.schrijver@savewave.eu Phone: + 31(0)15 28 525 91 Fax: + 31 (0)15 262 28 75 Web: http://www.savewave.eu