Aloha Everyone- This is a final reminder to register for the Ethics in Marine Mammal Science (EiMMS) Workshop if you are interested in going. If you have already registered with us, you do not need to do so again. The details are: What: EiMMS Workshop When: Sunday, Dec. 11 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt (Conference Venue) Cost: The workshop is FREE. The workshop provides a rare opportunity for discussion of a variety of topics related to ethics in our field. The primary objective of this workshop is for members to hear what steps the SMM has taken in developing ethical guidelines and discuss what role ethics has within our Society. An agenda with tentative titles is listed below. Please join this important discussion. If you are interested in attending please email Charles (charles.littnan@noaa.gov). Onsite registration is available at the door, but we are trying to get an accurate count for refreshments. Hope to see you in San Diego. Safe travels everyone. Cheers, Charles Littnan and Dave Johnston Agenda: Introduction to the 2nd Biennial Workshop on Ethics in Marine Mammal Science 8:30 /Ad hoc/ Ethics committee and guidelines: Update from the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) 8:50 Creating a code of ethics for a multi-cultural professional society: Update from Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) 9:15 Best practices and tagging/marking: Update from the Biologging Symposium ethics workshop (St. Andrews, Scotland June 2005) 9:45 Coffee 10:00 Introduction to the IACUC framework: Potential application for the SMM 10:20 Issues in Ethics: Some things to consider as we find our ethical identity 10:40 The Maquarie Island elephant seal branding program: A case study of research, ethics, and the media 11:00 Morning summary and recommendations 11:30 Lunch 12:00 Introduction to the afternoon and EIMMS Web Portal: A new resource for marine mammal ethics 1:00 Open Discussion 1:30 Coffee 3:30 Discussion of recommendations and workshop outputs 3:45 -- Charles Littnan, Ph.D. Ecologist Marine Mammal Foraging Program Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center NOAA Fisheries 2570 Dole St. Honolulu HI 96822 Tel: (808) 983 5392 Fax: (808) 983 2902