Registration is now open for The Whale Museum's 2023 virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists

The Whale Museum (TWM) in Friday Harbor, WA, is holding an exciting virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists this fall on Friday, October 20. This workshop will be held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time and registrants will join sessions through the videoconferencing platform, Zoom. The theme of this “Gear Down” Workshop will be Unusual & Changing Sightings Of Species In The Salish Sea.

Invited presenters include:

Erin Falcone, North Coast Cetacean Society, on fin, Bryde’s, & sei whales

Candice Emmons, NOAA, on SRKW and NRKW current distribution patterns and overlap

David Anderson & Laurie Shuster, Cascadia Research Collective, on dolphins in the Salish Sea

Kristin Wilkinson, NOAA, on beluga whales & rare pinnipeds & stranding network response

Dr. Adam Summers, University of Washington, on blue fin tuna

Dr. Marianne Nyegaard, Auckland Museum, on mola (sunfish)

The registration fee is $35 for non-members; $25 for TWM/SSAMN members. For more information and/or to register, please visit https://whalemuseum.org/products/virtual-gear-down-workshop-2023?_pos=1&_sid=cc4ec63f2&_ss=r. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at tracie@whalemuseum.org.