LAJAM Vol. 18 No. 2 October 2023 Out Now Dear readers, on behalf of Dr. Miriam Marmontel, editor-in-chief, Dr. Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, managing editor, and the associate editors, we are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 18(2) October 2023. Please share it widely. In this issue we have 3 articles and 8 notes. Thank you to all the authors and peer reviewers. LAJAM 18(2) October 2023 Editorial Gonzalez-Socoloske (2023). An unexpected event related to the aquatic mammals of Latin America<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1655>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 167-168. Articles Weysfield et al. (2023). Incidence of a solitary bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, and interactions with spinner dolphins, Stenella longirostris, in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1589>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 169-174. Félix & Castro (2023). Occurrence, abundance and some ecological aspects of the offshore bottlenose dolphin off Ecuador’s central coast<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1531>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 175-185. Milmann et al. (2023). Overview of Balaenoptera whales strandings in Southern Brazil from 1993 to 2018<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1579>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 186-195. Notes Bolaños-Jiménez et al. (2023). First record of gillnet entanglement of a common minke whale calf (Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Lacépède, 1804) in Haiti, Greater Antilles, with a note on the local and regional fishing techniques<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1571>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 196-199. Urbán R. et al. (2023). Molecular confirmation of Mesoplodon sp. A as M. peruvianus<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1575>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 200-202. Ribeiro et al. (2023). Ingestion of yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis Pallas, 1766) (Porifera, Demospongiae) by short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846)<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1561>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 203-206. Romero-Tenorio et al. (2023). Records of Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) in the southern Mexican Pacific<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1567>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 207-211. Niebaum (2023). Note on the first modern record of a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758) in Los Ríos Region, southern Chile<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1555>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 212-216. Bolaños-Jiménez et al. (2023). First record of the Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene Gray, 1850) in Costa Rican waters<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1597>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 217-219. Rodrigues (2023). Collision of a kitesurfer with a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the coast of Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1577>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 220-223. de Oliveira et al. (2023). Drone survey provides preliminary insights into the biological aspects of Bryde’s whales in southeastern Brazil<https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1565>. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 18(2), 224-230.