Marine Mammal Education and Conservation: Facts, Tools and Assessing Impacts

There is still space for this workshop at the 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Tampa, Florida. The all-day workshop is on Saturday, November 26, 2011.

In the morning, we will have presentations from speakers (about their programs and methodologies) who interact with a variety of different audiences--whale watch participants, museum participants, middle school students, university students, festival participants. In the afternoon, we will focus on threats marine mammals face, hearing from experts in the field about these issues.

We will then break out and have smaller discussions about what we can do as marine mammals educators to have a larger influence on what people DO after leaving an encounter. Is there a message we can all relate? Are there certain actions that people can take that will be more effective than others?

Finally, we will have a list of marine mammal education institutions for you to use for networking and idea generation during and after the conference.  

Register today to guarantee your space!  http://www.blueoceansociety.org/Workshop/

We look forward to seeing you in Tampa,

Cynde McInnis
Education Coordinator
Cape Ann Whale Watch

Jen Kennedy
Executive Director
Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation

Stefanie Hawks-Johnson
Executive Director
Marine Mammal Connection Society