Free Zoom Presentation Oct. 24th, 2025, 7-9pm hosted by the American Cetacean Society of Orange County featuring Edward Lyman. “Unraveling large whale entanglements and extending our reach in response: Examples from Hawaii and Alaska.” Ed Lyman is currently the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s Natural Resource Specialist and Regional Large Whale Entanglement Response Coordinator under NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. He works closely with NOAA Fisheries under their Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, and many other partners. For 30 years Ed has worked with NOAA, state agencies, and others to better understand the animals and to address the threats that impact them, especially ship-strikes and entanglements. His efforts encompass Alaska, the East and West Coasts, Hawai’i and many countries. He assists NOAA by coordinating a community-based network in Hawai’i to not only monitor the animals, but also provide safe and authorized response to entangled, or otherwise compromised large whales. Ed has participated in nearly 130 disentanglement efforts and helped free more than 70 whales from life threatening entanglements – more than 40 with the sanctuary. However, the ultimate goal is working with fishermen, scientists, managers, and others to gain valuable information – the science, that may reduce entanglement and other threats for humpback whales and other large marine animals in the future. Ed graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where he received a Master of Science degree studying semi-aquatic mammals and island biogeography. He worked for the Shoals Marine Laboratory and Sea Education Association, where he gained a strong marine background. Ed has studied whales since 1994, when he worked for the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, a non-profit whale research and rescue organization on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Ed also worked for the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, where he worked with fishermen to reduce entanglement impact Register here: https://www.acsorangecounty.org/events Sent from my iPhone Hannah Rich Board Member American Cetacean Society of Orange County