You are invited to join The Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists! Dear MARMAM community members (science-, policy-, technical-persons and generally interested persons): You are invited to join The Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists on Thursday, April 17 from 10:00 am -4.00 pm (Pacific Time) through Zoom. The Whale Museum’s Gear Up Workshop will enhance your knowledge of the Salish Sea marine ecosystem and is open to the general public. This workshop’s theme will be Sound Reason: Noise Impacts and Mitigation for Whales in the Salish Sea. Invited presenters include: • Dr. John Ryan, Senior Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on how environmental conditions affect song in whales and a 2nd presentation on Ocean noise monitoring, voluntary ship speed reduction, and the movement ecology of whales in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary . • Dr. Jason Wood, Managing Director, SMRU Consulting on whether offshore wind farms and tidal turbine energy extraction really have impacts on whales. • Melanie Knight, ECHO Program Manager, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority on updates of the Enhancing Cetacean and Habitat Observation (ECHO) Program. • Gonzalo Banda-Cruz, Program Manager, Quiet Sound on updates of the Quiet Sound Program. The registration fee is $40 for non-members; $30 for current TWM or SSAMN members. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at tracie@whalemuseum.org<mailto:tracie@whalemuseum.org>. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop. Register at https://whalemuseum.org/products/gear-up-virtual-workshop-2025-copy Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook>