*Interactive Q&A on Marine Mammals and Debris Entanglement — Scott Landry, Lauri Jemison, and Sue Goodglick Will Answer Your Questions* Hosted by MarineDebris.Info *Date: *Tues, Oct 29, 2013 *Time:* 1 pm US EDT / 10 am US PDT / 5 pm GMT To join the chat on Oct 29: http://marinedebris.info/events/interactive-qa-marine-mammals-and-debris-ent... In this interactive “Office Hour” chat, three experts on marine mammal entanglement and disentanglement will take your questions: * Scott Landry is director of the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies in Massachusetts. Over the past 30 years, the Center has freed more than 100 large whales from life-threatening entanglements, as well as dozens of smaller cetaceans, seals, and other marine animals. * Lauri Jemison is a biologist who has studied pinnipeds in Alaska for the past 25 years, and worked since 1997 with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s Marine Mammal Program. She has studied sea lion entanglement in marine debris and ingestion of fishing gear for the past decade. Packing bands, used in the shipping and fishing industries, and large rubber bands, used for many purposes including holding crab pots closed, are two of the most common neck-entangling materials. * Sue Goodglick is a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Steller sea lion research program and member of the multi-agency Pinniped Entanglement Group. As part of her job, she helps develop and disseminate outreach materials for the group's “Lose the Loop!” campaign, an effort to help reduce animal entanglements in marine debris. *About the Office Hour format:* This Office Hour will take place at www.marinedebris.info, the knowledge-sharing forum for marine debris researchers, managers, and activists. The event will be a live interactive chat conducted by typing and reading text - there is no audio component. Office Hour chats provide an opportunity for audience members to ask questions to our guests; audience members may also share their own experiences and insights with the guests and other participants. All participants are able (and encouraged) to post, and all participants are able to view all posts. Inappropriate or off-topic content will be controlled. You do not need to be logged into the MarineDebris.Info site to participate in the chat, but you are encouraged to create a user account and log in so you do not need to type your name in every post. To join the chat on Oct 29: http://marinedebris.info/events/interactive-qa-marine-mammals-and-debris-ent... _______________ John B. Davis, President MARE (Marine Affairs Research and Education) Woodinville, WA 98077 USA +1 425 788 8185 jdavis@marineaffairs.org marineaffairs.org / openchannels.org / mpanews.org / meam.net / marinedebris.info