Dear friends The Schedule of workshops, their abstracts, and the prelimianry scientific programme (still need author confirmations!!) is available in www.circe.info . * * * * *Workshop Schedule:* *Saturday 19th March 2011* 08:00-12:00: *The Case For And Against Destructive Sampling<http://www.circe.biz/#1> *. Organiser: Simone Panigada (panigada@inwind.it ) 12:30-21:00: * Environmental History of Marine Mamm**als*<http://www.circe.biz/#2>. Organiser: Cristina Brito (cristina.brito@escolademar.pt ) 12:30-21:00: *Implementation of the cetacean component of the Habitats Directive in EU Member States <http://www.circe.biz/#3>. *Organisers: Simon Berrow, Eunice Pinn, Meike Scheidat, Marije Siemensma, simon.berrow@shannondolphins.ie 12:30-21:00: *Killer Whales in the North Atlantic (To be confirmed)*. *Sunday 20th March 2011* 08:00-12:30 *Student workshop: Tools for Marine Mammal Population Studies* <http://www.circe.biz/#4>Organiser: Conor Ryan miolmor@gmail.com 08:00-16:30: *Pollution and cetaceans* <http://www.circe.biz/#5>Organisers: Mark Simmonds and Peter Evandspeter.evans@bangor.ac.uk 08:00-16:30: *Interest and feasibility of a web-accessed database for marine mammals strandings and necropsy data in the ASCOBANS region*.<http://www.circe.biz/#6> Organisers: Deaville R., Jepson P. and Jauniaux T. T.Jauniaux@ulg.ac.be 08:00-16:30:* Prey identification in marine mammal diets <http://www.circe.biz/#7> *Organiser: Graham Pierce, Gema Hernandez g.j.pierce@abdn.ac.uk 08:00-16:30: *Fin whales research and conservation in the Mediterranean Sea <http://www.circe.biz/#8> *Organisers: Pauline Gauffier, Simone Panigada, Manolo Castellote and Renaud de Stephanis. panigada@inwind.it Remember that the Early Registration Deadline will be Friday 21st January 2011. Regards Renaud de Stephanis On behalf of ECS. www.circe.info