The Whale Museum (TWM) in Friday Harbor, WA, is holding an exciting virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists this fall on Friday, November 18. This workshop will be held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time and registrants will join sessions through the videoconferencing platform, Zoom. The theme of this “Gear Down” Workshop will be Ocean Sounds: New Discoveries! Invited presenters include: * Elizabeth Ferguson, Ocean Science Analytics, on how artificial intelligence (DeepSqueak) is being used to detect underwater marine mammal vocalizations * Dr. Jason Wood, SMRU Consulting, on acoustic monitoring of cetaceans in the Salish Sea * Dr. Victoria Warren and Dr. Katie Kowarski, JASCO Applied Sciences, on humpback whale songs * Caitlin O’Morchoe, Washington Maritime Blue, on an update of Quiet Sound And * Madison Wilson, California State University Fullerton, on how baleen whales hear The registration fee is $35 for non-members; $25 for TWM/SSAMN members. For more information and/or to register, please visit https://whalemuseum.org/products/gear-down-2022. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at tracie@whalemuseum.org. Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook>