Registration is now open for The Whale Museum's 2024 virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists The Whale Museum (TWM) in Friday Harbor, WA, is holding an exciting virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists this fall on Friday, November 15. 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. TWM's Gear Down Workshop will enhance your knowledge of the Salish Sea marine ecosystem and is open to the general public. The theme of this “Gear Down” Workshop will be All Rivers Lead to Whales. Invited presenters include: • Madison Rose Bristol, Water Quality 6PPD Planner, and Bryson Finch, Senior Toxicologist, Washington State Department of Ecology on 6PPD-quinone and update on Washington State being first state in the nation to establish freshwater limit • Kaitlin Yehle, Fisheries Biologist, SkeenaWild Conservation Trust on Alaska’s commercial salmon fisheries and impacts on Southern Resident killer whales (SRKWs) • Dave Scott, Research and Restoration Coordinator for the Lower Fraser Salmon Program, Raincoast Foundation on Healthy Waters Program and Fraser River salmon recovery projects • Jacob Lerner, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia on seasonal variation in fat content of Fraser River Chinook salmon and implications for SRKW prey quality • Eva Stredulinsky, Aquatic Biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada on foraging research & resident killer whales & • Julie Watson, Killer Whale Policy Lead, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, and Katie Pruit, Salmon Recovery Coordinator, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office on SRKW vessel regulations and progress on the Statewide Salmon Strategy & salmon in the context of SRKW recovery 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/virtual-gear-down-workshop-2024?_pos=1&_sid... . 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<mailto:tracie@whalemuseum.org>. Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook>