Dear Colleagues and students, A few places remaine on our upcoming Whalefish Professional Development Course: Marine Research Techniques & Conservation: aimed at marine science students, graduates and environmental professionals looking to enhance their career skills. This course follows the success of Whalefish's 2015 workshop and is accredited by the *Institute of Marine, Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST). <http://www.imarest.com/>* The three-day training course includes lectures, interactive discussion and practical sessions aimed at introducing scientific techniques in marine megafauna research and conservation and covers themes such as marine mammal health, photo identification, passive acoustic monitoring and elasmobranch tracking. There is also advice on careers in marine science and science communication. The course is delivered by Whalefish Directors Niru Dorrian, Dr Els Vermeulen, Lorenzo Scala and Whalefish Education officer Amy Niven and Elasmobranch ecologist Dr James Thorburn. Full price: £300 Student: £250 Price includes bed & breakfast, lunches and evening meals for 2 nights. Course material and a certificate of attendance. Accommodation at FSC Millport is provided for two nights inclusive of all meals and is based on two persons sharing a twin room, with shared shower facilities. Single bedrooms are available upon request for a supplementary fee. Should you wish to be placed with a colleague or friend please inform us at the time of booking and we will strive to arrange this. https://www.whalefish.org/whalefish-course Kind regards, Els ------------------------------- Els Vermeulen, PhD Co-founding Director - Whalefish www.whalefish.org +27 (0)60 9714301 Connect - Share - Inspire