2nd Annual Gulf of Maine and Ocean
Life Symposium 2017
May 19th, Friday - Pool House, 2nd Floor, Bar Harbor Club
Speakers
Toby Stephenson, Director of BH Whale Museum
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Zack Klyver & Matt Ketchen, Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.
(Staff and Whale Watch Companies)
Time
3:30
4:45
5:00
7:00
Topic
The Evolution of Cetacea and Pinnipedia
Whale Sense Prog. Training
May 20th, Saturday - College of the Atlantic - McCormick Lecture Hall
Speakers
Dr. Tanya Lubansky
Dr. Tanya Lubansky, Allied Whale Research Asso.
Buzz Scott, Oceanswide
BREAK
Shep Erhart or Rep., Maine Sea Coast Vegtables
Scott & Tree Mercer, Mendonoma Whale & Seal, CA
LUNCH
Linda Welch, Msc.; Director Petit Manan Island, USFWS
Erin Summers/ Colin McDonald, Maine Dept of Marine Res.
BREAK
Megan McOsker, Msc Ed., Teacher & BHWW Naturalist
Rosie Seton, Stranding Director Allied Whale
DINNER
Time
7:30
7:50
8:00
9:15
9:30
10:30
11:45
1:00
2:00
3:00
3:15
4:15
5:15
Topic
Coffee and Breakfast
Introductions
* SPECIAL: Deep Sea Exploration *
BREAK
Local Knowledge of Local Seaweeds
Migration and Ecology of Gray Whales
BREAK
Climate Change and Maine's Nesting
Seabirds
Whale Entanglement & Research
BREAK
Sharks, Tuna, Mola, and Sea Turtles
Allied Whale Stranding Program
FORAGING
May 21st, Sunday - College of the Atlantic - McCormick Lecture Hall
Speakers
Dr. Tanya Lubansky
Jen Kennedy, Director Blue Ocean Society, Portsmouth, NH
Coffee Break
Shelley Lonergan, Brier Island Whale & Seabird Cruises
Dr. James Gilbert, Phd; UMaine Faculty, Seal Research
LUNCH
Lindsey Jones, Allied Whale Research Asso.
Dr. Rich Langton, NOAA Fisheries
Coffee Break
Dan Dendanto; Director N. A. Fin Whale Cata., Allied Whale
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Time
8:15
8:30
9:30
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:30
2:30
3:45
4:00
5:00
Topic
Welcome
Talking Trash: Plastics in the Ocean
& a Call to Action
BREAK
Brier Island Marine Mammals
Seals
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Humpback Whale Catalogs & Migration
Fisheries and Sturgeon
BREAK
Finback Whales