acsmbHomeSlide6The Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society normally meets at 7:30 pm on the last Thursday of the month at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California (across from the American Tin Cannery Outlet Stores). Meeting date is changed when the last Thursday conflicts with a holiday.

These meetings are free and open to the public. ACS meetings and activities feature cetacean and various aspects of the marine environment.

Topic

Dawn of Cetology

Blue & Fin Whales of the Gulf of California

Marine Mammal Fossils from Santa Cruz and Halfmoon Bay

Exploring Sound Production and Recweption in Secret Lives of Marine Mammals

Speakers

Uko Gorter

Diane Gendron

Robert W. Boessenecker

Dr. Caroline Casey

Topic

A Glimmer of Hope for Antarctic Blue Whales: the Largest of Them All

Animal Cultures: A Conversation with Carl Safina

Red Gold: The Managed Extinction of the Giant Bluefin Tuna

Spying on Whales

Endangered Orcas – The Story of the Southern Residents

North America’s Galapagos: The Historic Channel Islands Biological Survey

Cetacean Soundscape Deep Within the Monterey Bay

Understanding Blue Whale Behavior via Acoustic & Tag Technology

Speakers

Trevor Branch

Carl Safina

Jennifer E. Telesca

Dr. Nick Pyenson

Monika Wieland Shields

Corinne Heyning Laverty

Dr. John Ryan

Will Oestreich

Topic

Voyage to the White Shark Cafe

The Cats of the Sea: The Secretive Lives of Harbor Seals

Ecology & Conservation of Pacific Albatrosses

Polar Bears and Climate Change

The Albatross of Midway Atoll

Wildlife Photography

How the ‘Killer’ became ‘Orca’

Killer Whales in Monterey Bay

Research on Walruses and Beluga Whales

Vaquita: Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez

Speakers

Dr. Barbara Block

Jim Harvey

Caren Loebel-Fried

Dr. Anthony Pagano

Greg McCormack

Chase Dekker

Dr. Jason Colby

Nancy Black

Dr. Shawn Noren

Brooke Bessesen

Topic

 

How Plastic in the Ocean is Killing Whales

 

Exploring Our Greatest Frontier

The Biomechanics of Breaching and Filter-Feeding: Using New Tools to Answer Old Questions

Leatherback Turtles in the CA Current: Why Leatherbacks Cross the Pacific

Sushi and Satellites: Tracking Marine Wildlife in our Blue Serengeti

Blue Mind

The role of Krill in the Food Web

The (Not So) Secret Lives of Humpback Whales

Speakers

Dr. Patrick Robinson

Erica Cirino

 

Kip Evans

Megan Jensen

Scott Benson

Dr. Barbara Block

Wallace J Nichols

Dr. Baldo Marinovic

Jodi Frediani

Topic

Chris Hartzell, wildlife photographer

The California Coastal National Monument

Edward F. Ricketts and Jack Calvin: Between Pacific Tides

Elephant Seals and Their Deep Ocean Habitat

Insights into cetacean feeding behavior

Mauricio Alvarez

Giancarlo Thomae

The harbor seals of Hopkins Marine Station

Happywhale — Getting to Know our Whales

What Killer Whales Can Teach Us

Speakers

Chris Hartzell

Bill Stanley

Donald Kohrs

Sarah Peterson, Ph.D.

David Cade

Mauricio Alvarez

Giancarlo Thomae

Kim and Thom Akeman

Ted Cheeseman

David Neiwert

Topic

North Pacific gray whales – the eastern/western paradox

How citizen scientists contribute to conservation of marine mammals

Marine life of high latitudes

Sharks

ACSMB Annual Barbecue

Leatherback turtles in the California Current

Pushing the limit: Diving physiology and energetics of marine mammals

Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project

Scientific Whaling

Reducing bycatch of cetaceans in one of the nation’s dirtiest fisheries

The great white fear: how 500 shark species have been reduced to one

Speakers

Dr. Jim Sumich

Dr. Lei Lani Stelle

Greg McCormack, Monterey Bay Whale Watch

Paul Clerkin

at George Washington Park

Scott Benson

Dr. Birgitte McDonald

Alisa Schulman-Janiger

Dr. Marc Mangel

Dr. Geoff Shester, Oceana

Victoria Vásquez, graduate student

Topic

Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

White Shark Video

Humpback Whales and bubble netting

The 2013 Year of Abundance in Monterey Bay…

ACS Annual BBQ – Cancelled

Where’s Whaldo? Modeling cetacean distributions…

The Extreme Life of the Sea

Mammals: flukes are no fluke…

The Natural History of Cephalopods

Solving California’s Water Crisis: What Role Will the Ocean Play?

The Outstanding Science and Conservation of Marine Mammals

Speakers

Dr. Tierney Thys, National Geographic Explorer

Skyler Thomas, videographer

Dr. Fred Sharpe, Alaska Whale Foundation

Jodi Frediani

(Advance payments will be returned.)

Dr. Karin Forney

Dr. Stephen Palumbi

Milos Radakovich

Dr. Steve Webster

Dr. Carol Reeb

Dr. Jim Harvey, Moss Landing Marine Lab

Topic

After “The Cove”

Are whales and dolphins especially sensitive to human disturbances?

Porpoises and dolphins return to San Francisco Bay

Polar bears in a changing world

The ACS, Monterey Bay Chapter Annual BBQ honoring Katy Castagna

Dancing on the belly of the shark: Whale tales from Monterey Bay

Hippo and Whale Evolution

Beautiful Whale…

Diving with Beluga Whales

Humboldt Squid

Do all humpback whales migrate?

Speakers

Cynthia Fernandez, O’Barry’s Dolphin Project

Terrie Williams, UCSC Marine Mammal Program

Founders of Golden Gate Cetacean Research

Bob Wilson

Contact: Sally Eastham or Jerry Loomis

Tim Thomas

Doug Cheeseman

Bryant Austin

Art Haseltine and Virginia Bria

William F. Gilly, Hopkins Marine Station

Casey T. Clark

For meeting information before 2013, refer to our Newsletter Archive.