The American Cetacean Society engages in educational, conservational, and scientific pursuits for the purpose of expanding scientific knowledge of whales, dolphins, porpoises, and related creatures. Services offered by the Monterey Bay Chapter include monthly meetings open to the public, featuring presentations about whales, dolphins and related aspects of the marine environment.
Proceeds from our events and fund-raising activities support marine mammal research, and the health of Monterey Bay, through graduate student research grants. If you would like more information on our grant history, or how to apply for a future grant, please email acs_montereybay@yahoo.com.
3/28 Dr David Weller (Director, Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries) “Getting to Know Gray Whales: My Lifetime of Research”
4/25 Dr Iain Kerr (CEO of Ocean Alliance) “How new technologies are changing the way we study and value whales”.
5/23 Dr. Laura J May-Collado (UV) ” Research on the Aquatic Mammals of Central America: how to increase the representation of local scientists”.
6/27 Dr. Diane Gendron (IPN). title is TBD, but Blue Whale Research in Mexico will be the topic.
7/25 Dr. Joy Reidenberg (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) title TBD, but the topic will be cetacean anatomy
8/22 Dr. Ari Friedlaender (UCSC) title TBD, but cetaceans in Antarctica
9/26 Ted Cheeseman (Happywhale) “Bellwethers of change: humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean”
10/24 Ed Lyman (Regional Large Whale Entanglement Response Coordinator, NOAA) Cetacean Entanglements in Alaska and Hawaii