The 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
Date
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
Date
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
Date
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
Date
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
Date
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