Society for Marine Mammalogy News

September 10, 2016

SMM President, Jay Barlow, to attend Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 13) in December 2016

Jay Barlow, Society for Marine Mammalogy President, has been invited to attend the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 13). The purpose of this meeting is to set the scene and provide the necessary impetus to make progress on specific issues in conservation and to discuss challenges and opportunities. During COP 13, […]

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September 1, 2016

Third annual student conference for the California Student Chapter of SMM

We are excited to announce the third annual student conference for the California Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy at Moss Landing Marine Labs. All undergraduates, graduate, and recently graduated students are welcome to attend and are invited to submit an abstract. Please register here (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6KGQKW2) as soon as possible if you plan […]

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July 28, 2016

ANZ Student Chapter Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy

Dear ANZSCSMM members, We are delighted to announce the third ANZ Student Chapter Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. The conference will take place on November 24th and 25th, 2016, starting at 9 am at Flinders University (South Australia). Last year’s conference was a great success and students thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to share […]

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June 1, 2016

Small Grants-in-Aid of Research Program Accepting Proposals June 1-30 2016

The Society for Marine Mammalogy would like to inform eligible members (see below) that this year’s application window opens on 1 June 2016. Applications will be accepted during the entire month of June. The Committee of Scientific Advisors will review applications and make recommendations on funding with decisions announced before 1 September 2016. The awards […]

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May 21, 2016

The John E Heyning Award 2016

John E. Heyning was a marine biologist with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County who furthered research on whales and helped build one of the world’s largest collections of marine mammals. As the museum’s deputy director and one of its curators, he was instrumental in amassing its more than 4,000 specimens. Only the […]

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