Society News

February 27, 2017

SMM 2017 Biennial Conference Abstracts Deadline Approaching

Greetings, Are you interested in submitting an abstract or workshop proposal for the upcoming Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, to be held in Halifax, October 2017? Well, the submission deadline for abstracts and workshop proposals is approaching rapidly! Be sure to submit your proposal(s) online by 12PM […]

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December 5, 2016

2017: A Marine Mammal Odyssey, Eh!

We are pleased to announce on December 5th, 2016 the opening of registration, abstract submission, and workshop proposals for the 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. The 22nd Biennial will be hosted in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 22nd-27th 2017, with workshops to be held October 28th-29th. Halifax is one of Canada’s […]

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SMM 2017 Biennial Conference Abstracts and Registration Open

We are pleased to announce on December 5th, 2016 the opening of registration, abstract submission, and workshop proposals for the 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. The 22nd Biennial will be hosted in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 22nd-27th 2017, with workshops to be held October 28th-29th. Halifax is one of Canada’s […]

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December 3, 2016

SMM President, Jay Barlow, at Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biology Diversity

Your president, Jay Barlow, is currently representing the SMM at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-CBD) in Cancun, Mexico. The Society was invited to participate by Mexico’s environmental minister, Rafael Pachiano Alaman, who was one of the recipients of the SMM Conservation Merit Award at the last biennial. The […]

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October 28, 2016

John Heyning Award Winner 2016

The John E. Heyning Award is for the best proposal received from an established researcher to investigate any area of cetacean integrative biology that relates to diverse aspects of biology within an evolutionary context. Many thanks to the review committee who assessed the five applicants submitted in 2016. The winner is  Rachel. A. Racicot  Predicting hearing […]

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