April 30, 2015
by Barbara Taylor
On 16 April 2015, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced a plan to increase enforcement, ban gillnets for 2 years within the range of vaquita and compensate the fishermen during the first visit by any Mexican President to San Felipe. The town is one of the two main fishing centers bordering the new gillnet exclusion […]
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April 29, 2015
by Ellen Hines
(depending on where you are in the world)! Don’t forget to submit your abstract for the 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals by May 15th! https://www.marinemammalscience.org/conference/smm-2015-conference-abstract-submission/ and while you are at it…go ahead and propose a workshop…exhibit/sponsor/advertise in our program and… REGISTER! Early-bird registration will be open until September 30th. Please use […]
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April 28, 2015
by Jarrett Corke
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April 5, 2015
by Ellen Hines
Greetings, early-bird registration will open for the 21st Biennial meeting in San Francisco on April 6th! Early-bird registration will be open until September 30th. Please use the following link, which will open on the 6th: https://www.marinemammalscience.org/conference/rates-registration-faq/ Be sure to buy tickets for the Society birthday celebration on December 18th at San Francisco City Hall, with […]
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March 19, 2015
by Nick Gales
Greetings! Please find below a few news items of interest from the Society for Marine Mammalogy for you regarding the next two conferences and a reminder to vote. Venue Change for the 2017 SMM Conference The organizers for the planned 2017 SMM Biennial Conference in Veracruz, Mexico had to reluctantly withdraw their offer to host […]
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