In this week’s episode Dr. Ashley Scarlett talks to Dr. Caroline Weir who has dedicated herself to helping achieve a key biodiversity area for the endangered Sei Whales in the Falkland Islands. They talk about how important the Falkland Islands are to sei and southern right whales, and the scientific discoveries made on both species.
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MMS 97: The history of cetacean research in the Adriatic Sea, part 3
In this week’s episode, Dr. Drasko Holcer tells us more about the whales and dolphins of the Adriatic Sea, like long-finned pilot whales, sperm whales, and common dolphins. He also talks about victories with Marine Protected Areas and shares a conservation message for the marine mammals of this region.
MMS 96: The history of cetacean research in the Adriatic Sea, part 2
In this week’s episode, Dr. Ashley Scarlett talks to Dr. Drasko Holcer about the history of the Blue Whale Institute – which spearheaded cetacean research in the Adriatic Sea. They discuss the history of marine mammals in the Adriatic and the locals’ attitudes towards the marine environment.
MMS 95: The history of cetacean research in the Adriatic Sea, Part 1
This week’s episode will be part 1 of 3 episodes with Dr. Ashley Scarlett talking to one of our legendary marine mammal science champions Dr. Drasko Holcer. They talk about the history of cetacean research in the Adriatic Sea, threats to cetaceans in this region, and the work of the Blue World Institute.
MMS 94: The impacts of disturbance on whales and dolphins and the proper way to go whale-watching
This week’s guest is the Chief Scientist of the Pacific Whale Foundation Jens Currie. He talks about modelling anthropogenic and environmental impacts on whale and dolphin populations
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MMS 93: Blue whales in the Sea of Cortez and their role in climate change
In this week’s episode, Dr. Ashley Scarlett talks to Michael Fishbach about his research on blue whales in the Sea of Cortez. They also talk about the link between whales and climate change. Part 2 of 2.
Part 1 is the previous episode (episode 92).
MMS 92: Whales and protection their against ship strikes
In this week’s episode, Dr. Ashley Scarlett talks to Michael Fishbach from the Great Whale Conservancy about the complexities of protecting whales from being hit by ships. Part 1 of 2.
MMS 91: Peru, humpback whales and art
In this week’s episode master student Anna Costanza comes on the show to talk to Dr. Ashley Scarlett about her study on the bycatch of humpback whales in Peru, and how art is an incredible way to tell stakeholders’ stories.
Bio:
As an Illinoian born and bred, her younger self would pretend Lake Michigan was an ocean. After earning a B.S. in Environmental Science from Goshen College, IN, she moved from Midwest to the west coast and immediately dove deep into GIS courses and internships. If you ask her what my passion is – it’s science, but her love is art. GIS is the perfect intersection of the two. She is currently a graduate student at San Francisco State University working towards an MS in Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Science.
Thesis
For her thesis, she is collaborating with Pro Delphinus, a Peruvian non-profit, to study humpback whale and leatherback turtle bycatch within Peruvian small-scale fisheries. They leveraged fishermen’s knowledge and expert opinion as input data into an open-source bycatch risk assessment model to identify seasonal high bycatch risk areas among data-poor fisheries.
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MMS 90: Humpback Whales’ Scars Run Deep
In this week’s episode, Allison Payne will be talking to Dr. Ashley Scarlett about her Masters’ thesis project on entanglement scars on humpback whales.
More on Allison Payne:
Allison Payne is a Master’s student at San Francisco State University’s Estuary and Ocean Science Center and part of the Cetacean Field Research Team at the Marine Mammal Center, as well as a science communicator and naturalist. Her thesis work focuses on the accumulation of entanglement scars on humpback whales off the coast of central California using Research Collective’s North Pacific Humpback Whale Catalog.
MMS 89: Humpback whales return to San Francisco Bay – but face a threat from shipsHumpback whales return to San Francisco Bay but face a threat from ships
Humpbacks started coming back to San Francisco Bay in 2016 and now scientists are concerned about the risk of ship strikes. Dr. Ashley Scarlett talks to guest Rebekah Lane about this conservation issue.
Bekah Lane is a graduate student at San Francisco State University, studying the risk of ship strikes to humpback whales in San Francisco Bay in Dr. Ellen Hines’ lab. She is also a researcher in the Cetacean Field Research Team at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California