Manchester, Ca 95459
United States
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Natural Resource Management
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Our Objectives 1) To create a website for individuals, non-profit and governmental agencies that gives them a dedicated information source for accessing first hand sightings and map of killer whale and marine mammal locations submitted by individuals and researchers along the coastal Northwest. 2) To recruit individuals for Pay to Volunteer assisted data collection for the purpose of: a) Data collection on areas of regular Southern Resident killer whale occurrence, movement patterns, distances traveled offshore, habitat selection, and relationships with spatial/temporal occurrence of prey; b) Data collection on dietary preference of Southern Resident killer whales to confirm importance of Chinook salmon and to identify prey populations of special significance during the winter months.
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
•Scientific Qualifications and Certifications- · 7 field seasons as Principle Investigator · Cetacean photo-id experience · Hydrophone recording and radio telemetry · Small watercraft (17-22’) vessel operation · 4WD (ATV) vehicle training and operation · Biological Invertebrate lab sample processing · Cetacean necropsy collection experience for histology, virology, toxicology, and genetics · Mist netting and claptrap collection · Programs: MS Word, Access, Excel, Quattro-Pro, SPSS, Cyclopes, TheoProg, PowerPoint. · BOSIET-5700 including HUET, METS, Model 5, and EBS certification (Exp. 25 Aug 2015) · UKOOA (OGUK) cert (Exp. 21 Aug 2013) · Gulf of Mexico NTL and SafeGulf cert (Aug/11) · TWIC (Exp. 22 Apr 2016) · CA Boater Education Card (Feb/10) · MMO, including Sea Turtle ID cert (Aug/11)
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Naked Whale Research (NaWhaRe) encourages individuals and marine researchers alike to actively take part in helping create public awareness concerning threats to the long-term survival of the Endangered Southern Resident killer whales, known as J, K, and L pods that frequent waters off the coastal Northwest.