The Whale Museum (TWM) is holding an exciting virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists this fall on Friday, November 18. This workshop will be held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time and registrants will join sessions through the videoconferencing platform, Zoom.

The theme of this “Gear Down” Workshop will be Ocean Sounds: New Discoveries!  

Invited presenters include:

• Elizabeth Ferguson, Ocean Science Analytics, on how artificial intelligence (DeepSqueak) is being used to detect underwater marine mammal vocalizations
• Dr. Jason Wood, SMRU Consulting, on acoustic monitoring of cetaceans in the Salish Sea
• Dr. Victoria Warren and Dr. Katie Kowarski, JASCO Applied Sciences, on humpback whale songs
• Caitlin O’Morchoe, Washington Maritime Blue, on an update of Quiet Sound

And

• Madison Wilson, California State University Fullerton, on how baleen whales hear

The registration fee is $35 for non-members; $25 for TWM/SSAMN members. For more information and/or to register, please visit Virtual Gear Down Workshop page. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants via email provided at registration closer to the start of the workshop.