ECS Conference on Conservation in the Light of Marine Spatial Use

The European Cetacean Society distributed the following press release:

“ECS, Danish Marine Mammal Society and Aarhus University invites you to attend the 31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society at

Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, Denmark

Main conference will be on 1-3 May, 2017

Workshops will take place on 29-30 April, 2017

This year’s theme is:

CONSERVATION IN THE LIGHT OF MARINE SPATIAL USE
INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor Lars Bejder, Murdoch University, Cetacean Research Unit, Australia

Dr. Asha De Vos, Post-doctoral scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz

Dr. Len Thomas, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.”

World’s Largest Marine Protected Area

The Free Speech Radio News recently published an interview regarding  “the world’s largest marine protected area…recently created in the Ross Sea at Antarctica.  More than 1.5 million square kilometers, or 600,000 square miles, of the Southern Ocean will gain protection from commercial fishing for 35 years.” Click here to access this interview.