Discovery Speaker Series: Freeing Ocean Giants

About the presentation: Freeing ocean giants. Exploring the challenges and solutions of large whale entanglements through responses and research.

Large whale entanglements are a growing concern in most regions of the world and a leading cause of death for humpback whales along the US West Coast. During the presentation, we will discuss the current status of large whale entanglements, how the entanglement response network saves individual whales while collecting data necessary to prevent future entanglements, and Cascadia's research efforts to reduce the entanglement threat in Washington as well as the rest of the US West Coast.

About the speaker:
Jenn Tackaberry is a Research Biologist with Cascadia Research Collective, and one of a handful of entanglement responders with the highest level of authorization under NOAA Fisheries within the West Coast Large Whale Entanglement Response Network. She is co-directing a new collaborative initiative focused on West Coast large whale entanglement research, response, and training housed at Cascadia Research.

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