Marine Mammal Monitoring
Hector Perez-Puig and Elise Maynard photographing a Blue Whale for the photo-ID catalog
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Communication of program results in scientific forums and to the public at large
Presentation of 3 student thesis projects in the annual meeting of the Mexican Society for Marine Mastozoology (SOMEMMA)
Training and mentorship for university students and community members 19
The Marine Mammal Program (MMP) has conducted continuous monitoring for the past 12 years. This season we invested significant energy in communicating the results of our work, and in strengthening interinstitutional collaborations. Through these efforts, the Center is becoming increasingly recognized as a reference point for cetacean research and conservation in the Eastern Midriff Region of the Sonoran coast, with a specific focus on the ecology and special-temporal distribution of cetaceans. The MMP continued to mentor university students, contributing to their academic and profession development, while simultaneously gaining valuable detailed data analysis for the marine mammal projects conducted by the Center. Moving forward we will continue working with these students to publish the results in scientific journals.
Education and Training
• Mentorship of 4 undergraduate and masters students • 2 community training workshops and 2 webinars sharing program results
