American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound

Published! Gough et al: Daily energetic expenditure and energy consumption of short-finned pilot whales. Drones+tags+diet reveal pilot whales need ~142 squid/day
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Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds

Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/s...

Repeated narwhal interactions with moorings challenge safety assumptions of passive acoustic monitoring in the Arctic - Communications Biology Passive acoustic monitoring may inadvertently affect narwhal behavior. Field observations of narwhals in Greenland show they repeatedly interact with seafloor moorings, possibly mistaking them for foo...

Our new paper is out:

"Repeated narwhal interactions with moorings challenge safety assumptions of passive acoustic monitoring in the Arctic"

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

A research project for which we're helping to facilitate the funding.

Health Assessments and Electronic Medical Records: Tools for Saving Southern Resident Killer Whales Join the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society in Room 6 of the Phinney Neighborhood Center for our November chapter meeting, where our guest speaker will be Joe Gaydos from the SeaDoc ...

Join us for our next chapter meeting on Tuesday November 4 at 7:30pm at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. Joe Gaydos of SeaDoc Society will be our guest speaker. RSVP at
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Join us on June 11 for our last chapter meeting until October. This month, Casey Mclean of SR3 will be presenting "On the Frontlines: Marine Mammal Response and Health Surveillance in a Changing Ocean". Please RSVP here:
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Join us, Orca Nexus, and Tree Action Seattle on Friday June 6th at 7pm for Health Habitats & Homes: Orcas, Trees, and People. Lynne Barre will be giving her first formal public talk since retiring from NOAA on April 30th. See link for details and to reserve tickets. www.zeffy.com/ticketing/he...

Healthy Habitats & Homes: Orcas, Trees, and People Join the Puget Sound chapter of the American Cetacean Society, Orca Nexus, and Tree Action Seattle at 7400 Woodlawn on June 6th along with our guest speakers, Geof Donovan and Lynne Barre, to learn ab...

Join us, Orca Nexus, and Tree Action Seattle at 7400 Woodlawn on June 6th to learn how urban trees benefit both human and Southern Resident Killer Whale health. More details and RSVP here:
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What a fun and interesting talk Fred Sharpe and Rachel Meade treated us to on April 1st! "Humpback Whales: Inscrutable Spouts and the Search for Life in the Universe". If you attended our meeting, let us know what you thought.

Dr. Fred Sharpe & Rachel Meade - "Spouting Off: Humpback Whales as Extraterrestrial Analogues - Humpbacks Whales, Fermi's Paradox and Curious Aliens - Inscrutable Spouts & the Search for Life in the U... Join us in Room 5 at the Phinney Neighborhood Center along with our guest speakers, Dr. Fred Sharp and Rachel Meade, for a talk that'll be out of this world, and we're not fooling!        The Milky Wa...

Our next chapter meeting and speaker event will be on Tuesday, April 1st at 7:30pm at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. We hope you can join us along with Dr. Fred Sharpe and Rachel Meade talking about Humpback Whale Communication and SETI. RSVP using the link below.

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Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, this...

Please read this entry in the Federal Register and follow the instructions to leave your comments with the Council on Environmental Quality NOT to implement the rule removing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from federal regulations! This essentially guts the EPA. Also, call your reps!

Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.

One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.

I urge you to advocate for the environment and the well-being of everyday Americans and leave the MMPA intact.

Thank you for your time

In 2008, U.S. companies generated more than $500 million in direct ticket sales and nearly $1 billion in coastal tourism by conservative estimates, and the industry continues to grow substantially.

and underscores the need for a robust Act.

- Whales and other marine mammals are of immense cultural importance.
- Marine mammals are integral to ocean health.
- America’s marine mammals are the basis for the world’s largest whale-watching industry.

The MMPA has prevented the loss of any marine mammal population in the United States, even as human use of the ocean has increased. But the challenges posed by new ocean industries and large-scale changes in ocean ecosystems put America’s marine mammals at greater risk—

Here's an example script offered by WDC ton use as a guide, and best to use your own words.

I am calling to ask you to join your fellow representatives in keeping the Marine Mammal Protection Act intact.

Please call your congressional representative and tell them to protect the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Calling and leaving a voice message or taking with their staff is way more effective than writing.

Here's an example script offered by WDC ton use as a guide, and best to use your own words.

I am calling to ask you to join your fellow representatives in keeping the Marine Mammal Protection Act intact.

Dr. Anais Remili - "You Are What You Eat: Blubber Holds Clues to Killer Whale Diets … and Toxic Threats" Join us in Room 6 at the Phinney Neighborhood Center along with our guest speaker, Dr. Anais Remili, for an in-depth look at how molecular ecology is transforming our understanding of killer whale die...

Join us at the Phinney Neighborhood Center at 7:30pm on Monday, March 3rd for our first speaker event of 2025. You can RSVP for the talk at the link below. These events are in-person only.
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Welcome J62: A new female orca joins the Southern Resident family Orcas advocates got positive news this month, as the J pod's new calf was spotted in good health.

@king5news.com.web.brid.gy story about J62 featuring an interview with ACS-PS President Joe Olson and @orcanetwork.bsky.social founder Howard Garrett aired last night. You can read the story here.
www.king5.com/article/tech...

📷 by Joe Olson and Kelly Paulson

Thank you to everyone who attended our "Coextinction" event on Saturday! Please continue to call your senators and tell them to breach the lower four Snake River dams.

Reminder: Our free screening of Coextinction is TOMORROW, January 25th, from 6 to 8:30 pm (doors at 5:30) at UW Kane Hall, Room 120. If you RSVP’d, please download your ticket with QR code from the email. You will check-in with the QR code. If you reserved multiple tickets, please have all QR codes.

Thanks for putting us in your pack!

#Whaling left #NorthAtlantic #rightwhales functionally #extinct. #WHOI scientist Michael Moore says modern-day threats are just as dangerous as harpoons.

📲Dive into the issues with @nytimes.com: go.whoi.edu/NYT-Moore...

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Mother orca Tahlequah once again carrying her dead calf Tahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked the region and world.

Very sad news to report about the Southern Residents. We were hopeful that J61 would survive despite cautious warnings by NOAA. Fortunately, there is another new calf designated J62 yesterday. Nevertheless, the loss of J61 is very tragic.
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Whale Friendly Yard sign. No to fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides! Yes to Native & pollinator-friendly plants! No Toxic Run-off!

Hello World!
Our new Whale Friendly Yard signs will be available to give away soon!