Dr. Patrick N. Halpin will speak next month during the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Seminar Series at the World Wildlife Fund.  The semiar will be held on Thursday, July 10th at 4:30-5:30pm (lecture) and 5:30-6:30pm (reception) at the World Wildlife Fund building in Washington, DC.
 
Ship strikes, entanglements, fisheries by-catch and sonar interactions are but a few of the growing threats facing critical pelagic species.  These threats are spread over wide areas of our oceans and often occur outside of the jurisdiction of established marine protected areas and territorial waters.  Keeping marine mammals, sea turtles and seabirds out of harm’s way will require novel approaches and advanced technologies applied in a fluid ocean context.  Dr. Halpin, Gabel Associate Professor of the Practice of Marine Geospacial Ecology and Director of the Geospatial Analysis Program at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, will discuss pelagic species protection and new directions in marine conservation featuring the latest in Marine information systems, forecasting models, and technology applications.  
 

Admission is free, but you must register at

http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/fellowships/fuller/item1816.html.