Webinar Series
The National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series provides educators, students, and the interested public with educational and scientific expertise, resources and training to support ocean and climate literacy. This series generally targets formal and informal educators that are engaging students (elementary through college) in formal classroom settings, as well as members of the community in informal educational venues (e.g. after school programs, science centers, aquariums, etc.). However, the series is open to anyone interested in the topics listed below.
For distance learning programs about marine mammals and other protected species in the wild, please visit our Wildlife Viewing Guidelines and the NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources' Marine Life Viewing Guidelines to ensure you are aware of the regulations.
Upcoming Webinars
2024 Ed Ricketts Memorial Award and Lecture
Beyond Pacific Tides: How Technology Has Provided a Window into the Secret Life of Marine Mammals
September 25, 2024 at 6:30 pm Pacific
The 2024 Ricketts Award recipient Dr. Daniel P. Costa (University of California Santa Cruz) will provide a lecture on how technology has provided insights into the behavior and physiology of marine mammals in nature.
The Ed Ricketts Memorial Lecture was created to honor scientists who have exhibited exemplary work throughout their career and advanced the status of knowledge in the field of marine science. The first award was presented in March 1986. Recipients are selected by the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Activity Panel.
For lecture abstract and history of the Ed Ricketts Memorial Award, please visit this website.
Tracking The Honda’s Hammers: Great Hammerhead Shark Recreational Fishery Interactions and Migratory Patterns in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
October 2, 2024 at 12 pm Hawaii / 3 pm Pacific / 5 pm Central / 6 pm Eastern
Dr. Grace Casselberry, Former Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar
Great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) are arguably one of the most iconic shark species to call Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary home and are globally classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Despite this, we know very little about what habitats are important to hammerheads while in the Keys and where they may go when they leave. Increasingly, recreational anglers are reporting interactions with great hammerhead sharks eating their hooked fish, an interaction called depredation, especially in the Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) fishery in Bahia Honda. Rising tensions surrounding shark-angler interactions make understanding shark depredation and the spatial ecology of great hammerheads in the Florida Keys increasingly important to ensure continued viability of the tarpon fishery and shark conservation success. Join Dr. Grace Casselberry to learn how she used acoustic telemetry to explore the secret lives of The Honda’s Hammers.