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<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p1" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:130%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s1"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:130%;color:black">WHERE THE WHALES ARE:
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE</span></b></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:130%;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p1" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:130%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s1"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:130%;color:black">A Panel Discussion</span></b></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:130%;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p1" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:130%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s1"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:130%;color:black">Thursday, April 25, 2019</span></b></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:130%;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p1" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:130%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s1"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:130%;color:black">6:00 PM at the Center for
Coastal Studies<span></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p1" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:130%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s1"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:130%;color:black">5 Holway Ave,
Provincetown, MA<span></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p1" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">The Provincetown Public Library, in conjunction with the
Center for Coastal Studies, is proud to announce a special evening of
conversation about whales in honor of the Library’s fourth annual <i>Moby-Dick</i>
Marathon Reading. </span></span><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p3" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">On <b>Thursday, April
25 at 6:00 p.m.</b>, all are invited to an engaging <b>panel discussion about the regions of the ocean that are most important
to whales</b> with panelists who are experts in their field and have deep roots
in Cape Cod, New England, whale research and conservation, the whale watch
industry, and the history of whaling.</span></span><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">As documented through the details recorded in the Yankee whaling
log books, different species of whales were found in different regions at
different times of year. The whalers based their hunt from this knowledge.
Today, researchers also study whale movement and preference of geographic areas
for feeding, breeding, and calving. <span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">The panelists will explore the past and current
distributions of whale species common to Cape Cod to see if whale “hotspots”
have changed over time. Conversation will also center on why these particular
regions are so attractive to certain whale species; the conservation efforts in
place to protect these important areas; what potential threats whales and their
habitat may face now and in the future; and the science and management used to
address these issues. <span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">The featured panelists are <b>Benjamin Haskell</b>, Deputy Superintendent for NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary; <b>Christy Hudak</b>,
Research Associate in the Right Whale Ecology Program at Center for Coastal
Studies; <b>Judy Lund</b>, scholar and
former curator at New Bedford Whaling Museum; <b>David Mattila</b>, Coordinator of the Global Whale Entanglement
Response Network for the International Whaling Commission and Center for
Coastal Studies. The discussion will be moderated by <b>Dennis Minsky</b>, whale watch naturalist and marine educator.<span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">Brief introductory presentations will be followed by an
informal panel discussion which will allow for an open and interesting dialogue
and exchange of information between panelists and participants. <span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">The program will be <b>held
at the Center for Coastal Studies</b>, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA and is
<b>FREE and open to the public</b>.</span></span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p3" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-p2" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">For more information on the panel discussion or the
Moby-Dick Marathon Reading, please contact Melissa Lowe of the Center for
Coastal Studies at </span></span><a href="mailto:mlowe@coastalstudies.org" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">mlowe@coastalstudies.org</a><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black"> or Brittany Taylor at the Provincetown Public Library </span></span><a href="mailto:btaylor@clamsnet.org" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">btaylor@clamsnet.org</a><span class="gmail-m-6127975828238506493gmail-m3770780141532833509gmail-m5440234191932940856gmail-m3108458153787263134gmail-m-2584974020394303208gmail-s2"><span style="color:black">.</span></span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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