[SEMCO] PCCS.Marine.Lectures

[tanya gabettie]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Release 1.2
 
Contact:  Tanya L. Grady
508.487.3622 x 103
pccsmedia at coastalstudies.org
www.coastalstudies.org
 
 
 
PCCS PRESENTS FREE PUBLIC LECTURES
 
 
(Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) - The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) will present two lectures beginning Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 7 p.m., 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown.  The lectures will continue every Thursday at 7 p.m. throughout the month of January.  Admission is free and refreshments will be served.   
 
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Languages of Whales and Dolphins World-Wide
Presented by Dr. Ruth Leeney
 
Ruth Leeney, PhD will discuss the science of cetacean bioacoustics: the study of calls produced by whales and dolphins.  Leeney will highlight the sounds made by right whales here in Cape Cod Bay, clicks produced by harbor porpoises in the United Kingdom, by belugas in the Arctic, by bottlenose dolphins in Ireland and by Heaviside’s dolphins in Namibia.  She will explain what these sounds tell us about where these animals are, how many of them there are, and what they might be up to.
 
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Squid in Nantucket Sound:  Biology, Ecology and the Fishery
Presented by Owen Nichols
 
The Longfin inshore squid is abundant in Nantucket Sound during the spring and summer, forming the basis for a seasonal fishery.  Owen Nichols, director of PCCS Marine Fisheries Initiative, will explain   the biology, history and distributional ecology of this animal, with particular focus on the present status of the squid fishery.  Current research on squid ecology conducted in collaboration with local fishermen will be discussed.
 
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving marine mammals and ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine through research, education, public policy initiatives and responsible management strategies.  PCCS delivers measurable results including establishment of the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network and continuous work to develop whale-safe fishing gear.  PCCS played a key role in the federal designation of Cape Cod Bay as a critical habitat for the endangered North Atlantic right whale and the designation Stellwagen Bank as a national marine sanctuary.  To learn more about our research programs and results, please visit www.coastalstudies.org or email pccsmedia at coastalstudies.org.
 
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