[SEMCO] Lecture Series - NB Whaling Museum

[Robert Rocha]

The New Bedford Whaling Museum would like to announce the first night of
its free, four part lecture series, Man and Whales: Changing Views
Through Time.

 

February 16, 2011

D-tag is D-thing: From Discovery Tags to DTAGS

Since whaling crews often worked in close proximity to other ships'
crews, including those from other countries, they would avoid confusion
by marking their gear and attaching flags to whales they captured.
Whale researchers now attach satellite tags and acoustic recording tags
to whales to learn details of the lives of animals who spend most of
their time below the water's surface.

 

Dr. Stuart Frank, Senior Curator, New Bedford Whaling Museum, will
explain the methods, terminology, and protocols of marking whales and
whaling implements in the Age of Sail to minimize disputes over
commodities on the high seas.  Stuart will bring examples of this
hardware. 

 

Dr. Peter Tyack, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
is co-creator of the DTAG (Digital Acoustic Recording Tag) technology
that was developed to monitor the behavior of marine mammals, and their
response to sound, continuously throughout the dive cycle.  Peter will
share some of the exciting insight about whales' lives that has been
gained by using this non-invasive form of tagging. 

 

This free series, now in its third year, delves into a variety of
whaling and whale conservation topics through the juxtaposed viewpoints
of the historical and the modern.  Each night, our presenters take turns
at the podium as they share their knowledge of a specific aspect of
whales and whaling, providing us with a broader understanding of these
topics.  This year we will look at stranded whales, tagged whales, a
recent catastrophic event in an historic whaling ground and 'non-Yankee'
whales. 

 

The lectures will take place on Wednesday nights: February 16, March 16,
April 20 and May 18

Join us in the Jacobs Family Gallery for a reception at 6:30.  Each
lecture starts at 7:30.

 

This series is sponsored by ECHO (Education through Cultural and
Historical Organizations) a program administered by the U.S. Dept. of
Education.  Offered in partnership with the Whale and Dolphin
Conservation Society.

 

Upcoming Lectures:

March 16: The Gulf of Mexico: Spilling Crude Oil Where We Once Spilled
Sperm Oil, with Judith Lund and Deborah Cramer

April 20: The Great Sperm Whale, book launch with Richard Ellis

May 18: Stranded Whales: Commodity and Conservation, with Michael Dyer
and Katie Touhey Moore

 

 

Please contact me directly if you have any questions about this series.

 

Robert C. Rocha, Jr.

New Bedford Whaling Museum

Science Programs Manager

(508) 717-6849

rrocha at whalingmuseum.org

 


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