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LA SPEZIA2018

32nd CONFERENCEAPRIL 6th - APRIL 10th

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

FRIDAY, APRIL 6th

08:00 – 09:00 Info/registration desk is openat NH HotelActivities&tours and/orsailboats booking

09:00 – 17:00 Workshops at NH Hoteland Confindustria

18:00 – 19:00 Wine tasting in an ancient winecellar in Manarola.Tickets available at theregistration desk (price €15.).Everyone is welcome.Meeting point at the La SpeziaCentral Station at 17:45.

See also the activities day by day in La Speziaunder side event on the home page.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6th - WORKSHOPS

For the location of the workshop location please seemap. The buildings where the workshops will take placewill be identified with the conference logo.Coffee/lunch breaks provided at the venue.Vegetarian and gluten free choices available.

09:00 – 17:00 ECS student workshop.Introduction to GISVenue: NH Hotel,sala RiomaggioreCoffee/lunch breaks10:30 -10:45; 12:30 -13:15;16:00 - 16:15

12:00 – 17:00 Welfare in the Wild:Welfare Science –Current Understanding andnext Steps to assessmentand applicationVenue: NH Hotel, sala CornigliaCoffee breaks : 12:00welcome coffee: 16:00 -16:15

FRIDAY, APRIL 6th - WORKSHOPS, cont.

09:00 - 17:00 Marine Renewable Energy -Current research and evidencegaps on impact on MarineMammalsVenue: NH Hotel,sala MonterossoCoffee/lunch breaks :10:45 - 11:00; 12:30 -13:15;15:45 -16:00

09:00 – 17:00 Joint ACCOBAMS/ASCOBANS/IWC workshop on marine debrisand cetacean strandingVenue: NH Hotel,sala ManarolaCoffee/lunch breaks 10:30 -10:45;13:30 -14:15; 15:30 - 15:45

09:00 – 17:00 Identifying Key ResearchQuestions for the Modelling andAssessment of WhalewatchingImpactsVenue: Confindustria,sala ComitatoCoffee/lunch breaks :10:00 - 10:45; 12:45 -13:45;15:45 -16:00

SATURDAY, APRIL 7th

08:00 – 09:00 Info/registration desk is openat NH HotelActivities&tours and/orsailboats booking

09:00 – 17:00 Workshops at NH Hoteland Confindustria

15:30 – 18:00 Registration at the Teatro Civico(main entrance)and Urban Center(the Teatro Civico two side streetentrances)

19:30 – 23:00 Icebreaker (NH Hotel).Free tickets at the registrationdesk at NH Hotel.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7th - WORKSHOPS

For the location of the workshop location please seemap. The buildings where the workshops will take placewill be identified with the conference logo.Coffee/lunch breaks provided at the venue.Vegetarian and gluten free choices available.

09:00 – 17:00 Mediterranean Grampus Project2.0 - Improving knowledgeand conservation of theMediterranean population ofRisso's dolphins through effectivepartnershipsVenue: NH Hotel,sala RiomaggioreCoffee/lunch breaks:10:30 -10:45; 12:30 -13:15;15:30 - 15:45

09:00 – 17:00 A Wikimedia edit-a-thonVenue: NH Hotel, sala CornigliaCoffee/lunch breaks 10:30 -10:45;13:30 -14:15; 15:30 - 15:45

SATURDAY, APRIL 7th - WORKSHOPS, cont.

09:00 – 17:00 II Edition: What is new incetacean pathologyVenue: NH Hotel,sala MonterossoCoffee/lunch breaks : 10:45 - 11:00;13:30 -14:15; 15:45 -16:00

09:00 – 17:00 6th Workshop on"Communicating marinemammal science to the generalpublic". Plastic litter and marinemammals: how communicationcan properly address the issueVenue: HN Hotel, sala ManarolaCoffee/lunch breaks : 10:45 - 11:00;12:30 -13:15; 15:45 -16:00

09:00 – 17:00 Identifying Key ResearchQuestions for the Modelling andAssessment of WhalewatchingImpactsVenue: Confindustria,sala ComitatoCoffee/lunch breaks : 10:30- 10:45;12:45 -13:45; 15:30 -15:45

SATURDAY, APRIL 7th - WORKSHOPS, cont.

09:00 – 17:00 Towards understanding theoverlap of selected threats andImportant Marine Mammal Areas(IMMAs) across theMediterranean SeaVenue: Confindustria,sala conferenzeCoffee/lunch breaks :10:45 – 11:00; 13:00 -14:00;15:45 -16:00

MAP

MAP, cont.

CAMeC -Modern and ContemporaryArt Center

Piazza Cesare Battisti, 1,19124 La Spezia

Local students permanentECS art work exposition

La Rada Porto Lotti Viale S. Bartolomeo, 394,19126 La Spezia

Banquet and dancing

Porto Mirabello www.portomirabello.it/en/ Restaurants, bars, sailingand whalewatching boats

Consorzio MarittimoTuristico

Passeggiata ConstantinoMorin, 2, 19121 La Speziawww.navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it/en/

Liner shipping Gulf of Poetsand 5Terre

Associazione per il mare www.associazioneperil-mare.it/en/boat-tour/

Moby Dick, motor boat(15m)

DE LISI INDICA wine bar Via Aulo Persio Flacco, 2,19121 La Spezia

Student party, bar, wine,eatery

PSE grafica e stampa Via Colombo, 98/100, 19121, LaSpeziaMobile: +39 347 4313678 - Elenainfo@psesrl.org

Posters printing

La Pia Centenaria Via Magenta, 12, 19121 LaSpeziawww.lapia.it/

The best pizza andfocaccia in townsince 1887

Stazione CentraleCentral Station

Piazzale Medaglie d’Oro alValor Militare, 23,La Spezia

Train, taxi, bus, garage

MAP, cont.

ATC https://www.atcesercizio.it/index.php/it/

Public transport

CDH Hotel Via XX Settembre, 81,19122 La Spezia+39 0187 738848laspezia@hotelcdh.com

Hotel

Castello San Giorgio Via XXVII Marzo, 19121 LaSpeziawww.museodelcastello.spezianet.it

Castle, museum,beautiful terraceoverlooking the sea

Technical Naval Museum Main entrance of theNaval ArsenalVia Giovanni Amendola,1,19122 La Spezia

Naval museum

Lia Art Museum Via del Prione, 234La Spezia

Art museum in the ancientmonastery of the FriarsMinor of St. Francis of Paola

5 Terre National Park andMarine Protected Area

http://www.par-conazionale5terre.it/page.php?id=93

Nature and territory,UNESCO World Heritage

Portovenere https://portovenere.a-tur-ist.com/portovenere

Site of world heritage

Lerici http://cinqueterreandbe-yond.com/lerici/lerici-cas-tle/

Nature and territory

Presidio OspedalieroLa Spezia

Via Vittorio Veneto, 197,La Spezia +39 0187 5331

EMERGENCY 118

Hospital

SUNDAY, APRIL 8th

07:45 – 08:25 Registration at the Teatro Civico(main entrance)and Urban Center(the Teatro Civico two side streetentrances)

08:30 – 09:30 Official opening and Welcomeof the Mayor of La Spezia,Pierluigi PERACCHINI

Chair of ECS,Mario ACQUARONE

Chair of the OrganizingCommittee, Vienna ELEUTERI

Chair of Scientific Committee,Simone PANIGADA

Programme Specialist IOC ofUNESCO, Francesca SANTORO

Permanent Secretariat of thePelagos Agreement,Costanza FAVILLI

Executive Secretary ACCOBAMS,Florence DESCROIX-COMANDUCCI

SUNDAY, APRIL 8th, cont.

09:30 – 09:50 Opening talkby Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara:Marine Mammal Science andConservation in the Mediterranean:The Line is Traced, Let’s Walk It

09:50 – 10:00 Q&A

10:00 – 11:00 First sessionChairs: Mario Acquarone andMargherita Zanardelli

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Second sessionChairs:Tilen Genov and Arianna AzzellinoHABITAT&DISTRIBUTIONDENSITY&ABUNDANCE

17:00 – 17:45 Keynote speaker: Spyros KotomatasCo-Management: A StrategicApproach in the Conservation ofMarine Mammals or an Act ofDesperation?Chair:Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara

SUNDAY, APRIL 8th, cont.

17:50 – 18:25 Third sessionChairs:Doug Nowacek & M.Cristina FossiBEHAVIOR&ECOLOGY

Fourth sessionChairs:Lars Bejder & Daniela Silvia PaceMANAGEMENT&CONSERVATION

21:00 – 23:00 Video night, Teatro Civico

SUNDAY, APRIL 8th

7:45Registration

8:30

Opening of the Conference- The Chair of the ECS, theChair of the OrganizingCommittee, the Chair of theScientific Committee, Inter-governmental Oceano-graphic Commission ofUNESCO, Permanent Sec-retariat of the PelagosAgreement, ACCOBAMS

welcome by local authorities, Mario Ac-quarone, Vienna Eleuteri, SimonePanigada, Francesca Santoro,Costanza Favilli, Florence Descroix-Comanducci ('Launching of the AC-COBAMS Survey Initiative')

9:30Opening talk by GiuseppeNotarbartolo di Sciara

9:50Questions and answers

10:00TALK 1Habitat & Distribu-tion

Sergi Pérez-Jorge - Environmentaldrivers of the large-scale movementsof baleen whales in the mid-AtlanticOcean.

10:15TALK 2Habitat & Distribu-tion

Arianna Azzellino - Time matters. Whywe should consider more the temporalresolution of our studies.

10:30auriHabitat & Distribu-tion

Filipe Alves - Biogeographical patternsof short-finned pilot whales in theNortheast Atlantic: in the search of anoptimal habitat.

10:45Coffee break

SUNDAY, APRIL 8th, cont.

11:15TALK 4Habitat & Distribu-tion

Alexandre Gannier - Describingfavourable habitats of western Mediter-ranean teuthophageous species.

11:30TALK 5Habitat & Distribu-tion

James Waggitt - Ecologically informed and dy-namic distribution maps for cetacean communi-ties in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean.

11:45TALK 6Habitat & Distribu-tion

Auriane Virgili - Would habitat modelsfor deep-diving cetaceans be improvedif prey distributions were included?

12:00TALK 7Density & Abun-dance

Caterina Lanfredi - Abundance assess-ment of sperm whales (Physetermacrocephalus) in the North-Westernportion of the Pelagos Sanctuary (NWMediterranean Sea)

12:15TALK 8Density & Abun-dance

Silvia Bonizzoni - Predicting dolphindistribution within an Important MarineMammal Area (IMMA) in Greece tosupport spatial management planning.

12:30TALK 9Density & Abun-dance

Simone Panigada - The ACCOBAMSSurvey Initiative – when a dreamcomes true.

12:45Lunch break/student AGM

14:30TALK 10 Behaviour & Ecology

Lorenzo Fiori - Assessing the effects ofhumpback whale-based tourism inVava’u, Kingdom of Tonga: Behavioralresponses of whales to vessels and in-water tourism activities.

14:45TALK 11 Behaviour & Ecology

Charlotte Lambert - A story of size anddepth: predator-prey interactions in theBay of Biscay

15:00TALK 12 Behaviour & Ecology

Ewa Krzyszczyk - Dolphin-Shark Inter-actions: Responses to Predation Riskand Non-Lethal Attacks

15:15TALK 13 Behaviour & Ecology

Aylin Akkaya Bas - Marine traffic altersthe behavioural budget of bottlenosedolphins in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey

15:30TALK 14 Behaviour & EcologyValeria Senigaglia - Long-term effects of foodprovisioning on the reproductive success offree-ranging bottlenose dolphin population

15:45TALK 15 Behaviour & Ecology

Janet Mann - Sex Bias, Social Prefer-ences and Social Learning in Bot-tlenose Dolphin Tool-Use

16:00Poster session with coffee -EVEN NUMBERS

SUNDAY, APRIL 8th, cont.

17:00Keynote speaker - SpyrosKotomatas

17:45Questions and answers

17:50SHORT TALK 1Management & Con-servation

Antonella Arcangeli - Whales in a rub-bish sea - a regional cooperative proj-ect to help monitoring litter impact oncetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea

17:55SHORT TALK 2Management & Con-servation

Kristina Steinmetz - Enhancing pin-niped management and conservationvia stakeholder engagement and non-invasive genetic sampling

18:00SHORT TALK 3Management & Con-servation

Bianca Unger - Possible conflict areasbetween harbour porpoises and float-ing debris in the German North andBaltic Seas

18:05SHORT TALK 4Management & Con-servation

de Francesco Maria Carla - Towardsthe identification of ‘Units for Conserva-tion’ for bottlenose dolphin Tursiopstruncatus (Delphinidae, Cetacea) inEuropean waters.

18:10SHORT TALK 5Management & Con-servation

Jonas Teilmann - Fishermen help sci-entists reveal far reaching movementsof minke whales from coastal NorthSea to deep Atlantic habitats

18:15SHORT TALK 6Management & Con-servation

Maja Nimak-Wood - Marine mammalobserver data - unexpectedly findingmissing pieces of puzzles and helpingscientists build a bigger picture aboutblue whales in the Indian Ocean

18:20SHORT TALK 7 UNESCOManagement & Con-servation

Francesca Santoro - Protecting marinemammals in crwoded waters

18:25POSTER SESSION - EVENNUMBERS

21:00VIDEO NIGHT at TeatroCivico

MONDAY, APRIL 9th

08:40 – 08:45 Presentation,announcements of the day

8:45 – 10:15 First sessionChairs:Spyros Kotomatas & Michela PodestàMANAGEMENT&CONSERVATIONGENETICS/EVOLUTION

10:15 – 10:40 Second sessionChairs:Aviad Scheinin & Anita GillesHABITAT&DISTRIBUTION

10:40 – 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 – 11:55 Keynote speaker:Maria Cristina FossiMultiple Anthropogenic Stress inCetaceans of the Pelagos Sanctuary:Current Knowledge andFuture Research

Chair: Vienna Eleuteri

MONDAY, APRIL 9th, cont.

12:10 – 13:10 Third sessionChairs:Joan Gonzalvo & Léa DavidMANAGEMENT&CONSERVATION

14:55 – 15:45 Fourth sessionChairs:Giancarlo Lauriano & Rebecca BoysDENSITY&ABUNDANCEMANAGEMENT&CONSERVATION

15:15 – 16:30 Fifth sessionChairs:Antonio Fernandez &Ayaka Amaha ÖztürkNEW TECHNIQUESACOUSTIC&NOISEHEALTH&MEDICINE

17:30 – 18:15 Sixth sessionChairs:Enrico Pirotta & Caterina LanfrediNEW TECHNIQUES

21:00 Student party in La Spezia,DE LISI INDICA wine bar,Via Aulo Persio Flacco, 2

8:45TALK 16Management &Conservation

Karen Stockin - Wildly irresponsible or re-sponsible for the wild? An urgent call forwelfare science at whale mass strandings

9:00TALK 17Management &Conservation

Alejandra Vergara-Pena - Can codes ofconduct limit impacts of vessel traffic uponbottlenose dolphins?

9:15TALK 18Management &Conservation

Ludovic Hoarau - Is there hope for sustain-able whale watching and swim-with whalesin Reunion Island, Indian Ocean? Recre-ational and professional regulations duringthe last humpback whale (Megaptera no-vaeangliae) breeding season

9:30TALK 19Management &Conservation

Michael James Tetley - The growing Impor-tant Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) Network:an update on the global process for inform-ing the management practices of place-based marine conservation

9:45TALK 20 Genetics/Evolution

Guido Parra - Low genetic diversity, limitedgene flow and widespread genetic bottle-neck effects in a threatened dolphinspecies, the Australian humpback dolphin

10:00TALK 21 Genetics/Evolution

Tjibbe Stelwagen - Genetic evidences ofpopulation decline in the harbour porpoisefrom Iberia waters over the last 30 years

10:15SHORT TALK 8Habitat & Distribu-tion

Clare Embling - Oceanographic drivers ofsperm whale distributions off the west coastof Scotland

10:20SHORT TALK 9Habitat & Distribu-tion

Thibaut Bouveroux - Modelling fine-scaledistribution and density of harbour por-poises in the Southern Bight of the NorthSea inferred from platform-of-opportunitydata

10:25SHORT TALK 10Habitat & Distribu-tion

Nadya C. Ramirez Martinez - Modellingcetacean habitat use in Norwegian waters

10:30SHORT TALK 11Habitat & Distribu-tion

Elisa Remonato - Where are the Risso’sdolphins (Grampus griseus) of the NorthWestern Mediterranean Sea? Study ofMovements Within and Outside the PelagosSanctuary.

10:35SHORT TALK 12Habitat & Distribu-tion

Clàudia Auladell Quintana - Beaked whaledistribution and habitat use from acousticsurveys in the North-East Atlantic.

10:40coffee break

MONDAY, APRIL 9th

11:10Keynote speaker -Cristina Fossi

11:55Questions and answers

12:10TALK 22Management &Conservation

Mark Simmonds - Animal Sentience as aKey Issue in Marine Mammal Science andPolicy in Europe.

12:25TALK 23Management &Conservation

Arne Bjørge - Is the use of acoustic alarmson gillnets the quick fix for fisheries withhigh bycatch rate of harbour porpoises?

12:40TALK 24Management &Conservation

Cecilia Passadore - Ecogeographic and an-thropogenic drivers of dolphin distribution:informing future spatial conservation plan-ning in a marine protected area.

12:55TALK 25Management &Conservation

Lars Bejder - Low energy expenditure andresting behaviour of humpback whalemother-calf pairs highlights conservationimportance of sheltered breeding areas

13:10

Lunch break/Vaquitaspecial event, LorenzoRojas- Bracho

14:55SHORT TALK 13Density & Abun-dance

Nino Pierantonio - Occurrence and abun-dance of delphinids in the Northern AegeanSea from aerial surveys

15:00SHORT TALK 14Density & Abun-dance

Roma Banga - Through the sealing: Greyseal pup numbers increase in North Wales

15:05SHORT TALK 15Management &Conservation

Begüm Uzun - Genetic investigation on thepopulation structure of the harbour por-poises living in Turkish waters by double di-gest restriction associated DNA (ddRAD)sequencing

15:10SHORT TALK 16Management &Conservation

Pauline Couet - A simultaneous estimationof female and calves survival and breedingprobability using multievent capture-recap-

15:15SHORT TALK 17 New Techniques

Bénédicte Madon - Tech4Whales: TowardsReal-time, High Resolution NavigationalSoftware for Whale Avoidance

MONDAY, APRIL 9th, cont.

MONDAY, APRIL 9th, cont.

15:20SHORT TALK 18 Acoustic & Noise

Pablo Chevallard - Kinematic and acoustic analy-sis of herring-eating killer whale feeding behav-iour during different prey life-stages

15:25SHORT TALK 19 Health & Medicine

Rosie Williams - Long-Term Temporal andSpatial Patterns of PolychlorinatedBiphenyls in UK Harbour Porpoises (Pho-coena Phocoena)

15:30SHORT TALK 20 Health & Medicine

Olga Novillo - Presence of microplastics inthe digestive tract of stranded cetaceansfrom the Western Mediterranean.

15:35SHORT TALK 21 Health & Medicine

Steffen De Vreese - Preliminary findings onthe morphology of the peripheral nervoussystem of the external ear canal in odonto-cetes

15:40SHORT TALK 22 Health & Medicine

Eyal Bigal - Toxoplasmosis and Herpesvirusin common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiopstruncatus) a first report from the EasternMediterranean Sea

15:45TALK 26 Health & Medicine

Tilen Genov - Severe injuries as a conservationconcern: evaluating the population-level effectsof cryptic events on a coastal dolphin population

16:00TALK 27 Health & MedicineIben Stokholm - Origin and spread ofphocine distemper virus in 1988 and 2002

16:15TALK 28 Health & Medicine

Carla Grattarola - The Western Mediter-ranean basin like a pathogens soup? Asource of growing concern for cetaceanspecies inhabiting the Pelagos Sanctuary

16:30Poster session with cof-fee - ODD NUMBERS

17:30TALK 29 New Techniques

Yann Planque - Harbour and grey seals’ foragingecology in the Eastern English Channel highlightpotential competitive trophic interactions.

17:45TALK 30 New Techniques

Oliver O'Cadhla - From basis to Basins: Ire-land's ObSERVE Programme as an Effec-tive Strategic Partnership

18:00TALK 31 New Techniques

Simon Berrow - ObSERVE-ACOUSTIC: strategicpartnerships between government departments andresearch providers deliver a large scale, offshore,multi-annual acoustic survey off Western Ireland

18:15Poster session - ODD

STUDENT PARTY

TUESDAY, APRIL 10th

08:40 – 08:45 Presentation,announcements of the day

8:45 – 9:30 First sessionChairs:Gianni Pavan & Masha StroobantACOUSTIC&NOISE

9:30 – 10:15 Second sessionChairs:Dimitar Popov & Karen StockinBEHAVIOR&ECOLOGYEVOLUTION&DEVELOPMENTNEW TECHNIQUES

11:00 – 12:00 Third sessionChairs:Sandro Mazzariol & Auriane VirgiliNEW TECHNIQUES

12:00 – 13:00 Fourth sessionChairs:Bruno Cozzi &Yara Bernaldo de QuiròsNEW TECHNIQUESSTRANDINGS

TUESDAY, APRIL 10th, cont.

14:00 – 14:45 Keynote speaker:Douglas NowacekImportant Components forAchieving Marine ConservationSuccesses - Why Does the LoraxStrategy Rarely Succeed?

Chair: Simone Panigada

19:30 Conference banquet pick up pointat Terminal Traghetti –Passeggiata Constantino Morin, 2,19121 La Spezia SP (see map)

19:45 – 22:00 Conference banquet with the italianbest specialities from Liguria(Riviera welcome drink, 4 coursesdinner, free wine, beer and/or softdrinks) if you are registered

22:00 – 02:00 Dancing and DJ session(2 drinks – wine, beer, soft drinks -included and pay for extra drinks atthe bar)

TUESDAY, APRIL 10th

8:45TALK 32 Acoustic & Noise

Edda Elísabet Magnúsdóttir - The impor-tance of a subarctic feeding ground forhumpback whale song transmission tosubtropical breeding grounds in the NorthAtlantic Ocean

9:00TALK 33 Acoustic & NoiseLaela Sayigh - Acoustic cues associatedwith cetacean mass stranding events

9:15TALK 34 Acoustic & Noise

Clare Owen - Migratory convergence al-lows simultaneous cultural convergenceand transmission of humpback whalesong across the South Pacific

9:30SHORT TALK 23 Behaviour & Ecology

Eva Prendergast - Boat traffic negativelyinfluences diet rhythmic behaviour in har-bour porpoise in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland

9:35SHORT TALK 24 Behaviour & Ecology

Conor Ryan - Acoustic, genetic and obser-vational evidence indicate the presence ofhumpback whales (Megaptera novaean-gliae) from both hemispheres in CapeVerdean waters during their respectivebreeding seasons

9:40SHORT TALK 25 Behaviour & Ecology

Rachel Davies - Seasonality in North SeaMarine Mammals using longitudinalECMC partner data, 2006-2016

9:45SHORT TALK 26 Behaviour & Ecology

Kayleigh Jones - Sexual segregation inAntarctic fur seal pups, Arctocephalusgazella

9:50SHORT TALK 27Evolution & Develop-ment

Alberto Collareta - Tracing the origins ofthe modern Mediterranean baleen whalefauna: hints from the fossil record

9:55SHORT TALK 28 New Techniques

Alexander Schubert - A comparison ofhigh-resolution digital aerial surveys andpassive acoustic monitoring

10:00SHORT TALK 29 New Techniques

Aviad Scheinin - Delphis – a ModernTechnology and Open Standards forCoastal Cetacean Surveying Application

10:05SHORT TALK 30 New Techniques

William Kay - From brick to bullet: UsingComputational Fluid Dynamics to designbio-logging tags with minimal drag

10:10SHORT TALK 31 New TechniquesFelix Matthies - A simple method to obtainreliable estimations of dolphins group size

10:15coffee break/ posterviewing ALL POSTERS

TUESDAY, APRIL 10th, cont.

11:00TALK 35 New Techniques

Giancarlo Lauriano - Satellite tagging ofC-type killer whales in the Antarctic: in-sights toward the Ross Sea Region con-servation objectives.

11:15TALK 36 New Techniques

Rebecca M Boys - Multi-state open robustdesign models for dealing with incompletesampling and imperfect detection: an ex-ample with sperm whales and opportunis-tic photo-id data

11:30TALK 37 New Techniques

Enrico Pirotta - Assessing the populationconsequences of disturbance on migra-tory baleen whales via a dynamic statevariable model of female lifetime repro-ductive success

11:45TALK 38 New Techniques

Thomas Folegot - How much does it costto the maritime economy to reduce colli-sions’risks for large whales in the Pelagos

12:00TALK 39 StrandigsBrian Sharp - Considering Rescue At-tempts of Stranded Live Large Whales

12:15TALK 40 Strandigs

Raquel Puig - Retrospective study of for-eign body-associated pathology instranded cetaceans, Canary Islands

12:30TALK 41 StrandigsSandro Mazzariol - Multidisciplinary stud-ies on a sperm whales’ mass stranding

12:45TALK 42 StrandigsStephen Marsh - 30 years of Marine Mam-mal Rescue in the United Kingdom

13:00Lunch break/posterviewing ALL POSTERS

14:00Keynote speaker -

14:45Questions and an-

15:00Coffee break

15:30AGM

17:30AWARD CEREMONY

19:45DINNER

DANCING

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11th

Optional excursions.See activities under Site information (side event progamme)Our proposal: From the mussel farm to the table (40€)

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