The next virtual webinar sponsored by the American Cetacean Society (ACS) will be held on Wednesday September 13 at 7:00pm over Zoom. Dr. Bowles will be presenting “60 Years of Returning to the Sea – A Personal Perspective on Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute’s Six Decades in the tradition of Carl and Laura Hubbs“. No registration is required.

About the Speaker:

Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization dedicated to research-based solutions to the challenges faced by wildlife, focusing on the marine environment. Its “return to the sea” mission will be the basis of a personal perspective on HSWRI’s 60 years in operation. Dr. Bowles will describe the Institute’s ‘firsts’ and most important discoveries and reflect on the challenges of the future. HSWRI was founded near the beginning of the modern conservation movement by SeaWorld founder Milt Shedd and re-dedicated as a research institute in 1977 with the inspiration of two early proponents of science-based conservation, SIO’s Carl and Laura Hubbs. Today, the organization is known internationally, operating three facilities, on Mission Bay, Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, and the Indian River Lagoon in Florida.

Dr. Bowles received her Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. She was trained as a behavioral ecologist and bioacoustician and now leads the Animal Behavior and Senses Program at HSWRI. She has over four decades of experience studying the effects of human made noise on animals in both terrestrial and marine environments. She was a member of the panel that published current science-based criteria for protecting marine mammal hearing from noise and is a participant in ongoing efforts to develop criteria for behavioral responses.

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Meeting ID: 513 147 5168 Passcode: Whales