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Recent Grant Awards
Projects Funded by the Commission in Fiscal Year 2011
| Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Organization |
| Research/ Projects |
| Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of small cetacean & artisanal fisheries interactions in Southeast Asia |
Ballance, L. & T. Whitty |
Scripps, University of California San Diego |
| Ecology, status, fisheries interactions, and conservation of coastal Indo-Pacific humpback and bottlenose dolphins on the west coast of Madagascar |
Cerchio, S. |
Wildlife Conservation Society |
| Prospects for breeding poorly-known species of small cetaceans in captivity |
Curry, B. |
Barbara Curry |
| Cooperative research between U.S. and Mexican agencies to develop an effective vaquita-safe shrimp trawl for use in the upper Gulf of California, Mexico |
Gearhart, J. |
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center's Mississippi Laboratory's Harvesting Systems Unit |
| Responding to oil spills in Arctic environments: A National Academy of Sciences Review |
Roberts, S. |
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences |
| Cooperative research between U.S. and Mexican agencies to develop an effective vaquita-safe shrimp trawl for use in the upper Gulf of California |
Servin de la Mora, L. E. |
World Wildlife Fund - Mexico |
| Using the Amazonian manatee as a “flagship species” for the conservation of the Lower Rio Negro Region, Brazilian Amazon |
Tofoli, C. |
Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research), Brazil |
| Assessment of ringed seal population status and bycatch in commercial fisheries in Lake Ladoga, Northwest Russia |
Trukhanova, I. |
Biologists for Nature Conservation, Russia |
| Anthropogenic and physiological data reconstructed from whale earwax plugs |
Usenko, S. |
Baylor University |
| Conferences, Symposia, Workshops, Meetings, and Publications |
| Third International Conference on Acoustic Communication by Animals |
Au, W. |
Acoustical Society of America |
| Publication of Right Whale News |
Hain, J. |
Associated Scientists at Woods Hole |
| Fourth International Science Symposium on Bio-logging |
Hindell, M. & K. Evans |
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies |
Second International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA 2)-
Endangered spaces: Endangered species |
Mattila, D. |
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation |
| Development of a booklet on marine mammal guidelines for the Bering Strait region, Alaska |
Sheffield, G. |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| A marine animal necropsy training and stranding response workshop in India |
Srinivasan, M. & R. Sridhar |
Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India |
| Third Annual Meeting of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
Wallace, R. |
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
| 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa, Florida, 2011 |
Wells. R. |
Society for Marine Mammalogy |
| U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System and the Integrated Ocean Observation Committee |
Young, J. |
Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
| Symposium on Population Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance to Marine Mammals |
Zimmermann, L. |
Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
Research Proposals Funded Under the Commission's FY2009 Solicitation Through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Category: Marine mammals and climate change in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea
- Holger Klinck, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University: Passive acoustic monitoring of the Arctic
Category: Calibration of new methods for surveying marine mammals
- Charles Scott Baker, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University: Populations of Hector's dolphins in time and spaces
Category: Alternative observer coverage for marine mammal species at high risk from fishery interactions
- Brian Warren Kot, Mingan Island Cetacean Study, Inc.: Risks and impacts of crab fishing gear on minke whales
Category: Building capacity for marine mammal research and conservation in the Caribbean Region
- Rachel E. Allen, United Nations Environment Program- Caribbean Environment Program: Improving capacity in the Wider Caribbean Region
Category: Assessment and conservation of sirenians
- Vic Cockcroft, Centre for Dolphin Studies, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa: Dugongs of the Bazaruto Archipelago, Central Mozambique
- Lucy Ward Keith, Wildlife Trust, Inc.: Status and conservation of the West African manatee
Projects Funded by the Commission in Fiscal Year 2010
| Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Organization |
| Compilation and analyses of photographs of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River |
Beasley, I. |
Isabel Beasley |
| Quest for the mating ground of the North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of Maine |
Brown, M. |
New England Aquarium |
| Photo-identification catalogue of killer whales (Orcinus orca) of the Russian Far East: 2001 to 2008 |
Burkanov, V., and T. Shulezhko |
North Pacific Wildlife Consulting |
| Support for translation services at the Sixth International Conference of Marine Mammals of the Holarctic |
Burkanov, V., and J. Bengtson, Organizing Committee |
North Pacific Wildlife Consulting |
| Support for translation of the monograph “Cetaceans of the Southern Hemisphere: Biology and the prospect of population recovery” |
Burkanov, V., and Y. Mikhalev |
North Pacific Wildlife Consulting |
| Monitoring and predicting abundance of endangered and threatened marine mammal populations |
Eberhardt, L. |
L. Lee Eberhardt |
| Development of criteria for assessing marine mammal status using population viability analysis |
Goodman, D. |
Montana State University |
| Support for publication of Right Whale News |
Hain, J. |
Associated Scientists at Woods Hole |
| Passive acoustic monitoring in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico |
Hildebrand, J. |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Califorrnia at San Diego |
| Attaining operational marine biodiversity operations: A workshop to determine the status of current abilities and scope future solutions |
Hubler, J., and R. Beach |
Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
| Quantifying the effects of human interactions on spinner dolphins in resting bays in Hawaii and assessing the effectiveness of time-area closures as a proposed mitigation approach |
Johnston, D. |
Duke University |
| Genetic status of the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal: Development of a genetic research protocol and preliminary assessment of the status of the species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea |
Karamanlidis, A. |
MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal |
| Condition of gray seal pups from a rapidly growing breeding population on Muskeget Island, Massachusetts |
Ono, K. |
University of New England |
| Assessing changing habitats of ice-dependent marine mammals of Beringia |
Ray, C. |
University of Virginia |
| The "whale pump": Marine mammals and primary productivity in the Bay of Fundy |
Roman, J. |
University of Vermont |
| A workshop on estimating abundance of estuarine populations of bottlenose dolphins |
Rosel, P. |
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
| Why are so many right whales dying at Peninsula Valdes, Argentina? |
Rowntree, V. |
Ocean Alliance, Inc. |
| Support of the Fifth International Marine Debris Conference |
Tinning, M. |
Ocean Conservancy |
| Facilitating effective polar bear conservation: Developing a pan-arctic integrated polar bear research and monitoring plan |
Vongraven, D. |
CAFF International Secretariat |
| Support of the Second Annual Meeting of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
Wallace, R. |
Lewis and Clark College |
| Support and maintenance of the data collection system for the Survey of Federally Funded Research |
Martin, C. |
Washington Consulting |
Projects Funded by the Commission in Fiscal 2009
| Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Organization |
| Support and maintenance of the data collection system for the Survey of Federally Funded Research |
Greenberg, B. |
Washington Consulting Government Services |
| An Ocean Infrastructure Strategy for U.S. Ocean Research in 2030 |
Glickson, D. |
The National Academy of Sciences, Ocean Studies Board |
| A review of false killer whales in Hawaiian waters: Biology, status, and risk factors |
Baird, R. |
Cascadia Research Collective |
| Transient killer whale predation in southeastern Alaska |
Matkin, D. |
Dena Matkin |
| Second International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life |
Popper, A., and A. Hawkins, Organizing Committee |
University of Maryland |
| Partnership with Conservation Magazine |
Kohm, K. |
Society for Conservation Biology |
| Support for publication of Right Whale News |
Hain, J. |
Associated Scientists at Woods Hole |
| Support for the 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Quebec City, Canada, 12-16 October 2009 |
Read, A. |
The Society for Marine Mammalogy |
| Support for final report of the Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance |
Berkman, P. |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Vaquita.tv - A science communication initiative using educational multimedia to promote vaquita conservation |
Johnson, C. |
EarthOCEAN Media |
| Analyses of acoustic data from Vaquita Expedition 2008 |
Taylor, B. |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| Southern Caribbean marine mammal stranding response training workshop |
Hoetjes, P. |
Southern Caribbean Cetacean Network |
| Pilot whale tagging in the southern Caribbean |
Kieffer, G. |
Southern Caribbean Cetacean Network |
| Building partnerships for long-term ecological monitoring of marine mammals in the Galapagos Islands and in other marine reserves in Ecuador |
Biggs, D. |
Texas A&M University |
| Improving the contribution of marine and other aquatic protected areas to the conservation of sirenians |
Self-Sullivan, C. |
Sirenian International, Inc. |
| Conservation and management of the Indus River dolphin |
Braulik, G. |
Gill Braulik |
| Support to print the report on the first study of the diversity, distribution and abundance of cetaceans in Guatemala’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Pacific Ocean |
Quintana-Rizzo, E. |
Ester Quintana-Rizzo |
| Workshop on establishing protected areas for Asian freshwater cetaceans, East Kalimantan, Indonesia: Freshwater cetaceans as flagship species for integrated river conservation management |
Kreb, D. |
Conservation Foundation for Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia (YK-Rasi) |
| Indian Ocean Cetacean Symposium 2009 |
Anderson, R. C. |
Marine Research Centre, Republic of Maldives |
| Investigating the trophic ecology and niche partitioning of two top predators of the western Antarctica Peninsula, the southern elephant seal and crabeater seal: Insights from bulk tissue and compound-specific stable isotope analyses |
Huckstadt, L., and D. Costa |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
Projects Funded by the Commission in Fiscal 2008
| Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Organization |
| Genetic differentiation, individual dispersal and effective population size of the New Zealand Hector's and Maui's dolphins: Implications for management |
Baker, C.S. |
Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University |
| Marine mammal fishery interactions: Assessing the effects of a gillnet ban on bottlenose dolphins from two Florida resident populations |
Barros, N. |
Chicago Zoological Society |
| Translation services at the Fifth International Conference on Marine Mammals of the Holarctic |
Bengtson, J., and V. Burkanov, Organizing Committee |
North Pacific Wildlife Consulting |
| Support for publication of the monograph "Cetaceans of the Southern Hemisphere: Biology and the prospect of population recovery" |
Burkanov, V. |
North Pacific Wildlife Consulting |
| Ecological studies of sea otters in the Commander Islands, Russia |
Estes, J. |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Workshop to develop a strategic plan for a cooperative disease center for marine animal health |
Goldstein, T. |
University of California, Davis |
| Status and conservation of the Cook Inlet beluga whale and development of criteria for assessing marine mammal status and using population viability analysis |
Goodman, D. |
Montana State University |
| Development and system support of the Marine Mammal Commission's Survey of Federally-Funded Research |
Greenberg, B. |
Alion Science & Technology, Washington Consulting Government Services |
| Non-lethal deterrence efforts to minimize pinniped-fishery interactions at Gold Beach, Oregon |
Griffin, G. |
Port of Gold Beach |
| Arctic Council working group meetings in 2008: Participation in the Arctic Council's Twelfth Biennial Meeting of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group (CAFF XII) and reporting on the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) working group meetings |
Huntington, H. |
Huntington Consulting |
| Review of the Okhotsk Sea bowhead whale population |
Ivashchenko, Y. |
Seastar Scientific |
| Review of offshore oil and gas industry activities occurring at present and areas of interest for the next decade |
Ray, J. |
Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC |
| Support for meeting of IUCN/SSC Pinniped Specialist Group and development of Pinniped Action Plan |
Kovacs, K. |
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |
| Marine mammal consumption of key prey fishes and invertebrates in the northeast United States: Modeling, magnitude and sensitivity analysis |
Link, J. |
National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
| Human dimensions of marine mammal management in the Arctic: Implications for policy in a changing North |
Lovecraft, A.L., and C. Meek |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Research on northern sea otters in Washington state: Health and Stranding Response Program and Oil Spill Response Plan |
Lynch, D. |
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Washington Office |
| Transient killer whale predation in southeastern Alaska |
Matkin, D. |
North Gulf Oceanic Society |
| Second International Conference on Acoustic Communication by Animals |
Mellinger, D. |
Oregon State University |
| Gray seal tagging on Muskeget Island, Massachusetts |
Ono, K. |
University of New England |
| A new species of beaked whale at Palmyra Island? |
Pitman, R. |
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries |
| Publication and distribution of Sirenews (2008 - 2012) |
Powell, J.A. |
Sea to Shore Alliance, Inc. |
| An uncertainty analysis based on a modified PBR equation to assess relative risk of marine mammal stocks to indirect effects of fishing |
Read, A., and J. Moore |
Duke University |
| Foraging behavior and dietary preferences of the South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens: Resource competition with artisanal and coastal bottom trawl fisheries in Uruguay? |
Riet Sapriza, F. |
Cetaceos Uruguay |
| An integrated approach to community-based monitoring of killer whales around the Pribilof Islands, Alaska |
Robson, B., and K. Holser |
St. George Island Institute |
| Improving acoustic survey methods for detecting the highly endangered vaquita |
Rojas-Bracho, L. |
Oceanides Conservacion y Desarrollo Marino, A.C. |
| Bringing the knowledge of fishermen to bear on developing conservation strategies to reduce bycatch of Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhyncus acutus) in the northwest Atlantic bottom trawl fishery |
Rosenberg, A., and E. Zollett |
University of New Hampshire |
| Southern right whale stranding response at Peninsula Valdes: Monitoring right whale health and building Argentine capacity |
Rowntree, V. |
Whale Conservation Institute/ Ocean Alliance |
| "Historical Perspectives": A new feature of the journal Aquatic Mammals |
Thomas, J. |
Aquatic Mammals |
| Why did the Yangtze River dolphin become extinct?: Identifying extinction drivers and causes of conservation failure |
Turvey, S. |
Zoological Society of London |
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