The Role of National Marine Sanctuaries in Protecting Whales and Benefits from that Protection

Date
Tue February 14th 2023, 7:00 - 8:00pm
Event Sponsor
Hopkins Marine Station
Location
Hopkins Marine Station
120 Ocean View Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall

Dr. Lisa Wooninck became Superintendent of Monterey Bay National Marine in November 2021.  Prior to that she was policy coordinator for the five sanctuaries on the west coast and a fishery biologist at the NOAA Fisheries Lab in Santa Cruz.

Her talk will describe 30 years of whale conservation across the National Marine Sanctuary System and how protecting whales and increasing their populations also has benefits to humans.

The Friends of Hopkins is sponsoring this event.  It is free and open to the public.

Registration is required if attending via Zoom.