Barbara Mahoney and Bonnie Easley Appleyard “DEAD or ALIVE - MARINE MAMMAL BEST PRACTICES”

This is a presentation from the 2024 Natural History Symposium that took place on May 13-14 in Whittier, Alaska. The Natural History Symposium is a free two-day community event featuring the latest in news and research from around the Sound hosted by the Prince William Sound Stewardship Foundation. Visit www.princewilliamsound.org to find out more and become a member.
This video's subject is “DEAD or ALIVE - MARINE MAMMAL BEST PRACTICES” with Barbara Mahoney and Bonnie Easley-Appleyard.
Do you like going out on the water, whether on your own boat or kayak, a friend’s, or maybe a whale watching boat?
Learn how you can be part of an important network that cares about marine mammals in Prince William Sound and provides reports on alive and dead strandings. You will learn who to contact when you see stranded animals, what information to collect, and why this is all important.
NOAA Fisheries provides management and oversight for the conservation and management of all cetaceans and pinnipeds (except walrus) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act as well as any species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Barbara Mahoney and Bonnie Easley-Appleyard also present marine mammal viewing practices that reduce impacts to these amazing and beautiful creatures. Operators that advertise whale watching as a part of their services can join Whale SENSE. Developed in collaboration with the whale watching industry, Whale SENSE recognizes companies committed to responsible marine mammal viewing practices.
Barbara Mahoney continues to work for NOAA Fisheries at the Anchorage Field Office after more than 30 years. She spent most of her career responding to stranded marine mammals throughout the state, with an emphasis in Cook Inlet. Ms. Mahoney continues to work with industry, the public, network members, and volunteers to expand the stranding program throughout the state and is happy to be working with people that live and work in Prince William Sound.
Bonnie Easley-Appleyard has primarily worked on the conservation and recovery of marine mammals listed under the Endangered Species Act during the last six years at NOAA Fisheries. She has consulted with federal agencies to minimize project effects on endangered and threatened species, worked with Whale SENSE vessel operators to practice responsible viewing of marine mammals, and assisted and led several projects evaluating impacts to Cook Inlet belugas.
Watch a playlist of the whole 2024 Natural History Symposium at:
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Prince William Sound Stewardship Foundation is an Alaska-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that came together around a shared love of Prince William Sound. We coordinate and support projects such as beach clean-ups, invasive species control, site restoration, public education, and much more. We accomplish our work through fundraising, partnership development, and our growing volunteer network, and we work closely with the Chugach National Forest and other Prince William Sound stakeholders.