Join us for an evening with award-winning wildlife photographer, Jodi Frediani who introduces us to Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located north of the Arctic Circle, not far from the North Pole. This cluster of islands is home to polar bears, walruses, reindeer, and arctic foxes, and provides breeding and nesting grounds for thousands of seabirds. Ice covers more than 60% of the land mass, and the remaining tundra, grass, and moss-covered plains slope up toward perilous, high, ragged cliffs. Towering mountain peaks rise dramatically, surrounded by glaciers of blue and black ice. And the Arctic Ocean bathes them all.

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The Southern Resident killer whales are one of the most studied and well-known endangered species on the planet, yet efforts to save them have been largely unsuccessful. How can research be translated into meaningful policy or action to guide their recovery to reverse the declining trend in the population?

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What if humans and other animals could speak to one another? Author and wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill reveals how a close encounter with a humpback whale off the coast of California inspired him to spend years exploring the cutting edge of marine biological research with scientists who are combining underwater robots and new advances in artificial intelligence to decode the communications of whales and dolphins and attempt the first-ever two-way communication.

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Salmon is a keystone species, iconic for its importance as nourishing food, inextricable connection to human culture from native peoples to current times, an economic driver, and a critical food source for the marine species including some of the cetaceans we aim to protect and conserve. Please join us to hear from Jon Ambrose, salmonid biologist for NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Central Valley Office (CVO) in Sacramento, California, on the efforts to save the species. Jon will share from the front lines some of the ongoing reintroduction efforts as essential actions to conserve and recover these iconic species.

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Gaelin Rosenwaks is a marine scientist, explorer, photographer, filmmaker, and author of the newly published "Sperm Whales: The Gentle Goliaths of the Oceans”. Please join us as Rosenwaks takes us on a journey exploring ocean ecosystems around the globe, culminating with and highlighting her latest project on Sperm Whales. She will share her intimate observations of these fascinating whales, the world’s largest toothed predator.

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In December 2021, through the generous support of individual donors like you, the American Cetacean Society San Francisco Bay Chapter was thrilled to award cetacean research grants to three emerging marine biologists doing critical research in support of our mission: to protect whales, dolphins, porpoises, and their habitats through public education, research grants, and critical conservation actions. These remarkable San Francisco Bay Area graduate students are conducting research that will contribute valuable information toward efforts to understand and reduce anthropogenic threats to Pacific humpback whales, blue whales, beaked whales, and California gray whales. At this event, you’ll hear firsthand from each grant recipient about their research and their findings to date.

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We were honored to host a presentation by Dr. Scott Veirs who summarized Orcasound, a project that began as a cooperative effort to listen for the calls, clicks, and whistles of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales within the inland marine waters of Washington State. More recently, Orcasound has been building open-source software to make it easier for humans to listen live to the oceans and identify soniferous cetaceans and deleterious noises.

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ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter is delighted to host Preston Brown, Conservation Director of the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN), a program run by Turtle Island Restoration Network. Mr. Brown will provide an overview of SPAWN's work and approach to restoration (where they work and how). He will discuss coho salmon life history, limiting factors, and where their restoration efforts are focused.

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The ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter was delighted to host Scott Benson for a fascinating presentation about leatherback turtles. After six months away, traveling the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) will begin to arrive in the coastal waters of central California next month to gorge on abundant sea nettles. This presentation discusses the biology and ecology of leatherback turtles including information specific to the endangered western Pacific population that utilizes US west coast waters as a foraging region.

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Join us for an exciting presentation by David McGuire, Founder of Shark Stewards. Mr. McGuire will discuss his research and work to save and protect sharks around the world.

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Join ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter and Dr. Frances Robertson for a fascinating overview of a remarkable study of minke whales in the Northeast Pacific, and the latest findings on long-term individual presence.

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Join us for a captivating evening with Dr. Gretchen Coffman to explore the importance of mangroves to the health of ocean ecosystems.

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Join us for an engaging evening with Dr. Tim Markowitz, Field Research Coordinator at The Marine Mammal Center, as he shares his experience as Field Research Coordinator and provides the latest findings of cetacean activity in San Francisco Bay: what the data tells us, implications, challenges, and what we might expect in the future.

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In this webinar cetologist and conservationist, Dr. Louisa Ponnampalam will discuss her work studying and advocating for the finless porpoises in Malaysia. Join us for a special opportunity to learn about a rare and beautiful species.

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Join ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter for a fascinating evening of insights into the biology and ecology of gray whales. In his talk, Dr. Jim Sumich will discuss the past and current distributions, migration patterns, and genetics of gray whale populations, and some likely future scenarios for this species in the context of our changing global climate.

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Join us for a thought-provoking presentation by Dr. Barbara Taylor about what we can learn from the plight of the vaquita porpoise.

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Save the date for our virtual conference on Saturday, January 30, 2021! American Cetacean Society conferences have a distinguished history of offering high-quality opportunities for scientists, students, conservationists, and enthusiasts to connect and exchange vital information about the latest research and efforts to conserve cetaceans and their habitats. Our first-ever virtual conference will continue this tradition while offering participation from the safety and comfort of your own home.

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Join us for a panel discussion to explore crucial questions about climate change and its impact on ocean life with three experts in the field. Our esteemed panelists will include Dr. Cara Field, Medical Director at The Marine Mammal Center, Marc Webber, Marine Biologist and co-author of Marine Mammals of the World, and Sara Hutto, Ocean Climate Program Coordinator for Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.

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Join ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter for an enthralling webinar by Dr. Brent Hughes, Assistant Professor of Marine Ecology and Conservation at Sonoma State University, about sea otter conservation in the 21st century.

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Join ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter at Wildlife Conservation Network’s annual Fall Expo.

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Join ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter at Wildlife Conservation Network’s annual Fall Expo.

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Join ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter at the 2019 Wildlife Conservation Network Fall Expo!

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Join us for a captivating evening with scientist Breck Tyler and artist Caren Loebel-Fried exploring the ecology and conservation of Pacific Albatrosses.

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Join ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter for a captivating presentation by California Whale Rescue’s Kathi George, Ryan Berger, and Heather Willis. They will be joined by commercial fishermen who are members of the California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group.

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Join us for an engaging presentation by Katherina Audley, past ACS grant recipient and founder of the Whales of Guerrero a community-driven research, education, and training program based in Southwest Mexico.

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Join us for a fascinating presentation by Moe Flannery, Orthinology and Mammalogy Senior Collection Manager at the California Academy of Sciences.

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