Marine mammals are fantastic, but in order to keep track of them and make sure they’re safe we need to know when people see them. Enter: Salma, the previous GIS Specialist and Sightings Network Coordinator for The Whale Museum. Get to learn more about the work that goes into keeping this 40+ year old sightings database alive and shifts in the data and demographics happening today.
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The Whale Museum
https://whalemuseum.org/
Doris Duke Conservation Scholars
(Applications open until Feb 1st)
http://uwconservationscholars.org/
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Salma’s Twitter
@stabdelraheem
https://twitter.com/stabdelraheem
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⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰
0:00 Intro to Salma
4:11 Creating the GIS Coordinator position
10:31 Orca Master Report
19:43 Sighting and alert systems across boarders
31:37 Recognizing observer input
42:48 Dynamic changes in the field, TWM and SJI
52:22 Whale politics and Databases
57:27 The Future for Salma and Sightings Data
1:04:18 Closing out
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My Socials
📱 TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeS8CAJr/
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🧑🏫 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialOrcaMan
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📺 YouTube Orca Man
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4YMtUyEWNRjIgjiZuLSG5e
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