Submitted by The Whale Museum.

Register now for The Whale Museum’s Virtual Gear Down Workshop on Nov. 15 from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. This year’s theme is: All Rivers Lead to Whales. The workshop will be entirely virtual through Zoom.

Invited Presenters include:

• Madison Rose Bristol, water quality 6PPD planner, and Bryson Finch, senior toxicologist, Washington State Department of Ecology on 6PPD-quinone and update on Washington state being the first state in the nation to establish freshwater limit.

• Kaitlin Yehle, fisheries biologist, SkeenaWild Conservation Trust on Alaska’s commercial salmon fisheries and impacts on Southern Resident killer whales (SRKWs).

• Dave Scott, research and restoration coordinator for the Lower Fraser Salmon Program, Raincoast Foundation on Healthy Waters Program and Fraser River salmon recovery projects.

• Jacob Lerner, PhD candidate, University of British Columbia on seasonal variation in fat content of Fraser River Chinook salmon and implications for SRKW prey quality.

• Eva Stredulinsky, aquatic biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada on foraging research and resident killer whales.

• Julie Watson, killer whale policy lead, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, and Katie Pruit, salmon recovery coordinator, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office on SRKW vessel regulations and progress on the Statewide Salmon Strategy & salmon in the context of SRKW recovery.

The registration fee is $35 for nonmembers; $25 for current TWM or SSAMN members. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at tracie@whalemuseum.org. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop. For more information and/or to register, please visit https://whalemuseum.org/products/virtual-gear-down-workshop2024?_pos=1&_sid=0aae8e55e&_ss=r.