MMS 43: Snotbots, Shark Nets and White Whales

06/27/20 • 34 min

Dr. Vanessa Pirotta is this week’s guest talking to host Dr. Chris Parsons about her research on humpback whales with drones and “snotbots”. They also talk about whale entanglements in shark nets, swimming with whale tourism and the famous white humpback whale “Migaloo”.

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MMS 42: The History Of Commercial Whaling And The “Forgotten Whale”

This week Chris Parsons interviews Sally Mizroch and world expert on the sei whale. Sei whales were heavily hit by whaling and her research indicates that many stocks have never really recovered. But this whale is largely overlooked by marine conservation groups.

Sally talks about the history of industrial and commercial whaling - pointing out some uncomfortable truths about this history - and talks about a major scientific mistake she discovered, that almost led to the total decimation of the sei whale.

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MMS 44: The Whale-Watching Handbook

Dr Chris Parsons chats to Dr Gianna Minton about her career change from teaching to travelling around the world researching whales & dolphins in Oman, Malaysia, Gabon and Europe. Most recently she's been writing the International Whaling Commission's new Whale-Watching Handbook: a fantastic online resource for tourists, whale-watching operators, managers, students and researchers (https://wwhandbook.iwc.int/ ).