Citizen Scientist Blue Whale Monitoring Training Session
Sun, 20 Oct
|Eagle Bay Community Hall
Join us on Sunday, 20 October for a hands-on training session and learn from local researchers how to spot, track, and record whale movements from the shore. No experience is necessary—just a passion for the ocean and a desire to make a difference! 🌍🐋
Time & Location
20 Oct 2024, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Eagle Bay Community Hall , Fern Rd, Eagle Bay WA 6281, Australia
Guests
About the event
Event Overview: Are you passionate about marine conservation and eager to contribute to research efforts on the world’s largest animals? This season, marine scientists from the South West Whale Ecology Study (a collaboration between Western Whale Research, Ocean Blueprint, Fat Whales Project, and MIM Network) along with Geographe Marine Research - Bay Blues Project are uniting for land-based fieldwork to track and study pygmy blue whales in Geographe Bay—and they need local volunteers like YOU to help monitor these incredible creatures from the shore.
Join us for a volunteer training day, where you’ll learn the essential skills needed to contribute to this collaborative research effort. During the season (21 October - 8 November), you’ll observe and track whale movements at Castle Bay and Shelley Cove, complementing the long-term monitoring at Point Picquet. This hands-on training session will prepare you to become an Observer or Site Coordinator, helping researchers gather critical…