Mini-symposium: use of passive acoustic monitoring and C-POD’s for harbour porpoises and the integration of marine mammal distribution data with fish abundance data

On the 28th of May at 9:00 – 11:00 an online mini-symposium will be held on the use of passive acoustic monitoring and C-POD’s for harbour porpoises and the integration of marine mammal distribution data with fish abundance data.

Bob Rumes (KBIN), Benoit Berges (WUR) and Elisabeth Debusschere (LifeWatch VLIZ) will be presenting their insights and experience on the topic. There will be time for questions and an open discussion.

PROGRAM:

1) Fien Demuynck: Introduction
2) Benoit Berges: C-POD processing
3) Bob Rumes: current projects and future plans
4) Elisabeth Debusschere: Cetacean network in Belgian part of North Sea, interpretation of dolphins trains and integration with tagged sea bass data
5) Discussion