2025 ANNUAL MEETING
Workshops
21 October 2025
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New Bedford, MA
21 October 2025
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New Bedford, MA
Two workshops are being offered this year, please note that only the workshop being offered by JASCO will have a virtual component.
Bridging the Divide: Disentangling Conflict to Meet Challenges Collaboratively
Are you frustrated with conflict getting in the way of solutions in the take reduction process? Are you struggling to make connections, communicate, and collaborate? Participants in this workshop will learn practical, dignity-centered skills arising from research and on-the-ground experience to build understanding and get things done, even when stakes are high and tempers are hot. We will discuss common pitfalls that arise when people with different perspectives are trying to solve problems together. Participants will discuss and practice dignity-centered engagement techniques and how they apply to current programs and activities. They will leave with new, more effective ways to connect and collaborate.
Are you frustrated with conflict getting in the way of solutions in the take reduction process? Are you struggling to make connections, communicate, and collaborate? Participants in this workshop will learn practical, dignity-centered skills arising from research and on-the-ground experience to build understanding and get things done, even when stakes are high and tempers are hot. We will discuss common pitfalls that arise when people with different perspectives are trying to solve problems together. Participants will discuss and practice dignity-centered engagement techniques and how they apply to current programs and activities. They will leave with new, more effective ways to connect and collaborate.
- Time: 3:30-5:30 PM
- Location: Harborview Room, New Bedford Whaling Museum
- Open to all interested parties, ONSITE participation only
- Limited to 35 Participants! Click HERE to register for this workshop
- Contact Information:
Tora Johnson, Kate Behrens & Brooke Hachey
University of Maine & Sunrise County Economic Council
Reconsidering North Atlantic Right Whale Detection Ranges, Source Levels, and Ambient Noise Assumptions in the March Towards a Real-time PAM Listening Network
This is a technical workshop that will focus on defining guidelines for currently accepted North Atlantic right whale source levels, detection ranges, and ambient noise assumptions, as based upon the best available science. The goals of this workshop are to 1) develop a framework for determining assumptions used for modelling NARW detection ranges, including topics such as source level distribution, ambient sound distribution within appropriate decidecade bands, and detection methods, including thresholds and probability of detection, that align with the best available science, 2) lead a discussion to incorporate these scientific community-accepted guidelines in US regulatory actions , 3) engage stakeholders from the scientific, regulatory, conservation, and industrial sectors, and 4) carry these newly defined guidelines forward in the development of an autonomous real-time PAM listening network. This workshop is meant to define these guidelines using the best available science, with the ultimate goal of implementing these guidelines in the creation of a larger PAM listening network.
This is a technical workshop that will focus on defining guidelines for currently accepted North Atlantic right whale source levels, detection ranges, and ambient noise assumptions, as based upon the best available science. The goals of this workshop are to 1) develop a framework for determining assumptions used for modelling NARW detection ranges, including topics such as source level distribution, ambient sound distribution within appropriate decidecade bands, and detection methods, including thresholds and probability of detection, that align with the best available science, 2) lead a discussion to incorporate these scientific community-accepted guidelines in US regulatory actions , 3) engage stakeholders from the scientific, regulatory, conservation, and industrial sectors, and 4) carry these newly defined guidelines forward in the development of an autonomous real-time PAM listening network. This workshop is meant to define these guidelines using the best available science, with the ultimate goal of implementing these guidelines in the creation of a larger PAM listening network.
- Time: 3:30-5:30 PM
- Location: Theatre, New Bedford Whaling Museum
- Open to all interested parties, Onsite and remote participation. Click HERE to register for this workshop
- Contact Information:
Jessica Hiltz
Jasco Applied Sciences
