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Previous Meetings

Each year, the agenda and subsets of presentations are made publicly available. Presentations for 2017-2019 are linked directly below. Videos from 2020-2022 can be found on our YouTube Channel @NARWC.

Questions should be directed to corresponding authors.​
2017 Annual Meeting
2017 NARWC Annual Meeting Agenda
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​Abstract Booklet
2017 Presentations
  • NOAA Fisheries Service (NMFS) Update on North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery Actions
  • Current Efforts to Mitigate Ship Strikes Using Real-Time Acoustic Monitoring of Right Whales from Autonomous Platforms
  • North Atlantic Right Whale Species Decline and Life Expectancy
  • North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Mortality Event in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 2017
  • Right Whale Distribution: Historical Perspectives and Recent Shifts
  • Historical Overview of North Atlantic Right Whale Entanglements and Their Impacts
  • Unexpected Consequences of Shifting Distributions and Conflicts with Human Activities: Implications for Right Whale Recovery
  • Entangled North Atlantic Right Whales, October 2016 – October 2017
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Update on North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery Planning and Management Activities
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada: An Update on Research and Monitoring Activities
  • North Atlantic Right Whale Report Card
  • Assessing Speed Reductions: Efficacy, Data Gaps, and Opportunities
  • Mitigation of Vessel-Strike Risk to North Atlantic Right Whales in Canadian Waters: Historical Perspectives and Updated Risk Analyses
  • Preventing Entanglements of North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Pot Fishing Gear
2018 Annual Meeting
2018 NARWC Annual Meeting Agenda
2018 Abstract Booklet and Survey Summaries
​2018 NARWC Annual Business Meeting Notes
2018 Presentations (subset)
Oral Presentations
  • North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog update and whale naming results – Philip Hamilton
  • Pedigree-informed estimates of abundance and trends for the North Atlantic right whale – Timothy Frasier
  • The recovery of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, has been constrained by human-caused mortality – Peter Corkeron
  • Mitigating the risk of ship strikes through a collaborative approach – Veronique Nolet and Sonia Simard
  • Co-existing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: an integrated approach with crabbers, for whales – Lyne Morissette
  • Looking to conservation marketing to strengthen public actions for right whales – Monica Pepe
  • Catching up with the times: creating accessible, updated North Atlantic right whale acoustic presence tools – Genevieve Davis​
  • Probability of passive acoustic detection of right whales from autonomous platforms equipped with a real-time monitoring system – Hansen Johnson
Posters
  • Competition and collaboration – Christin Khan
  • Development and testing of the lobster raft to reduce entanglement in North Atlantic right whales – Richard Riels​
  • Monitoring the long-distance movement of a North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of Mexico – Katie Jackson
  • New technology instantly displays NOAA North Atlantic right whale Dynamic Management Areas for mitigation PSOs – Paul Donlan
  • New technology instantly shares sightings and protects North Atlantic right whales in real-time – David Steckler
  • Public misconceptions and stereotypes. Is it hindering conservation efforts for the North Atlantic right whale and other marine mammal species? – Anne DiMonti
2019 Annual Meeting
2019 NARWC Annual Meeting Agenda
2019 Abstract Booklet and Survey Summaries
​2019 NARWC Annual Business Meeting Notes
2019 Presentations (subset)
North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog update and whale naming results – Philip Hamilton     
2019 Entanglements and Serious Injury – Scott Landry, Heather Pettis and Allison Henry
Other efforts: Ropeless Consortium – Michael Moore    
Are there fewer North Atlantic right whales than we think? Peter Corkeron   
Quantifying fitness in North Atlantic right whales - Timothy Frasier  
Decisions to implement spatio-temporal fisheries closures to reduce entanglement threats to whales must also consider how those closures can change the nature of a fishery- Alexandra Cole  
Functional breaking strength of vertical lines in the Gulf of Maine - Erin Summers    
An assessment of vertical line use in Gulf of Maine region fixed gear fisheries and resulting conservation benefits for the endangered North Atlantic right whale - Nathaniel Willse    
Fishers helping whales: inspiration, innovation and solutions for co-existing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Video)- Lyne Morissette 
Estimating uncertainty in whale location following visual or acoustic detection: Implications for dynamic management of North Atlantic right whales - Hansen Johnson       
U.S. Navy marine Mammal Compliance and Mitigation Program in the Atlantic: A review - Jacqueline Bort
An update on the population structure, residency, and movements of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence - Leah Crowe
Density surface models for the North Atlantic right whale in U.S. waters - Jason Roberts
Integrating the Identification and Sightings databases with spatial capture-recapture models to estimate right whale density and movement - Timothy Gowan
Why don't people fall in love with right whales? Michelle Collins
PAM monitoring in the Gulf of Maine: 2009 vs 2019 - Genevieve Davis
Near real-time passive acoustic monitoring of right whales along the U.S. east coast - Mark Baumgartner

Using sonobuoys and visual surveys to describe North Atlantic right whale acoustic ecology in the Gulf of St. Lawrence - Kimberly Franklin
Report of the Workshop on North Atlantic Right Whale Health Assessment: June 24-26, 2019 Silver Spring, MD – Michael Moore
Noise dosage regimens: Can physiological noise impacts on North Atlantic right whales be managed temporally? Andrew Wright
Developing a blubber-implanted satellite tag for right whales – Paul Wade
From competition to collaboration: Automated identification of right whales - Christin Khan     
“The Calvineers Movie” - Documenting the power of conservation through education. Thom Willey  (see link below for video)​
2020 Annual Meeting
2020 NARWC Annual Meeting Agenda
​2020 NARWC Abstract Booklet
2021 Annual Meeting
2021 NARWC Annual Meeting Agenda
​2021 NARWC Abstract Booklet
2022 Annual Meeting
2022 NARWC Annual Meeting Agenda
​2022 NARWC Abstract Booklet
2022 Meeting Summary
​2022 Business Meeting Notes
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