Monica Pepe
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Sharing the Seas: Safe Boating for Sailors and Whales
As WDC North America’s Conservation and Education Manager, I spend a lot of my time working on outreach projects to educate children and adults about…
Read MoreJust A Whale? I don’t think so.
Here in WDC’s North American office we always laugh when someone asks us what a typical day is like. The reason we laugh is because…
Read MoreTake Action on This Hump(back) Day!
In just a few days, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will receive comments from the public on NMFS’s proposal to remove humpback whales from…
Read MoreCollaboration Results in Exciting Development for Large Whales
Earlier this week the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team met in person for the first time since 2012. This team of 60 members consists…
Read MoreCataloging Humpbacks Is No Easy Task
I’ve just recently returned from spending a week in Bar Harbor, Maine, where I worked with colleagues at Allied Whale, a branch of College of…
Read MoreLittle Whales in a Big Ocean
The beginning of the field season is always really exciting, as we see which whales are first to return, which mothers have calves this year,…
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