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16TH ANNUAL
WHALE TALES
PRESENTED BY WHALE TRUST
A Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua Signature Event
FEBRUARY 18-21, 2022
A VIRTUAL+ EVENT FEATURING...
Online presentations and interactive learning opportunities (February 19-20)
Local (Maui) whale watches with special guest hosts
Special events (to be announced)
15th Annual Whale Tales – A Virtual Experience Recap (2021)
WHALE TALES – A VIRTUAL+ EXPERIENCE
The Whale Tales program will be broadcast live over two days and will feature marine scientists and underwater photographers. The in person components will include whale watches with the experts and special events (to be announced).
Sponsorship opportunities will open in October and Early-Bird Registration will open in November.
2021 Keynote and On-Demand Speakers
(Speakers for 2022 – To be Announced)
- Bernard Abeille, La Lyrone
Baleine et Contrebasse - Robin Baird, PhD, Cascadia Research
Dwarf Sperm Whales in Hawaiian Waters: Using Drones, Photo-ID, and Citizen Science to Study a Difficult-to-study Species - Kenneth Balcomb, Center for Whale Research
Orca Survey and the Big Salmon Ranch - Lars Bejder, PhD University of Hawaii at Manoa – Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
The Energetic Cost of Humpback Whale Migration - Moira Brown, PhD Canadian Whale Institute
Right Whales and Their Allies - Rachel Cartwright, PhD, The Keiki Kohola Project
Weathering the Lean Years – How Maui’s Moms and Calves Fared Through Recent Climate-based Disruptions in the North Pacific. - Hannah Cubaynes, PhD, British Antarctic Survey
Whales from Space - Jim Darling, PhD, Whale Trust
North Pacific Humpback Whale Song - Ellen Garland, PhD, University of St Andrews
South Pacific Humpback Whale Song - Beth Goodwin, Jupiter Research Foundation
Wave Glider Europa’s Multi-year Open Ocean Survey Of Humpback Whales - Ralph Lee Hopkins, Ralph Lee Hopkins Photography and Lindblad Expeditions
Whale Tales 2021 – A Look Back At Five Years Of Photo Expeditions - Mike Korostelev, Whale Watching Russia
Whale’s Photographer – Encounters that Can Change Your Life - Anke Kügler, Marine Biology Graduate Program, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
What male humpback whale song chorusing can reveal about their ecology
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- Marc Lammers, PhD, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
The Occurrence of Humpback Whales in the NWHI Revealed Through a Marine Drone - Ed Lyman, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
The Science Behind Large Whale Entanglement Response - Joseph Mobley, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
2019-20 Humpback Whale Aerial Survey Project - Flip Nicklin, Whale Trust and National Geographic
Whale Tales, A Chance to Tell Our Story - Ralph Pace, Ralph Pace Photography and Whale Trust
Whales of Monterey - Debbie Patton, Captain Steve’s Rafting
Humpback Birth Video, Update - Roger Payne, PhD, Ocean Alliance
- Brian Skerry, Brian Skerry Photography and National Geographic
Secrets of the Whales - Kate Stafford, PhD, University of Washington
Listening to a Changing Arctic - Andrew Stevenson, Whales Bermuda
What Are The Humpback Whales Doing in Bermuda? - Jason Sturgis, Open Ocean Productions and Whale Trust
SD To HD. 4K To 8K. Advancing Camera Technology and How it has Helped Whale Research - Hal Whitehead, PhD, Dalhousie University
The Cultural Lives of Sperm Whales - Dave Wiley, PhD, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Using Advanced Technologies to Explore the Underwater Behavior of Humpback Whales
- Marc Lammers, PhD, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Global Check-In Speakers
- Jo Marie Acebes, DVM, PhD, Balyena at Lumba sa Pilipinas
Northern Luzon, Philippines - Jan Booch, Photographer
Maui, Hawai’i - Ted Cheeseman, HappyWhale
Santa Cruz, California - Jens Currie, Pacific Whale Foundation
Maui, Hawai’i - Olga Filatova, PhD, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia - John Ford, PhD, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia - Oscar Frey, Deep Blue Conservancy
Puerto Vallarta, Bahía de Banderas, México - Chris Gabriele, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Gustavus, Alaska - Nan Hauser, Center for Cetacean Research & Conservation
Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Douglas Hoffman, Douglas J. Hoffman Photography
Maui, Hawai’i - Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic
Charlotte, North Carolina - Erich Hoyt, IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force and Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Dorset, England - Meagan Jones, PhD, and Haley Robb, Whale Trust
Maui, Hawai’i - Mark Kelley, Mark Kelley Photography
Juneau, Alaska - Iain Kerr, Ocean Alliance
Gloucester, Massachusetts - Nozomi Kobayashi, PhD, Okinawa Churashima Research Center
Okinawa, Japan
- Laura Lauta van Aysma, University of Leiden
Netherlands - John Moran, Auke Bay Laboratories/NOAA Fisheries
Juneau, Alaska - Putu Liza Mustika, PhD, Cetacean Sirenian Indonesia
Indonesia - Flip Nicklin, Whale Trust
Auke Bay, Alaska - Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, PHD, Tethys Research Institute
Milano, Italy - Adam Pack, PhD, The UH Hilo Marine Mammal Laboratory
Hilo Hawai’i - Chandra P. Salgado Kent, PhD, Oceans Blueprint
Western Australia - Richard Sears, Mingan Island Cetacean Study
Mingan Island, Quebec - Mariano Sironi, PhD, Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Renata S. Sousa-Lima, PhD, Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Natal, Brazil - Jan Straley, University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka Campus
Sitka, Alaska - Dipani Sutaria, PhD, Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Network of India
India - Jorge Urbán, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
La Paz, Baja California Sur, México - Caroline Weir, PhD, Falklands Conservation
Falkland Islands - Randall Wells, PhD, Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program
Sarasota, Florida - Marty Wolff, Marty Wolff Fine Art Photography
Maui, Hawai’i
Kid’s Corner
- Magen Shifiliti, Eat Less Plastic
Eat Less Plastic - Patty Miller, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Humpback Whales 101 – Whale To Scale - Shelby Brown, Whale Trust
How Do We Tell Whales Apart? - Kim Nesbitt, Linblad Expeditions
Welcome to Alaska - Haley Robb, Whale Trust
Humpback Whale Song - Jayme Cellitioci, Ocean Innovators
Wonder is My Compass - George Kahumoku Jr.
Ocean Ambassador Abby Rogers Interviews Uncle George
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These companies donate whale watches annually to support whale research in Hawaii through Whale Tales. We encourage you to choose from these companies when booking your whale watches and ocean adventures in Maui Nui.
CONTACT US
Phone:
(808)572-5700
E-mail:
whaletales@whaletrust.org
Mailing Address:
PO Box 243
Makawao, Hawaii 96768
Whale Tales is a community outreach event produced by Whale Trust, a 501(c)(3) based in Maui, Hawaii. Our tax ID is 91-2144632. Please make checks payable to Whale Trust and note Whale Tales in the memo.