Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting, January 27,  2025
VIA ZOOM

AGENDA

8:30 - 9:00        Optional networking

9:00 – 9:15        Welcome and Review of Agenda.

                        Co-Chairs: Cynde McInnis and Zack Klyver

                           Updates, zoom, recording, rules, email, etc.: Jen Kennedy

CARIBBEAN

9:15 - 9:30     ▪ Regional Report: Turks and Caicos Islands, TCIWP, Katherine Hart

9:30 – 9:45    ▪ Regional Report: Bermuda, Whales Bermuda, Andrew Stephenson

MID-ATLANTIC

9:45 – 10:00  ▪ Regional Report: Virginia, Rudee Tours, Alexis Rabon

10:00 – 10:15 ▪ Regional Report: Cape May, New Jersey, Cape May Whale Watch, Melissa Laurino  

10:15 – 10:30    BREAK

10:30 - 10:45 ▪ Regional Report: NYC, W. New York Bight, Gotham Whale, Danielle Brown

10:45 – 11:00 ▪ Regional Report: Montauk, Long Island, E. NY Bight, CRESLI, Artie Kopelman, Phd.

NEWFOUNDLAND

11:00 – 11:15 ▪ Regional Report: Trinity Bay, NFLD, Sea Of Whales Adventures, Shawna Prince

GULF OF MAINE

11:15 – 11:30 ▪ Regional Report: Brier Island, Nova Scotia, BIWS, Shelley Lonergan

11:30 – 11:45 ▪ Regional Report: Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Quoddy Link Marine, Danielle Dion

11:45 – 12:00 ▪ Regional Report: Bar Harbor, Maine to Grand Manan Banks, BHWW Co., Julie Taylor

12:00 – 1:00   Lunch Break

1:00 – 1:15    ▪ Regional Report: Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Capt Fish, Kelsey Moon  

1:15 – 1:30    ▪ Regional Report: Jeffreys Ledge, Blue Ocean Society, Dianna Schulte

1:30 – 1:45    ▪ Regional Report: Cape Ann/Gloucester/ Stellwagen, Seven Seas, Cynde McInnis

1:45 – 2:00    ▪ Regional Report: Cape Cod Bay, Stellwagen Bank, Hyannis WW, Laura Lilly

2:00 – 2:55       Open Discussion: observations, trends, and behaviors. Work Shops/

  Happy Hours for 2025? OSW, Sanctuaries, Trump Agenda, 2026 annual meeting.

2:55 – 3:00           Final thoughts and comments. End of Conference.

2024 Annual Meeting Agenda:

8:30-9:00 Optional networking

9:00                 Welcome and Review of Agenda.
                    Co-Chairs: Cynde McInnis and Zack Klyver

                        Updates, zoom, recording, rules, email, etc.: Jen Kennedy

9:15-10:15       Regional Reports, Virginia to New York

• Virginia Beach, Virginia. Coastal & pelagic waters to Norfolk Canyon 

• Cape May, New Jersey. Inshore & pelagic waters out to Wilmington and Baltimore Canyon

• New York City – Nor. New Jersey. Western New York Bight

• Montauk Point, Long Island, Eastern New York Bight

10:15-10:45     Break

10:45-11:30     Regional Reports, Massachusetts to New Hampshire 

• Gloucester to Boston, MA – Northern Stellwagen Bank, 44/200 line

• Rye, NH to Gloucester, MA – Jeffreys Ledge to Thachers Island

11:30-12:30     Lunch Break

12:30-1:00 Discussion about climate change education and upcoming conferences

1:00-2:00         Regional Reports, Maine – Canada 

• Boothbay Harbor, Monhegan Island through the Harris Ground out to the Kettle

• Bar Harbor. Machias Seal Island/ Grand Manan Banks to Mount Desert Rock/ Bank Comfort to Outer Fall

• Passamaquoddy Bay, (Saint Andrews), Head Harbour Passage (Eastport, ME to Head Harbour, Campobello Island, NB), Bliss Island to Blacks Harbour and out to the Wolves 

• Grand Manan Basin and The Prong, New Brunswick 

• Brier Island, (Westport) to Digby, Nova Scotia. Lurcher Shoals, and all sightings east of the BOF Shipping Channel

2:00-2:15         Break

2:15-2:45         Other Reports from around the North Atlantic

2:45-3:15         Full group discussion on observations, trends, and behaviors
  from regional reporting. 

3:15–3:30       Final thoughts and comments. End of Conference.