The Carmel Foundation Wednesday Program: Slower Ships, Safer Seas: Making Monterey Bay a Sanctuary for Whales
Carmel Foundation (Diment Hall)
Wed, May 14 2:30pm
Learn how whale habitat within the Monterey Bay’s Sanctuary has since become quieter and safer because gigantic ships are moving slower.
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Join Dr. John Ryan, Biological Oceanographer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on this one of kind presentation. In 2023 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) joined a voluntary Vessel Speed Reduction (VSR) program, Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies. In this presentation you will learn how whale habitat within the Monterey Bay’s Sanctuary has since become quieter and safer because gigantic ships are moving slower. Come have a “whale of a time” with us at the Foundation.




















Carmel Foundation (Diment Hall)
SE Corner of 8th and Lincoln St, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93923, USA
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