> 9:30 – 10:00
Registration & Coffee
> 10:00 – 10:30
Opening and welcome addresses
Rüdiger Strempel – Executive Secretary Common Wadden Sea Secretariat
Roger Staves – UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage Visitor Centre
Jenny Renell – ASCOBANS Coordinator
Rüdiger Strempel – Executive Secretary Common Wadden Sea Secretariat
Roger Staves – UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage Visitor Centre
Jenny Renell – ASCOBANS Coordinator
> 10:30 – 12:45
Session I: Population Status and Monitoring
> 10:30
Keynote I: Porpoise conservation status in the Wadden Sea – muddied waters
Meike Scheidat – Wageningen Marine Research
Meike Scheidat – Wageningen Marine Research
> 11:15
Keynote II: Movements of satellite tagged porpoises and potential future monitoring in the Danish Wadden Sea
Jonas Teilmann – Aarhus University
Jonas Teilmann – Aarhus University
> 12:00
Demersal Young Fish Survey – Stock indices for selected forage fish in the German Wadden Sea
Holger Haslob – Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries
Holger Haslob – Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries
> 12:20
Plenary discussion
> 12:45 – 14:00
Lunch break
> 14:00 – 16:40
Session II: Threats
> 14:00
Keynote III: Anthropogenic activities and their effects
Ursula Siebert – Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research
Ursula Siebert – Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research
> 14:45
Is the Wadden Sea a warm bath or a dangerous desert for harbour porpoises?
Mardik Leopold – Wageningen Marine Research
Mardik Leopold – Wageningen Marine Research
> 15:05 – 15:30
Coffee break
> 15:30
Effects of underwater noise related to offshore windfarms in the German North Sea on harbour porpoises
Johannes Baltzer – Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research
Johannes Baltzer – Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research
> 15:50
Marine debris and plastic pollution – Is it a threat to harbour porpoises?
Elisa Bravo Rebolledo – Bureau Waardenburg
Elisa Bravo Rebolledo – Bureau Waardenburg
> 16:10
Plenary discussion
> 16:40 – 17:00
Closing remarks
Organised by Common Wadden Sea Secretariat & UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage Visitor Centre.
Der Eintritt zum wissenschaftlichen Symposium „Bright Future? Harbour porpoises in the Wadden Sea“ ist frei, aber eine Anmeldung im UNESCO-Weltnaturerbe Wattenmeer Besucherzentrum unter Telefon 04421-910733 oder E-Mail veranstaltung@wattenmeer-besucherzentrum.de ist zwingend erforderlich.
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