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In 2006, Marine Life Studies
(MLS) in Monterey, California was developed with Peggy
Stap as the Principal Investigator.
Ms. Stap has worked with the Hawaii
Whale Research Foundation (HWRF)
since 1999 in the capacity of data recorder, photographer, and videographer.
In
2004,
she became a Co-Investigator
for HWRF
under a NOAA Fisheries Endangered Species research permit. She coordinated
data reporting for HWRF's role in the SPLASH program.
The SPLASH program is the most comprehensive study ever attempted of the
endangered
North Pacific
humpback whale population. To download PDF of Final SPLASH Report click
here.
In
2008, after volunteering her time for 10 years, Peggy has stepped
down from working on the research with the Hawaii Whale Research
Foundation in order to dedicate more time to her project Marine Life
Studies in Monterey, California. However, Peggy is still volunteering
her time in Maui in helping with Whale Quest Kapalua which benefits
the Hawaii Whale Research Foundation, Whale Trust and Center for
Whale Studies.
The
effort is a partnership of NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program
and NOAA Fisheries.
Peggy Stap has also worked with Cascadia
Research Collective (Olympia, WA), and she received training on working with marine mammal identification
projects at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (Seattle, WA).
Photo from Whale
Quest 2007 taken by Connie Sutherland.
Left to right is
Dr. Dan R. Salden, President and founder
of HWRF,
Peggy
Stap, and Dr. Adam A. Pack, Vice President of The
Dolphin Institute.
Killer Whale, Orcinus orca, fluke
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Gray Whale Calf,
Eschrichtius robustus
Calf on top of Mom (Mom just below surface) to escape attack by killer whale