About
Us
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.
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.
Co-investigators for the MLS project in Monterey Bay include:
Sarah
Graham
who has researched marine mammals since 2001.
Jeff
Kalbach
who has researched marine mammals since 1993.
Dr.
Dan R. Salden the President and Research Director
of the HWRF. Dr. Salden has researched marine mammals for over
25
years and has published his findings in
numerous refereed professional journals.
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