“Saving Seas: Resolving Conflict and Finding Solutions in the Marine Realm” will be given at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster on Tuesday evenings from 6-9 p.m., Jan. 17 and 31, Feb. 14 and 28, March 14 and 28, April 11 and 25, and May 9 and 23, with one six-hour special Saturday workshop.
Sponsored by the Museum and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, this course will be taught by Torah Johnson, Adjunct Faculty at the College of the Atlantic and the University of Maine. Her book, Entanglements: The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen, focuses on the conflict over whale entanglement in fishing gear.
The course will look at a broad range of marine debates. Through panel discussions by experts on both sides of issues, readings and dialogue, teachers, non-traditional educators, fishermen, scientists, community leaders, regulators and concerned citizens will have an opportunity to explore the sources of conflict and potential solutions for such controversial issues as Navy sonar and its effect on marine mammals, the fate of the right whale, competing claims to Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine groundfish stocks, herring and mackerel mid-water trawl fisheries and their impacts on marine food webs, and managing coastal resources for many interests.
This course is open for graduate credit with Framingham State College and for audit. Members of the public are welcome to attend any session. (Museum members – $8.00, non-members – $10.00.) A limited number of partial scholarships will be offered to help cover the cost of auditing or class fees. For further information and registration, please contact the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 508-896-3867, Ext. 129. Single session tickets available at the door.
For further information contact Tora Johnson at tora@entanglements.net.