preliminary notice
Kaikoura WHALING and sealing CONFERENCE to be held MAY 2021
FOLLOWING ON FROM THE SUCCESS OF THE 2019 HOBART WHALING CONFERENCE WE INVITE WHALING AND SEALING RESEARCHERS TO COME AND JOIN US AT KAIKOURA IN NEW ZEALAND FOR THE 2021 KAIKOURA WHALING AND SEALING CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN KAIKOURA, NEW ZEALAND IN EARLY MAY 2021.
KAIKOURA IS A SMALL COASTAL TOWN ON THE SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND SOME 180 KILOMETRES NORTH OF CHRISTCHURCH. THE TOWN HAS A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH WHALES AND WHALING AND IS WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS PERMANENT SPERM WHALE POPULATION. FYFFE HOUSE, A COTTAGE BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF WHALEBONE VERTEBRAE, WILL BE THE CONFERENCE HQ AND DISPLAYS THE TOWNS WHALING PAST.
OVER THREE DAYS WE WILL HEAR FROM WHALING RESEARCHERS AS WELL AS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS FIRST-HAND THE MALE SPERM WHALE BACHELOR PODS WHICH FREQUENT THE KAIKOURA CANYON. LONGER EXCURSIONS TO OTHER WHALING SITES ARE ALSO BEING PLANNED.
KAIKOURA IS A SMALL COASTAL TOWN ON THE SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND SOME 180 KILOMETRES NORTH OF CHRISTCHURCH. THE TOWN HAS A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH WHALES AND WHALING AND IS WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS PERMANENT SPERM WHALE POPULATION. FYFFE HOUSE, A COTTAGE BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF WHALEBONE VERTEBRAE, WILL BE THE CONFERENCE HQ AND DISPLAYS THE TOWNS WHALING PAST.
OVER THREE DAYS WE WILL HEAR FROM WHALING RESEARCHERS AS WELL AS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS FIRST-HAND THE MALE SPERM WHALE BACHELOR PODS WHICH FREQUENT THE KAIKOURA CANYON. LONGER EXCURSIONS TO OTHER WHALING SITES ARE ALSO BEING PLANNED.