Virtual panel: Exploring the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

Join Service experts and partners in an engaging virtual panel discussion celebrating the eighth anniversary of the designation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. Hosted by Mystic Aquarium, the panel features highlights from two summer 2024 research expeditions to explore the surface, mid-water, and deep-sea ecosystems of the Monument, as well as recent findings from New England Aquarium's aerial surveys.

Originally recorded Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

Panel:

·Dr. Peter Auster, Sr. Research Scientist, Mystic Aquarium and Research Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut

·Dr. Mary Beth Decker, Research Scientist, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

·Dr. Mael Glon, Endangered Species Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

·Meta Miner, Assistant Refuge Supervisor, North Zone, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

·Dr. Martha Nizinski, Research Zoologist, NOAA's National Systematics Laboratory

·Orla O'Brien, Associate Scientist, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium

Audio-described version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JAzle_08d0&t=0s