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## [PhD opportunity at the British Antarctic Survey](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/phd-opportunity-at-the-british-antarctic-survey/177)

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**Author:** [@tdornan](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/tdornan)\
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**Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/phd-opportunity-at-the-british-antarctic-survey/177 "2025-11-27T11:45:44Z")

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We have a competition funded PhD opportunity hosted here at the British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge, UK) investigating the use of autonomous platforms to study Antarctic krill. The project is part of a new Net Zero for P…

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## [Postdoc working with Great Lakes acoustics open at Cornell - From Lars Rudstam](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/postdoc-working-with-great-lakes-acoustics-open-at-cornell-from-lars-rudstam/170)

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**Author:** [@annelebourges](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/annelebourges)\
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**Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/postdoc-working-with-great-lakes-acoustics-open-at-cornell-from-lars-rudstam/170 "2025-11-06T08:39:58Z")

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Acoustic Friends, we have a postdoc working with Great Lakes acoustics open at Cornell. Please spread the word. Lars Rudstam Postdoctoral Associate Department of Natural Resources and the Environment College of Agri…

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## [MS / PhD Opportunity in Right Whale PAM at University of South Carolina](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ms-phd-opportunity-in-right-whale-pam-at-university-of-south-carolina/168)

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**Author:** [@leewujung](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/leewujung)\
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**Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ms-phd-opportunity-in-right-whale-pam-at-university-of-south-carolina/168 "2025-11-01T21:32:22Z")

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Dr. Erin Meyer-Gutbrod’s Conservation Oceanography lab at the University of South Carolina is recruiting a new graduate student (MS or PhD) in Marine Science for a funded Passive Acoustic Monitoring project. This project…

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## [Post-doc opportunity](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/post-doc-opportunity/167)

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**Author:** [@annelebourges](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/annelebourges)\
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**Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/post-doc-opportunity/167 "2025-10-31T15:24:42Z")

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Matt Oliver and Jonathan Cohen have a postdoc opportunity blending acoustics and optics through a NASA-funded project at the University of Delaware, USA. https://careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job/502477/post-doctoral-resear…

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## [Portable X-ray for swimbladder analysis at sea](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/portable-x-ray-for-swimbladder-analysis-at-sea/147)

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**Author:** [@alejandro-ariza](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/alejandro-ariza)\
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**Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/portable-x-ray-for-swimbladder-analysis-at-sea/147 "2025-10-02T08:10:08Z")

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Hi, I’m looking into whether there are portable X-ray devices that would allow us to detect and measure the swimbladder of fish during surveys at sea. I’m completely inexperienced in this area and was wondering if an…

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## [Data visualisation - colorbars?](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/data-visualisation-colorbars/166)

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**Author:** [@lloyd\_izard](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/lloyd_izard)\
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**Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/data-visualisation-colorbars/166 "2025-09-17T16:23:25Z")

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Hi all, We’re planning to add a few more popular colourbars to echopype. I’ve been looking at: Blackwell, R.E., Harvey, R., Queste, B.Y., & Fielding, S. (2020). Colour maps for fisheries acoustic echograms. ICES Journ…

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## [Calibration on large boats with difficult access to bow](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/calibration-on-large-boats-with-difficult-access-to-bow/125)

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**Author:** [@fernandespg](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/fernandespg)\
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**Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/calibration-on-large-boats-with-difficult-access-to-bow/125 "2025-09-02T08:29:28Z")

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Calibration of active sonars requires a small sphere(s) to be suspended some distance below the transducers, which are often mounted on the keel, forward of the centre of the vessel. On large vessels this poses challeng…

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## [Movies with ocean acoustics](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/movies-with-ocean-acoustics/155)

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**Author:** [@DavidBarclay](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/DavidBarclay)\
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**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/movies-with-ocean-acoustics/155 "2025-08-22T19:08:16Z")

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I watched a real stinker of a film last night “Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning” that featured some egregious use of a single SOSUS array station to pinpoint a submarine implosion with “accuracy down to the mete…

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## [Anatomical data store for scattering models - feedback requested](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/anatomical-data-store-for-scattering-models-feedback-requested/159)

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**Author:** [@gavinmacaulay](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/gavinmacaulay)\
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**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/anatomical-data-store-for-scattering-models-feedback-requested/159 "2025-08-22T01:07:34Z")

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The echoSMs project has developed a prototype anatomical data storage system that we are requesting feedback on. The aim of the data storage system is to provide a place to store scattering model input data and optional…

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## [ICES Workshop - Unavoidable Survey Effort Reduction 3 (WKUSER 3) 27–31 October 2025](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ices-workshop-unavoidable-survey-effort-reduction-3-wkuser-3-27-31-october-2025/136)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ices-workshop-unavoidable-survey-effort-reduction-3-wkuser-3-27-31-october-2025/136 "2025-07-16T14:38:02Z")

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When: 27–31 October 2025 Where: ICES Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark Registration open until: 31 July fill out this form It is possible to join the workshop remotely Chairs: Stan Kotwicki, Kotaro Ono, Caspe…

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## [Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland 22-27 February 2026](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ocean-sciences-meeting-in-glasgow-scotland-22-27-february-2026/132)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ocean-sciences-meeting-in-glasgow-scotland-22-27-february-2026/132 "2025-07-09T18:15:00Z")

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Acoustic sessions at Ocean Sciences in Glasgow 22-27 February 2026! Wu Jung Lee, Annebelle Kok and myself will chair: OT019 - Sound Insights: Advancing Understanding of Mid- to High-Trophic Dynamics through Acoustic…

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## [(P)ICES Symposium - Small Pelagic Fish and Forage Communities, La Paz, Mexico](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/p-ices-symposium-small-pelagic-fish-and-forage-communities-la-paz-mexico/124)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/p-ices-symposium-small-pelagic-fish-and-forage-communities-la-paz-mexico/124 "2025-06-16T18:01:24Z")

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SPF-2026 aims to showcase recent advancements in SPF and forage communities research. By delving into topics encompassing ecology, population dynamics, climate and oceanic impacts, social-ecological systems, and sustaina…

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## [Meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan and America in Hawaii: Special sessions on Animal Bioacoustics](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/meeting-of-the-acoustical-society-of-japan-and-america-in-hawaii-special-sessions-on-animal-bioacoustics/123)

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**Author:** [@xaviermouy](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/xaviermouy)\
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**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/meeting-of-the-acoustical-society-of-japan-and-america-in-hawaii-special-sessions-on-animal-bioacoustics/123 "2025-06-02T03:51:41Z")

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Dear colleagues, During Dec.1-5 in this year (2025), Acoustical Society of Japan and America will hold a joint meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, which has been organized once every 10 years. We invite you to join any of 6 sp…

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## [PhD position - PhD Using Acoustic Ecology to Understand Effects of Wind Farms on Fish and Mammals](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/phd-position-phd-using-acoustic-ecology-to-understand-effects-of-wind-farms-on-fish-and-mammals/120)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/phd-position-phd-using-acoustic-ecology-to-understand-effects-of-wind-farms-on-fish-and-mammals/120 "2025-05-30T11:10:35Z")

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PhD position at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands! The announced PhD position focuses on foraging and life-cycle ecology of fish and marine mammals. The PhD will work on characterization of underwater sound…

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## [Paper - Large differences in the distribution of pelagic biomass as a result of sonar frequency choice](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/paper-large-differences-in-the-distribution-of-pelagic-biomass-as-a-result-of-sonar-frequency-choice/119)

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**Author:** [@lloyd\_izard](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/lloyd_izard)\
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**Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/paper-large-differences-in-the-distribution-of-pelagic-biomass-as-a-result-of-sonar-frequency-choice/119 "2025-05-28T08:15:48Z")

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Hi all, Just a quick note to share a paper that was published today and may be of interest to the community: Large differences in the distribution of pelagic biomass as a result of sonar frequency choice Published: 28…

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## [PostDoc in Greenland - Zooplankton acoustics](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/postdoc-in-greenland-zooplankton-acoustics/104)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/postdoc-in-greenland-zooplankton-acoustics/104 "2025-05-20T17:27:08Z")

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The Greenland Climate Research Centre at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a 24-month research position focusing on the functional role of zooplankton in the carbon cyc…

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## [Open-echo: open hardware and open source echosounding](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/open-echo-open-hardware-and-open-source-echosounding/96)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/open-echo-open-hardware-and-open-source-echosounding/96 "2025-04-25T20:13:38Z")

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this is a pretty cool open hardware and open source echosunder project. Still in development but pretty interesting at least: https://github.com/Neumi/open\_echo tesing video some more info copied from the Github: An…

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## [4 multidisciplinary Research Associate roles at the UHI ERI](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/4-multidisciplinary-research-associate-roles-at-the-uhi-eri/97)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/4-multidisciplinary-research-associate-roles-at-the-uhi-eri/97 "2025-04-25T03:03:11Z")

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The University of the Highlands and Islands are recruiting for 4 multidisciplinary Research Associate roles at the ERI to join our expanding team working on environmental interactions and ecosystem effects of offshore re…

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## [Bioacoustics Stack Exchange](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/bioacoustics-stack-exchange/90)

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**Author:** [@jchawarski](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/jchawarski)\
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**Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/bioacoustics-stack-exchange/90 "2025-04-11T20:43:32Z")

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Not finding what you are looking for here? Are you interested in animal sounds and impacts of sounds on animals? You can also check out the Bioacoustics Stack Exchange - setup by colleagues at the NOAA Southwest Fisheri…

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## [GitHub, Python, Echopype Workshop @ ICES WGFAST 2025](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/github-python-echopype-workshop-ices-wgfast-2025/83)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/github-python-echopype-workshop-ices-wgfast-2025/83 "2025-04-09T18:21:04Z")

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Thanks to all who attended offline and online and a special thanks to all the helping hands and brains before, during and after the workshop! :blush: Here are some relevant links: Wokshop readthedocs site - This conta…

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## [EchoSMs - acoustic scattering models for fisheries and plankton acoustic research](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/echosms-acoustic-scattering-models-for-fisheries-and-plankton-acoustic-research/84)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/echosms-acoustic-scattering-models-for-fisheries-and-plankton-acoustic-research/84 "2025-04-09T06:35:41Z")

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EchoSMs provides acoustic scattering models for fisheries and plankton acoustic research. By providing the models in an open-access and open-source software language (e.g, Python, R) and providing morphological and anato…

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## [WGFAST 2025: ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics Science and Technology](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/wgfast-2025-ices-working-group-on-fisheries-acoustics-science-and-technology/76)

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**Author:** [@TeresaSilva](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/TeresaSilva)\
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**Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/wgfast-2025-ices-working-group-on-fisheries-acoustics-science-and-technology/76 "2025-04-08T12:09:21Z")

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Dear all, Here is the link to the annual meeting of ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics Science and Technology \*\*Website: \*\* https://wgfast.hafro.is #WGFAST2025

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## [ICES Symposium Future-Proofing Surveys: Abstract deadline April 18](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ices-symposium-future-proofing-surveys-abstract-deadline-april-18/56)

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**Author:** [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
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**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ices-symposium-future-proofing-surveys-abstract-deadline-april-18/56 "2025-03-26T14:18:05Z")

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Future-proofing surveys: integrating probability and non-probability methods in fisheries Key dates & deadlines​ Abstract submission opens: 2 December 2024 Abstract submission closes (new deadline): 18 April 2025 Abs…

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## [ICES Annual Science Conference: Abstract deadline March 24 & ECS funding](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ices-annual-science-conference-abstract-deadline-march-24-ecs-funding/44)

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**Author:** [@leewujung](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/leewujung)\
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**Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/ices-annual-science-conference-abstract-deadline-march-24-ecs-funding/44 "2025-03-14T16:31:29Z")

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The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is an intergovernmental marine science organization that seeks to advance and share scientific understanding of marine ecosystems and the services they prov…

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## [ASL Early Career Scientist Award 2025](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/asl-early-career-scientist-award-2025/52)

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**Author:** [@jchawarski](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/jchawarski)\
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**Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/asl-early-career-scientist-award-2025/52 "2025-03-19T18:06:50Z")

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Hi everyone, ASL Environmental Sciences has an annual competition for an early career scientist to win the lease of one of our instruments for several months. This year’s competition is for the use of ASL’s newest produ…

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## [ASA/ICA New Orleans Meeting May 18-23, 2024](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/asa-ica-new-orleans-meeting-may-18-23-2024/45)

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**Author:** [@leewujung](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/leewujung)\
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**Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/asa-ica-new-orleans-meeting-may-18-23-2024/45 "2025-03-14T16:50:25Z")

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ASA/ICA New Orleans Meeting 18-23 May 2025 New Orleans Marriott Hotel Technical Program The technical program has been finalized and the itinerary planner is now available. Visit the itinerary planner to explore …

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