Conference Programme

Moderator: Kim Wolfenden & Cynthia Wigren Oceans of Conflict: Striving for Coexistence, explores real-world cases of communities living with marine wildlife. The session shares five unique realities - working with American and Canadian Fishers to save highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whales; understanding tensions between Seal conservationists and Salmon fishers in the seas of Scotland; living with Great White Sharks in Cape Cod and Australia; using social research to surface the many voices on Seals in Nantucket and protecting Turtles and Cetacea in Latin America. Each of the cases are told through the lens of a different perspective. We hear from government, environmental agencies, university researchers and community leaders who take us beneath their oceans of conflict. This session is for those who love stories of lived experience and lessons learned, told by the people working to shift the undercurrent toward coexistence. Panelists: Cynthia Wigren, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, USA Kim Wolfenden, NSW Government, Australia, HWCCSG Member Juliette Young, INRAE National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France, HWCCSG Member Jennifer Jackman, Salem State University, USA Grettel Delgadillo, Humane Society International, Latin America Zack Klyver, Blue Planet Strategies, USA