CV of Mónica A. Silva 28/08/2014

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1 Name: Mónica Cordeiro de Almeida e Silva Nationality: Portuguese Date of birth: 24/10/1972 Address: Centro do IMAR da Unversidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Rua Prof. Frederico Machado, 4, Horta, PORTUGAL Phone: (+351) Fax: (+351) monica@uac.pt Website: Education D D.Phil., School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland BSc (Hons, 5-years degree) in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Career March 2014 present: Guest Investigator (non-salaried position) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA). December 2013 present: Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Marine Research - IMAR/Açores (Portugal) (Investigador Auxiliar under FCT Investigator Programme). November 2010 October 2013: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Marine Research - IMAR/Açores (Portugal); Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA). July 2010 October 2010: Research Assistant at the Institute of Marine Research - IMAR/Açores (Portugal). July 2007 June2010: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Marine Research - IMAR/Açores (Portugal) and at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA). January 2007 June 2007: Research Fellow at the Institute of Marine Research - IMAR/Açores (Portugal). October 2006 December 2006: Senior Technician at the Nature Conservation Institute, Ministry of the Environment (Portugal) : PhD student at the University of Saint Andrews (Scotland) : Senior Technician at the Nature Conservation Institute, Ministry of the Environment (Portugal) temporarily assigned to the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (Portugal) : Senior Technician at the Nature Conservation Institute, Ministry of the Environment (Portugal). 1998: Scientific Consultant for the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Office of Guinea- Bissau : Senior Technician Nature Conservation Institute, Ministry of the Environment (Portugal) - under temporary contracts and provision of services. Professional Services National Delegate for Portugal at the 59th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, 7-18 May, Alaska, USA. National Delegate for Portugal at the 61th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, 31 May-12 June, Madeira, Portugal present - Member of the Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 2012 present - Member of the OSPAR Commission COBAM Expert Group - Mammals and Reptiles Member of the Scientific Committee of the 27 th Annual Conference of the European 1

2 Cetacean Society (2013). More than 50 expert opinions issued at the request of the Regional Government of the Azores. Technical reviews of several Regional Laws, including those that implement the Natura 2000 sites in the Azores, the Marine Park of the Azores, the Nature Conservation and Protection of Biodiversity, the regulation of the Whale-watching activity, and the regulation of Eco-touristic activities. Participation in R&D projects Principal Investigator: In progress: MAPCET - Integrating cetaceans into marine spatial management in the Azores (M2.1.2/F/012/2011). Regional Secretariat for Science, Technology and Infrastructures/Regional Government of the Azores. Duration: 36 months. Total financing: 39,820; IMAR/Açores: 39, : CETPESCA Monitoring interactions of cetaceans and the squid fishery. Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea/Regional Government of the Azores. Duration: 30 months. Total financing: 100,054; IMAR/Açores: 100, : BIONATURA - Monitoring Cetaceans in the Azores, monitoring program contracted by the project BIONATURA Cooperation and Synergies for the Development of the Natura 2000 network and the Preservation of Biodiversity in the Macaronésia Region (INTERREGIIIB/05/MAC/4.2/). Program Interreg IIIB/FEDER. Duration: 8 months. Total financing: 2,112,194; IMAR/Açores: 66, : National Conservation Plan for the west African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) in Guinea-Bissau. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Duration: 4 months. Total financing: 15,000. Member of Research Team: In progress: Towards ecosystem-based management of the Azores marine resources, biodiversity and habitats (M2.1.2/F/026/2011). Regional Secretariat for Science, Technology and Infrastructures/Regional Directorate for Science, Technology and Communications, Regional Government of the Azores. Beginning: 01/03/2012. Duration: 24 months. Total financing: 39,850; IMAR/Açores: 39,850. In progress: ATLANTIS-MAR - Mapping coastal and marine biodiversity of the Azores (M2.1.2/F/027/2011), funded by the Regional Secretariat for Science, Technology and Infrastructures/Regional Government of the Azores. Duration: 36 months. Total financing: 39,820; IMAR/Açores: NA : TRACE Cetacean habitat associations in oceanic ecosystems: an integrated approach (PTDC/MAR/74071/2006). FCT. Duration: 42 months. Total financing: 150,926; IMAR/Açores: 150, : "MARMAC II - Knowledge, promotion and valorisation for a sustainable use of marine protected areas in Macaronesia Phase II (INTERREGIIIB/05/MAC/4.2/A4). Program Interreg IIIB/FEDER. Duration: 18 months. Total financing: 1,034,407; IMAR/Açores: 601, : "MACETUS - Population structure, distribution and habitat use of Physeter macrocephalus, Globicephala macrorhynchus, Tursiops truncatus e Stenella frontalis in the Macaronesian Region (Archipelagos of Azores, Canaries and Madeira) (INTERREGIIIB/05/MAC/4.2/M10). Program Interreg IIIB/FEDER. Duration: 24 months. Total financing: 470,588; IMAR/Açores: 158, : "CETAMARH - Ecology and population structure of sperm whales and bottlenose dolphins in the Azores (POCTI/BSE/38991/2001). FCT. Duration: 42 months. 2

3 Total financing: 104,963; IMAR/Açores: 104, : MARÉ - Integrated management of coastal and marine areas in the Azores (LIFE98NAT/P/5275). EU Life-Nature Program. Duration: 54 months. Total financing: 1,383,000; DOP/UAç: 1,383, : Development of whale watching in the Azores. Regional Secretariat for the Economy/Regional Government of the Azores. Duration: 45 months. Member of Research Team. Total financing: 59,345; IMAR/Açores: 59, : BOTO - Monitoring the population of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) north of Cabo Mondego. Nature Conservation Institute, Ministry of the Environment. Duration: 14 months. Total financing: NA : Marine Mammal Stranding Network. Nature Conservation Institute, Ministry of the Environment. Duration: 40 months. Total financing: NA. Collaborator: 2005: "MAR-ECO- Patterns and processes of the ecosystems of the northern Mid-Atlantic", funded by the Census of Marine Life. Beginning: 01/04/2005. Duration: 54 months. Total financing: NA; IMAR/Açores: NA : EUROPHLUKES Initiating a European network to develop a European cetacean photo-id system and database (FP5-EVR1/CT ), funded by the Fifth European Framework Programme. Beginning: 02/02/2001. Duration: 36 months. Total financing: 1,508,8524. IMAR/Açores: 56,100. Grants and Scholarships 2013: 5-year Senior Research Associate contract awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). 2007: Postdoctoral grant (SFRH/BPD/29841/2006) awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). 2002: PhD grant (SFRH/BD/8609/2002) awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Teaching experience M.Sc. in Integrated Ocean Studies, University of the Azores Classes in Modules: Conservation and Management of Marine Mammals, Biodiversity and Ecology of Marine Mammals, Techniques and methods to study Marine Mammals, Seminars Supervising experience and advanced training Ph.D students: In progress - Co-supervisor with Dr. Magnus Whalberg and Prof. João Gonçalves of Cláudia Oliveira - Thesis: Population ecology of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores Archipelago. PhD in Marine Sciences, University of the Azores. Grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. In progress - Co-supervisor with Dr. Mark Lammers and Dr. Ricardo Serrão Santos of Irma Cascão - Thesis: Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer in the Azores. PhD in Marine Sciences, University of the Azores. Grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. In progress - Co-supervisor with Dr. Emer Rogan and Dr. Gui Menezes of Maria João Cruz Thesis: Exploring operational interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores. PhD in Marine Sciences, University of theazores. Grant from Direcção Regional da Ciência, Tecnologia e Comunicações. 3

4 MSc/MRes students: Co-supervisor with Dr. Len Thomas and Dr. Tiago Marques of Claudia Faustino - Thesis: Designing a line transect ship survey to estimate cetacean abundance in the Azores. M.Res. in Marine Mammal Science, University of St. Andrews, Scotland Co-supervisor with Prof. João Gonçalves of Cláudia Oliveira - Thesis: Whalewatching activity in the archipelago of the Azores: contributing for its sustainable growth". M.Sc. in Management and Conservation of Nature, University of the Azores. Research Fellowships: 2012 (36 months) - Supervisor of Research Fellowship recipient Rui Prieto. Grant from Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia, under research project MAPCET (FRCT/2012/M315/009-MAPCET) (6 months) - Supervisor of Research Fellowship recipient Vera Jordão. Grant from Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores, under research project "CETPESCA Monitoring interactions of cetaceans and the squid fishery, funded by the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea, Regional Government of the Azores (16 months) - Supervisor of Research Fellowship recipient Maria João Cruz. Grant from Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores, under research project CETPESCA Monitoring interactions of cetaceans and the squid fishery, funded by the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea, Regional Government of the Azores (6 months) - Supervisor of Research Fellowship recipient Cláudia Oliveira. Grant from Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores, under research project MARMAC II (INTERREG IIIB/05/MAC/4.2/A4 Telemetry of cetaceans) (12 months) - Supervisor of Research Fellowship recipient Irma Cascão. Grant from Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores, under research project MARMAC II (INTERREG IIIB/05/MAC/4.2/A4 Use of telemetry techniques in the study of movement and distribution patterns of cetaceans and fish) (12 months) - Supervisor of Research Fellowship recipient Maria Inês Seabra. Grant from Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores, under research project CETAMARH (IMAR-UAÇ/POCTI/BSE/38991/2001/CETAMARH III - Development of a Geographic Information System to analyse the influence of habitat variables on cetacean ecology) (24 months) - Supervisor of Research Fellowship recipient Sara Magalhães. Grant from Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores, under research project CETAMARH (IMAR-UAÇ/POCTI/BSE/38991/2001/CETAMARH III - Characterization of the ecology and population structure of the sperm whale population of the Azores) (12 months) - Supervisor of Research Fellowship recipient Rute Cabecinhas. Grant from Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores, under research project CETAMARH (IMAR-UAÇ/POCTI/BSE/38991/2001/CETAMARH III - Acoustic characterization of the sperm whale population of the Azores). Graduate Fellowship Programs: Single supervisor of Marta Tobena Thesis: Assessing the risk of vessel collisions with large whales in the Azores". Grant from the European Student Fellowship Program Eurodyssey, Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores Single supervisor of Yves Cuenot - Thesis: "Baleen whale ecology in the Azores". Grant from the National Fellowship Program Estagiar L, Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores Single supervisor of João Medeiros - Thesis: "Photo-identification of baleen whales in the Azores". Grant from the National Fellowship Program Estagiar L, Centre of IMAR of 4

5 the University of the Azores Single supervisor of Martina Hervat - Thesis: Habitat preference of cetaceans in the Azores. Grant from the European Student Fellowship Program Eurodyssey, Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores Single supervisor of Susana Morais - Thesis: Analysis of photo-identification pictures: comparing manual and automatic matching procedures. Grant from the National Fellowship Program Estagiar L, Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores Single supervisor of Cláudia Oliveira - Thesis: Photo-identification of Risso s dolphins in the Azores. Grant from the National Fellowship Program Estagiar L, Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores. BSc. students (Honours projects/ 5-years Degree): Main supervisor with Prof João Gonçalves of Tiago Sá - Thesis: Diving and foraging behaviour of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Archipelago of the Azores. B.Sc. in Biology, University of the Azores Main supervisor with Prof João Gonçalves of Margarida Bacelar - Thesis: Distribution and residence patterns of baleen whales in the Archipelago of the Azores. BSc. in Biology, University of the Azores. Scientific Publications Theses: 1. Silva, M.A Population biology of bottlenose dolphins in the Azores Archipelago. PhD thesis, University of St Andrews, 254p. 2. Silva, M.A Contribuição para o conhecimento do regime alimentar e da biologia da reprodução do golfinho-comum, Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758, na costa Portuguesa. Honours Thesis, Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 64p. [In Portuguese]. Peer-reviewed Publications in international and national journals: 1. Cruz, M.J.; Jordão, V.L.; Perereira, J.G.; Santos, R.S. & Silva, M.A Risso s dolphin depredation in the Azorean hand-jig squid fishery: assessing the impacts and evaluating effectiveness of acoustic deterrents. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: /icesjms/fsu Louis, M.; Viricel, A; Lucas, T.; Peltier, H.; Alfonsi, E.; Berrow, S.; Brownlow, A.; Covelo, P.; Dabin, W.; Deaville, R.; de Stephanis, R.; Gally, F.; Gauffier, P.; Penrose, R.; Silva, M.; Guinet, C.; Simon-Bouhet, B Habitat-driven population structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the North-East Atlantic. Molecular Ecology, 23: Papale, E.; Azzolin, M.; Cascao, I.; Gannier, A.; Lammers, M. O.; Martin, V. M.; Oswald, J.; Perez-Gil, M.; Prieto, R.; Silva, M. A. & Giacoma, C Macro- and micro-geographic variation of short-beaked common dolphin's whistles in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 26(4): Prieto, R.; Silva, M.A.; Waring, G. & Gonçalves, J.M Sei whale movements and behaviour in the North Atlantic inferred from satellite telemetry. Endangered species Research. 5. Silva, M.A.; Prieto, R.; Cascão, I.; Seabra, M.I.; Machete, M.; Baumgartner, M.F. & Santos, R.S Spatial and temporal distribution of cetaceans in the mid-atlantic waters around the Azores. Marine Biology Research, 10(2): Silva, M.A.; Prieto,R.; Jonsen, I.D. & Baumgartner, M.F Assessing performance of Bayesian state-space models fit to Argos satellite telemetry locations processed with 5

6 Kalman filtering. PLoS ONE, 9(3): e Papale, E., Azzolin, M., Cascão, I., Gannier, A., Lammers, M.O., Martin, V.M., Oswald, J., Perez-Gil, M., Prieto, R., Silva, M.A., Giacoma, C Acoustic divergence between bottlenose dolphin whistles from the Central-Eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Acta Ethologica. DOI: /s Papale, E., Azzolin, M., Cascão, I., Gannier, A., Lammers, M.O., Martin, V.M., Oswald, J., Perez-Gil, M., Prieto, R., Silva, M.A., Giacoma, C Geographic variability in the acoustic parameters of striped dolphin s (Stenella coeruleoalba) whistles. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133 (2): Silva, M.A.; Prieto, R.; Jonsen, I; Baumgartner, M.F. & Santos, R.S North Atlantic blue and fin whales suspend their spring migration to forage in middle latitudes: building up energy reserves for the journey?. PLoS ONE,8(10): e Prieto, R.; Janiger, D.; Silva, M.A.; Waring, G.T. & Gonçalves, J.M The forgotten whale: a bibliometric analysis and literature review of the North Atlantic sei whale Balaenoptera borealis. Mammal Review, 42(3): Silva, M.A.; Prieto, R.; Magalhães, S.; Seabra, M.I.; Machete, M. & Hammond, P.S Incorporating information on bottlenose dolphin distribution into marine protected area design. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 22: Silva, M.A.; Steiner, L.; Cascão, I.; Cruz, M.J.; Prieto, R.; Cole, T; Hamilton, P.K. & Baumgartner, M Winter sighting of a known western North Atlantic right whale in the Azores. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 12: Fernández, R.; Santos, M.B.; Pierce, G.J.; Llavona, A.; López, A.; Silva, M.A.; Ferreira, M.; Carrillo, M.; Cermeño, P.; Lens, S. &Piertney, S.B Fine scale genetic structure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula. Hydrobiologia, 670: Pereira, J.N.; Neves, V.C.; Prieto, R.; Silva, M.A.; Cascão, I.; Oliveira, C.; Cruz, M.J.; Medeiros, J.; Barreiros, J.P. & Clarke, D Diet of mid-atlantic Sowerby s beaked whales Mesoplondon bidens. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 58(11): Silva, M.A.; Machete, M.; Reis, D.; Santos, M.; Prieto, R.; Dâmaso, C.; Pereira, J.G. & Santos, R.S A review of interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21(1): Faustino, C.E.S., Silva, M.A., Marques, T.A. and Thomas, L Designing a shipboard line transect survey to estimate cetacean abundance off the Azores archipelago. Arquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences, 27: Quérouil, S.; Freitas, L.; Dinis, A.; Alves, F.; Cascão, I.; Prieto, R.; Silva, M.A.; Magalhães, S.; Matos, J.A. & Santos, R Sex bias in biopsy samples collected from free-ranging dolphins. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 56: Murphy, S.; Winship, A.; Dabin, W.; Jepson, P.D.; Deaville, R.; Reid, R.J.; Spurrier, C.; Rogan, E.; López, A.; González, A.; Read, F.; Addink, M.; Silva, M.; Ridoux, V.; Pierce, G.J. and Northridge, S.P Importance of biological parameters in assessing the status of Delphinus delphis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 388: Olsen, E.; Budgell, P.; Head, E.; Kleivane, L.; Nøttestad, L.; Prieto, R.; Silva, M.A.; Skov, H.; Víkingsson, G.A.; Waring, G. and Øien, N First satellite-tracked long distance movement of a sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) in the North Atlantic. Aquatic Mammals, 35(3): Pinela, A.M.; Quérouil, S; Magalhães, S.; Silva, M.A.; Prieto, R.; Matos, J.A. & Santos, R.S Population genetics and social organization of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores inferred by microsatellite analyses. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87:

7 21. Silva, M.A.; Brito, C.; Santos, S.V. & Barreiros, J.P Historic and recent occurrences of pinnipeds in the Archipelago of the Azores. Mammalia, 73: Silva, M.A.; Magalhães, S.; Prieto, R.; Ricardo, R.S & Hammond, P.S Estimating survival and abundance in a bottlenose dolphin population taking into account transience and temporary emigration. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 392: Silva, M.A.; Prieto, R.; Magalhães, S.; Seabra, M.I.; Santos, R.S. & Hammond, P.S Ranging patterns of bottlenose dolphins living in oceanic waters: implications for population structure. Marine Biology, 156: Quérouil, S.; Silva, M.A.; Cascão, I., Magalhães, S.; Seabra, M.I.; Machete, M. & Santos, R.S Why do dolphins form mixed-species associations in the Azores? Ethology, 114: Walton, M. J.; Silva, M.A.; Magalhães, S.; Prieto, R. & Santos, R.S Fatty acid characterization of lipid fractions from blubber biopsies of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus located around the Azores. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88(6): Quérouil, S.; Silva, M.A.; Freitas, L.; Prieto, R.; Magalhães, S.; Dinis, A.; Alves, F.; Matos, J.A.; Mendonça, D.; Hammond, P. & Santos, R.S High gene flow in oceanic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of the North Atlantic. Conservation Genetics, 8(6): Steiner, L.; Silva, M.A.; Zereba, J. & Leal, M.J Bryde s Whales, Balaenoptera edeni, observed in the Azores: a new species record for the region. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, Biodiversity Records, 6pp. 28. Walton, M. J.; Silva, M.A.; Magalhães, S.; Prieto, R. & Santos, R.S Using blubber biopsies to provide ecological information about bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus around the Azores. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87: Wise, L.; Silva, A.; Ferreira, M.; Silva, M.A.& Sequeira; M Interactions between small cetaceans and the purse-seine fishery in western Portuguese waters. Scientia Marina, 71(2): Silva, M.A.; Prieto, R.; Magalhães, S.; Cabecinhas, R.; Cruz, A.; Gonçalves, J.M. & Santos, R.S Occurrence and distribution of cetaceans in the waters around the Azores (Portugal), Summer and Autumn Aquatic Mammals, 29(1): Silva, M.A.& Sequeira, M Patterns in the mortality of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) on the Portuguese coast, using stranding data records, Aquatic Mammals, 29(1): Magalhães, S.; Prieto, R.; Silva, M.A.; Gonçalves, J.; Afonso-Dias, M. & Santos, R.S Short-term reactions of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) to whale-watching vessels in the Azores. Aquatic Mammals, 28(3): Silva, M.A.; Feio, R.; Prieto, R.; Gonçalves, J.M. & Santos, R.S Interactions between cetaceans and the tuna-fishery in the Azores. Marine Mammal Science, 18(4): Silva, M. A. & Araújo, A Distribution and current status of the west African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) in Guinea-Bissau. Marine Mammal Science, 17(2): Granadeiro, J.P. &Silva, M.A The use of otoliths and vertebrae in the identification and size-estimation of fish in predator-prey studies. Cybium, 24(4): Silva, M.A Diet of common dolphins, Delpinus delphis, off the Portuguese continental coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 79:

8 Chapters in Books: 1. Prieto, R. & Silva, M. A Marine Mammals. pp In: Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (eds.) A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores, Princípia, Cascais, 432 pp. 2. Silva, A.; Cabral, H.; Azevedo, M.; Machado, P.; Murta, A. & Silva, M.A Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) as a forage fish in Portuguese waters. Pp: In: Forage fishes in Marine Ecosystems. Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposia Series, 97.Alaska Sea Grant Coll Program, Univ Alaska, Fairbanks, USA. Selected Technical Publications: 1. Prieto, R; Silva, M.A.; Bérubé, M. &Palsbøll, P.J Migratory destinations and sex composition of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) transiting through the Azores. Presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission: SC/64/RMP6, 7pp. 2. Sequeira, M.; Elejabeitia, C.; Silva, M.A.; Dinis, A.; de Stephanis, R.; Urquiola, E.; Nicolau, C. Prieto, R.; Oliveira, C. Cruz, M.J. Freitas, L Review of whalewatching activities in mainland Portugal, the Azores, Madeira and Canary archipelagos and the Strait of Gibraltar. Presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission: SC/61/WW11, 40pp. 3. Magalhães, S.; Prieto, R., Silva, M.A. & Santos, R.S Impact of whale watching on cetaceans: assessing the appropriateness of existing regulations. Presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission: SC/59/WW9, 6pp. 4. Oliveira, C., Filla, G., Gonçalves, J., Silva, M.A., Prieto, R., Magalhães, S. & Santos, R. S A social-economic perspective of the whale watching activity in the Azores. Presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission: SC/59/WW8, 8pp. 5. Oliveira, C., Gonçalves, J., Magalhães, S., Prieto, R., Silva, M.A.& Santos, R. S Whale watching management in the Azores: an updated review of the regulations. Presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission: SC/59/WW7, 4pp. Scientific dissemination and public outreach Books: 1. Silva, M.A. &Prieto, R Investigação de Cetáceos nos Açores: Da Baleação à Era Espacial. Pp: InCetáceos de Portugal: Passado, Presente e Futuro (Brito, C. & Carvalho, I., Eds.). Escola de Mar, Paleta Natura, Lisboa, 157p. 2. Ávila, S.P.; Medeiros, A.; Martins, A.F..; Silva, C.; Melo, C.; Gomes, C.; Michielsen, G.; Madeira, J.; Bagaço, L.; Silva, L.; Fernandes, M.; Silva, M.; Madeira, P.; Madruga, P.; Cordeiros, R.; Meireles, R. & Prieto, R Lajes do Pico à banbaxe muro. Publiçor Editores, 345p. 8