Based in Sandy Point, Abaco, Ms. Claridge is project director and principal investigator for the survey, which involves scientists, university students and volunteers from all over the world.
The project conducts a yearly species census of whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, coordinates stranding response, trains Bahamian student interns and runs an environmental summer camp for local children.
The fieldwork has become focused on the ecology of resident beaked whales, sperm whales and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins.
Ms. Claridge is a life member of the International Society of Marine Mammologists and is director for Abaco’s Friends of the Environment and a council member for the Bahamas National Trust.
She has received numerous awards for her contribution to the conservation of marine life, including the Ministry of Tourism’s Cacique Award and the Zonta Club of New Providence’s Living Legends Award.
The public is invited to attend this meeting and learn more about the Marine Mammals of the Bahamas. A small admission fee will be charged for non-BNT members.
