Monthly Archives: May 2025

Orca Zone Checklist for Mariners (now also in Spanish)

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After receiving quite positive feedback from both mariners and marine biologists I have created a Spanish-language version of the Orca Zone checklists and protocols, which can be downloaded here. Also, some minor corrections were incorporated into the English-language version, which is also available for downloading here. Any comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Tras recibir comentarios muy positivos de navegantes y biólogos marinos, he creado una versión en español de las listas de verificación y protocolos de Orca Zone, que puede descargarse aquí. Además, se incorporaron algunas correcciones menores a la versión en inglés, que también está disponible para descargar aquí. Cualquier comentario o sugerencia de mejora es bienvenida.

DIRL 7.5 (Disaster Information Reference Library) Released

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Version 7.5 is the most recent update of this reference library. It has been published as of May 15, 2025 as a semiannual update. The library now contains 5,681 references of predominantly English-language, peer-reviewed work in the study domains of disaster information and information technologies and their uses in the context of disasters. This represents an increase over the previous version of 246 references, or 4.5%. [Download]
Citation: Scholl, H. J. & G. Viale Pereira (2025). The Disaster information Reference Library (DIRL). Versions 7.5—8.0. Retrieved from: http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/dirl/

Orca Zone Checklist for Mariners

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As an inspiration and direct result from the discussions at the February Orca Symposium in Tarifa Spain, I have developed a set of checklists and practical protocols, which will be helpful to mariners intending to pass through orcas zones and orca attack hotspots. The 19-page document can be downloaded here. Any comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.