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.
Here is the revised PDF version of the paper, which was presented at ITDRR 2024, the 9th IFIP WG5.15 Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction, held at Krems, Austria from Oct 14, 2024 to Oct 16, 2024.
Citation: Scholl, Hans J. (2024, Oct 14-16), “The Iberian Orca Interaction Crisis: Disentangling Wild Marine and Human Lives—A Call for Managed Co-existence” Paper presented at the 9th IFIP WG5.15 Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction, held at Krems, Austria. https://faculty.waschington.edu/jscholl/itdrr2024/Scholl_2024b.pdf