The Whale Museum welcomes Dan Tonnes as part of its 2014 Summer Lecture Series. Tonnes’ talk, entitled “The Long Term Investment in Rockfish Recovery,” is Monday, Sept. 15, at The Whale Museum, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

A biologist with NOAA Fisheries, Tonnes’ presentation focuses on recovery efforts on behalf of threatened and endangered rockfish, such as the Yelloweye, canary and bocaccio of Puget Sound, which were listed under the Endangered Species in Act in 2010.

The long lives and low reproductive survival combined with past over-harvesting and degraded habitats, have resulted in declines of many populations of rockfish in the Salish Sea.

In this talk, Tonnes will discuss the unique life history of rockfish, recent research and recovery efforts, and how recovering rockfish will contribute to recovery of the local ecosystem. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more info, contact the Whale Museum, 378-4710, or visit www.whalemuseum.org.