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The primary purpose of this document is to provide updated information and practical guidance to authorities charged with protecting, assessing, and restoring marine mammals injured by oil spills, primarily for Natural Resources Damage Assessment conducted under the Oil Pollution Act.

These guidelines provide an in-depth review of considerations for response and NRDA for sea turtles and incorporates knowledge gained from previous oil spills, especially the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (Macondo 252) spill within the northern Gulf of Mexico. Included in this document are essential tools and information pertinent to sea turtles found within U.S. waters to aid preparations for future oil spills, promote an effective spill response, and facilitate damage assessment. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-61

NOAA and USFWS hosted a workshop in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 6, 2017 to seek input on the development of recommendations to address the following key issues regarding green turtles with FP: 1) disposition when encountered under various circumstances (e.g., strandings, research activities, incidental capture, opportunistic observations); 2) rehabilitation and release; 3) response options if rehabilitation capacity is exceeded; and 4) biosecurity measures to prevent anthropogenic spread of the disease. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-60

This report provides a summary of large whale entanglements that occurred in U.S. waters in 2017 including species, locations, and an overview of response efforts.

This document contains a summary of a Steller sea lion relocation in Sitka, Alaska. For four days in 2018, groups and individuals worked to get the animal back to the water after it was observed approximately 200m from the shore.

NOAA Fisheries guidance for the immediate and effective protection, rescue, rehabilitation of, and the minimization of damage to, fish and wildlife resources and their habitat that are harmed or that may be jeopardized by a discharge.

2015-2016 Unusual Mortality Event for finback whales (Balaenoptera physalus) around Kodiak Island and the western Gulf of Alaska.

2015 Unusual Mortality Event for finback whales around Kodiak Island and the western Gulf of Alaska.

When oil spills occur in the marine environment, many species of wildlife in that ecosystem may be either directly or indirectly impacted. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-52