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"Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program"

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Cook Inlet and Kodiak Marine Mammal Disaster Response Guidelines

NOAA Fisheries, in an effort to increase preparedness for wildlife response under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, has drafted guidelines for marine mammal response in disaster situations in Cook Inlet and Kodiak, Alaska entitled "Cook Inlet and Kodiak…
Notice
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Alaska
Published
05/19/2024

NOAA Reports Second Dead Large Whale in Turnagain Arm

For Safety Reasons, NOAA Cautions Against Public Approaching Whale by Land or Water
May 15, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Humpback Whale Disentanglements in Alaska

Watch this video to get a closer look at whale disentanglement efforts in Alaska.
February 16, 2019 - Video ,
Alaska
crew on small boat working to disentangle whale

Developing Marine Mammal Response Capacity at Home and Abroad

Experienced stranding responders around the world have collaborated to launch the Global Marine Animal Stranding Toolkit at GMAST.org to help expand marine mammal stranding response capabilities.
December 07, 2018 - Feature Story ,
National
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Large Whale Entanglements National Report Released

A national report on large whale entanglements confirmed in the United States in 2017. Seventy-six large whale entanglements were confirmed nationally in 2017, slightly above the annual average.
December 06, 2018 - Feature Story ,
National
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National Report on Large Whale Entanglements (2017)

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.
November 06, 2018 - Other Reports ,
National
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2018–2020 Pinniped Unusual Mortality Event Along the Northeast Coast

Since July 2018, elevated numbers of harbor seal and gray seal mortalities have occurred across Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. This event has been declared an unusual mortality event (UME).
New England/Mid-Atlantic

2018–2019 Bottlenose Dolphin Unusual Mortality Event Southwest Florida (Closed)

The Unusual Mortality Event involving bottlenose dolphins in southwest Florida that began in July 2018 is over. Strandings occurred in Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties.
Southeast

Pacific Islands Marine Mammal Response

The Pacific Islands Regional Office and Science Center, along with various partners, coordinates emergency responses to sick, injured, distressed, or dead marine mammals in the main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Guam, American Samoa,…
Pacific Islands

2018 Funded Prescott Grant Proposals

For fiscal year 2018, 36 competitive Prescott Grants were awarded totaling $2,808,513 to recipients from 19 states, representing marine mammal stranding network partners from every Fisheries Region.
National