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National Stranding Network Results

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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.

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.

2015-2021 Guadalupe Fur Seal and 2015 Northern Fur Seal Unusual Mortality Event in California, Oregon and Washington (CLOSED)

The Unusual Mortality Event (UME) involving Guadalupe and northern fur seals that began in January 2015 is over.

2016–2024 Humpback Whale Unusual Mortality Event Along the Atlantic Coast

Since January 2016, elevated humpback whale mortalities have occurred along the Atlantic coast from Maine through Florida.

2017–2024 North Atlantic Right Whale Unusual Mortality Event

Since 2017, dead, seriously injured, or sublethally injured or ill North Atlantic right whales have been documented, necessitating an Unusual Mortality Event declaration and investigation.

2019 Funded Prescott Grant Proposals

For fiscal year 2019, 43 competitive Prescott Grants were awarded totaling $3,580,526 to recipients from 18 states and one tribe, representing marine mammal stranding network partners from every Fisheries Region.

Level A Data Collection for Marine Mammal Stranding Events

NOAA Fisheries created a series of forms that collect valuable stranding information through a process known as Level A data collection.

National Stranding Database Public Access

Includes information on every stranded marine mammal in the United States that a member of the National Stranding Network has responded to. Data include species, approximate age, sex, date, location, condition/determination, and other information.
hawaiian monk seal Hawaiian monk seal lying on the beach - Credit: NOAA Fisheries