National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Stranding Coordinators

Headquarters Coordinators
Drs. Teri Rowles & Janet Whaley, National Coordinators
Office of Protected Resources
Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Division, F/PR2
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226
Phone: (301) 713-2322; Fax (301) 427-2522

Regional Coordinators
Alaska | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Southwest | Pacific Islands

Alaska (AK)
Aleria Jensen (Mammals)
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668
Phone: (907) 586-7248; Fax (907) 586-7012

Northeast (CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, VA)
Mendy Garron (Mammals)
Sara McNulty (Turtles)
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
One Blackburn Dr.
Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 281-9300; Fax (978) 281-9394
Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Stranding & Entanglement Hotline: (978) 281-9351

Northwest (OR, WA)
Brent Norberg (Mammals)
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1
Seattle, WA 98115-0070
Phone: (206) 526-6733; Fax (206) 526-6736

Southeast (AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, PR, SC, TX, VI)
Blair Mase-Guthrie (Mammals), Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
75 Virginia Beach Dr.
Miami, FL 33149
Phone: (305) 361-4586; Fax (305) 361-1462

Laura Engleby (Mammals), Stranding Program Administrator
National Marine Fisheries Service
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 824-5312; Fax (727) 824-5309

Southwest (CA)
Joseph Cordaro (Mammals)
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213
Phone: (562) 980-4017; Fax (562) 980-4027

Pacific Islands (HI, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands)
David Schofield (Mammals)
1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 944-2269; Fax (808) 973-2941