Marine Mammal Stranding Network Participants

NMFS National Enforcement Hotline

1-800-853-1964

Northeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Northeast Region Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding & Entanglement Hotline:

978-281-9351

NOAA Large Whale Entanglement Hotline (East Coast)

866-755-6622

Connecticut/Rhode Island

Mystic Aquarium
Mystic, CT
860-572-5955

Delaware

MERR Institute, Inc.
Nassau, DE
302-228-5029

Maine

Maine Marine Animal Reporting Hotline
800-532-9551
Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, ME
207-288-5644
Maine Department of Marine Resources
Boothbay Harbor, ME
800-532-9551
University of New England
Biddeford, ME
800-532-9551

Maryland

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
Oxford, MD
800-628-9944
National Aquarium in Baltimore, Marine Animal Rescue Program
Baltimore, MD
410-576-1098

Massachusetts

NMFS Northeast Region, Protected Resources Division
Gloucester, MA
978-281-9300
NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Protected Species Branch
Woods Hole, MA
508-495-2000
National Park Service, Cape Cod National Seashore
Wellfleet, MA
508-349-3785
New England Aquarium
Boston, MA
617-973-5247
IFAW/Cape Cod Stranding Network
Buzzards Bay, MA
508-743-9548
The National Marine Life Center
Buzzards Bay, MA
508-743-9888
The Whale Center of New England
Gloucester, MA
978-281-6351

New Hampshire

New England Aquarium
Boston, MA
617-973-5247

New Jersey

Marine Mammal Stranding Center
Brigantine, NJ
609-266-0538

New York

Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation
Riverhead, NY
631-369-9829

Rhode Island/Connecticut

Mystic Aquarium
Mystic, CT
860-572-5955

Virginia

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
Virginia Beach, VA
757-437-6159
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
Gloucester Point, VA
866-493-1085

Washington D.C.

Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC
202-633-1260

Southeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network (including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)

NMFS Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline:
877-433-8299

Alabama

Alabama Stranding Hotline:
888-767-3657

Florida

Florida Stranding Hotline:
888-404-FWCC (3922)
Central Panhandle Aquatic Preserve Office
Eastpoint, FL
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Clearwater, FL
Dolphin Conservation Field Station at Marineland
St. Augustine, FL
Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, Inc.
Destin, FL
Florida Aquarium
Tampa, FL
Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Network – Southwest Region
Port Charlotte, FL
FWC, FMRI Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory
St. Petersburg, FL
FWC Northeast Field Laboratory
Jacksonville, FL
FWC Tallahassee
Tallahassee, FL
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Breeze, FL
Gulf World Marine Park
Panama City, FL
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute- Florida Atlantic University
Fort Pierce, FL
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Orlando, FL
Marine Animal Rescue Society
Miami, FL
Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc.
Key Largo, FL
Mote Marine Laboratory
Sarasota, FL
NMFS SEFSC Miami Laboratory
Miami, FL
NMFS SEFSC Panama City Laboratory
Panama City, FL
Northwest Florida Aquatic Preserves Office, FDEP
Milton, FL
SeaWorld Orlando
Orlando, FL
Volusia County Stranding Network
DeLand, FL

Georgia

Georgia Stranding Hotline:
912-269-7587
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Brunswick, GA

Louisiana

Louisiana Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline:
504-235-3005
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Lake Charles, LA

Mississippi

NOAA Mississippi Stranding Hotline:
888-806-1674
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
Gulfport, MS
888-767-3657
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Ocean Springs, MS
NMFS SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory
Pascagoula, MS

North Carolina

NMFS SEFSC Beaufort Laboratory Stranding Hotline
Beaufort, NC
252-444-8064
University of North Carolina- Wilmington, Marine Mammal Stranding Program
Wilmington, NC
910-254-5713
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Manteo, NC
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Beaufort, NC
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Fort Fisher, NC
North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine
Morehead City, NC
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission – Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education
Corolla, NC

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Stranding Hotline:
787-538-4684 or
787-645-5595
Mayaguez Zoo
Mayaguez, PR
Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
Santurce, PR

South Carolina

South Carolina Stranding Hotline:
800-922-5431
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC
NOS Charleston Laboratory
Charleston, SC

Texas

Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network Hotline:
Galveston, TX
800-9MAMMAL
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Austwell, TX
Texas State Aquarium
Corpus Christi, TX

U.S. Virgin Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands Stranding Hotline:
Virgin Islands Division of Fish & Wildlife
Frederiksted, VI
340-713-2422

Southwest Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network

California

NMFS Southwest Regional Office
Long Beach, CA
562-980-4017
NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center
La Jolla, CA
858-546-7162
Dead Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
California Academy of Sciences, Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy
San Francisco, CA
415-379-5381
Dead Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
California Wildlife Center
Malibu, CA
310-548-9453 or 818-222-2658
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute
Goleta, CA
805-567-1505
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Humboldt State University - Vertebrate Museum
Arcata, CA
707-826-4872
Dead Cetaceans
Long Marine Lab, University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
831-212-1272
Live Cetaceans
Dead Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Los Angeles, CA
323-585-5105
Dead Cetaceans
Marine Animal Rescue
El Segundo, CA
800-39-WHALE
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur
San Pedro, CA
310-548-5677
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Moss Landing, CA
831-771-4422
Dead Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center
Crescent City, CA
707-465-6265
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
Laguna Beach, CA
949-494-3050
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center
Santa Barbara, CA
805-687-3255
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Laboratory
Santa Barbara, CA
805-682-4711 x156
Dead Cetaceans
SeaWorld
San Diego, CA 92109
800-541-7325
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds
The Marine Mammal Center
Sausalito, CA
415-289-7350
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds

Northwest Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network

NOAA Enforcement & Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline:

800-853-1964

Oregon

NMFS Northwest Regional Office, Protected Resources Division
206-526-6733
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Salem, OR
503-325-2462
Oregon State University Marine Mammal Program
Newport, OR
541-270-6830
Portland State University
Portland, OR
503-440-4040
University of Oregon
Charleston, OR
541-888-2581 x215

Washington

NMFS Northwest Regional Office, Protected Resources Division
Seattle, WA
206-526-6733
NMFS, National Marine Mammal Laboratory
Seattle, WA
206-526-4045
WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Investigations Unit
Lakewood, WA
253-589-7235
Cascadia Research Collective
Olympia, WA
360-943-7325
Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Whidbey Island, WA
866-ORCANET
East Jefferson County Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Port Townsend, WA
360-385-5582 x103
Makah Tribe
Neah Bay, WA
360-645-3160
Olympic Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Association
Joyce, WA
360-301-2175
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Port Angeles, WA
360-457-6622 x20
Olympic Coast National Park
Port Angeles, WA
360-565-3115
Portland State University
Portland, OR
503-440-4040
Progressive Animal Welfare Society
Lynnwood, WA
425-787-2500 x817
San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network, The Whale Museum
Friday Harbor, WA
800-562-8832
Seattle Animal Control
Seattle, WA
206-386-4258
Whatcom County Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Bellingham, WA
360-303-3608
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility
Friday Harbor, WA
360-378-5000
Wolftown Rehabilitation
Vashon Island, WA
206-463-9113

Pacific Islands Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network (including Guam, American Samoa and Northern Mariana Islands

Pacific Islands Region Marine Mammal Stranding & Entanglement Hotline:

888-256-9840

Hawaii

NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu, HI
808-944-2269
NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Honolulu, HI
808-220-7802
Hawaii State Division of Aquatic Resources
Honolulu, HI
808-282-0155
Maui Marine Mammal Response Program
Kihei, HI
808-292-2372
Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI
808-218-0045
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Kihei, HI
808-879-2818
University of Hawaii, Hilo
Hilo, HI
808- 217-6812

For Guam, American Samoa and Northern Mariana Islands contact:

NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office:

808-944-2269

Guam

Guam Department of Agriculture
Hagatana, GU

American Samoa

American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
Pago Pago, AS

Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana College
Saipan, MP

Alaska Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network

NMFS Alaska Stranding Hotline:

1-877-9-AKR-PRD (1-877-925-7773)

Alaska

NMFS Alaska Regional Office, Juneau
Juneau, AK
907-586-7235
NMFS Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage
Anchorage, AK
907-271-5006
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Fairbanks, AK
907-459-7214
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Haines, AK
907-766-2607
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Juneau, AK
907-465-6167
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Nome, AK
907-443-8191
Alaska SeaLife Center
Seward, AK
888-774-7325
Alaska Sea Otter and Stellar Sea Lion Commission
Old Harbor, Alaska
907-286-2377
Alaska Whale Foundation
Petersburg, AK
May through September (operates from boat)
360-808-0579
Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government
St. Paul Island, AK
907-546-3200
Bridge Veterinary Services
Juneau, AK
907-957-5022
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier Bay, AK
907-697-2664
North Gulf Oceanic Society
Homer, AK
907-235-6590
Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
Ketchikan, AK
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Dillingham, AK
907-842-1063
University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Museum of the North
Fairbanks, AK
907-474-5998
University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Sea Grant
Kodiak, AK
907-486-1517
University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka Campus
Sitka, AK
907-747-7779
City and Borough of Yakutat
Yakutat, AK
907-784-3329

British Columbia, Canada

Marine Mammal Research Group Stranding Hotline:

800-665-5939

Canada Stranding Hotline:

800-465-4336