| State |
Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding Requested |
| AK |
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science |
Basic Operations and Medical Care of Rehabilitation Patients |
$99,994 |
| AK |
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science |
Alaska Region Stranding Network Annual Meetings and Training |
$99,997 |
| AK |
North Gulf Oceanic Society |
Response to Stranded Marine Mammals in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska |
$95,312 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Marine Mammal Data and Specimen Archives at UAM |
$100,000 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Morbidity and Mortality of Marine Mammals of the North Coast of the Alaska Peninsula |
$100,000 |
| AK |
Aleut Community of St. Paul Island |
Responding to, Monitoring, and Preventing Fur Seal Entanglement in Marine Debris on the Pribilof Islands |
$82,360 |
| CA |
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center |
Enhanced Stranding Response and Rehabilitation on the Lost Coast: Support for Basic Operational Needs and Development of Written Protocols and Manuals |
$94,136 |
| CA |
The Marine Mammal Center |
Investigating the effects of L-lysine and interferon-α on phocine herpesvirus-1 infection, immune function, general health and survival of Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in rehabilitation |
$70,956 |
| CA |
California Academy of Sciences |
Improving marine mammal data collection facilities and specimen archives at the California Academy of Sciences |
$100,000 |
| CA |
Regents of the University of California, Davis |
Monitoring post-release movement and survival of rehabilitated harbor seal pups |
$97,398 |
| CA |
Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz |
Continued Prescott Program Enhancement of Stranding Response at University of California Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab |
$99,106 |
| CA |
The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz |
Marine Mammal Pathology Service for the Central California Coast |
$100,000 |
| CA |
San Jose State University Foundation |
A vessel for whale disentanglement in central california |
$78,750 |
| CA |
San Jose State University Foundation |
Enhancing the Assessment of Pinniped Mortality by Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in Central California |
$100,000 |
| CA |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History |
Enhancement of Cetacean Bio-Monitoring in Central and Southern California |
$77,297 |
| CA |
City of Malibu |
Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Data Collection for the City of Malibu |
$74,740 |
| CA |
Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
Facility expansion and Upgrade at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
$93,155 |
| CA |
Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
Can serum biomarkers of cerebral and cardiac injury be used as prognostic indicators of clinical outcome in stranded California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) exposed to domoic acid? |
$100,000 |
| CA |
Friends of the Sea Lion, dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center |
Enhancement of Disease Diagnostics and Supportive Care for Stranded Marine Mammals |
$27,653 |
| CT |
Sea Research Foundation, Inc. |
Support and Enhancement for the Marine Mammal Stranding Program at Mystic Aquarium |
$99,966 |
| CT |
University of Connecticut |
Evaluation of Immune Functions as Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Tools in Stranded Marine Mammals, a Regional Field Testing |
$100,000 |
| DE |
DNREC- Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife |
Support staffing and operational needs for enhanced sampling collection and analysis for stranded marine mammals occurring in Delaware |
$86,030 |
| FL |
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution |
Furthern Investigations of the Etiopahogenesis of Kogia spp. Cardiomyopathy |
$99,997 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Evaluating osteological differences and morphological variation among bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Florida waters |
$63,871 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Enhancing public and network outreach and education in the SEUS stranding network and support for marine mammal stranding response along the east coast of Florida |
$99,966 |
| FL |
Marine Animal Rescue Society |
Enhance MARS' stranding support, facility capacity and outreach within the network through continual improvements of proven methods |
$100,000 |
| FL |
University of Florida |
Brevetoxin mediated damage to epithelium |
$99,854 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Developing a precise and accurate method to determine age of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalena glacialis: assessing age-specific mortality and serious injury associate with vessel collisions, entanglement and other threats to conservation |
$100,000 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Monitoring natural and human-related mortality of cetaceans along the central West coast of Florida and post-release tracking of rehabilitated animals |
$100,000 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Facility and Equipment Enhancement at the Dolphin and Whale Hospital |
$100,000 |
| FL |
Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Inc. |
Renovations to Clearwater Marine Aquarium's existing stranding pool and upgrade of stranding equipment to enhance live and dead animal response, rehabilitation, data collection, transport, and release |
$63,884 |
| FL |
Gulf World, Inc |
Enhanced Marine Mammal Veterinary Stranding Diagnostics and Steno bredanensis Initial Medical Data Collection |
$87,225 |
| GA |
GA Department of Natural Resources |
Enhancing the Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network Through Improved Academic Collaboration |
$34,877 |
| GU |
Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Department of Agriculture, Guam |
Building the Capacity of U.S. Insular Areas for Improving Responses to Marine Mammal Stranding Events |
$60,000 |
| HI |
Hawaii Pacific University |
Continuing to Build Capacity for Cetacean Necropsies in the Main Hawaiian Islands and the Greater Pacific |
$100,000 |
| LA |
Audubon Nature Institute, Inc. |
Louisania Marine Mammal Rescue Program: continued program operations and response for live and dead strandings while increasing Level A, B, and C data collection and samples for analysis |
$95,400 |
| MA |
The Whale Center of New England |
Marine Mammal Stranding Responses on Massachusetts' North Shore: Timely Assistance for Living Animals and Comprehensive Regional Data Collection |
$81,632 |
| MA |
New England Aquarium |
Expanding Our Understanding of Marine Mammal Strandings through Enhanced Proficiency of Staff and Volunteers, Increased Sample Collection and Analysis, and More Efficient Manipulation of Data |
$99,676 |
| MA |
International Fund for Animal Welfare |
Improving Stranding Response through Enhanced Diagnostics, Increased Post-Release Monitoring, and Improved Data Management |
$100,000 |
| MA |
National Marine Life Center |
Marine Mammal Morphological Parasite Identification Program with Clinical and Forensic Veterinary Case Review |
$99,970 |
| MA |
National Marine Life Center |
Establishment of a Seal Rehabilitation Program on Cape Cod |
$100,000 |
| MA |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
2008- Examination of Offshore Large Whale Mortalities |
$99,918 |
| MD |
National Aquarium in Baltimore |
2008 Support and Enhancement of the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Marine Animal Rescue Program |
$76,813 |
| MD |
Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
Enhanced Tissue and Data Collection from Dead Stranded Marine Mammals in Maryland |
$57,390 |
| ME |
College of the Atlantic |
Maintenance and Enhancement of the Marine Mammal Stranding Program (MMSRP) for the Mid-Coast/Downeast Region of Maine, 2008-2009 |
$92,308 |
| ME |
University of New England |
Broadening Observations Through Technology, Continuation of Infectious Disease Monitoring, and Operational Support for the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center at the University of New England |
$99,225 |
| ME |
University of New England |
Composting as a Disposal Option (Phase II) |
$87,617 |
| ME |
Maine Department of Marine Resources |
Prescott Funds for the Maine Department of Marine Resources Marine Mammal Response |
$100,000 |
| ME |
Maine Department of Marine Resources |
Prescott Funds for the Maine Department of Marine Resources Marine Mammal Recovery |
$100,000 |
| ME |
Marine Environmental Research Institute |
Assessment of Contaminant Concentrations and Trends in Harbor Seals from the Northeast Region |
|
| MS |
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Inc |
Enhancement of marine mammal stranding response, data collection, and tissue analysis in the Mississippi Sound and the adjacent waters of the North-Central Gulf of Mexico |
$100,000 |
| MS |
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Inc |
Replacement of equipment and supplies lost in Hurricane Katrina, upgrades, and operational support for Mississippi and the north-central Gulf of Mexico sub-region |
$100,000 |
| NC |
University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
Enhanced tissue collection and health monitoring of stranded marine mammals in North Carolina and Virginia |
$99,974 |
| NJ |
Marine Mammal Stranding Center |
Support and Enhancement for the Marine Mammal Stranding Program at MMSC |
$100,000 |
| NY |
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation |
Operational Support to Enhance Resources for Response, Treatment, and Date Collection from Living and Dead Stranded Marine Mammals Recovered in New York State |
$100,000 |
| NY |
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation |
Stranding Response- Moving from Reactive to Proactive through Development of a Critical Event Response Team (CERT) and Conducting a Mass Stranding Workshop |
$99,999 |
| OR |
Portland State University |
Enhancement of Diagnostic Capabilities and Extension of Geographic Coverage for the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NOSWSP) |
$100,000 |
| OR |
Oregon State University |
Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
$99,627 |
| PR |
Compania de Parques Nacionales de Puerto Rico |
Marine Mammals Rehabilitation Facility/Puerto Rico Zoo |
$83,190 |
| PR |
Department of Natural and Environmental Resources |
Puerto Rico Marine Mammal Rescue Program - Live rescues and necropsy facility |
$100,000 |
| TX |
Texas State Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
Response, Treatment, and Data Collection from Living and Dead Marine Mammals Stranded Along the Texas Coast |
$100,000 |
| TX |
Texas State Aquarium |
Texas State Aquarium Association Long-Term Care Facility for Stranded Marine Mammals |
$99,857 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium |
Tracking the Movements of Rehabilitated Pinnipeds Released from Virginia |
$42,906 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium |
Processing archived samples from stranded Tursiops in VA |
$99,865 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium |
Supporting Expert Response to Stranded Marine Mammals in Virginia |
$100,000 |
| WA |
Makah Tribe |
Investigations of Marine Mammal Strandings on the Makah Indian Reservation |
$29,288 |
| WA |
The Whale Museum |
Response and postmortem evaluation of marine mammals stranded in San Juan County, Washington |
$94,881 |
| WA |
Orca Network |
Enhanced stranding response, post-mortem examination, and diagnostics of stranded marine mammals in Central Puget Sound, Washington. |
$94,750 |
| WA |
State of Washington, Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Enhanced Response to stranded marine mammals and investigating causes of mortality in Washington waters |
$100,000 |
| WA |
Cascadia Research Collective |
Enhanced Reponse to Stranded Marine Mammals in Washington Including Searches of Outer Coast Beaches and Smith Island to Examine Underreporting of Stranding Rates and Follow Up of Unusual Mortalities |
$99,903 |
