| State |
Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding Requested |
| AK |
Alaska Department of Fish and Game |
Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance |
70,671 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Unbiased Molecular Surveillance for the Presence of Pathogens in Stranded Marine Mammals |
98,128 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
S13105 M.A.P. Response to Marine Mammal Strandings in Alaska |
98,635 |
| AK |
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science |
Basic Operations and Medical Care of Rehabilitation Patients |
99,948 |
| AK |
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science |
Alaska Region Stranding Network Annual Meetings and Training |
99,987 |
| CA |
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center |
Facility improvements at the Northcoast Marine Mammal Center in Crescent City, California |
100,000 |
| CA |
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center |
Basic operational needs for comprehensive stranding response, health assessment, rehabilitation, and data collection of stranded marine mammals in Northern California (Humboldt and Del Norte Counties) |
89,255 |
| CA |
The Marine Mammal Center |
Evaluation of the oncogenic basis for the high prevalence of spontaneous neoplasia in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) |
97,268 |
| CA |
California Academy of Sciences |
Enhancing response and data collection from dead stranded marine mammals in northern California |
100,000 |
| CA |
San Jose State University Research Foundation |
Enhancing the Response to Marine Mammal Strandings by Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in Central California |
99,960 |
| CA |
San Jose State University Research Foundation |
A comparison of wild harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) survival during the first and second years of life: San Francisco Bay and Tomales Bay, California |
100,000 |
| CA |
The Regents of the University of California |
Continued Prescott Program: Enhancement of Stranding Response at the University of California, Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab |
92,480 |
| CA |
The Regents of the University of California |
Marine Mammal Pathology and Biotoxin Testing for the Central Coast |
99,985 |
| CA |
Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute |
Enhance the Response, Treatment, and Data Collection of Living Stranded Marine Mammals |
99,863 |
| CA |
Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute |
Modify and Upgrade the Rehabilitation Facilities to Meet or Exceed the NMFS Standards |
99,952 |
| CA |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History |
Enhancement of Cetacean Bio-Monitoring in Central and Southern California |
83,705 |
| CA |
City of Malibu |
Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Data Collection for the City of Malibu |
80,212 |
| CA |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation |
Improvement of Archival Marine Mammal Specimen Storage Facilities at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
85,575 |
| CA |
Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles |
Using stranding data to understand the population-wide dynamics of leptospirosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) |
99,880 |
| CA |
Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
Filtration Upgrades at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
98,500 |
| CA |
Friends of the Sea Lion, dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center |
Digital Radiograph System and Treatment Enhancement for Stranded Marine Mammals |
40,556 |
| CT |
Sea Research Foundation, Inc |
ARBOVIRUS (West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)) Seroology of Stranded Northeast Phocids |
32,949 |
| CT |
Sea Research Foundation, Inc |
Enteric Bacterial Microfloral Compositional Patterns of Stranded and Rehabilitated Northeast Phocids and Effects of Antibiotic Administration on Enteric Coliform Resistance |
67,795 |
| CT |
Sea Research Foundation, Inc |
Support and Enhancement for the Marine Mammal Stranding Program at Sea Research Foundation's Mystic Aquarium |
99,983 |
| CT |
University of Connecticut |
Pathogenesis of the American isolate of Phocine Distemper Virus (PDV USA 2006) in harbor, grey and harp seals |
46,078 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Enhancing marine mammal stranding response, public education, and stranding network preparedness along the central east coast of Florida |
99,978 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Demography and stock structure of east Florida bottlenose dolphins: Stranding trends, genetic variation, and life history |
89,435 |
| FL |
Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc |
Increasing collaborative capacity for response, transport, and release of stranded marine mammals in the Southeastern United Stated Stranding Region |
100,000 |
| FL |
Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc |
Increasing capacity for medical aspects of response, transport, rehabilitation and release of stranded marine mammals |
100,000 |
| FL |
Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc |
Stranding Response Enhancement While Supporting Operations, Training and Outreach |
63,553 |
| FL |
Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc |
Modifications and Upgrades to Existing Structures to Enhance Physical Plant Capabilities |
99,712 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Rapid detection and response to cetacean mortalities and environmental monitoring in west central Florida |
97,378 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Capital and Basic Support for Operation of the Dolphin and Whale Hospital |
100,000 |
| FL |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Network Coordination and Response in Southwest Florida |
79,107 |
| FL |
University of Central Florida |
An Assessment of the Feeding Habits and Deep Ocean Ecology of Kogia sp |
99,485 |
| FL |
Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Inc |
Assistance to complete renovations to Clearwater Marine Aquarium's marine mammal rehabilitation facility to increase rehabilitation efforts along the west coast of Florida |
79,988 |
| FL |
Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge |
Enhancing marine mammal stranding response capability, post-release monitoring, and improving public awareness about marine mammal entanglement along the North Central Gulf Coast |
100,000 |
| GA |
Georgia Department of Natural Resources |
Enhance the Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
30,000 |
| HI |
Hawaii Pacific University |
Continuing to improve the quality of stranding data collected in the Main Hawaiian Islands |
100,000 |
| HI |
University of Hawaii at Hilo |
UHH: Support and Enhancement of the Hawaii Cetacean Rehabilitation Facility |
99,992 |
| HI |
University of Hawaii at Hilo |
UHH: Facilities Upgrade for the Hawaii Cetacean Rehabilitation Facility |
54,785 |
| IL |
Chicago Zoological Society |
Post-Release Monitoring of Injured or Stranded Cetaceans in Florida |
94,613 |
| LA |
Audubon Nature Institute, Inc |
Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle 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 |
100,000 |
| MA |
The Whale Center of New England |
Stranded Marine Mammals on Massachusetts' North Shore: Insights through field responses and analysis of existing data |
62,569 |
| MA |
New England Aquarium Corporation |
Enhancing efficiency; quantity of data and samples collected; and documentation in the fringes of the New England Aquarium's response range through training, equipment and outreach |
57,139 |
| MA |
National Marine Life Center, Inc |
Stranded Marine Mammal Veterinary Parasitology Diagnostic Service |
63,642 |
| MA |
International Fund for Animal Welfare |
Utilizing Auditory Evoked Potential to Assess the Auditory Capabilities of Mass and Single Stranded Small Odontocetes on Cape Cod and Southeastern Massachusetts |
97,156 |
| MA |
International Fund for Animal Welfare |
Advancing Live and Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Investigation on Cape Cod and Southeastern, Massachusetts |
100,000 |
| MA |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
2010 Necropsy of NE Beached, Rehabilitated and Bycaught Stranded Marine Mammals |
99,901 |
| MD |
National Aquarium in Baltimore |
Upgrading seal rehabilitation facilities and improving diagnostic capabilities for the Marine Animal Rescue Program at the National Aquarium |
83,315 |
| MD |
Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
Enhancing Marine Mammal Sample Collection, Diagnostic Testing, and Outreach in Maryland |
71,128 |
| ME |
College of the Atlantic |
Maintenance and Enhancement of the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Midcoast/Downeast Region of Maine, 2010-2011 |
99,978 |
| ME |
Maine Department of Marine Resources |
Enhancing Marine Mammal Stranding Response, Data Collection and Outreach in Maine |
100,000 |
| ME |
University of New England |
Operational Support and Otitis Media Investigation for the UNE Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center |
99,745 |
| ME |
University of New England |
Genetic and serological associations between Giardia intestinalis and Leptospira spp. in pinnipeds and other potential hosts |
99,548 |
| ME |
Marine Environmental Research Institute |
Assessment of Contaminant Levels and Health Effects in Harbor Seals from the Northeast Region |
88,756 |
| MS |
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies |
Enhancement of the quality of marine mammal stranding response, data collection, and tissue analysis in Mississippi, Alabama, and the adjacent waters of the North-Central Gulf of Mexico |
98,731 |
| NC |
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
Transitioning to a new stranding response program in central North Carolina through the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries |
92,117 |
| NC |
University of North Carolina Wilmington |
Response to and Necropsy of Stranded Large Whales in North Carolina and Virginia |
99,980 |
| NC |
University of North Carolina Wilmington |
Enhancing Stranding Response in Northern North Carolina |
99,890 |
| NJ |
Marine Mammal Stranding Center |
Operational support to improve capacity for response, treatment, and data collection from live and dead marine mammals recovered in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania by the MMSC |
98,590 |
| NY |
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation |
Maximizing data collection from marine mammals stranded in New York State |
100,000 |
| OR |
Portland State University |
Assessing Area-Specific Stranding Issues in the Northwest Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program with Continued Field Response, Correlative Data Analysis and Increased Community |
99,954 |
| OR |
Oregon State University |
Post-release survival of rehabilitated California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in relation to domoic acid exposure, and evaluation of releasability criteria |
88,908 |
| OR |
Oregon State University |
Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
99,996 |
| SC |
Coastal Carolina University |
The South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network: Support for Stranding Response, Necropsies, Data Management, and Outreach |
96,437 |
| TX |
Texas State Aquarium Association |
Texas State Aquarium Association Rehabilitation Care Facility for Stranded Marine Mammals |
47,995 |
| TX |
Texas A&M Research Foundation |
Characterizing Ink and Inking in Pygmy Sperm Whales: An Investigation Kogia Digestive Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemical Composition of "Ink." |
73,700 |
| TX |
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
Support of operations and enhancement needs for response, treatment, and data collection from living and dead marine mammals stranding along the Texas and Western Louisiana coast |
100,000 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc |
The evaluation of corpora persistence, senescence, and variation in sperm production and their influence on the assessment of reproductive maturity in bottlenose dolphins stranded along the SE US |
58,377 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc |
Supporting Expert Response to Stranded Marine Mammals in Virginia in 2011 |
99,927 |
| WA |
Makah Tribe |
Investigations of Marine Mammal Strandings on the Makah Indian Reservation |
50,868 |
| WA |
The Whale Museum |
Marine mammal strandings and diseases in San Juan County, Washington: implications for marine mammals, domestic animals and humans |
79,177 |
| WA |
Orca Network |
Enhanced stranding response, post-mortem examination, and diagnostics of stranded marine mammals in Central Puget Sound, Washington |
84,475 |
| WA |
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's marine mammal health and stranding response program |
100,000 |
| WA |
Cascadia Research Collective |
Analysis of levels and trends of historical and emerging contaminants in marine mammals of Washington State |
99,812 |
