Emergency Prescott Funded Awards | NOAA Fisheries

2024

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
WA	Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife	Emergency Prescott Grant for Harbor Seal Avian Influenza Monitoring	$7,294

2023

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles	Southern California Domoic Acid Emergency Response	$100,000
LA	Audubon Nature Institute	Marine Mammal Emergency Equipment Acquisition (LA)	$14,220
ME	Marine Mammals of Maine	Emergency Support for Northeast Pinniped UME Response and Investigation	$54,179
WA	The Whale Museum	Outboard Engine replacement for San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$10,559

2022

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
MA	National Marine Life Center	Critical Safety Repairs to Ensure the Reopening of the NMLC Rehabilitation Hospital	$99,955
MA	Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Inc.	Operational Support for Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) in Southeast Massachusetts	$67,775

2021

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
HI	University of Hawaii	Critical Facility Repairs and Upgrades at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Cetacean Stranding Center	$98,718
RI	Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management	Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Rhode Island Coastal Waters	$25,545

2020

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
NY	Atlantic Marine Conservation Society	Rescuing Marine Mammal Samples from Imminent Thaw- Securing the Future of UME Sample Archive	$14,565

2019

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
MA	Marine Mammal Rescue Nantucket	Marine Mammal Rescue Nantucket	$33,812
ME	Marine Mammals of Maine	Northeast Pinniped Unusual Mortality Event	$45,306

2018

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
AK	Alaska SeaLife Center	Critical Care of Stranded, Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale	$54,631

2017

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	Northcoast Marine Mammal Center	Northcoast Marine Mammal Center Emergency Funding to Support Response and Rehabilitation of Northern Elephant Seal Weaners	$11,660
NY	Atlantic Marine Conservation Society	Marine Mammal Stranding Response in New York: Filling Gaps in Coverage	$62,423

2016

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute	Emergency Aid to Respond to a Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties	$95,922
CA	Pacific Marine Mammal Center	California Sea Lion Unusual Stranding Event Support 2016	$100,000

2015

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	Northcoast Marine Mammal Center	Northcoast Marine Mammal Center Emergency Funding to Support Response and Rehabilitation of Northern Elephant Seal Weaners	$13,521
CA	Pacific Marine Mammal Center	2015 California Sea Lion Unusual Stranding Event Support	$100,000
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Emergency Response to Stranded Otariids in Summer 2015	$66,506
CT	Sea Research Foundation, Inc.	Emergency Support for Stranding Operations	$13,734

2014

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Provide Urgently Needed Funding for Personnel, Supplies, and Vehicle Operations to Respond to the Increased Number of Stranded Pinnipeds Being Admitted to The Marine Mammal Center (CA)	$98,828
NH	Seacoast Science Center	Establishing a New Marine Mammal Stranding Program for NH	$50,000

2013

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	California Wildlife Center	Emergency Support for Expanded Pinniped Rehabilitation	$29,401
CA	MAR3INE on behalf of Marine Mammal Care Center/Fort MacArthur	Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur Emergency Grant	$65,220
HI	The Marine Mammal Center	Building Capacity for Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation	$99,825
NY	Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation	2013 Mid-Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Unusual Mortality Event	$99,997
NY	Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation	Mid-Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin UME Emergency Support	$99,960
VA	Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc.	Responding to the 2013 Tursiops Unusual Mortality Event	$65,333

2012

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
AK	North Slope Borough	Emergency Funds to Support Coastal Surveys and Stranded Marine Mammal Incidents on the North Slope of Alaska	$84,942
AK	University of Alaska, Anchorage	Arctic Seal Disease Investigation	$92,355
LA	Audubon Nature Institute, Inc.	Enhancing Necropsy Capacity for Gulf of Mexico Unusual Mortality Event Response	$19,500

2009

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Emergency Response to Extraordinary California Sea Lion Stranding Event Along the California Coast	$45,000
TX	Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Support for Essential Marine Mammal Recovery and Rehabilitation Equipment Lost in Hurricane Ike and Emergency Support for Out of Habitat Capture Following Hurricane Ike	$38,633
VA	Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc.	Building a New Stranding Network in Northern North Carolina	$74,477

2007

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Rescue of an Injured Cow-Calf Pair of Humpback Whales from the Sacramento River Delta	$44,234
CT	Sea Research Foundation, Inc.	Emergency Support for Expanded Pinniped Rehabilitation at Mystic Aquarium	$92,826
ME	Maine Department of Marine Resources	Continued Development of the Maine Department of Marine Resources Marine Mammal Stranding Program	$100,000
ME	University of New England	Maximizing Rehabilitation Resources at the University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center	$100,000
VA	Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc.	Support for Diagnostic Necropsies of Stranded Right Whales in the Western North Atlantic	$100,000

2006

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
CA	University of California, Santa Cruz	Emergency Request for Enhancement of Stranding Response at University of California, Santa Cruz, Long Marine Laboratory to Enable Live Cetacean Rehabilitation	$76,106
HI	Hawaii Pacific University	Increasing Cetacean Necropsy Capabilities in the Main Hawaiian Islands	$100,000
ME	Maine Department of Marine Resources	Emergency Funds for the Development and Implementation of the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Marine Mammal Stranding Program	$100,000
TX	Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Emergency Response to the Effects of Hurricane Rita on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana	$99,807

2005

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
FL	Marine Mammal Conservancy	Rehabilitation of 26 Steno bredanensis from the Mass Stranding Event in Marathon, FL, March 2005	$60,000
FL	Mote Marine Laboratory	Emergency Care, Rehabilitation and Post-Release Monitoring Following Mass Stranding of Rough-Toothed Dolphins at the Dolphin and Whale Hospital	$100,000
NY	Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation	NY3175-2005/ St581Gg Rehabilitation and Release Emergency Funding Request	$29,639

2004

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
FL	Marine Mammal Conservancy	Emergency Assistance Component of the 2003/2004 Prescott Grant for the Mass Stranding and Rehabilitation of Five Pilot Whales in Big Pine Key, FL	$68,233

2003

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
MA	Cape Cod Stranding Network	Emergency Reimbursement for Pilot Whale (G. melas) Mass Stranding on Cape Cod, July 2002	$31,203

2002

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
WA	Whale Museum	A-73 Rehabilitation and Post-Release Monitoring	$28,685
WA	Whale Museum	A-73 Rehabilitation and Post-Release Monitoring	$64,809

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