Refine Results
Topic
Species Category
Region

Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program Results

102 results match your filter criteria.

Frequent Questions—Maine Seal Stranding Event

The Unusual Mortality Event involving stranded harbor and gray seals along the coast of Maine has ended. NOAA Fisheries and partners investigated the event, which occurred from June 20 to July 20, 2022.

2018 Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

NOAA Fisheries' Office of Protected Resources, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program has prepared an overview of marine mammal strandings and emergency response activities in the United States for calendar year 2018.
March 30, 2022 - Other Reports ,

Meet Jamie Thomton, Kauaʻi Marine Mammal Response Coordinator

Jamie talks about his path to NOAA, recounts a mission to disentangle a humpback whale, and explains what Whale Week means to him. 
February 16, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Picture of Jamie Thomton on a beach in Jamie Thomton in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Jamie Thomton in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Entangled Humpback Whale Response, January 2022

A NOAA-led team works to free an entangled humpback whale first reported off Kauaʻi on January 16, 2022.
January 21, 2022 - Photo Gallery ,
NOAA scientist sight tracking with a Very High Frequency line attached to a entangled humpback whale.

Celebrating Alaskan Indigenous Members of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Tribes and local governments play an important role in collecting marine mammal data and responding to entangled and stranded marine animals throughout remote areas of Alaska.
November 19, 2021 - Feature Story ,
A Tribal member stands next to a stranded bowhead whale that was killed by killer whale predation. Blue sky, white waves, and a dark sand beach. Perry Ashagnuak (Utqiagvik) collecting an eye from a stranded bowhead whale that had been killed by killer whale predation. Photo credit: Raphaela Stimmelmayr

2021 John H. Prescott Marine Animal Rescue Assistance Grants Announced

NOAA awards more than $3.7 million in grants to stranding network partners in 19 states and one tribe for Fiscal Year 2021.
September 14, 2021 - Feature Story ,
Photo of Stranded Harbor Seal Pup A stranded Pacific harbor seal pup is examined at World Vets marine mammal urgent care clinic in Gig Harbor, Washington, 2020.

Alaska Oil Spill Response Guidance

Alaska Region oil spill response plans specific to marine mammals.