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National Marine Mammal Stranding Response Network

The U.S. Marine Mammal Stranding Response Network responds to live stranded, sick, injured, out of habitat, or entangled marine mammals, and investigates dead stranded marine mammals.
National

Proposed Rule to Modify the Duration of Certain Permits and Letters of Confirmation under the Marine Mammal Protection Act

NOAA Fisheries proposes to change the regulations for scientific research and enhancement permits, commercial or educational photography permits, public display permits and Letters of Confirmation (LOC) issued under the Marine Mammal Protection Act…
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National
Comments Close
06/03/2024

Louisiana Dolphin Shot Dead

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information.
April 23, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Stranded juvenile bottlenose dolphin Stranded juvenile bottlenose dolphin. Credit: Audubon Aquarium Rescue

5-Year Review for the Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin

In 2023, NOAA Fisheries announced the initiation of a 5-year review for the Taiwanese humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis taiwanensis).NOAA Fisheries is required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to conduct 5-year reviews to ensure that the listing…
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National
Published
05/02/2024

2020 and 2021 Combined Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

This report details marine mammal stranding rates, trends, and activities in the United States for both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 5,400 confirmed marine mammal strandings; in 2021, there were 5,524.
April 03, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
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Two stranding responders carry a stranded harbor porpoise away from some rocks A harbor porpoise is retrieved from the rocks at Odiorne Point State Park, New Hampshire. Credit: Seacoast Science Center

2020 and 2021 Combined Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

NOAA Fisheries released the 2020 and 2021 Combined Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States. Responding to stranding events and collecting data on stranded animals helps NOAA Fisheries monitor health and environmental trends that may impact humans.
April 03, 2024 - Document ,
National

Publications by Northeast Passive Acoustics Branch Staff

We regularly publish their findings in scientific journals and Center-produced documents.
April 01, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic

New Research Reveals Full Diversity of Killer Whales as Two Species Come into View on Pacific Coast

Long viewed as one worldwide species, killer whale diversity now merits more. Southern Resident Connections - Post 35
March 27, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Side-by-side comparison of Bigg's killer on left and resident killer whale on right. Aerial images comparing the sizes of adult male Bigg’s and Resident killer whales, both taken in the Salish Sea off southern Vancouver Island. Images are scaled to lengths calculated during health research by SR3 SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation and Research. Images were collected by John Durban and Holly Fearnbach using a non-invasive drone authorized by research permit 19091 issued by the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Lost Skulls and Latin: How Scientists Chose Names for Newly Identified Killer Whale Species

A California whaler sent his manuscript to the Smithsonian, but it ended up elsewhere. Southern Resident Connections - Post 34
March 27, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Original drawing by C.M. Scammon showing killer whale differences. California whaler Charles Melville Scammon first described the killer whales of the West Coast, and documented his observations and findings in a manuscript he sent to the Smithsonian Institution.

Common Bottlenose Dolphin Ecotypes of the Western North Atlantic Revisited

Research proposing the recognition of a distinct species of coastal bottlenose dolphin.
March 15, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast