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Stranded Marine Animals

Fraser's dolphins, part of a mass stranding of 8 animals in March 2005 in Bookelia, FL
(Lagenodelphis hosei)
Photo Credit: Mote Marine Lab


Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo Credit: Andy Bruckner, NOAA

Stranded Marine Mammals: Dolphins and Whales

• Report a stranded marine mammal

The NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) is the base for the Southeast U.S. Marine Mammal Stranding Program. NMFS authorizes organizations and volunteers under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to respond to marine mammal strandings throughout the United States. These organizations form the stranding network whose participants are trained to respond to, and collect samples from live and dead marine mammals that strand along southeastern United State beaches.

Stranded Sea Turtles

• Report a stranded sea turtle

The Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN) was formally established in 1980 to collect information on and document strandings of marine turtles along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts. The network encompasses the coastal areas of the eighteen-state region from Maine to Texas, and includes portions of the U.S. Caribbean.

More Information

• Marine Mammal Stranding Network (nationwide)
• Northeast U.S. Stranding Network for Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles