National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Stranding Coordinators

Headquarters Coordinators

Dr. Teri Rowles
Coordinator, MMHSRP

Dr. Janet Whaley
National Stranding Coordinator

Contact Information:
National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of Protected Resources
Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, F/PR2
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 713-2322; Fax (301) 427-2522

Regional Stranding Coordinators

Alaska | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Southwest | Pacific Islands

Alaska (AK)
Aleria Jensen, Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668
Phone: (907) 586-7248; Fax: (907) 586-7012

Barb Mahoney, Assistant Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
P.O. Box 43
Anchorage, AK 99513-7577
Phone: (907) 271-3448; Fax (907) 271-3030

Northeast (ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA)
Mendy Garron, Stranding Coordinator
Ulrika Malone, Assistant Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
One Blackburn Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 281-9300; Fax:
Stranding and Entanglement Hotline: (978) 281-9351

Jamison Smith, East Coast Disentanglement Coordinator
Phone: (978) 281-9336; Fax: (978) 281-9394

Northwest (WA, OR)
Brent Norberg, Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: (206) 526-6550; Fax: (206) 526-6736

Lynne Barre, Assistant Stranding Coordinator
Phone: (206) 526-4745; Fax: (206) 526-6736

Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX, PR, VI)
Blair Mase-Guthrie, Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami, FL 33149
Phone: (305) 361-4586; Fax: (305) 361-1462

Erin Fougeres, Stranding Program Administrator
National Marine Fisheries Service
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 824-5312; Fax: (727) 824-5309

Southwest (CA)
Joseph Cordaro, Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213
Phone: (562) 980-4017; Fax: (562) 980-4027

Pacific Islands (HI, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)
David Schofield, Stranding Coordinator
1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Rm 1110
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 944-2269; Fax: (808) 973-2941