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
Lanni Hall, Assistant Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 281-9300; Fax: (978) 281-9394
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
Sarah Wilkin
National Marine Fisheries Service
501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213
Phone: (562) 980-4017; Fax: (562) 980-4027
Large Whale Entanglement Hotline: 1-877-SOS-WHALE (1-877-767-9425)
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