Report a Stranded Dolphin, Whale, or Sea Turtle
Northeast | Southeast | Southwest | Northwest | Pacific Islands | Alaska | Canada
NMFS National Enforcement Hotline for Violations
- 1-800-853-1964
Northeast Region Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding & Entanglement Network
Northeast Region Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding & Entanglement Hotline
- 866-755-6622
Northeast Region Sea Turtle Stranding & Disentanglement Network
- phone numbers vary by state
Connecticut/Rhode Island
- Mystic Aquarium
Mystic, CT
860-572-5955
Delaware
- MERR Institute, Inc.
Nassau, DE
302-228-5029
Maine
- Maine Marine Animal Reporting Hotline
800-532-9551
- Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, ME
800-532-9551
- Marine Mammals of Maine
800-532-9551
- University of New England
Biddeford, ME
800-532-9551
Maryland
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
(dead animals only)
Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
Oxford, MD
800-628-9944
- National Aquarium in Baltimore, Marine Animal Rescue Program
(live animals only)
Baltimore, MD
410-373-0083
Massachusetts
- NMFS Northeast Region, Protected Resources Division
Gloucester, MA
978-281-9300
- NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Protected Species Branch
Woods Hole, MA
508-495-2000
- MA Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
508-349-2615
- New England Aquarium
Boston, MA
617-973-5247
- IFAW/Cape Cod Stranding Network
Buzzards Bay, MA
508-743-9548
- The National Marine Life Center
(rehab only)
Buzzards Bay, MA
508-743-9888
- Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
(entangled animals in the marine environment only)
Provincetown, MA
800-900-3622
New Hampshire
- New England Aquarium
Boston, MA
617-973-5247
New Jersey
- Marine Mammal Stranding Center
Brigantine, NJ
609-266-0538
New York
- Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation
Riverhead, NY
631-369-9829
Rhode Island/Connecticut
- Mystic Aquarium
Mystic, CT
860-572-5955
Virginia
- Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
Virginia Beach, VA
757-385-7576
Washington D.C.
- Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC
202-633-1260
Southeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network (including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)
NMFS Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
- 877-433-8299
Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN)
Alabama
- Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
888-767-3657 - Alabama Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Hotline
1-866-SEA-TURT (1-866-732-8878)
Florida
- Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
888-404-FWCC (3922)
- Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Contact
904-573-3930 - Central Panhandle Aquatic Preserve Office
Eastpoint, FL
- Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Clearwater, FL
- Dolphin Conservation Field Station at Marineland
St. Augustine, FL
- Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, Inc.
Destin, FL
- Florida Aquarium
Tampa, FL
- Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Network - Southwest Region
Port Charlotte, FL
- FWC, FMRI Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory
St. Petersburg, FL
- FWC Northeast Field Laboratory
Jacksonville, FL
- FWC Tallahassee
Tallahassee, FL
- Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Breeze, FL
- Gulf World Marine Park
Panama City, FL
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute- Florida Atlantic University
Fort Pierce, FL
- Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Orlando, FL
- Marine Animal Rescue Society
Miami, FL
- Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc.
Key Largo, FL
- Mote Marine Laboratory
Sarasota, FL
- NMFS SEFSC Miami Laboratory
Miami, FL
- NMFS SEFSC Panama City Laboratory
Panama City, FL
- Northwest Florida Aquatic Preserves Office, FDEP
Milton, FL
- SeaWorld Orlando
Orlando, FL
- Volusia County Stranding Network
DeLand, FL
Georgia
- Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
912-269-7587
- Georgia Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Contact
912-280-6892
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Brunswick, GA
Louisiana
- Louisiana Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
504-235-3005
- Louisiana Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Contact
225-765-2377 - Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
New Orleans, LA
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Lake Charles, LA
Mississippi
- Mississippi Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
888-806-1674
- Mississippi Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Contact
228-549-1628 - Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
Gulfport, MS
888-767-3657
- Gulf Islands National Seashore
Ocean Springs, MS
- NMFS SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory
Pascagoula, MS
North Carolina
- North Carolina Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network hotline
252-241-7367 - North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
Morehead City, NC
252-241-5119
- North Carolina Maritime Museum
Beaufort, NC
252-504-2452
- University of North Carolina- Wilmington
Marine Mammal Stranding Program
Wilmington, NC
910-254-5713
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Manteo, NC
- Duke University Marine Laboratory
Beaufort, NC
- North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Fort Fisher, NC
- North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine
Morehead City, NC
- North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education
Corolla, NC
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
787-538-4684 or
787-645-5595
- Mayaguez Zoo
Mayaguez, PR
- Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
Santurce, PR
South Carolina
- South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
800-922-5431
- South Carolina Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Contact
843-953-9016 - Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC
- NOS Charleston Laboratory
Charleston, SC
Texas
- Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network Hotline
Galveston, TX
800-9MAMMAL (800-962-6625)
- Texas Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Contact
361-949-8173 ext. 226
- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Austwell, TX
- Texas State Aquarium
Corpus Christi, TX
U.S. Virgin Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
Virgin Islands Division of Fish & Wildlife
Frederiksted, VI
340-713-2422
Southwest Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network
California
- NMFS Southwest Regional Office
Long Beach, CA
562-980-3230
- NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center
La Jolla, CA
858-546-7162
Dead Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- California Academy of Sciences
Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy
San Francisco, CA
415-379-5381
Dead Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- California Wildlife Center
Malibu, CA
310-458-9453 or 818-222-2658
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute
Goleta, CA
805-567-1505
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Humboldt State University - Vertebrate Museum
Arcata, CA
707-826-4872
Dead Cetaceans; Sea Turtles
- Long Marine Lab, University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
831-212-1272
Live Cetaceans
Dead Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Los Angeles, CA
323-585-5105
Dead Cetaceans; Sea Turtles
- Marine Animal Rescue
El Segundo, CA
800-39-WHALE
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur
San Pedro, CA
310-548-5677
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Moss Landing, CA
831-771-4422
Dead Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Northcoast Marine Mammal Center
Crescent City, CA
707-465-6265
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Pacific Marine Mammal Center
Laguna Beach, CA
949-494-3050
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center
Santa Barbara, CA
805-687-3255
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Vertebrate Laboratory
Santa Barbara, CA
805-682-4711 x156
Dead Cetaceans; Sea Turtles
- SeaWorld
San Diego, CA 92109
800-541-7325
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
- The Marine Mammal Center
Sausalito, CA
415-289-7350
Live Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Sea Turtles
Northwest Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Northwest Marine Mammal Stranding and Enforcement Hotline
- 800-853-1964
Oregon
Puget Sound
Washington
Pacific Islands Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network (including Guam, American Samoa and Northern Mariana Islands)
Pacific Islands Region Marine Mammal Stranding & Entanglement Hotline
- 888-256-9840
Hawaii
- Hawaii Sea Turtle Stranding Telephone and Pager Numbers
808-983-5730 (M-F, 7-4); after hours contacts - NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu, HI
808-944-2269
- NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Honolulu, HI
808-220-7802
- Hawaii State Division of Aquatic Resources
Honolulu, HI
808-282-0155
- Maui Marine Mammal Response Program
Kihei, HI
808-292-2372
- Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI
808-218-0045
- Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Kihei, HI
808-879-2818
- University of Hawaii, Hilo
Hilo, HI
808- 217-6812
For Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands contact the NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office
- 808-944-2269
Guam
- Guam Department of Agriculture
Hagatana, GU
American Samoa
- American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
Pago Pago, AS
Northern Mariana Islands
- Northern Mariana College
Saipan, MP
Alaska Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline
- 1-877-9-AKR-PRD (1-877-925-7773)
Alaska
- NMFS Alaska Regional Office, Juneau
Juneau, AK
907-586-7235
- NMFS Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage
Anchorage, AK
907-271-5006
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Fairbanks, AK
907-459-7214
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Haines, AK
907-766-2607
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Juneau, AK
907-465-6167
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Nome, AK
907-443-8191
- Alaska SeaLife Center
Seward, AK
888-774-7325
- Alaska Sea Otter and Stellar Sea Lion Commission
Old Harbor, Alaska
907-286-2377
- Alaska Whale Foundation
Petersburg, AK
May through September (operates from boat)
360-808-0579
- Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government
St. Paul Island, AK
907-546-3200
- Bridge Veterinary Services
Juneau, AK
907-957-5022
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier Bay, AK
907-697-2664
- North Gulf Oceanic Society
Homer, AK
907-235-6590
- Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
Ketchikan, AK
- Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Dillingham, AK
907-842-1063
- University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Museum of the North
Fairbanks, AK
907-474-5998
- University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Sea Grant
Kodiak, AK
907-486-1517
- University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka Campus
Sitka, AK
907-747-7779
- City and Borough of Yakutat
Yakutat, AK
907-784-3329
Marine Mammal Research Group Stranding Hotline
- 800-665-5939
Canada Stranding Hotline
- 800-465-4336
Updated: August 10, 2012