Report a Stranded or Injured Marine Animal (2024)

NOAA Fisheries Alaska Statewide 24-Hour Stranding Hotline

*For injured/stranded whales, seals, sea lions, porpoises, and dolphins

Phone: (877) 925-7773 or (877) 9-AKR-PRD

Alaska SeaLife Center 24-Hour Stranding Hotline

Seward, AK

*Includes injured/stranded walruses, sea otters, and polar bears

Phone: (888) 774-7325

Marine Mammals Management Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Anchorage, AK

*For injured/stranded walruses, sea otters, and polar bears

Phone: (800) 362-5148 (business hours only)

Reporting Death/Injury of a Marine Mammal During Commercial Fishing Operations

Phone: (907) 586-7240 (business hours only)

Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists

Anchorage, AK

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Dillingham, AK

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Juneau, AK

Alaska SeaLife Center

Seward, AK

Alaska State Parks

Juneau, AK

Alaska State Parks

Kodiak, AK

Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services

Eagle River, AK

Alaska Whale Foundation

Petersburg, AK

Aleut Community of St. Paul

St. Paul, AK

Rachel Berngartt, DVM

Juneau, AK

Chichagof Conservation Council

Tenakee, AK

Glacier Bay National Park

Gustavus, AK

North Slope Borough

Barrow, AK

Petersburg Marine Mammal Center

Petersburg, AK

Sitka Sound Science Center

Sitka, AK

Togiak National Wildlife Refuge

Togiak, AK

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Museum of the North

Fairbanks, AK

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Marine Advisory Program, SE Alaska

Ketchikan, AK

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Marine Advisory Program, NW Alaska

Nome, AK

University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau

Juneau, AK

University of Alaska, Sitka

Sitka, AK

U.S. Forest Service

Yakutat, AK

Northeast Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding and Entanglement Hotline

Phone: (866) 755-NOAA (866-755-6622)

Mystic Aquarium

Mystic, CT

Phone: (860) 572-5955 x 107

MERR Institute, Inc.

Nassau, DE

Phone: (302) 228-5029

Maine Marine Animal Reporting Hotline

Phone: (800) 532-9551

Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic

From the Canadian border to Rockland, ME

Marine Mammals of Maine

Rockland through Kittery, ME

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Cooperative Oxford Laboratory

Oxford, MD

(Dead animals only)

Phone: (800) 628-9944

National Aquarium in Baltimore, Marine Animal Rescue Program

Baltimore, MD

(Live animals only)

Phone: (410) 576-3880

NOAA Hotline

Phone: (866) 755-NOAA (866-755-6622)

Seacoast Science Center

NH through Essex, MA

Phone: (603) 997-9448

Massachusetts Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

Phone: (508) 349-2615 x 6104

New England Aquarium

Boston, MA

Phone: (617) 973-5247

International Fund for Animal Welfare

Cape Cod and southeastern MA

Phone: (508) 743-9548

Center for Coastal Studies

Provincetown, MA

(entangled animals in the marine environment only)

Phone: (800) 900-3622

Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket

Nantucket, MA

Phone: ( 833) 667-6626

Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)

Marshfield through Plymouth, MA

Phone: (617) 688-6872

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah

Martha's Vineyard

Phone: (866) 755-6622

NOAA Hotline

Phone: (866) 755-NOAA

Seacoast Science Center

Rye, NH

Phone: (603) 997-9448

New England Aquarium

Boston, MA

Phone: (617) 973-5247

Marine Mammal Stranding Center

Brigantine, NJ

Phone: (609) 266-0538

New York Stranding Hotline

Phone: (631) 369-9829

Atlantic Marine Conservation Society

Hampton Bays, NY

New York Marine Rescue Center

Riverhead, NY

Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center

Virginia Beach, VA

Phone: (757) 385-7575

Hawaiʻi Statewide Marine Animal Stranding, Entanglement, and Reporting Hotline

Includes stranded/injured sea turtles, monk seals, dolphins, and whales

Phone: (888) 256-9840

Hawai'i DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) Hotline

DLNRTip app for iPhone or Android mobile devices: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/docare/

Phone: (808) 643-DLNR (808-643-3567)

NOAA Office of Law Enforcement Hotline

Immediately call/report possible illegal or suspicious activity.

Written reports, video, and photos may be emailed.

Phone: (800) 853-1964

For Non-Emergencies - Monk Seal Photos and Written Reports

NOAA Office of Law Enforcement

Agana, GU

Phone: (671) 472-7200

Conservation Office Hotline

Phone: (671) 688-DAWR (671-688-3297)

Department of Agriculture and Wildlife Resources Administrative Office

Mangilao, GU

*Please contact during regular business hours

Phone: (671) 735-0281 or (671) 735-0294

CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife Hotline

Saipan, MP

Phone: (670) CTRTLES (670-287-8537)

NOAA CNMI Field Office

Phone: (670) 285-2287

American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources

Pago Pago, AS

Phone: (684) 633-4456 or (684) 252-0445

NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office

Phone: (808) 725-5000

NOAA Fisheries Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline

Phone: (877) WHALE-HELP (877-942-5343)

NOAA Fisheries Southeast Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Hotline

State-specific hotline numbers listed below.

Phone: (844) SEA-TRTL (844-732-8785)

Smalltooth Sawfish Encounter Hotline

Phone: (844) 4SAWFISH or (844) 472-9347

Sturgeon Salvage Network

Phone: (844) STURG-911 or (844) 788-7491

Giant Manta Ray Reporting

Phone: (727) 824-5312

Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline

Phone: (877) WHALE-HELP (877-942-5343)

Alabama Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Hotline

Phone: (866) SEA-TURTLE (866-732-8878)

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Dauphin Island, AL

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)

Wildlife Alert Hotline

Phone: (888) 404-FWCC (888-404-3922)

Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network

Phone: (888) 404-FWCC (888-404-3922)

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 FWRI 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

Dolphins Plus Oceanside Marine Mammal Responders

Key Largo, FL

Mote Marine Laboratory

Sarasota, FL

NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami Laboratory

Miami, FL

Northwest Florida Aquatic Preserves Office, Florida DEP

Milton, FL

SeaWorld Orlando

Orlando, FL

Volusia County

DeLand, FL

University of Florida/Cedar Key Northwest Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Program

Gainesville, FL

Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline

Phone: (912) 269-7587

Georgia Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network

Phone: (912) 280-6892

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Brunswick, GA

Louisiana Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline

Phone: (504) 235-3005

Louisiana Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network

Phone: (844) SEA-TRTL

Audubon Aquarium of the Americas

New Orleans, LA

Mississippi Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network

Phone: 844-SEA-TRTL (844-732-8785)

Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and Stranding Hotline

Gulfport, MS

Phone: (888) SOS-Dolphin (888-767-3657)

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Ocean Springs, MS

NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula Laboratory

Pascagoula, MS

North Carolina Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Hotline

Phone: (252) 241-7367

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries

Morehead City, NC

Phone: (252) 241-5119

University of North Carolina–Wilmington Marine Mammal Stranding Program

Wilmington, NC

Phone: 910-515-7354

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Manteo, 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 Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline

Phone: (787) 538-4684 or (787) 645-5595

Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources

Santurce, PR

South Carolina Stranding Hotline

Phone: (800) 922-5431

Coastal Carolina University

Conway, SC

National Ocean Service Charleston Laboratory

Charleston, SC

Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network Hotline

Galveston, TX

Phone: (800) 9MAMMAL (800-962-6625)

Texas Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network

Phone: (361) 949-8173 x 226

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Austwell, TX

Texas State Aquarium

Corpus Christi, TX

SeaWorld San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

U.S. Virgin Islands Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline - Virgin Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife

Frederiksted, VI

Phone: (340) 713-2422

West Coast Region Stranding Hotline

Phone: (866) 767-6114

Northcoast Marine Mammal Center

Counties served: Del Norte and Humboldt

Phone: (707) 951-4722

The Marine Mammal Center

Counties served: Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo

Phone: (415) 289-7325

Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute

Counties served: Santa Barbara and Ventura

Phone: (805) 567-1505

California Wildlife Center

Counties served: Los Angeles – City of Malibu only

Phone: (310) 458-9453

Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles

Rehabilitation in Los Angeles County

Phone: (800) 399-4253

Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Counties served: Orange

Phone: (949) 494-3050

SeaWorld of California

Counties served: San Diego

Phone: (800) 541-7325

Humboldt State University

Counties served: Del Norte, Northern Mendocino, and Humboldt

Phone: (707) 826-3650

California Academy of Sciences

Counties served: Southern Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Solano, Contra Costa, Sutter, San Joaquin, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Francisco, and San Mateo

Phone: (415) 379-5381

Long Marine Laboratory

Counties served: Santa Cruz

Phone: (831) 212-1272

Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute

Counties served: Santa Barbara and Ventura

Phone: (805) 567-1505

Moss Landing Marine Laboratory

Counties served: Monterey

Phone: (831) 771-4422

Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit

Counties served: San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura

Phone: (805) 896-0858

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

Counties served: Los Angeles and Orange

Phone: (323) 585-5105

NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Counties served: San Diego

Phone: (858) 546-7162

Portland State University/Seaside Aquarium

Areas served: all counties north of the City of Tillamook

Phone: (503) 738-6211

Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute

Areas served: all counties south of the City of Tillamook

Phone: (541) 270-6830

Whatcom County Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Phone: (360) 966-8845

San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Phone: (800) 562-8832

Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Phone: (866) ORCANET

Sno-King Marine Mammal Response

Phone: (206) 695-2277

Seal Sitters Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Phone: (206) 905-7325

MaST Center Stranding Team

Phone: (206) 724-2687

Vashon Hydrophone Project

Phone: (206) 463-9041

Washington Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Phone: (253) 589-7235

Cascadia Research Collective

Phone: (360) 791-9555

Port Townsend Marine Science Center

Phone: (360) 385-5582 x 103

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

Phone: (360) 457-8451

Feiro Marine Life Center

Phone: (360) 417-6254

Whatcom County Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Phone: (360) 966-8845

San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Phone: (800) 562-8832

Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Phone: (866) ORCANET

Sno-King Marine Mammal Response

Phone: (206) 695-2277

Seal Sitters Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Phone: (206) 905-7325

MaST Center Stranding Team

Phone: (206) 724-2687

Vashon Hydrophone Project

Phone: (206) 463-9041

Washington Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Phone: (253) 589-7235

Cascadia Research Collective

Phone: (360) 791-9555

Port Townsend Marine Science Center

Phone: (360) 385-5582 x 103

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

Phone: (360) 457-8451

Feiro Marine Life Center

Phone: (360) 417-6254

Makah Tribe

Phone: (360) 640-0569

Olympic National Park

Phone: (360) 565-3115

NOAA Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

Phone: (360) 457-6622

Portland State University/Seaside Aquarium

Phone: (503) 738-6211