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National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Stranding Coordinators

Headquarters Coordinator

  • Dr. Teri Rowles (Teri.Rowles@noaa.gov)
    Coordinator, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Program (MMHSRP)

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: 301-427-8402
Fax 301-713-4060 or 301-713-0376


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

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Regional Stranding Coordinators

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

Barb Mahoney (Barbara.Mahoney@noaa.gov), 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 (Mendy.Garron@noaa.gov), Stranding Coordinator
Lanni Hall (Lanni.Hall@noaa.gov), 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: (866) 755-6622
Jamison Smith (Jamison.Smith@noaa.gov), East Coast Disentanglement Coordinator
Phone: (978) 281-9336; Fax: (978) 281-9394

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

Lynne Barre (Lynne.Barre@noaa.gov), 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 (Blair.Mase@noaa.gov), Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami, FL 33149
Phone: (305) 361-4586; Fax: (305) 361-1462

Erin Fougeres (Erin.Fougeres@noaa.gov), 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)
Sarah Wilkin (Sarah.Wilkin@noaa.gov), Stranding Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213
Phone: (562) 980-3230; 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 (David.Schofield@noaa.gov), Stranding Coordinator
1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Rm 1110
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 944-2269; Fax: (808) 973-2941

Updated: July 15, 2011

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