2022 and 2023 Combined Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

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2022 and 2023 Combined Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

2025

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Corporate Authors:

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Protected Resources. ; Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
Description:

There were 6,061 and 6,648 confirmed marine mammal strandings documented in the United States in 2022 and 2023, respectively, involving species under NOAA Fisheries’ jurisdiction: pinnipeds (seals, fur seals, and sea lions) and cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, and whales). These numbers are comparable to the 2006-2021 average (6,331 ± 1,191).
Keywords:

Marine Mammal Health And Stranding Response Program Marine Mammal Stranding Network Marine Mammal Strandings
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/v68a-k923
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pdf
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Non-series Report
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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