2024 Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States: National Overview

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• Personal Author:
  Onens, Phinneus ; Wilkin, Sarah ; Fauquier, Deborah ; Manley, Stephen ; Griffin, Mackenzie ; Smith, Ainsley ; Perez, Sarah ; Fougeres, Erin ; Brossard, Amy ; Wilkinson, Kristin ; Viezbicke, Justin ; Greenman, Justin ; Mahoney, Barbara ; Malek, Jenna ; Lowe, Carley ; Gibson, Kilali ; Thomton, Jamie ; Davis, Nicole
• 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:
  In 2024, there were 8,028 confirmed marine mammal strandings documented in the United States involving species under NOAA Fisheries’ jurisdiction: pinnipeds (seals, fur seals, and sea lions) and cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, and whales). This number is higher than the 2006-2023 average (6,333 + 1,123).
• Keywords:
  Marine Mammal Health And Stranding Response Marine Mammal Stranding Network Marine Mammal Strandings;
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/31vm-2f19
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c5dfd9bbaa6e9d09ab7a45c157b689a33b05ce7a0c41b569ada2e3ef4225c21955b70bfd048bfa1b76bcac5923a4ba2103f7c49cd569125b33e3845d8df5ce8c
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/72447/noaa_72447_DS1.pdf
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