Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Section 402, the Secretary (i.e., Secretary of Commerce, who has delegated responsibility under this Act to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Assistant Administrator for Fisheries) is responsible for collecting information on strandings which the Secretary will compile and analyze, by region, to monitor species, numbers, conditions, and causes of illnesses and deaths of stranded marine mammals. The Secretary is also responsible for collection of information on other life history and reference level data, including marine mammal tissue analyses, that would allow comparison of the causes of illness and deaths in stranded marine mammals with physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters.
The latest form for Marine Mammal Stranding Reports / Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Disposition Report / Human Interaction Data Sheet expires 2021-01-31 and can be found here.
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Federal Enterprise Architecture: Natural Resources - Conservation, Marine and Land Management
Form 89-864 | Marine Mammal Stranding Report - Level A Data | Fillable Fileable | Form and instruction |
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