AFRICA
Aristide Takoukam Kamla (Cameroon) - African Marine Mammal Conservation Organisation (AMMCO)
Andrews Agyekumhene (Ghana) - University of Ghana
Dr. Isaac Okyere (Ghana) - Centre for Coastal Management - University of Cape Coast
Vanessa Estrade (Ile de la Réunion, France) - Globice Réunion
Tim Collins (Kenya) - Wildlife Conservation Society
Abigail Kidd (Kenya) - Local Ocean Conservation Kenya
Michael Mwangombe (Kenya) - Watamu Marine
Ciapa Abule (Liberia) - Save My Future (SAFU) Foundation
Abdellahi Samba Bilal (Mauritanie) - IMROP
Simon Elwen (Namibia) - Sea Search - Namibian Dolphin Project
Edem Eniang (Nigeria)
Lucy Keith-Diagne (Senegal) - Senegal Stranding Network
Gabrielle Harris (South Africa) - South African Association for Marine Biological Research
Greg Hofmeyr (South Africa) - Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld
Deon Kotze and Mduduzi Seakamela (South Africa) - Department of Environmental Affairs, Oceans & Coasts
Michael Meyer (South Africa) - South African Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN)
Stephanie Ploen (South Africa) - South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, c/o Port Elizabeth Museum/Bayworld, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Claire Taylor (South Africa) - Two Oceans Aquarium
Els Vermeulen (South Africa) - Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, University of Pretoria
Imed Jribi (Tunisia) - Faculté des Sciences de Sfax
ASIA
Middle East
Nazanin Mohsenian and Hamed Moshiri (Iran) - Plan for the Land Society
Amir Shirazi (Iran) - Caspian Seal Conservation Center
Mohammad Amin Tollab (Iran) - Department of Environment - Bushehr Province
Aviad Scheinin (Israel) - University of Haifa; Delphis NGO
Husain Al Sayegh (Kuwait)
Yusuf Bohadi (Kuwait) - Freelance researcher
Nithyanandan Manickam (Kuwait) - Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Sara Al Balushi, Ahmed AL-Lawati, and Elayne Looker (Oman) - Five Oceans Environmental Services
Andrew Willson (Oman) - Future Seas Global SPC
Christy Judd (Saudi Arabia) - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Ayaka Amaha Ozturk (Turkey) - Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV)
Dr. Hind Al Ameri (United Arab Emirates) - Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi
Elsburgh Tres Clarke and Jonathan Diaz (United Arab Emirates) - SeaWorld Abu Dhabi
Ada Natoli (United Arab Emirates) - UAE Dolphin Project - Zayed University
Rebekka Pentti (United Arab Emirates) - Nautica Environmental Associates LLC
ASIA
Pacific
Chuanwu Chen (China) - Nanjing Normal University
Mingming Liu (China) - Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael Bradley and Chris Perkins (Hong Kong) - Ocean Park Conservation Foundation
Lindsay Porter (Hong Kong) - SEAMAR
Yuko Tajima (Japan) - National Museum of Nature and Science
Matsuishi Takashi Fritz (Japan) - Stranding Network Hokkaido
Tadasu K. Yamada (Japan) - National Museum of Nature and Science
Kyunglee Lee (Republic of Korea) - Cetacean Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries
Sungbin Lee (Republic of Korea) - Lab of Aquatic Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
Wei-Cheng Yang (Taiwan) - School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University
ASIA
South
Karthik Ashok (India) - Arabian Sea Whale Network
Chinmaya Ghanekar (India) - Wildlife Institute of India
Abhishek Jamalabad (India) - Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Network of India
Ketki Jog (India) - James Cook University
Aditya Kakodkar (India) - WWF India
Dr. Shantanu Kalambi (India) - Reefwatch Marine Conservation
Mahi Mankeshwar (India) - Andaman and Nicobar Islands Cetacean Monitoring Network
Shaunak Modi (India) - Coastal Conservation Foundation
Anant Pande (India) - Wildlife Conservation Society - India
Dipani Sutaria (India)
Akansha Tiwari (India) - Tangled Seas
Shambhu Paudel (Nepal) - Institute of Forestry
Ranil Nanayakkara (Sri Lanka) - Biodiversity Education and Research (BEAR)
ASIA
Southeast
Gin Swen Joey Ham (Brunei)
Deny Rahmadani (Indonesia) - Jakarta Animal Aid Network - Dolphin Project
Rodney Westerlaken (Indonesia) - Westerlaken Foundation/Yayasan Bali Bersih
Jo Marie Acebes (Philippines) - Balyena.org
Lemnuel V Aragones (Philippines) - Philippine Marine Mammal Stranding Network (PMMSN)
Alessandro Ponzo (Philippines) - Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute, Philippines
Paola Unda (Singapore) - Marinelife Animal Management Advisors
Nantarika Chansue (Thailand) - Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center of Excellence, Chulalongkorn University
Rachawadee Chantra (Thailand) - Department of Marine and Coastal Resources - Endangered Marine Species Unit
Watchara Sakornwimon (Thailand) - Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
Vu Long (Vietnam) - Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Endangered Species (CBES)
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Mel Boots (Australia)
Bethany Carmody (Australia) - Murdoch University
Pia Courtis (Australia) - Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) Western Australia
Phillippa Dean (Australia) - British Divers Marine Life Rescue
Brett Gardner (Australia) - University of Melbourne, Faculty of Veterinary Science; Zoos Victoria - Werribee Open Range Zoo
Yvonne Miles (Australia) - Scanning Ocean Sectors
ORRCA Committee (Australia) - Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA)
Hannah Hendriks (New Zealand) - Department of Conservation
Louisa Hawkes (New Zealand) - Project Jonah New Zealand
Ingrid N. Visser and Krista Hupman (New Zealand) - LeopardSeals.org
Ingrid Visser, Joanne Halliday, and Steve Whitehouse (New Zealand) - Whale Rescue
Ingrid Visser (New Zealand) - Orca Research Trust
Karen Stockin (New Zealand) - Massey University
CANADA
Paul Cottrell (Canada) - Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Stephen Raverty (Canada) - British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture
Hope Swinamer (Canada) - Hope for Wildlife Society
Tonya Wimmer and Andrew Reid (Canada) - Marine Animal Response Society (MARS)
Wayne Ledwell and Julie Huntington (Canada) - Whale Release and Strandings
CARIBBEAN
Diane Claridge and Charlotte Dunn (Bahamas) - Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation
Claire Pusineri (Guadeloupe) - SPAW RAC (Regional Activity Center for the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol of the Cartagena Convention)
Renato Rinaldi (Guadeloupe) - French Caribbean stranding and Distress network AET
Antonio Mignucci (Puerto Rico) - Caribbean Manatee Conservation Center
Grisel Rodriguez-Ferrer and Nilda M. Jiménez (Puerto Rico) - Department of Natural and Environmental Resources - Programa Rescate Mamíferos Marinos
Heather Fenton (Saint Kitts) - Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Rudell Williams (Saint Kitts and Nevis) - Coral Reef Assistance Restoration and Education
Carla Phillips Savage (Trinidad & Tobago) - Trinidad and Tobago Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TTMMSN) c/o The University of the West Indies, School of Veterinary Medicine
CENTRAL AMERICA
Gabriela Hernandez Mora (Costa Rica) - SENASA/MAG (National Service of Animal Health/Ministry of Agriculture)
Jose David Palacios (Costa Rica) - Fundacion Keto
Elsa Coria (Mexico) - Centro de Rescate Rehabilitación e Investigación de Fauna Silvestre (CRRIFS)
Alberto Delgado (Mexico) - Universidad Autónoma del Carmen
Jacobo Raúl E. Díaz-Gamboa (Mexico) - Programa de Investigación y Conservación de Mamíferos Marinos de Yucatán/Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken (Mexico) - National Stranding Network of the Mexican Society of Marine Mammalogy (Sociedad Mexicana de Mastozoología Marina, Somemma, AC)
Yuriria Fernandez (Mexico) - Servifauna
Christian Ortega (Mexico) - University of Colima, Faculty of Marine Sciences
Francisco Rebolledo (Mexico) - Mexico Marine Wildlife Rescue Center
Luis Antonio Valdonivos (Mexico) - Centro de Investigación Ambiental las Truchas SC de RL de CV & Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos del Mar N. 16
Lisette Trejos-Lasso (Panamá) - Ministerio de Ambiente, Coastal and Sea Divition
EUROPE
Atlantic
Jan Haelters (Belgium) - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Peter Lienau (Germany) - Seehundstation Nationalpark-Haus Norden Norddeich (Seal Center Norddeich)
Maria Morell (Germany) - Institute of Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Ursula Siebert (Germany) - University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research
Melanie Croce (Ireland) - Seal Rescue Ireland
Stephanie Levesque (Ireland) - Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
Annemarie van den Berg (Netherlands) - SOS Dolfijn
Lonneke Ijsseldijk (Netherlands) - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
Gianna Minton (Netherlands) - Arabian Sea Whale Network, Consortium for the Conservation of Atlantic Humpback Dolphins
Emmy Venema (Netherlands) - Zeehondencentrum (The SealCenter) Pieterburen
Sebastian Strand (Norway) - Marine Mind
Miguel Grilo (Portugal) - Lisbon and Tagus Valley Stranding Network / ISPA
David Jacinto (Portugal) - MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / University of Évora
Ana Marçalo (Portugal) - Algarve Stranding Network (RAAIg)
Nuno Marques (Portugal) - Madeira Whale Museum
Gill Braulik (United Kingdom) - University of St. Andrews
Andrew Brownlow and Nick Davison (United Kingdom) - Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme
Rob Deaville (United Kingdom) - UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP)
Geoff Edmond (United Kingdom) - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
Emily Hague (United Kingdom) - Heriot-Watt University
Charlotte Myant-Best (United Kingdom) - Five Oceans Environmental Services LLC
Emma Neave-Webb (United Kingdom) - International Whaling Commission
EUROPE
Black Sea
Dimitar Popov (Bulgaria) - Green Balkans NGO
Marian Paiu (Romania) - Mare Nostrum NGO
Pavel Gol'din (Ukraine) - Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology / Інститут зоології ім. І. І. Шмальгаузена
Ivan Rusev (Ukraine) - National Nature Park “Tuzlivsky Limany”
Karina Vishnyakova (Ukraine) - Ukrainian Centre for Ecology of the Sea / Український науковий центр екології моря
EUROPE
Mediterranean & Atlantic
Leire Ruiz (Basque Country, Spain) - AMBAR Elkartea - Society for Study and Conservation of Marine Fauna
Michel Vely (France) - Megaptera
Dabin Willy and Van Canneyt Olivier (France) - Observatoire Pelagis - CNRS and La Rochelle University
Marisa Tejedor (Spain) - Canary Islands Cetacean Stranding Network
Albert Bassols (Spain) - Fundació per a la Conservació i Recuperació d’Animals Marins (CRAM)
Manel Gazo (Spain) - SUBMON
Jon Lewes (Spain) - LocalGen
Alfredo López (Spain) - Coordinadora Para o Estudio Dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA)
Jose Luis Crespo Picazo (Spain) - Fundación Oceanogràfic
Toni Raga (Spain) - Unidad de Zoología Marina, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universitat de València
Carlos Sacristán (Spain) - Grupo de Epidemiologia y Sanidad Ambiental, Animal Health Research Centre (CISA), National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
EUROPE
Mediterranean Sea
Grgur Pleslić (Croatia) - Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation
Tomislav Gomerčić and Martina Đuras (Croatia) - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb
Anastasia Komnenou (Greece) - School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AUTH - ARION - Hellenic Cetacean Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
Stella Adamantopoulou (Greece) - MOm - Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal (MOm)
Nicola Cotterill (Greece) - Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary
Aimilia Drougas (Greece) - Ministry of Environment and Energy, Directorate of Natural Environment and Biodiversity Management; ARION-Cetacean Rescue and Rehabilitation Research Center
Alexandros Frantzis (Greece) - Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute
Sandro Mazzariol (Italy) - Cetaceans' Strandings Emergency Response Team, University of Padova
Bruno Cozzi (Italy) - Mediterranean Marine Mammals Tissue Bank, University of Padova
Cristina Casalone (Italy) - National Reference Centre for Diagnostic Investigations on Stranded Marine Mammal
Graziella Pupillo (Italy)
Adriana Vella (Malta) - Conservation Biology Research Group, Dept. of Biol., University of Malta
Tilen Genov (Slovenia) - MORIGENOS - Slovenian Marine Mammal Society
PACIFIC ISLANDS
Nicole Davis, David Schofield, and Aliza Milette-Winfree (Pacific Islands) - National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, Pacific Islands
Olivier Betremieux (French Polynesia) - French Polynesia Environment and Mata Tohora
Kristi West*, Cody Clifton, Jana Phipps, and Sydney Traina (Hawai’i) - University of Hawaii Stranding Laboratory
Rebecca Hamner and Michael Tenorio (Northern Mariana) - NMI Division of Fish and Wildlife
SOUTH AMERICA
María Natalia Paso Viola (Argentina) - Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego/ CADIC/ Museo Acatushún, Estancia Harberton
Mariano Sironi, Marcela Uhart, and Roxana Schteinbarg (Argentina) - Instituto de Conservacion de Ballenas - Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program
Adrian Faiella (Argentina) - Aquarium Mar del Plata
Luis Cappozzo, Iris Cáceres Saez, Sergio Lucero and Diego Peralta (Argentina) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Laboratorio de Ecología, Comportamiento y Mamíferos Marinos (Scientific and Research Council of Argentina)
Ingrid N. Visser, Marcy Uhart, and Jorge Cazenave (Argentina) - Punta Norte Orca Research (PNOR)
Nadia Boscarol (Argentina) - Red Federal de Asistencia a Varamientos de Fauna Marina
Sergio Andres Rodriguez Heredia (Argentina) - Fundación Mundo Marino
André Silva Barreto (Brazil) - Universidade do Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALI
Vitor Luz Carvalho (Brazil) - Associação de Pesquisa e Preservação de Ecossistemas Aquáticos (Aquasis)
Adriana Colosio (Brazil) - Instituto Baleia Jubarte
Samira Costa-Silva (Brazil) - FMVZ, University of São Paulo
Camila Domit (Brazil) - Federal University of Paraná - Marine Studies Center - Laboratório de ecologia e conservação da megafauna marinha
Aricia Duarte-Benvenuto (Brazil) - Laboratory of Wildlife Comparative Pathology, University of Sao Paulo and Allianice for Franciscana Dolphin Conservation, Rescue, Research, and Rehabilitation
Karina Groch (Brazil) - Instituto Australis
Joana Ikeda (Brazil) - Laboratory of Aquatic Mammals and Bioindicators (MAQUA/UERJ)
Giulia Gaglianone Lemos (Brazil) - Projeto de monitoramento de praias (PMP) - trecho 5 - Univille
Cristiane K. M. Kolesnikovas (Brazil) - Associação R3 Animal
Milton Marcondes (Brazil) - Instituto Baleia Jubarte
Miriam Marmontel (Brazil) - Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá
Luis Felipe Mayorga (Brazil) - Instituto de Pesquisa e Reabilitação de Animais Marinhos (IPRAM)
Manoela Miranda (Brazil)
Claudia Nascimento (Brazil) - Mineral Engenharia e Meio Ambiente
Thais Rodrigues (Brazil) - National Marine Mammal Foundation, Association R3 Animal
Valeria Ruoppolo (Brazil) - Aiuká (Wildlife Emergency Response)
Natacha Zimmermann dos Santos (Brazil) - Universidade da Região de Joinville - Univille
Eduardo Secchi (Brazil) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Carlos Sacristán Yagüe (Brazil) - School of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Sciences, University of São Paulo
Mario Alvarado-Rybak (Chile) - Sustainability Research Center, Andres Bello University
Mauricio Ulloa Encina (Chile) - Fisheries and Aquaculture Service of Chile/Marine Animal Center of Chile
Sonia Espanol (Chile) - MERI Foundation
Carlos Guerra-Correa (Chile) - Centro Regional de Estudios y Educación Ambiental (CREA) y Centro de Rescate y Rehabilitación de Fauna Silvestre (CRRFS), Universidad de Antofagasta
Maria Jimena Valderrama Avella (Colombia) - Fundación Omacha
Annette Arjoon-Martins (Guyana) - Guyana Marine Conservation Society
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sarah Wilkin (**National) - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (U.S. Headquarters)
Mandy Migura and Barb Mahoney (Alaska Region) - National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, Alaska
Nicole Davis, David Schofield, and Aliza Milette-Winfree (Pacific Islands Region) - National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
Erin Fougeres (Southeast Region) - National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammal Stranding Program
Justin Viezbicke, Justin Greenman, and Kristin Wilkinson (West Coast) - National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, California
U.S. Stranding Network Members and Other Experts
Katie Moore (National) - International Fund for Animal Welfare
Dee Allen and Peter Thomas (National) - Marine Mammal Commission
Ashley Barratclough, Forrest Gomez, Barbara Linnehan, Abby McClain, Ross Martinson, Jenny Meegan, Todd Speakman, and Eric Zolman (National) - National Marine Mammal Foundation
Vladimir Burkanov (Alaska Region) - North Pacific Wildlife Consulting LLC
Natalie Rouse (Alaska Region) - Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services; University of Alaska Anchorage
Raphaela Stimmelmayr (Alaska Region) - North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management
Pilar Amaya (Northeast Region) - State of Nature
Ariel Leahy (Northeast Region) - University of Rhode Island; Baylor University
Brigid Maloney (Northeast Region) - The Rockefeller University and Mount Sinai
Kate Shaffer (Northeast Region) - National Aquarium
Suzanne Thurman (Northeast Region) - Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. (MERR)
Tiffany Zorotrian (Northeast Region) - University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine; Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program
Craig Harms (Southeast Region) - North Carolina State University
William McLellan (Southeast Region) - Marine Mammal Stranding Program, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Suzanna Mickey (Southeast Region) - University of Florida Marine Animal Rescue
Megan Stolen (Southeast Region) - Blue World Research Institute
Randall Wells (Southeast Region) - Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program
Heidi Whitehead (Southeast Region) - Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Cara Field (West Coast) - The Marine Mammal Center
Lili Hartounian (West Coast) - Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit
Stephen McDevitt (West Coast) - Port Townsend Marine Science Center; Cape George Community
Dave Zahniser (West Coast) - Independent