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
Olfa Chaieb (Tunisia) - Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM)
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 and Rebecca Boys (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)
Antonio Fernandez (Spain) - Institute of Animal Health (Atlantic Cetacean Research Center)
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
Anastasia Miliou and Beatriz Tintoré (Greece) - Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
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
Guido Pietroluongo (Italy) - Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova
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, Nicholas Hofmann, Susan Jones, Nicole Makar, 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
Monica Arancibia (Chile)
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
Ashley Barratclough, Forrest Gomez, Barbara Linnehan, Abby McClain, Ross Martinson, Jenny Meegan, Todd Speakman, and Eric Zolman (National) - National Marine Mammal Foundation
Dee Allen and Peter Thomas (National) - Marine Mammal Commission
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
Katie Moore, Jane Hoppe, Nicole Hunter, Kristen Patchett, and Sarah Sharp (Northeast Region) - International Fund for Animal Welfare
Pilar Amaya (Northeast Region) - State of Nature
Alexandra Epple (Northeast Region)
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
Alexandra Emelianchik, Jill Hudnall, Mark Lawrence, Debra Moore, and Beth Peterman (Southeast Region) - Mississippi State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Global Center for Aquatic Health and Food Security
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
Nicole Stacy (Southeast Region) - University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine
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