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