veterinarians who work with large animals may provide assistance 

 in carcass disposal. 



.qtrandina fi£ A PTPtggted SPCCJeS =. L National Persneetive; 



Dean Nilkinson 



A couple of regulatory chjmges have occxirred: 



The newly enacted requirement of proper registration 

 and tracking of tissue taken from stranded animals. 



A revision of permit regulations concerning the public 

 display of rehabilitated animals (not applicable to the 

 NMFS Stranding Network Representative System) . 



Regional differences in LOA issuance and requirements 

 currently exist; however, a national standard will be established 

 later this year. 



An exciting development in the proposed fiscal year 1992 

 budget is $0.5 million to be split between the Stranding Networks 

 and the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank. This will provide 

 approximately $20-25,000 to each region for basic Stranding 

 Network support (ie. the prepeuration of guidebooks, training 

 meetings, for equipment, and for responses to unusual stranding) 

 if approved by Congress. There may be money funded for the SE 

 region to hire a person to enhemce Stranding Network activities 

 in the northern Gulf area. $100,000 will be withheld by OPR for 

 unusual marine meunmal stranding. 



Si-ndi*»s id«»ntlf le*^ for gathering basic information on 

 Tursiops and the use of stranded animals are: (1) an intra- 

 tissue contaminant distribution study; (2) a conteuainant 

 degradation study in 1992, to determine how many hours after 

 death tissues can be used for the National Tissue Bank; and (3) a 

 quality assurance program to obtain standard prep tissues for 

 calibration. A training video by Dan Odell and a general 

 stranding response manual by Dr. J. Geraci should be available by 

 the end of 1991 for Stremding Network Members. 



ResponsibllltJgs fl£ AZfiA Reprcscntati veg i Larry Hansen 



Reporting: 



The primary goal of the enhancement project is to move the 

 stranding information as quickly as possible. Presently, tiie 

 Area Representative sends information to the state coordinator 

 (if they're not the same person). The information is then passed 



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