stranding data transmitted to the Miami Laboratory are: 



Field number. 



Species. 



Sex. 



Length. 



Year, month, day of first report of stranding. 



State. 



County . 



Condition (1-5). 



Fishery interaction (yes or no) . 



Time report first received by NMFS staff. 



SEUS Network Participant reporting to NMFS. 



Incidental remarks. 



The Miami Laboratory Area Representative is responsible for 

 reviewing the basic data reports and for monitoring the stranding 

 rates throughout the southeast. This system will allow for rapid 

 identification of anomalous stranding events, the transfer of 

 this information to NMFS Headquarters and others in a timely 

 manner, and maintencmce of a real -time cetacean stranding 

 database for the NMFS southeast region. The "chain of custody" 

 within the 96 hour reporting system is from Seus Net%rork 

 Participants to the SEUS Area Coordinator to the NMFS 

 Representative to Miami. In Florida, there are three Area 

 Representatives; however, the SEDS State Coordinator provides the 

 real-time stranding reports directly to the Miami Laboratory. 



The NMFS Area Representatives are: 



• Bill Bowen 



• Ann Jennings 



• Ben Blaylock 



• Jeff Brotm 



• Bill Fable 



• Wayne Hoggard 



• Charles Caillouet 



Beaufort 

 Charleston 

 Miami 

 St. Petersburg 

 Panama City 

 Pascagoula 

 Galveston 



North Carolina 



So. Carolina, Georgia 



South Florida 



Central Florida 



Florida Panhandle 



Miss, Ala, La 



Texas 



III. SPECIMEN COLLECTION, NECROPSY, AMD ANALYSES 



Newly proposed regulations will require the collection of 

 certain tissues from stranded marine mammals. This could lead to 

 a decrease in coverage by volunteer participants of the stranding 

 network. In order to maintain a cooperative atmosphere between 

 the NMFS and SEUS Stranding Net%rork Participants, NMFS Area 



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