This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) provides $177,723 to Marine Mammals of Maine, a non-profit organization, to support marine mammal stranding response, rehabilitation, and outreach services in mid-coast and southern Maine. The funded activities include: 1) conducting high-quality response, treatment, and data collection from live and dead stranded marine mammals, 2) enhancing data management processes to facilitate timely data sharing, 3) conducting outreach to local municipalities to promote rapid real-time reporting of strandings, and 4) broadening participation in the marine mammal field through internship, community engagement, and volunteer training programs. This award aims to enhance the collection and reporting of data on stranded marine mammals, including supporting ongoing unusual mortality event (UME) monitoring, in a region experiencing multiple large whale UMEs and pinniped UMEs over the past two decades.
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