Publication Date:
2021-06-27
Description:
Over a decade ago, in August 1977, the First MarineMammal Stranding Workshop was convened in Athens, Georgia. That workshop, organized by j.R. Geraci and D.J. St. Aubin, not only considered biology and pathology of stranded marine mammals, but it also served as a springboard for the formation of regional marine mammal stranding networks in the United States. The ramifications have been extremely important to the field of marine mammalogy since, for some species, examination or rehabilitation of stranded specimens serves as virtually the only source of information on distribution, anatomy, physiology,reproduction, and pathology. The First Marine MammalStranding Workshop led to increased awareness of themarine mammals themselves, as well as the logistic andlegal factors associated with effective handling of theanimals.A number of individuals indicated that they felt that aSecond Marine Mammal Stranding Workshop held priorto the Seventh Biennial Conference on the Biology ofMarine Mammals (Miami, Florida; December 1987) would be both timely and productive. Accordingly, we organized the workshop and scheduled it to occur on 3-5 December. Our goals for the workshop were several, including 1) providing descriptions of some research, especially new techniques, regarding stranded marine mammals; 2) providing a forum where scientists could interact and possibly initiate cooperative research activities; 3) presenting information regarding procedures used effectively to handle stranded animals; 4) assessing ways to standardize data and specimen collection, archiving, and retrieval; and 5) providing a forum for assessing accomplishments and status of regional stranding networks to date, as well as for making recommendations regarding future activities of the networks. Nearly 100 individuals representing Federal and State governments, academic institutions, the oceanarium industry, consulting groups, conservation organizations, and the private sector attended the workshop (see Workshop Participants, this volume). (PDF file contains 166 pages.)
Keywords:
Conservation
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Management
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Fisheries
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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