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Buzzards Bay Coastal Expeditions NOAA Enforcement Hotline to report an apparent intentional or negligent accident leading to collision or harassment: 800-853-1964 Marine Wildlife Response Information courtesy of New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) at http://www.necwa.org/ |
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North Atlantic Right Whale
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live/ offshore only |
978-585-8473 NOAA Fisheries (pager) |
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Seal, Whale or Porpoise
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live or dead, on beach only |
Cape Cod Stranding Network (Bourne and all Cape Cod, Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard) NE Aquarium Stranding program (Plymouth north to Maine) Mystic Aquarium (RI and CT) (Sea Turtles also included |
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Entangled Marine Animal
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live/ offshore only |
Weekday Hotline #: 800-900-3622 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Disentanglement pager: 508-307-5300 NMFS Hotline #: 978-281-9351 or USCG VHF on CH-16 |
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Dead Marine Animal |
offshore only |
NMFS Hotline #: 978-281-9351 |
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Basking Shark
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live or dead/observed offshore
live or dead/ on the beach |
www.nebshark.org and also call 508-566-0009
505-566-0009 NEBShark and 508-965-4394 MA Marine Fisheries |
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Other Shark Species |
dead/ on beach only | 508-566-0009 NEBShark and 508-965-4394 MA Marine Fisheries |
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Ocean Sunfish
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live or dead/ offshore or on the beach | www.nebshark.org and if on beach, immediately call 508-566-0009 |
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Sea Turtle in MA
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live or dead/ offshore or on the beach | 508-349-2615 x104 Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, MA Audubon |
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Sea Turtle in RI |
entangled/ live or dead/ but only offshore | Hotline #: 401-633-4116 RI Sea Turtle Disentanglement Team |
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Sea Birds and Sea Ducks (SEANet)
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dead/ on the beach only |
508-349-2615 Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 508-990-0505 x12 Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies 508-887-4933 http://www.tufts.edu/vet/seanet/, Julie.ellis@tufts.edu |
1Marine Wildlife Response Information courtesy of New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) at http://www.necwa.org/