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Marine Mammal Strandings, Mortalities and Injuries Several of the following are PDF files which require free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view, navigate and print. Adobe also offers free tools for the visually disabled. Minke Whale. Photo: Amy Van Atten, NMFS Marine Mammal Stranding and Injury Reports Stranding Report Form Mortality or Injury Report (for fishing vessels) Alaska Stranding Summaries 2007 Strandings Map 2006 Stranding Summary 2005 Stranding Summary 2004 Stranding Summary 2003 Stranding Summary 1998-2002 Stranding Summary Ice Seal Strandings 1982-2004 Stranding Publications 73 FR 16617, March 28, 2008. Extension of comment period for the ANPR on revisions to implement regulations governing the taking of stranded marine mammals. Comment period extended through April 30, 2008. 73 FR 5786, January 31, 2008. NMFS proposes to change the implementation regulations governing the taking of stranded marine mammals under section 109(h), section 112(c), and Title IV of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Comment period through March 31, 2008. 72 FR 15114, March 30, 2007. Notice of public hearings to receive public comments on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, March 2007 Alaska Fisheries Science Center Publications Database (Search for "strandings" and select NMML) Marine Mammal Strandings in Alaska: Selected References National Marine Mammal Stranding Database Health and Safety Information for Marine Mammal Workers (external website link) Stranding Network Members ALASKA: (external website links) Alaska Department of Fish and Game Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program Alaska Sealife Center The Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission The Alaska Whale Foundation Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region North Gulf Oceanic Society The Petersburg Marine Mammal Center St. Paul Island, Tribal Government, Fur Seal Disentanglement Project U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region NATIONAL: Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program Unusual Marine Mammal Mortality Events Working Group Research National Marine Mammal Laboratory Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (external website link) Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Department of Veterinary Pathology (external website link) University of Alaska Museum Specimen Database (external website link)