Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program Tracking
Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program

Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program

The mission of the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program (VAQS) is to promote the conservation of marine animal species through response, research, rehabilitation and education.
The VAQS is largely a volunteer-based group (the Stranding Team) operating from a Stranding Center located in Virginia Beach. Stranding Team personnel are permitted by state and federal authorities to respond to marine mammal and sea turtle strandings. The Stranding Response Program is supported by the donations of goods and services from the community and grant-making organizations.
To report a dead or live stranded marine mammal or sea turtle in Virginia, call the VAQS hotline at 757-437-6159.

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Project partner
The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Team works with many state and local agencies to achieve its mission. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service including Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge; Virginia Marine Resource Commission; Virginia Institute of Marine Science; City of Virginia Beach; to name a few.

Project sponsor
This program is supported by the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation and would not be possible without assistance from Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Department of Environmental Quality and NOAA Fisheries Service.

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downlodable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission unless otherwise noteded below.

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)	Description