Both men knew about the foundation's stranding network.
Four of the whales had to be euthanized Wednesday, and six others already had died, said Blair Mase, the marine mammal stranding network coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Pacific Islands Stranding Network has reports of four additional calves stranded around the islands, and of course these are just the incidents we find out about.
Mystic Aquarium is a founding member of the Northeast Region Stranding Network.
I remember when I first started at Cape Cod Stranding Network.
If the animal is recognizably mammalian, alert your local stranding network or marine fisheries service, as there are strict laws in the US about interactions with marine mammals.
They are part of the same stranding network in the National Marine Fisheries Service and they share data, information and support each other's efforts.
Manatees gathered local media attention when a two-month manatee nicknamed Moisés was rescued and raised for 27 months by the Caribbean Stranding Network (CSN).
Well, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAAA), if it's still alive and in distress, the best thing you can do is alert the local animal stranding network so that a wildlife expert can assist it.
"They were going to come in but decided to go back out and try to cut off as much line as they can," said Justin Viezbicke, California Stranding Network coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"Everybody out on the water... is keeping an eye out for it and that's all we can do at this point," said Justin Viezbicke, California Stranding Network coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
