Caribbean stranding expert contacts

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Regional contacts:

Contacts for the Caribbean Stranding Network : Antonio MIGNUCCI GIANNONI and Carla RIVERA PEREZ, from the Caribbean Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico, mignucci@manatipr.org and carly@manatipr.org
Regional contact for the International Whaling Commission Stranding group: MIchel VELY from MEGAPTERA association, megapteraone@hotmail.com; Gabriela Hernández Mora, SENASA, gabbytica@gmail.com

Country/territory contacts:

Country and/or Territory	Name of the stranding network	Name	Affiliation	Email
Aruba	Aruba Stranding Network	Angiolina HENRIQUEZ	Aruba Marine Mammal Foundation	Angiolinah@gmail.com
Bahamas	Bahamas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Charlotte DUNN	Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation	cdunn@bahamaswhales.org
Barbados	Barbados Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Julia HORROCKS	University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus	julia.horrocks@cavehill.uwi.edu
Barbados	Barbados Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Nikola SIMPSON	Sustainable Caribbean	sustainablecaribbean17@gmail.com
Belize	Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Jamal GALVES	Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute	jgalves@cmaquarium.org
Bonaire	STINAPA Bonaire	Caren ECKRICH	STINAPA Bonaire	nature@stinapa.org
Costa-Rica	Red de varamientos de Costa-Rica	Gabriela Hernández Mora	Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal, SENASA	gabbytica@gmail.com
Dominica	None yet	Shane GERO	The Dominica Sperm Whale Project	shane@thespermwhaleproject.org
Dominican Republic	Red de Varamientos de Republica Dominicana	Patricia LAMELAS	Centro para la Conservacion y Ecodesarrollo de la Bahia de Samana y su Entorno (CEBSE)	cebse@claro.net.do
France, Martinique	Réseau National d’Echouages (RNE)	Jean-Claude NICOLAS	SEPANMAR	jcnicolas972@yahoo.fr
France, Guadeloupe archipelago	Réseau National d’Echouages (RNE)	RINALDI	Association Evasion tropicale (AET)	evastropic@wanadoo.fr
France, St Martin/St Barthélemy	Réseau National d’Echouages (RNE)	MIchel VELY	MEGAPTERA association	megapteraone@hotmail.com
France, St Martin/St Barthélemy	Réseau National d’Echouages (RNE)	Claire SALADIN	Vet, Widecast CC Saint Martin St Barthelemy IUCN expert	clairesaladin@hotmail.com
Grenada	Ocean Spirits attends stranding call outs	Kate CHARLES	Ocean Spirits Inc/ WIDECAST CC Grenada	kate@oceanspirits.org
Haiti	None yet	Jamie AQUINO	Haiti Ocean Project	jamieaquino@yahoo.com
Jamaica	None yet	Christine O’SULLIVAN	University of Technology, Jamaica	osullivan.christine@gmail.com
Mexico	Red para la atención de varamientos de mamíferos marinos en el estado de Quintana Roo	Nataly CASTELBLANCO	Conacyt/Universidad de Quintana Roo	castelblanco.nataly@gmail.com
Mexico	Red de Varamientos de Mamíferos Marinos del Estado de Veracruz	Eduardo Morteo	Universidad Veracruzana	eduardo.morteo@gmail.com
Nicaragua	None yet	Joëlle De WEERDT	Association ELI-S	eliscientific@gmail.com
Puerto Rico	National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region Stranding Network (USA)	Grisel RODRIGUEZ-FERRER	Departamento Recursos Naturales y Ambientales	grodriguezf@drna.pr.gov
St Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean	Dutch Caribbean Cetacean Network DCCN	Jessica BERKEL	St Eustatius National Parks Foundation	research@statiapark.org
Suriname	No formalized network yet	Monique POOL	Green Heritage Fund Suriname	monique@greenfundsuriname.org
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TTMMSN)	Carla PHILLIPS SAVAGE	The University of the West Indies, School of Veterinary Medicine	phillipsacn@gmail.com or Carla.Phillips@sta.uwi.edu