Marine Wildlife Sighting and Response Numbers
It is often difficult to know what organization to call if you sight a live animal swimming offshore or a distressed animal that has stranded on a beach. Below is a list of numbers that we hope you will find helpful. Marine Animal Entanglement Response Overseeing organization - Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Focus: to report sightings of live or dead entangled marine animals Rescue Hotline Number: 800-900-3622 Sea Turtle Sighting Hotline for Southern New England Overseeing organization - Mass Audubon at Wellfleet Bay Focus: to report live or dead sightings of sea turtle in the waters of southcoast MA Hotline Number: 1-800-888-Sea-Turt (1-888-732-8878) website: https://seaturtlesightings.org Cold-stunned Sea Turtle Sightings Overseeing organization - Mass Audubon at Wellfleet Bay Focus: to report sightings of live or dead stranded, cold-stunned sea turtles Rescue Hotline Number: 508-349-2615 x 2104 Ocean Sunfish and Basking Shark Sightings Overseeing organization - New England C