The South East Asian Marine Mammal Stranding Network (SEAMMSN) wasestablished
last February 9, 2013 as a result of a regional Symposiumon marine mammal
strandings in South East Asia, held at OceanAdventure in Subic Bay Freeport,
Philippines. The SEAMMSN is anon-political, science based network dedicated to
promoting the bestpractice of marine mammal stranding response and management
throughthe open and free exchange of information, data, materials, methodsand
protocols in order to conserve marine mammals and their habitatsin the South
East Asian region. Eighty individuals from 12 countries attended the Symposium
sharingtheir stranding experiences, engaging in discussion, and working insmall
groups to identify goals and objectives for a regional strandingnetwork. The
result of the Symposium was the formation of theSouth East Asia Marine Mammal
Stranding Network. The core organizationsof this network include Ocean Park
Conservation Foundation - HongKong,
Ocean Park Hong Kong, Ocean Adventure, University of thePhilippines -
Institute of Environmental Scienceand Meteorology,University of St Andrew's,
Philippine Marine Mammal Stranding Network,Taiwan Cetacean Society, and Whale
Stranding Indonesia. For a completelist of member organizations and more
information on thisground-breaking organization, please check out our recently
launchedwebsite (http://www.seammsn.org).LEMNUEL V ARAGONES, PhDSecretariat
(SEAMMSN), Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Science and
Meteorology University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City
PHILIPPINESwww.iesm.upd.edu.ph [email protected]
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