Sea Turtle Stranding Network Reports

Published by Southeast Fisheries Science Center | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2024-04-18T17:48:01.000+00:00

The Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN) was formally established in 1980 to collect information on and document the stranding of marine turtles along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts. The network encompasses the coastal areas of the eighteen state region from Maine through Texas, and includes portions of the U.S. Caribbean. Data are compiled through the efforts of network participants who document marine turtle strandings in their respective areas and contribute those data to the centralized STSSN database. The publicly available reports from this system provide summary or detailed information about the stranding information for a selected year and other chosen selection criteria.

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:8647
landingPage	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/8647
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/8647.pdf" ]
rights	otherRestrictions, unclassified
temporal	1998-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1998-01-01T00:00:00+00:00