Standard Introductory Presentations

These presentations entitled ‘Common Presentations‘, under the sub-community “Training Presentations” in the WHOAS collections are applicable to all marine mammals and core to starting any training session.

There are 5 training objectives covered in this module:

1. Human Health and Safety
2. Report and Record a Stranding Event
3. First Response
4. Data Recording
5. Photo Documentation

In addition, we provide an overview on 1) ‘Capacity Building Considerations’ regarding where to conduct stranding response training workshops, and 2) ‘Structural Elements of a Stranding Network’, for individuals and institutions interested in setting up stranding networks.

Sea lion release. Source: The Marine Mammal Center