New paper on European stranding networks as a tool for monitoring marine mammal populations
This work is the first of a two-part series based on the responses to the questionnaire by 45 organisations from 19 countries, and focuses on characterising the activities and capacities of the stranding networks surveyed, identifying differences within and between countries, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, and providing recommendations to enhance the value and credibility of the information collected.
Frequency of data and samples collected from dead stranded animals during their necropsy (dark blue), sampling (light blue) and/or recording (green).
Marie A C Petitguyot, Andrea Fariñas-Bermejo, Andrew Brownlow, Markus P Ahola, Elena Álvarez Neches, Manuel Arbelo, Matthieu Authier, Ramón Balsera Riesgo, Simon Berrow, Arne Bjørge, Jens Brackmann, Sophie Brasseur, Gilberto Carreira, Linnea Cervin, Cristina Claver, Pablo Covelo, Jose Luis Crespo-Picazo, Willy Dabin, Michael Dähne, Nicholas J Davison, Rob Deaville, Mariel T I ten Doeschate, Mariano Domingo Álvarez, Fernando Escribano Cánovas, Peter G H Evans, Manena Fayos Martínez, Antonio Fernández, Ruth Fernández, Carolina Fernández-Maldonado, Luís Freitas, Anders Galatius, Álvaro García de los Ríos, Lucia Garrido Sánchez, Machteld I M Geut, Anita Gilles, Patricia Gozalbes Aparicio, Miguel Grilo, Jan Haelters, Sverrir Daníel Halldórsson, Thea Hamm, Jarco Havermans, Lonneke L IJsseldijk, David Jacinto, Mart Jussi, Pepijn Kamminga, Tim Kåre Jensen, Ailbhe Sarah Kavanagh, Guido Keijl, Mardik Leopold, Alfredo López, Ana Marçalo, Nuno Marques, Jose Antonio Martínez Cedeira, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Joana Miodonski, Juana Maria Monasterio Iglesias, Jose Eugenio Montes Gómez, Aleksija Neimanis, Francisco Neves, Sofia I Pardal, Iwona Pawliczka, Ignacio Peña Pascucci, Heidi Huus Petersen, Maris Plikshs, Raquel Puig-Lozano, Juan Antonio Raga, Joana I Robalo, Anna Roos, Leire Ruiz Sancho, Camilo Saavedra, Guðjón Már Sigurðsson, Susana Simião, Antonia Solomando Marti, Jasmine Stavenow Jerremalm, Ole Stejskal, Vaida Survilienė, Charlotte Bie Thøstesen, Jaap van der Hiele, Jesús Varas, Hans Verdaat, Dylan Verheul, Gisli Arnór Víkingsson, Juanjo Villalón, Rosie S Williams, Johnny Woodlock, Graham John Pierce, European stranding networks as a tool for monitoring marine mammal populations (Part I): towards optimising the functioning of networks, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 82, Issue 11, November 2025, fsaf194, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf194
