CeNCOOS
central and northern california ocean observing system
  Contact Information for Ocean/Beach Issues| |
 
     
Oil Spills on Beaches

Oil Sightings:

West Coast Oil Spill hot-line
(800) OILS-911

San Francisco Bay area
(415)-398-9617

Oiled Wildlife:

1-(415)-701-2311
1-(877)-823-6928

 

U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center
1-800-424-8802

1-(866)-442-9650 (Claims Hotline)

Volunteer opportunities to clean beaches

 

 

Marine Mammal Strandings
     

Dead Marine Mammals


Vertebrate Museum
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521
707-826-4872


Long Marine Laboratories
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
831-459-2883


Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
University of California
3101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-642-1379


Live Marine Mammals


The Marine Mammal Center
Marin Headlands, GGNRA
Sausalito, CA 94965
415-289-7325

The Marine Mammal Center's
Moss Landing branch
(831) 633-6298


Live or Dead Sea Otters:

California Sea Otter Hotline
831-648-4829

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Dept.
Ventura, California
805-644-1766

California Marine Mammal Center
Sausalito,CA
(415) 289-SEAL

Monterey County SPCA
(831) 373-2631

(Seals, Sea Lions, Whales, Dolphins/Porpoise
and Sea Turtles)

Ornithology and Mammalogy Lab Moss Landing Marine Labs
8272 Moss Landing Rd
Moss Landing, CA 95039
831-771-4422


Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
415-750-7177

Vertebrate Laboratory
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta Del Sol Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805-682-4711


(Seals, Sea Lions, Whales, Dolphins/Porpoise
and Sea Turtles)

Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center
389 North Hope Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
805-687-3255

Northcoast Marine Mammal Center
424 Howe Drive
Crescent City, CA 95531
707-465-6265

 

Monterey Bay Aquarium
(831) 648-4840 (24-hour emergency line)

The Marine Mammal Center's
Moss Landing branch
(831) 633-6298

California Department of Fish and Game
Sacramento, CA
(916) 653-7764


Seabird Strandings

Live and Dead Seabirds:

Oiled Wildlife Care Network University of California, Davis (530) 752-4167 (One bird)
(916) 556-7509 (multiple birds) 877-823-6926 (toll-free)


Santa Rosa Bird Rescue Center
Sonoma County
707-523-2473

 

Oiled Wildlife Care and Education Center
San Francisco Bay
4369 Cordelia Road
Fairfield, CA 94534
(707) 207-0380

International Bird Rescue Research Center Suisun City, Solano County
707-207-0380

 

       
 
Ocean.US NOAA Coastal Conservancy State Water Resources Control Board Major support and funding for CeNCOOS has come from these federal and California state agencies