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Every stranding and sighting documented to the same standard

Ceto (see-tow) is a centralized platform for collecting and managing marine mammal health and stranding data. Stranding teams can record each animal in one system, creating consistent information that authorized network partners can use for coordination, analysis, research, and conservation.

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Found a stranded marine mammal? Report it to NOAA Fisheries. Stranding network interested in Ceto? Bring Ceto to your network.

2024 Year launched Built for and with the Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stranding Network
One Shared database Every stranding recorded once — Records are entered in one system and can be analyzed across the participating network.
Scalable By design A framework ready for other stranding networks when they are

What it does

The work it makes possible

  • Intuitive, centralized interface for marine mammal health and stranding data collection
  • Streamlined data entry for responders in the field and at the lab
  • Integrated analytical tools for the network as a whole
  • Community platform with webinars and shared resources
  • Expandable framework designed to serve other stranding networks
  • Developed with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the CETACEAN restoration project, funded by the Deepwater Horizon Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group with NOAA
Ceto event record for a stranded pantropical spotted dolphin, showing examiner, case confidence and initial observations.
Ceto, built with the Gulf of Mexico stranding network and currently available to its member organizations.

Part of something bigger

Your records power the whole network

One mission, four projects, one shared body of wildlife health knowledge. Nothing here stands alone.

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Health and stranding data for marine mammal networks.

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Bringing the network to the ocean

Ceto was built to grow. If your marine mammal stranding network is ready for a shared database that connects records across organizations, we’d like to hear from you.

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Partners in Collaboration

NOAA Fisheries National Fish and Wildlife Foundation