Sec. 8. Marine Mammal Health Map
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 408 the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016 , the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Marine Mammal Commission, shall— establish a national marine mammal health and stranding observing system referred to as the Marine Mammal Health Map; incorporate the Marine Mammal Health Map into the National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System established under section 12304 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3603 ); and make the Marine Mammal Health Map— publically accessible through the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System’s web portal; and interoperable with other national data systems or for management or research purposes, as practicable.
The purposes of the Marine Mammal Health Map are to promote— interdisciplinary research among individuals with knowledge and experience in marine mammal science, marine mammal veterinary and husbandry practices, and medical science, oceanographers, and other marine scientists; the timely and sustained dissemination and availability of marine mammal health, stranding, entanglement, and mortality data; the identification of spatial and temporal patterns of marine mammal mortality, disease, and stranding; the evaluation of marine mammal health in terms of mortality as well as sublethal marine mammal health impacts; the improved collaboration and forecasting of marine mammal and larger ecosystem health events; rapid communication and dissemination of marine mammal strandings that may have implications for human health, such as harmful algal blooms; the increased accessibility of data in a user friendly visual interface for public education and outreach activities; and contribute to an ocean health index which incorporates marine mammal health data.
The Marine Mammal Health Map shall— integrate in situ, remote, and other marine mammal health, stranding, and mortality data, including visualization and metadata, from persons authorized to collect data on marine mammals, including the stranding network, Federal, State, and tribal governments, private partners, and academia; be designed to enhance data and information availability, including data sharing between stranding network participants, scientists, and the public across stranding network regions; be designed to facilitate data and information access across scientific disciplines, scientists, and managers; and be designed to facilitate public access to national and regional marine mammal health, stranding, entanglement, and mortality data, including visualizations and metadata, through the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System’s national and regional data portals.
The Secretary shall implement policies, protocols, and standards for— the reporting requirements for marine mammal health data collected by stranding networks consistent with subsections
(c)and
(d)of section 402; the timely transmission of health data from the stranding networks and other appropriate data providers to the Marine Mammal Health Map; the timely and sustained dissemination and availability to the public of marine mammal health, stranding, entanglement, and mortality data; and the integration of other marine mammal health, stranding, or other data as the Secretary determines appropriate. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall carry out the Marine Mammal Health Map in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Marine Mammal Commission, and the National Ocean Research Leadership Council. For purposes of carrying out this section, the Secretary may solicit, accept, receive, hold, administer, and use gifts, devises, and bequests without any further approval or administrative action. . The table of contents in the first section of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended by section 7(b), is amended further by inserting after the item related to section 408 the following: Sec. 408A. Marine Mammal Health Map. .
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