Institute for Marine Mammal Studies

The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies ("IMMS") is a major non-profit organization established in 1984 for the education, conservation, and research on marine mammals in the wild and in captivity. It is located in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States of America and has been an active participant of the National Stranding Network since its inception. The Institute is the only organization in the Mississippi-Louisiana-Alabama subregion of the Gulf Coast with the ability to both care for sick and injured marine mammals, and also incorporate programs for conservation, education and research on marine mammals and their environment.

It has received a number of grants of several million dollars from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [1], [2]

The current director is Dr.Moby Solangi

It has been engaged in collaboration with:

• The University of Southern Mississippi
• Mississippi State University
• Louisiana State University
• Oklahoma State University
• The University of Pennsylvania
• Portland State University
• The University of Kansas
• The University of Hawaii
• The National Marine Fisheries
• NASA Stennis Space Center
• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• The United States Navy

See also

• Conservation biology
• Conservation ethic
• Conservation movement
• Ecology
• Ecology movement
• Environmentalism
• Environmental movement
• Environmental protection
• Habitat conservation
• Natural environment
• Natural capital
• Natural resource
• Renewable resource
• Sustainable development
• Sustainability

External links

• Official website of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies