FKMMRT is a non-profit, volunteer based organization that responds to stranded whales and dolphins in the Florida Keys from Key West to Grassy Key. Founded in 2001, key designees and volunteers have been with the NMFS Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program for over 10 years. (click on logo to be linked to main webpage)FKMMRT is committed to excellence in animal care through rehabilitation and return to the wild, alleviating pain and suffering, and expanding our knowledge of treatment and care. The organization strives to increase the success rate of rehabilitated and released cetaceans in the Florida Keys, to continually improve techniques and training, and build teamwork within the organization as well as with other organizations in our area.Through a Letter of Authorization (LOA) from NMFS, FKMMRT has the authority to respond to marine mammal strandings in Monroe County, Florida, which is mainly made up of a chain of islands known as the Florida Keys. FKMMRT's main response area stretches 59 miles along US Highway 1 from Key West to Grassy Key and also includes the islands making up the Dry Tortugas west of Key West. The islands of the Florida Keys are mostly bordered by mangrove trees and coral rock, so very few beaches exist along these islands. The majority of strandings occur off the main chain of islands in shallow waters or mud/grass flats.
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