The Wildlife Institute of India with the support of CAMPA, MoEF&CC, Government of India has organized the first-ever National Training Workshop on Marine Mammal Stranding Response on 17-20 October 2022 at Gulf of Mannar (Rameswaram), Tamil Nadu. This training workshop was organized as a part of the CAMPA-Dugong Recovery Programme in partnership with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), and Central Zoo Authority (CZA) with inputs from the Pondicherry University, Wildlife Conservation Society-India, OMCAR Foundation, Reefwatch Marine Conservation- Karnataka. A total of 18 participants from the coastal states/UTs of India have participated in these four days training program. The main objectives of the workshop are to train the officers towards rescue and rehabilitation of stranded live marine mammals and post-mortem of stranded dead mammals as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. Participants were mostly Range Forest Officers and Veterinary Officers nominated by the concerned state governments. Earlier, the workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Shekhar Kumar Niraj, PCCF and Member Secretary, TNSBB, and Prof. K. Sivakumar, Pondicherry University. For further details contact Dr. J.A. Johnson, Course Director and Team Leader of the