Dozens of Dolphins Become Stranded off Florida Keys
2005 03 04
 About 49 dolphins stranded themselves Wednesday off the Florida Keys and more than 20 were in a nearby canal or boat channel, officials said.
The rough-tooth dolphins were reported on flats and sand bars about a quarter of a mile off Marathon, said Laura Engleby, a biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service. They were in about six inches of water at low tide, she said.
''Right now the stranding network is busy stabilizing all the dolphins,'' Engleby said.
 Marine mammals may strand when they are sick, injured or disoriented, she said.
Denise Jackson, a member of the Marine Mammal Rescue Team assisting the dolphins, said darkness and the extreme low tide was complicating the search.
''We're running boats in and out of an unlit channel at night,'' she said.
Marathon is on Key Vaca, in the middle of the Florida Keys about 46 miles east of Key West. The dolphins were stranded on the ocean side of the island.
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