CRD 05-08
Table 1. Summary of all reported baleen
and unidentified whale events along the Gulf of Mexico coast, U.S. East
coast and adjacent Canadian Maritimes, 1999 - 2003.
|
| Species |
North
Atlantic right whale |
Northwest Atlantic humpback
whaleb |
Western North
Atlantic fin whale |
Nova Scotian
sei whale |
Western North
Atlantic blue whale |
Canadian East
Coast minke whale |
Western North
Atlantic Brydes whale |
Uniden-
tified
fin/sei
whale |
Uniden-
tified
balaenop-
teriide |
Uniden-
tified
whale spp. |
TOTALS |
| Total reportsa (1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) |
50
(9, 12, 10, 12,
7) |
169
(17, 34, 30,
35, 53) |
40
(8, 4, 9, 5,
14) |
4
(0, 0, 2, 1,
1) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 1,
0) |
82
(20, 14, 10,
14, 24) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1) |
5
(0, 0, 2, 0,
3) |
14
(3, 0, 2, 2,
7) |
42
(10, 5, 7, 4,
16) |
408 |
| Total entanglement reportsa |
35
(8, 10, 4, 8,
5) |
82
(10, 17, 13c,
21, 21) |
7
(2, 0, 2, 1,
2) |
0 |
1
(0, 0, 0, 1,
0) |
35
(8, 6, 5d,
5, 11) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1) |
0 |
0 |
12
(3, 2, 4, 1,
2) |
173 |
| Total ship strike reports |
9
(1, 2, 2, 2,
2) |
14
(0, 2, 6c,
3, 3) |
10
(2, 1, 3, 0,4) |
2
(0, 0, 1, 0,
1) |
0 |
2
(1, 0, 1d,
0, 0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
| Confirmed entanglement events |
31
(6, 9, 4, 8,
4) |
74
(10, 15, 11c,
18, 20) |
7
(2, 0, 2, 1,
2) |
0 |
1
(0, 0, 0, 1,
0) |
27
(6, 5, 4, 3,
9) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1) |
0 |
0 |
5
(1, 0, 2, 1,
1) |
146 |
| Confirmed ship strike events |
8
(1, 2, 2, 1,
2) |
10
(0, 1, 5c,
2, 2) |
5
(2, 1, 2, 0,
0) |
2
(0, 0, 1, 0,
1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
| Total confirmed mortalities |
18
(3, 1, 8, 5,
1) |
92
(7, 14, 22, 18,
31) |
34
(5, 4, 8, 5,
12) |
4
(0, 0, 2, 1,
1) |
0 |
71
(19, 10, 8, 12,
22) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1) |
5
(0, 0, 2, 0,
3) |
14
(3, 0, 2, 2,
7) |
28
(4, 3, 3, 3,
15) |
267 |
| Confirmed entanglement mortalities |
3
(1, 0, 1, 1,
0) |
8
(1, 0, 3, 3,
1) |
2
(0, 0, 1, 1,
0) |
0 |
0 |
15
(5, 1, 2, 2,
5) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
| Confirmed ship strike mortalities |
5
(1, 0, 2, 1,
1) |
6
(0, 0, 3, 2,
1) |
5
(2, 1, 2, 0,
0) |
2
(0, 0, 1, 0,
1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Confirmed entanglement serious
injuries |
5
(0, 1, 1, 2,
1) |
12
(2, 5, 0, 1,
4) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1
(0, 1, 0, 0,
0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Confirmed ship strike serious
injuries |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
a Excludes resightings
of previously entangled individuals unless a new entanglement was documented.
b Includes
all humpback reports, whether confirmed as members of the Gulf of Maine feeding stock or not.
c One
humpback report included as both a confirmed entanglement and confirmed
ship strike event.
d One minke report included as
both an unconfirmed entanglement and unconfirmed ship strike report.
e Described
as having throat grooves (rorqual pleats). |
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