CRD 06-04
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,
2000-2004. Click here for PDF version |
| 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
balaen-
opteriide |
Uniden-
tified
whale spp. |
TOTALS |
| Total reportsa (2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) |
54
(12, 10, 12,
7, 13)
|
173
(34, 30, 35,
53, 21)
|
42
(4, 9, 5, 14,
10)
|
6
(0, 2, 1, 1,
2)
|
1
(0, 0, 1, 0,
0)
|
85
(14, 10, 14,
24, 23)
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 1,
0)
|
7
(0, 2, 0, 3,
2)
|
13
(0, 2, 2, 7,
2)
|
35
(5, 7, 4, 16,
3)
|
417
|
| Total entanglement reportsa |
30
(10, 4, 8, 5,
3)
|
83
(17, 13c,
21, 21, 11)
|
9
(0, 2, 1, 2,
4)
|
0
|
1
(0, 0, 1, 0,
0)
|
35
(6, 5d,
5, 11, 8)
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 1,
0)
|
0
|
2
(0, 0, 0, 0,
2)
|
10
(2, 4, 1, 2,
1)
|
171
|
| Total ship strike reports |
11
(2, 2, 2, 2,
3)
|
15
(2, 6c,
3, 3, 1)
|
11
(1, 3, 0, 4,
3)
|
3
(0, 1, 0, 1,
1)
|
0
|
2
(0, 1d,
0, 0, 1)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
42
|
| Confirmed entanglement events |
29
(9, 4, 8, 4,
4)
|
74
(15, 11c,
18, 20, 10)
|
9
(0, 2, 1, 2,
4)
|
0
|
1
(0, 0, 1, 0,
0)
|
27
(5, 4, 3, 9,
6)
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 1,
0)
|
0
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1)
|
5
(0, 2, 1, 1,
1)
|
147
|
| Confirmed ship strike events |
9
(2, 2, 1, 2,
2)
|
11
(1, 5c,
2, 2, 1)
|
5
(1, 2, 0, 0,
2)
|
3
(0, 1, 0, 1,
1)
|
0
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
29
|
| Total confirmed mortalities |
20
(1, 8, 5, 1,
5)
|
97
(14, 22, 18,
31, 12)
|
36
(4, 8, 5, 12,
7)
|
4
(0, 2, 1, 1,
0)
|
0
|
73
(10, 8, 12, 22,
21)
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 1,
0)
|
7
(0, 2, 0, 3,
2)
|
12
(0, 2, 2, 7,
1)
|
26
(3, 3, 3, 15,
2)
|
276
|
| Confirmed entanglement mortalities |
3
(0, 1, 1, 0,
1)
|
8
(0, 3, 3, 1,
1)
|
3
(0, 1, 1, 0,
1)
|
0
|
0
|
12
(1, 2, 2, 5,
2)
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 1,
0)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
27
|
| Confirmed ship strike mortalities |
6
(0, 2, 1, 1,
2)
|
7
(0, 3, 2, 1,
1)
|
5
(1, 2, 0, 0,
2)
|
2
(0, 1, 0, 1,
0)
|
0
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
21
|
| Confirmed entanglement serious
injuries |
5
(1, 1, 2, 1,
0)
|
11
(5, 0, 1, 4,
1)
|
1
(0, 0, 0, 0,
1)
|
0
|
0
|
1
(1, 0, 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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