CRD 07-05

Table 1.   Summary of all reported baleen and unidentified whale events along the Northern Gulf of Mexico coast, U.S. East Coast and adjacent Canadian Maritimes, 2001–2005.
Species Western 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-
opteridd
Uniden-
tified
whale
spp.
TOTALS
Total reports(2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) 51
(10, 12, 8, 8, 13)
162
(30, 35, 50, 20, 27)
47
(10, 5, 13, 10, 9)
6
(2, 1, 1, 2, 0)
1
(0, 1, 0, 0, 0)
86
(10, 14, 25, 22, 15)
1
(0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
9
(1, 0, 3, 2, 3)
15
(1, 2, 7, 2, 3)
39
(5, 4, 19, 3, 8)
417
Total entanglement reportsa 25
(4, 8, 6, 3, 4)
79
(12c, 21c, 21, 11, 14)
8
(2, 1, 1, 4, 0)
0 1
(0, 1, 0, 0, 0)
30
(5, 5, 11, 8, 1)
1
(0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
1
(0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
1
(0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
5
(1, 0, 0, 1, 3)
151
Total ship strike reports 15
(2, 3, 2, 3, 5)
16
(6c, 4c, 3, 1, 2)
12
(3, 0, 4, 3, 2)
3
(1, 0, 1, 1, 0)
0 1
(0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
0 0 0 1
(0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
48
Confirmed entanglement events 24
(4, 8, 6, 4, 2)
70
(10c, 18c, 19, 10, 13)
8
(2, 1, 1, 4, 0)
0 1
(0, 1, 0, 0, 0)
25
(4, 4, 9, 6, 2)
1
(0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
1
(0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
1
(0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
2
(0, 0, 0, 1, 1)
133
Confirmed ship strike events 14
(2, 1, 2, 2, 7)
12
(5c, 3c, 2, 1, 1)
10
(2, 0, 0, 2, 6)
3
(1, 0, 1, 1, 0)
0 2
(0, 0, 0, 1, 1)
0 0 0 1
(0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
42
Total confirmed mortalities 22
(7, 5, 1, 5, 4)
91
(22, 18, 29, 11, 11)
40
(9, 5, 11, 7, 8)
6
(2, 1, 1, 2, 0)
0 78
(8, 12, 23, 20, 15)
1
(0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
8
(1, 0, 3, 2, 2)
14
(1, 2, 7, 1, 3)
32
(4, 4, 18, 2, 4)
292
Confirmed entanglement mortalities 3
(1, 1, 0, 1, 0)
8
(3, 3, 1, 1, 0)
3
(1, 1, 0, 1, 0)
0 0 11
(2, 2, 5, 2, 0)
1
(0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
0 0 0 26
Confirmed ship strike mortalities 8
(2, 1, 1, 2, 2)
7
(3, 2, 1, 1, 0)
8
(2, 0, 0, 2, 4)
2
(1, 0, 1, 0, 0)
0 2
(0, 0, 0, 1, 1)
0 0 0 0 27
Confirmed entanglement serious injuries 4
(1, 2, 1, 0, 0)
6
(0, 1, 4, 1, 0)
1
(0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Confirmed ship strike serious injuries 1
(0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 Described as having throat grooves (rorqual pleats).

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