| 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
reportsa (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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