Table 6.   Confirmed human-caused mortality and serious injury records of Western North Atlantic fin whales, 2001–2005.

Date	Report Type	Sex, age, length	Location	Assigned Cause: P=primary, S=secondary		Notes / Observations
				Ship strike	Entang./ Fsh inter
1/2/01	mortality	Female 18.1m	New York harbor	P		Dorsal abrasion marks, hematoma
2/1/01	mortality	Female 14.5m	Port Elizabeth, NJ	P		Fresh carcass hung on ship’s bow
9/19/01	mortality	Sex & age unknown 10.7m	off Bermuda		P	Extensive fresh entanglement marks; no gear recovered
7/28/02	mortality	unknown	Georges Bank		P	Heavy line seen on tail stock, appeared embedded; no gear recovered
2/12/04	serious injury	unknown	Pea Island, NC		P	Entangled whale noticeably emaciated; no gear recovered
2/25/04	mortality	Female 16.3m	Port Elizabeth, NJ	P		Displaced vertebrae, ruptured aorta
6/30/04	mortality	Sex & age unknown 12m (est)	Georges Bank		P	Fresh dead; heavy line constricting mid-section; no gear recovered
9/26/04	mortality	Sex & age unknown 15m (est)	St. Johns, NB	P		Fresh carcass caught on bow of ship
3/26/05	mortality	Male 11m	off Virginia Beach, VA	P		Extensive hemorrhaging and vertebral fractures
4/3/05	mortality	Male 13.7m	Southampton, NY	P		Subdermal hemorrhaging
8/23/05	mortality	Female 18.8m	Port Elizabeth, NJ	P		Brought in on bow of ship
9/11/05	mortality	Female 16.3m	Bonne Esperance, QC	P		Bottom jaw completely severed/broken

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