CRD 08-04
Table 1. Summary of all reported baleen
and unidentified whale events along the Gulf of Mexico coast, US east coast and
adjacent Canadian Maritimes, 2002‑2006 |
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-
opteridc |
Uniden-
tified whale spp. |
TOTALS |
Total
reportsa (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006) |
54
(12, 8, 8, 13, 13) |
181
(35, 50, 20, 27, 49) |
51
(5, 13, 10, 9, 14) |
8
(1, 1, 2, 0, 4) |
1
(1, 0, 0, 0, 0) |
98
(14, 25, 22, 15, 22) |
2
(0, 1, 0, 0, 1) |
9
(0, 3, 2, 3, 1) |
15
(2, 7, 2, 3, 1) |
50
(4, 19, 3, 8, 16) |
469 |
Total
entanglement reportsa |
25
(8, 6, 3, 4, 4) |
86
(21, 21, 11, 14, 19) |
8
(1, 1, 4, 0, 2) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 0, 1) |
1
(1, 0, 0, 0, 0) |
31
(5, 11, 8, 1, 6) |
1
(0, 1, 0, 0, 0) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 1, 0) |
1
(0, 0, 1, 0, 0) |
5
(0, 0, 1, 3, 1) |
160 |
Total
ship strike reports |
16
(3, 2, 3, 5, 3) |
10
(4, 3, 1, 2, 0) |
9
(0, 4, 3, 2, 0) |
3
(0, 1, 1, 0, 1) |
0 |
1
(0, 0, 1, 0, 0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4
(0, 0, 0, 1, 3) |
43 |
Confirmed
entanglement events |
25
(8, 6, 4, 2, 5) |
77
(18, 19, 10, 13, 17) |
8
(1, 1, 4, 0, 2) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 0, 1) |
1
(1, 0, 0, 0, 0) |
27
(4, 9, 6, 2, 6) |
1
(0, 1, 0, 0, 0) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 1, 0) |
1
(0, 0, 1, 0, 0) |
3
(0, 0, 1, 1, 1) |
145 |
Confirmed
ship strike events |
17
(1, 2, 2, 7, 5) |
9
(3, 2, 1, 1, 2) |
8
(0, 0, 2, 6, 0) |
3
(0, 1, 1, 0, 1) |
0 |
2
(0, 0, 1, 1, 0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4
(0, 0, 0, 1, 3) |
43 |
Total
confirmed mortalities |
21
(5, 1, 5, 4, 6) |
101
(18, 29, 11, 11, 32) |
38
(5, 11, 7, 8, 7) |
7
(1, 1, 2, 0, 3) |
0 |
85
(12, 23, 20, 15, 15) |
2
(0, 1, 0, 0, 1) |
8
(0, 3, 2, 2, 1) |
14
(2, 7, 1, 3, 1) |
38
(4, 18, 2, 4, 10) |
314 |
Confirmed
entanglement mortalities |
3
(1, 0, 1, 0, 1) |
6
(3, 1, 1, 0, 1) |
2
(1, 0, 1, 0, 0) |
0 |
0 |
9
(2, 5, 2, 0, 0) |
1
(0, 1, 0, 0, 0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Confirmed
ship strike mortalities |
10
(1, 1, 2, 2, 4) |
7
(2, 1, 1, 0, 3) |
6
(0, 0, 2, 4, 0) |
2
(0, 1, 0, 0, 1) |
0 |
2
(0, 0, 1, 1, 0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Confirmed
entanglement serious injuries |
4
(2, 1, 0, 0, 1) |
9
(1, 4, 1, 0, 3) |
2
(0, 0, 1, 0, 1) |
1
(0, 0, 0, 0, 1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Confirmed
ship strike serious injuries |
2
(0, 0, 0, 1, 1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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. Described as having throat
grooves (rorqual pleats).
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