Table 6. Confirmed human-caused mortality and serious injury records of Western North Atlantic fin whales, 2002-2006

Datea	Report Typeb	Age, Sex, Length	Locationa	Assigned Cause: P=primary, S=secondary		Notes/Observations
				Ship strike	Entang./ Fsh.inter
7/28/02	mortality	age & sex unknown	Georges Bank		P	Heavy line seen on tail stock; appeared embedded; no gear recovered
2/12/04	serious injury	age & sex unknown	Pea Island, NC		P	Entangled whale noticeably emaciated; no gear recovered
2/25/04	mortality	Adult Female 16.3m	Port Elizabeth, NJ	P		Displaced vertebrae; ruptured aorta
6/30/04	mortality	age & sex unknown 12m (est)	Georges Bank		P	Freshly dead; heavy line constricting mid-section; no gear recovered
9/26/04	mortality	age & sex unknown 15m (est)	St. Johns, NB	P		Fresh carcass on bow of ship
3/26/05	mortality	Adultc Female 16.3m	off Virginia Beach, VA	P		Extensive hemorrhaging and vertebral fractures
4/3/05	mortality	Adultc Female 18.8m	Southampton, NY	P		Subdermal hemorrhaging
8/23/05	mortality	Juvenilec Male 13.7m	Port Elizabeth, NJ	P		Brought in on bow of ship
9/11/05	mortality	Juvenilec Male 11m	Bonne Esperance, QC	P		Bottom jaw completely severed/broken
9/17/06	serious injury	age & sex unknown 18m (est)	off Mt. Desert Rock, ME		P	Pale skin overall; cyamid load at point of attachment; emaciated
a.  The date sighted and location provided in the table are not necessarily when or where the serious injury or mortality occurred; rather, this information indicates when and where the whale was first reported beached, entangled, or injured. b.  National guidelines for determining what constitutes a serious injury have not been finalized.  Interim criteria as established by NERO/NMFS (Nelson et al. 2007) have been used here.  Some assignments may change as new information becomes available and/or when national standards are established. c.  The gender and length were misreported in the 2005 Stock Assessment Report. This table shows the correct values.