CRD 08-04 Table 7

Table 7. Confirmed human-caused mortality and serious injury records of Nova Scotian sei whales, 2002-2006

Date^a	Report Type^b	Age, Sex, Length	Location^a	Assigned Cause: P=primary, S=secondary		Notes/Observations
Date^a	Report Type^b	Age, Sex, Length	Location^a	Ship strike	Entang./ Fsh inter	Notes/Observations
2/19/03	mortality	age unknown Male 11.0m	Norfolk, VA	P		Large gash into muscle, hematoma and abrasions
4/17/06	mortality	Juvenile Male 10.9m	Baltimore, MD	P		Brought in on bow of ship, freshly dead; massive hemorrhaging on right side; large blood clot behind head; several broken ribs
9/16/06	Mortality	age & sex unknown	Jeffreys Ledge		P	Constricting wrap cutting into skin; no gear recovered
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.

(Modified Jun. 20 2008)