List of Stock Assessments for All Years NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-182
U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2003
Gordon T. Waring1, Richard M. Pace1, Janeen M. Quintal1, Carol P. Fairfield2, and Katherine Maze-Foley3, Editors, with contributions from (listed alphabetically): Nicole Cabana1, Phillip J. Clapham1, Timothy V.N. Cole1, Gregory L. Fulling3, Lance P. Garrison2, Aleta A. Hohn4, Blair G. Maise2, Wayne E. McFee5, Keith D. Mullin3, Debra L. Palka1, Patricia E. Rosel5, Marjorie C. Rossman1, Fredrick W. Wenzel1, and Amy L. Whitingham1
1National Marine Fisheries Serv., 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543
2National Marine Fisheries Serv., 75 Virginia Beach Dr., Miami, FL 33149
3National Marine Fisheries Serv., 3209 Frederic St., Pascagoula, MS 39567
4National Marine Fisheries Serv., 101 Pivers Island Rd., Beaufort, NC 28516
5National Marine Fisheries Serv., 219 Fort Johnson Rd., Charleston, SC 29412Web version posted July 22, 2004
Citation: Waring GT, Pace RM, Quintal JM, Fairfield CP, Maze-Foley K, Editors. 2004. US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal stock assessments -- 2003. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 182; 287 p.Information Quality Act Compliance: In accordance with section 515 of Public Law 106-554, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center completed both technical and policy reviews for this report. These predissemination reviews are on file at the NEFSC Editorial Office.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION TABLE 1. A SUMMARY(including footnotes) OF ATLANTIC MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENT REPORTS FOR STOCKS OF MARINE MAMMALS UNDER NMFS AUTHORITY THAT OCCUPY WATERS UNDER USA JURISDICTION STOCK ASSESSMENTS FOR 2003: NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE (Eubalaena glacialis): Western Stock HUMPBACK WHALE (Megaptera novaeangliae): Gulf of Maine Stock FIN WHALE (Balaenoptera physalus): Western North Atlantic Stock SEI WHALE (Balaenoptera borealis): Nova Scotia Stock MINKE WHALE (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): Canadian East Coast Stock DWARF SPERM WHALE (Kogia sima): Western North Atlantic Stock PYGMY SPERM WHALE (Kogia breviceps): Western North Atlantic Stock PYGMY KILLER WHALE (Feresa attenutta): Western North Atlantic Stock MELON-HEADED WHALE (Peponocephala electra): Western North Atlantic Stock LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE (Globicephala melas): Western North Atlantic Stock ATLANTIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN (Lagenorhynchus acutus): Western North Atlantic Stock WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN (Lagenorhynchus albirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock COMMON DOLPHIN (Delphinus delphis): Western North Atlantic Stock CLYMENE DOLPHIN (Stenella clymene): Western North Atlantic Stock FRASER'S DOLPHIN (Lagenodelphis hosei): Western North Atlantic Stock BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): Western North Atlantic Offshore Stock HARBOR PORPOISE (Phocoena phocoena): Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy Stock HARBOR SEAL (Phoca vitulina): Western North Atlantic Stock GRAY SEAL (Halichoerus grypus): Western North Atlantic Stock HARP SEAL (Phoca groenlandica): Western North Atlantic Stock HOODED SEAL (Cystophora cristata): Western North Atlantic Stock SPERM WHALE (Physeter macrocephalus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock BRYDE'S WHALE (Balaenoptera edeni): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALE (Ziphius cavirostris): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock BLAINVILLE’S BEAKED WHALE (Mesoplodon densirostris): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock GERVAIS' BEAKED WHALE (Mesoplodon europaeus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf Stock BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Oceanic Stock ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN (Stenella frontalis): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN (Stenella attenuata): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock STRIPED DOLPHIN (Stenella coeruleoalba): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock SPINNER DOLPHIN (Stenella longirostris): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHIN (Steno bredanensis): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock CLYMENE DOLPHIN (Stenella clymene): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock FRASER'S DOLPHIN (Lagenodelphis hosei): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock FALSE KILLER WHALE (Pseudorca crassidens): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock PYGMY KILLER WHALE (Feresa attenuata): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock DWARF SPERM WHALE (Kogia sima): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock PYGMY SPERM WHALE (Kogia breviceps): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock MELON-HEADED WHALE (Peponocephala electra): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock RISSO'S DOLPHIN (Grampus griseus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE (Globicephala macrorhynchus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock APPENDIX I. Estimated serious injury and mortality (SI&M) of Western North Atlantic marine mammals listed by U.S. observed fisheries for 1997-2001 APPENDIX II. Numbers of confirmed and unconfirmed large whale mortality and serious injury (‘SI’) events reported along the U.S. Gulf coasts, the U.S. East coast and adjacent Canadian Maritimes from 1997 - 2001, including a break down of the number of events attributed to entanglement and/or collision with a vessel APPENDIX III. Marine mammal stock assessment reports not updated in the year 2002: BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus): Western North Atlantic Stock SPERM WHALE (Physeter macrocephalus): North Atlantic Stock KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca): Western North Atlantic Stock NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALE (Hyperoodon ampullatus): Western North Atlantic Stock CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALE (Ziphius cavirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock MESOPLODON BEAKED WHALES (Mesoplodon spp.): Western North Atlantic Stock RISSO'S DOLPHIN (Grampus griseus): Western North Atlantic Stock SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE (Globicephala macrorhynchus): Western North Atlantic Stock ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN (Stenella frontalis): Western North Atlantic Stock PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN (Stenella attenuata): Western North Atlantic Stock STRIPED DOLPHIN (Stenella coeruleoalba): Western North Atlantic Stock SPINNER DOLPHIN (Stenella longirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): Western North Atlantic Coastal Stock BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf Edge and Continental Slope Stock BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): Western Gulf of Mexico Coastal Stock BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): Eastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Stock BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus): Gulf of Mexico Bay, Sound, and Estuarine Stocks APPENDIX IV. West Indian manatees stock assessments - Florida and Antilles stocks INDEX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors wish to acknowledge contributions by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Fishery Sampling Branch, Dana Hartley, NMFS Northeast Stranding and Disentanglement Program, Blair Mase, NMFS Southeast Stranding and Disentanglement Program. Also, we acknowledge advice and comments provided by: Jon Gibson, Richard Merrick and Fred Serchuk; Diane Borggaard, Pat Gerrior, Brian Hopper, and Kim Thounhurst (Northeast Regional Office); Steven Swartz (Southeast Fisheries Science Center); Kyle Baker, Katie Moore and Kathy Wang (Southeast Regional Office); Tom Eagle of the NMFS Office of Protected Resources; Solange Brault, Robert Kenney, Bill Lang, James Mead, Daniel Odell, Andrew Read, Richard Seagraves, Randall Wells and Sharon Young of the Atlantic Scientific Review Group, and Gary Stenson of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, St. John’s, Newfoundland. We also thank the Marine Mammal Commission for its constructive comments and advice.
