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. Whitingham^1
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 29412

Web 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.

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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