Injury Determinations for Humpback Whales and Other Cetaceans Reported to NOAA Response Networks in the Hawaiian Islands During 2020

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bradford, Amanda L. ; Lyman, Edward G.
• Corporate Authors:
  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) ; NOS (National Ocean Service) ; ONMS (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries)
• Description:
  Reports of injured and dead cetaceans in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone around the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian EEZ) are received each year by the Pacific Islands Region Marine Mammal Response Network (PIR-MMRN), which is coordinated by the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO), and the Hawaiian Islands Entanglement Response Network (HIERN), which is coordinated by the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Most of the injury reports involve humpback whales that are entangled in fishing gear or marine debris or have been struck by or otherwise injured by contact with a vessel. However, occasionally, reports of other cetacean species are received. This Data Report provides a summary of the mortality and determinations of injury severity for cetaceans in the Hawaiian EEZ reported injured or killed by human causes to PIR-MMRN and HIERN during 2020.
• Series:
  PIFSC data report ; DR-23-01
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/gg49-5k67
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Data Report
• Place as Subject:
  Hawaii
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/48787/noaa_48787_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 135.77 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Ocean Service (NOS) ; National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:780380dede72ffa14f2b4048c7b9bbbc7fca7b10472d88f14c7334fd22c208c5