Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast US coast, 2013

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• Personal Author:
  Wenzel, Frederick W. ; Waring, Gordon T. ; Josephson, Elizabeth ; Lyssikatos, Marjorie ; Byrd, Barbie L. ; Harstman, Stacey C. ; Powell, Jessica R.
• Corporate Authors:
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  "The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to estimate annual levels of human-caused mortality and serious injury to marine mammal stocks (section 117) and to categorize commercial fisheries based on their level of incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals (section 118). Serious injury (SI) determination guidelines were developed at NMFS-convened workshops in 1997 and 2007 (Angliss and DeMaster 1998; Andersen et al. 2008) and in January 2012 the agency published new national guidelines for distinguishing serious from nonserious injuries of marine mammals (NMFS 2012). A serious injury is defined as an injury that is more likely than not to result in mortality. A major goal of the new guidelines was to establish national consistency and transparency in SI determinations. To implement the new guidelines, science center SI determination (SID) staff from each region review all documented marine mammal injury events on an annual basis. For this document, fisheries observer (OBS) and at-sea monitor (ASM) records are reviewed for incidentally-caught animals that were released/observed alive. Observer comments on the condition of released animals and any associated photographs are compared to specific injury categories described in the new guidelines' procedure manual and each event is assigned an injury determination. Once completed, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) SI small cetacean and pinniped determination table is independently reviewed by the Southwest Fisheries Science Center's (SWFSC) SID staff, the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO), and the Atlantic Scientific Review Group (SRG) before the SI determinations were finalized. This manuscript documents the SI determinations from the 2013 records"--Introduction. [doi:10.7289/V5HX19P4 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5HX19P4)]
• Content Notes:
  Frederick Wenzel, Gordon T. Waring, Elizabeth Josephson, Marjorie C. Lyssikatos, Barbie L. Byrd, Stacey C. Horstman, and Jessica R. Powell.
  
  "October 2015."
  
  "Web version posted OCtober 27, 2015"--Document home page.
  
  doi:10.7289/V5HX19P4 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5HX19P4)
  
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  Includes bibliographical references (pages 4 & 26).
  
  
• Keywords:
  Bycatches (Fisheries) Cetacea Conservation Effect Of Fishing On Fishery Policy Marine Mammals Pinnipedia Wounds And Injuries Effect Of Fishing On Fishery Policy Marine Mammals Wounds And Injuries

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• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NE   236
• DOI:
  http://doi.org/10.7289/V5HX19P4
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Northeastern States ; Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b5cfad6ca5201cd233aa4279ff74d28958f6fe2ca7e8f3bf2071a21c4ba32b2d
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/5157/noaa_5157_DS1.pdf
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