National Report on Large Whale Entanglements Confirmed in the United States in 2022

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Protected Resources. ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
• Description:
  In 2022, there were 67 confirmed newly entangled large whales documented along the coasts of the United States. Sixty-five cases involved live animals, and two cases involved animals that were dead (floating) when initially reported.
• Keywords:
  • Protected species
  • Marine mammals
  • Large whales
  • Humpback whale
  • Gray whale
  • Minke whale
  • North Atlantic right whale
  • Sperm whale
  • Fin whale
  • Entanglement
  More +
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/9eje-tn22
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/56370/noaa_56370_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.38 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:83ef38c1b54203220dca9dbd2cf66c8ab7b091b87ce8560973c994c9478598525f155c51abde90c510365054e22575efcb90b3166f43767dcdc5dba80459d169