Report of the NOAA Fisheries Cetacean Species in the Spotlight Health Assessment Workshop: June 25–26, 2024, Seattle, Washington

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• Personal Author:
  Trego, Marisa L. ; Rowles, Teresa K. ; Greig, Denise J. ; McClenahan, Shasta D. ; Wilkinson, Kristin ; Koehn, Laura E. ; Miller, Hanna K. ; Fauquier, Deborah A. ; Champagne, Cory D. ; Wallen, Megan M. ; Hayes, Kia ; Borggaard, Diane L. ; Wade, Paul R. ; Cholewiak, Danielle ; Hanson, M. Brad ; Parsons, Kim M. ; Noren, Dawn P. ; Kellar, Nicholas M. ; Barbieri, Michelle ; Ewing, Ruth Y. ; Shervanick, Kara ; Seymour, Jill ; Schultz, Irvin R. ; Barre, Lynne
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region. ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Protected Resources. ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office. ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Southeast Region. ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Alaska Regional Office. ; Northwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Alaska Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Southwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• Conference Authors:
  Cetacean Species in the Spotlight Health Assessment Workshop (2024)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources) ; WCR (West Coast Region) ; SER (Southeast Region) ; AKR (Alaska Region) ; GARF (Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries) ; AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) ; NWFSC (Northwest Fisheries Science Center) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  In June 2024, NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Regional Office (WCR) hosted a Species in the Spotlight (SIS) Health Assessment Workshop to discuss health assessment of three SIS cetaceans: Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca, SRKW), North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis, NARW), and Cook Inlet beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas, CIBW). The workshop brought together scientists and managers from state and federal government agencies, independent research institutions, nonprofit organizations, and universities working in the United States and Canada to discuss marine mammal health assessment with a focus on tools that can be used to investigate the causes of high mortality and low fecundity that are impeding recovery for these three endangered and declining species. The primary goal was to facilitate cross-species discussions on the status of current research, identify information needed to better support population management, and discuss how to overcome the challenge of quantifying health in free-swimming cetaceans using minimally invasive approaches.
• Keywords:
  Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Delphinapterus Leucas Eubalaena Glacialis Marine Mammal Health Assessment Marine Mammal Recovery North Atlantic Right Whale Orcinus Orca Southern Resident Killer Whale Species In The Spotlight
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-WCR   2
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/4mh0-ez19
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
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  urn:sha-512:2e30e4d828c83df7f32f6741ecd9252f4d4eb6484c55e4566b096b63c80e11280ff78037fdf305010996ed50766974c99bbc24d8a6aef884f253882403702baa
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