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Carretta, James V.; Muto, M. (Marcia); Wilkin, Sarah Margaret; Greenman, Justin; Wilkinson, Kristin Marie; ... More +
Carretta, James V.; Muto, M. (Marcia); Wilkin, Sarah Margaret; Greenman, Justin; Wilkinson, Kristin Marie; DeAngelis, Monica; Viezbicke, Justin; Jannot, Jason Earl; Less -
Corporate Authors:
Southwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.);
NOAA Program & Office:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service); SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center);
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service); SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center); Less -
Description:
"This report contains human-caused injury and mortality records of pinnipeds and cetaceans that occur in U.S. west coast waters for the period 2010-2014, for those species evaluated in Pacific region marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) (Carretta et al. 2015a). Mortality records, while included in this report, were obviously not evaluated for SI/NSI status. Subsistence and directed takes (i.e., gray whales taken by Russian natives) are not reported here but are reported in SARs published by NMFS. Previous records, including cases from 2007 through 2009, are published in previous reports (Carretta et al. 2013a, 2014, 2015b). Sources of injury data include strandings, disentanglement networks, the public, researchers, and fishery observer programs. Stranding data includes records of injured marine mammals at sea and ashore. Injury sources include, but are not limited to, vessel strikes, gillnet entanglement, pot and trap gear entanglement, shootings, marine debris entanglement, researchrelated injuries/deaths, hook and line fishery interactions, and power plant water intake entrainment. Most records originate from stranding networks in California, Oregon, and Washington, though a few Alaska records of Eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) are included, because this population is assessed in the Pacific region SARs and occurs along the U.S. west coast. Other marine mammals, such as Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), occur in California, Oregon, and Washington waters, but they are assessed in Alaska region SARs (Allen and Angliss 2014) and are not included in this report. Injury determinations for Pacific region species/stocks in the central Pacific from Hawaii westward are also included in separate reports (Bradford and Forney 2014)"--Summary. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-554 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-554)]
Content Notes:
James V. Carretta, Marcia M. Muto, Sarah Wilkin, Justin Greenman, Kristin Wilkinson, Monica DeAngelis, Justin Viezbicke,and Jason Jannot. "March 2016." doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-554 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-554) System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (pages 5-7).
Keywords:
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Effect Of Human Beings On
Estimates
Management
Marine Mammal Populations
Marine Mammals
Monitoring
Mortality
Stranding
Wounds And Injuries

Series:
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS; NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC ; 554;
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS; NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC ; 554; Less -
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-554
Document Type:
Technical Memorandum;
Place as Subject:
Pacific Coast (North America);
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Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:bc8ea7de388d132d2b04c9108abf5acf6642cec257ffd46b11be5df3f3dec7b3
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