Table 4.   Confirmed human-caused mortality and serious injury records of Northern right whales, Western Atlantic stock, 2001–2005.

Date	Report Type	Sex, age, ID	Location	Assigned Cause: P=primary, S=secondary		Notes/Observations
				Ship strike	Entang./ Fsh inter
3/17/01	mortality	Male Calf	Assateague, VA	P		Large fresh propeller gashes on dorsal caudal and acute muscular hemorrhage
6/8/01	serious injury	Male Adult  #1102	58 mi east of Cape Cod, MA		P	Entangling gear deeply embedded; numerous signs of poor health including emaciation, skin discoloration, and abnormal cyamid distribution
6/18/01	mortality	Female Calf	Long Island, NY	P		Dorsal propeller wounds, sub-dermal hemorrhage
11/3/01	mortality	Male Adult #1238	Magdellen Islands, Canada		P	Thoroughly wrapped up in Danish Seine gear, whale seen alive and well five months earlier
7/6/02	mortality	Female #3107	Off Briar Island, NS Canada		P	Carcass ashore on Nantucket ,MA , on October 12, 2002; caudal peduncle severely lacerated where entangled; gear consistent with inshore lobster fishery
8/22/02	serious injury	Female Adult #1815	Scotian Shelf, Canada		P	Line tightly wrapped around head and tail stock; no gear recovered
8/22/02	mortality	Female 1 year old	off Ocean City, MD	P		Large laceration on dorsal surface
8/30/02	serious injury	Sex & age  unknown #3210	Bay of Fundy, NS		P	Line tightly wrapped around rostrum, resighted in 2004 in poor condition; no gear recovered
1/14/03	serious injury	Female Adult #2240	Jacksonville, FL		P	Line in mouth no longer visible; body condition poor; no gear recovered
10/02/03	mortality	Female Adult #2150	Digby, NS	P		Large fracture in skull, sub-dermal hemorrhage
2/7/04	mortality	Female Adult #1004	Virginia Beach, VA	P		Severe subdermal bruising, complete fracture of rostrum and laceration of oral rete
9/6/04	mortality	Female Adult #2301	Roseway Basin, NS		P	Extensive constricting line on head and left flipper; found dead March 3, 2005 on Ship Shoal Island, VA
11/24/04	mortality	Female Adult #1909	Ocean Sands, NC	P		Left fluke lobe severed and large bore blood vessels exposed.
1/12/05	mortality	Female Adult #2143	Cumberland Island, GA	P		Healed propeller wounds from strike as a calf re-opened as a result of pregnancy
3/10/05	serious injury	Sex & age unknown #2425	Cumberland Island, GA	P		45’ power yacht partially severed left fluke; resighted 9/4/05 in extremely poor condition
4/28/05	mortality	Female Adult #2617	Monomoy Island, MA	P		Significant bruising and multiple vertebral fractures

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