CRD 06-04

Table 3. Confirmed  human-caused mortality and serious injury records of  North Atlantic right whales, 2000-2004.
Date Report
Type		 Sex, age, ID Location Assigned Cause: P=primary, S=secondary Notes / Observations
Ship strike
Entang./Fsh inter
3/01/00 serious injury Adult male
#1130		 6mi east of Manomet, MA
P
 Line constricting left flipper; flipper discolored; abnormal cyamid distribution; bullet buoy trailing, line weighted down between whale and buoy; no gear recovered
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 Adult male
#1102		 58mi east of Cape Cod, MA
P
 Entangling line deeply embedded; 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 Adult male #123814 m Magdellen Islands, Canada
P
 Thoroughly wrapped up in Danish seine gear, whale seen alive and well five months earlier
7/6/02 mortality 11.0m (est)
female#3107		 off Briar Island, NS Canada
P
 Carcass ashore on Nantucket, MA, on October 12, 2002; tail stock severely lacerated where entangled; gear consistent with inshore lobster fishery
8/22/02 serious injury Adult female #1815 Scotian Shelf, Canada
P
 Line tightly wrapped around head and tail stock; no gear recovered
8/22/02 mortality 12.6m female 1y.o. off Ocean City, MD
P
Large laceration on dorsal surface
8/30/02 serious injury #3210age & sex  unknown Bay of Fundy, NS
P
 Line tightly wrapped around rostrum, seen in 2004 in poor condition; no gear recovered
1/14/03 serious injury Adult female #2240 Jacksonville, FL
P
 Line in mouth no longer visible, possibly ingested; body condition poor; no gear recovered
10/02/03    mortality Adult female #2150 Digby, NS
P
Large fracture in skull, sub-dermal hemorrhage
2/7/04 mortality Adult female #1004 Virginia Beach, VA
P
Severe subdermal bruising, complete fracture of rostrum and laceration of oral rete
9/6/04 mortality Adult female #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 Adult female #1909 Ocean Sands, NC
P
Left fluke lobe severed and large bore blood vessels exposed.

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