Marine Mammal Mortality and Serious Injury Reports
Staff at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Protected Species Branch prepare annual reports on the results on their analyses and injury determinations for marine mammals interacting with humans.
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Baleen Whale Mortality and Serious Injury Reports
- Serious Injury and Mortality Determinations for Baleen Whale Stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States East Coast, and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2017-2021
- Serious Injury and Mortality Determinations for Baleen Whale Stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States East Coast, and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2016-2020
- Serious Injury and Mortality Determinations for Baleen Whale Stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States East Coast, and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2015-2019
- Serious Injury and Mortality Determinations for Baleen Whale Stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States East Coast, and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2014-2018
- Serious Injury and Mortality Determinations for Baleen Whale Stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States East Coast, and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2013–2017
- Serious Injury and Mortality Determinations for Baleen Whale Stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States East Coast, and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2012-2016
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States, United States East Coast and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2011–2015
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States, United States East Coast and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2010–2014
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States, United States East Coast and Atlantic Canadian Provinces, 2009–2013
- Mortality determinations for Baleen whale stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States east coast, and Atlantic Canadian provinces, 2008–2012
- Mortality determinations for Baleen whale stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States east coast, and Atlantic Canadian provinces, 2007–2011
- Mortality determinations for Baleen whale stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States east coast, and Atlantic Canadian provinces, 2006–2010
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the Gulf of Mexico, United States, and Canadian eastern seaboards, 2005–2009
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the United States and Canadian eastern seaboards, 2004–2008
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the United States eastern seaboard and adjacent Canadian maritimes, 2003–2007
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the United States eastern seaboard and adjacent Canadian maritimes, 2002–2006
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the United States eastern seaboard and adjacent Canadian maritimes, 2001–2005
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for baleen whale stocks along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, 2000–2004
- Mortality and serious injury determinations for northwest Atlantic Ocean large whale stocks 1999–2003
Small Cetacean and Pinniped Mortality and Serious Injury Reports
- Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast U.S. coast, 2017–2021
- Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast U.S. coast, 2015–2019
- Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast U.S. coast, 2014–2018
- Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast U.S. coast, 2013–2017
- Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast U.S. coast, 2012–2016
- Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast U.S. coast, 2013
- Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the Northeast U.S. coast, 2012
- Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the Northeast U.S. coast, 2007–2011
Bycatch Reports
Gillnet Fisheries
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the New England and mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries, 2022.
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the New England and mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries in 2020 and 2021.
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2019 New England sink and mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries.
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2018 New England sink and mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries.
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2017 New England sink and mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries.
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2016 New England sink and mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries.
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2015 New England sink and mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries.
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2014 New England sink and mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2013 New England sink and Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2012 New England sink and Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch during 2010 and 2011 in the New England sink gillnet fishery, Mid-Atlantic gillnet fishery, and two NMFS gillnet experiments.
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2009 New England sink gillnet and Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2007 and 2008 Northeast sink gillnet and Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries
Trawl Fisheries
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl fisheries, 2022
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl fisheries, 2015–2019
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl fisheries, 2014–2018
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl fisheries, 2013–2017
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl fisheries, 2012–2016
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl fisheries, 2011–2015
- Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic bottom trawl fisheries, 2008–2013