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  CETACEAN STRANDINGS REPORTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
      MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK (1997)
      Species                           No. Occurrences
Harbor Porpoise                          26
Unidentified Dolphin                     16
Common Dolphin                           15
Gray Whale                               10
Unidentified Whale                        7
Pacific White-sided Dolphin               5
Dall's Porpoise                           4
Bottlenose Dolphin                        3
Humpback Whale                            3
Unidentified Cetacean                     3
Risso's Dolphin                           2
Cuvier's Beaked Whale                     2
Striped Dolphin                           1
Killer Whale                              1
Sperm Whale                               1
Fin Whale                                 1
Unidentified Balaenopterid                1
Total                                   101

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