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CETACEAN STRANDINGS REPORTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK (2004)

Species

No. of Occurrences

Harbor Porpoise

             40

Long-beaked Common Dolphin

             20

Gray Whale

             18

Unidentified Dolphin

             14

Bottlenose Dolphin

             13

Unidentified Common Dolphin

             11

Short-beaked Common Dolphin

               9

Unidentified Whale

               7

Pacific White-sided Dolphin

               6

Risso’s Dolphin

               5

Dall’s Porpoise

               4

Humpback Whale

               4

Fin Whale

               3

Northern Right Whale Dolphin

               2

Sperm Whale

               2

Blue Whale

               2

Unidentified Cetacean

               2

Striped Dolphin

               1

Baird’s Beaked Whale

               1

Pygmy Sperm Whale

               1

Minke Whale

               1

Total

           166

05/03/06


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