CONTENTS Executive Summary Acknowledgments Introduction Stock Assessments for 2009 Appendices List of Stock Assessments for All Years NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-213
U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2009
Gordon T. Waring1, Elizabeth Josephson1, Katherine Maze-Foley2, and Patricia E. Rosel3, Editors, with contributions from (listed alphabetically): Kevin Barry2, Barbie Byrd4, Timothy V.N. Cole1, Carlos Dias8, Laura Engleby5, Carol Fairfield6, Lance P. Garrison6, Allison Glass1, Larry Hansen4, Jenny Litz6, Christopher Orphanides1, Richard M. Pace1, Debra L. Palka1, Marelisa Rivera8, Marjorie C. Rossman1, Carrie Sinclair2, Jim Valade7, and Fredrick W. Wenzel1
1National Marine Fisheries Serv., 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543
2National Marine Fisheries Serv., P.O. Drawer 1207, Pascagoula, MS 39567
3National Marine Fisheries Service, 646 Cajundome Blvd. Suite 234, Lafayette, LA 70506
4National Marine Fisheries Service, 101 Pivers Island, Beaufort, NC 28516
5National Marine Fisheries Service , 263 13th Ave. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
6National Marine Fisheries Service, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149
7 US Fish and Wildlife Service, 7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32256
8US Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 491 Boquerón PR 00622
Web version posted March 10, 2010
Citation: Waring GT, Josephson E, Maze-Foley K, and Rosel PE, editors. 2009. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2009. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 213; 528 p.Information Quality Act Compliance: In accordance with section 515 of Public Law 106-554, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center completed both technical and policy reviews for this report. These predissemination reviews are on file at the NEFSC Editorial Office.
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TABLE 1. A summary (including footnotes) of Atlantic marine mammal stock assessment reports for stocks of marine mammals under NMFS authority that occupy waters under USA jurisdiction.
STOCK ASSESSMENTS FOR 2009North Atlantic Cetacean Species
- North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis): Western Atlantic Stock
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae): Gulf of Maine Stock
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus):Western North Atlantic Stock
- Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis): Nova Scotia Stock
- Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): Canadian East Coast Stock
- Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostrisspp.): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Gervais Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostrisspp.): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostrisspp.): Western North Atlantic Stock
- True's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostrisspp.): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Northern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Southern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Charleston Estuarine System Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Northern Georgia/Southern South Carolina Estuarine System Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Southern Georgia Estuarine System Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Jacksonville Estuarine System Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Indian River Lagoon Estuarine System Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Biscayne Bay Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Florida Bay Stock
- Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy Stock
North Atlantic Pinniped Species
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus): Western North Atlantic Stock
Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Species
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera edeni): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Gervais' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Stocks
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Oceanic Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Gulf of Mexico Bay, Sound, and Estuarine Stocks
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Killer Whale (Orcinus orca): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
APPENDIX I. Estimated serious injury and mortality (SI&M) of Western North Atlantic marine mammals listed by U.S. observed fisheries for 2002-2006
APPENDIX II. Summary of the confirmed human-caused mortality and serious injury ("SI") events involving baleen whalesAPPENDIX III. Fisheries Descriptions -- LARGE PDF (11MB+) APPENDIX IV. Summary of Surveys and Abundance Estimates
APPENDIX V. Marine mammal stock assessment reports not updated in 2009:
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus): North Atlantic Stock
- Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Killer Whale (Orcinus orca): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus):): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra): Western North Atlantic Stock
- White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Rough-toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) Western North Atlantic Stock
- Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Western North Atlantic Offshore Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Western North Atlantic Coastal Morphotype Stocks
- Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata): Western North Atlantic Stock
APPENDIX VI. West Indian manatees stock assessment: Florida (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and Antillean (Trichechus manatus manatus) stocks
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