NEFSC Tech Memo 219 U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2010

CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Introduction

Stock Assessments for 2010

Appendices

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-219

U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2010

edited by 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, Laura Engleby⁵, Carol Fairfield⁶, Lance P. Garrison⁶, Larry Hansen⁴, Allison Henry¹, Jenny Litz⁶, Christopher Orphanides¹, Richard M. Pace¹, Debra L. Palka¹, Marjorie C. Rossman¹, Carrie Sinclair², and Fredrick W. Wenzel¹

¹National Marine Fisheries Service, 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543
²National Marine Fisheries Service, 3209 Frederic St., 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 Dr., Miami, FL 33149
Web version posted June 7, 2011
Citation: Waring GT, Josephson E, Maze-Foley K, Rosel, PE, editors. 2011. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2010. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 219; 595 p. Available from: National Marine Fisheries Service, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026, or online at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/

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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

North 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 acutorostrata):Canadian East Coast Stock

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus): Western North Atlantic Stock

Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus): Western North Atlantic Stock

Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas melas): Western North Atlantic Stock

Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus): Western North Atlantic Stock

White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus): Western North Atlantic Stock

Short-Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis delphis): Western North Atlantic Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Western North Atlantic Northern Migratory Coastal Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Western North Atlantic Southern Migratory Coastal Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Western North Atlantic South Carolina/Georgia Coastal Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Western North Atlantic Northern Florida Coastal Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Western North Atlantic Central Florida Coastal Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Northern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Southern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock

Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy Stock

North Atlantic Pinniped Species

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina concolor): 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

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Gulf of Mexico Eastern Coastal Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Gulf of Mexico Northern Coastal Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Gulf of Mexico Western Coastal Stock

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Gulf of Mexico Bay, Sound, and Estuarine Stock

Killer Whale (Orcinus orca): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock

Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock

Caribbean Cetacean Species

Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus): Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Stock

Appendices

APPENDIX I. Estimated serious injury and mortality (SI&M) of Western North Atlantic marine mammals listed by U.S. observed fisheries for 2004-2008.

APPENDIX II. Summary of confirmed human-caused mortality and serious injury (SI) events

APPENDIX III. Fishery Descriptions

APPENDIX IV. Summary of surveys and abundance estimates

APPENDIX V. Reports not updated in 2010

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

Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock

Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock

Gervais’ Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus): Western North Atlantic Stock

Sowerby’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens): Western North Atlantic Stock

True’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon mirus): 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): 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

Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata): Western North Atlantic Stock

Brydes'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 Oceanic Stock

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

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

Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
APPENDIX VI. Indian Manatee Stock Assessments – Florida and Antilles stocks