CONTENTS Executive Summary Introduction Stock Assessments for 2011 Appendices NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-221
U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal
Stock Assessments -- 2011Gordon 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 33149Web version posted May 18, 2012
Citation: Waring GT, Josephson E, Maze-Foley K, Rosel, PE, editors. 2012. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2011. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 221; 319 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/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
- 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
- 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
- White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Short-Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis delphis): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena phocoena): Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy Stock
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina concolor): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus grypus): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus): Western North Atlantic Stock
- Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera edeni): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata attenuata): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Northern Gulf of Mexico Bay, Sound, and Estuary Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Barataria Bay Estuarine System Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): St. Joseph Bay Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Choctawhatchee Bay Stock
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus): Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Stock
- Cuvier’s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris): Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Stock
- Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus): Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Stock
- Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris longirostris): Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Stock
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis): 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 1999-2003.
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 2011 Full descriptions available in TM 219
APPENDIX VI. West Indian Manatee Stock Assessments – Florida and Antilles stocks
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