NOAA Tech Memo 205

CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Stock Assessments for 2007

Appendices

List of Stock Assessments for All Years

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-205

U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2007
Gordon T. Waring¹, Elizabeth Josephson¹, Carol P. Fairfield-Walsh², and Katherine Maze-Foley³, Editors, with contributions from (listed alphabetically): Dana Belden¹, Timothy V.N. Cole¹, Lance P. Garrison², Keith D. Mullin³, Christopher Orphanides¹, Richard M. Pace¹, Debra L. Palka¹, Marjorie C. Rossman¹, and Fredrick W. Wenzel¹
¹National Marine Fisheries Serv., 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543
²National Marine Fisheries Serv., 75 Virginia Beach Dr., Miami, FL 33149
³National Marine Fisheries Serv., 3209 Frederic St., Pascagoula, MS 39567
Web version posted April 17, 2008
Citation: Waring GT, Josephson E, Fairfield-Walsh CP, Maze-Foley K, editors. 2007. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments -- 2007. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 205; 415 p.

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TABLE 1. A summary of Atlantic marine mammal stock assessment reports for stocks of marine mammals under NMFS authority that occupy waters under USA jurisdiction.

STOCK ASSESSMENTS FOR 2007

North Atlantic Cetacean Species

Northern 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

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

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

Mesoplodon Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon spp.): Western North Atlantic Stock

Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra): 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

White-Beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis): 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

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

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

Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata): 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

APPENDICES

APPENDIX I. Estimated serious injury and mortality (SI&M) of Western North Atlantic marine mammals listed by U.S. observed fisheries for 2001-2005
APPENDIX II. Summary of the confirmed human-caused mortality and serious injury ("SI") events involving baleen whales

APPENDIX III. Fisheries Descriptions -- LARGE PDF (11MB+) -- smaller sections linked below:

Text

Figure 1. 2001 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 2. 2002 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 3. 2003 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 4. 2004 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 5. 2005 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 6. 2001 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 7. 2002 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 8. 2003 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 9. 2004 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 10. 2005 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 11. 2001 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 12. 2002 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 13. 2003 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 14. 2004 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 15. 2005 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 16. 2001 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 17. 2002 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 18. 2003 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 19. 2004 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 20. 2005 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 21. 2001 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 22. 2002 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 23. 2003 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 24. 2004 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 25. 2005 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 26. 2001 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 27. 2002 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 28. 2003 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 29. 2004 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 30. 2005 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 31. 2001-02 Atl. herring purse seine observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 32. 2003 Atlantic herring purse seine observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 33. 2004 Atlantic herring purse seine observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 34. 2005 Atlantic herring purse seine observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B)

Figure 35. 2001 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast

Figure 36. 2002 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast

Figure 37. 2003 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast

Figure 38. 2004 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast

Figure 39. 2005 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast

Figure 40. 2001 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery

Figure 41. 2002 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery

Figure 42. 2003 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery

Figure 43. 2004 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery

Figure 44. 2005 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery

Figure 45. 2001 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico

Figure 46. 2002 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico

Figure 47. 2003 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico

Figure 48. 2004 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico

Figure 49. 2005 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico

APPENDIX IV. Marine Mammal stock assessment reports not updated in 2007:

BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus): Western North Atlantic Stock

KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca): Western North Atlantic Stock

APPENDIX V. West Indian manatees stock assessment: Florida (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and Antillean (Trichechus manatus manatus) stocks

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TABLE 1.	A summary of Atlantic marine mammal stock assessment reports for stocks of marine mammals under NMFS authority that occupy waters under USA jurisdiction.
STOCK ASSESSMENTS FOR 2007 North Atlantic Cetacean Species Northern 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 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 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 Mesoplodon Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon spp.): Western North Atlantic Stock Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra): 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 White-Beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris): Western North Atlantic Stock Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis): 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 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 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 Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata): 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
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I. Estimated serious injury and mortality (SI&M) of Western North Atlantic marine mammals listed by U.S. observed fisheries for 2001-2005 APPENDIX II. Summary of the confirmed human-caused mortality and serious injury ("SI") events involving baleen whales
APPENDIX III. Fisheries Descriptions -- LARGE PDF (11MB+) -- smaller sections linked below: Text Figure 1. 2001 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 2. 2002 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 3. 2003 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 4. 2004 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 5. 2005 Northeast sink gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 6. 2001 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 7. 2002 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 8. 2003 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 9. 2004 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 10. 2005 mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 11. 2001 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 12. 2002 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 13. 2003 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 14. 2004 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 15. 2005 mid-Atlantic bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 16. 2001 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 17. 2002 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 18. 2003 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 19. 2004 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 20. 2005 Northeast bottom trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 21. 2001 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 22. 2002 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 23. 2003 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 24. 2004 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 25. 2005 New Eng. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 26. 2001 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 27. 2002 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 28. 2003 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 29. 2004 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 30. 2005 mid-Atl. mid-water trawl observed tows (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 31. 2001-02 Atl. herring purse seine observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 32. 2003 Atlantic herring purse seine observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 33. 2004 Atlantic herring purse seine observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 34. 2005 Atlantic herring purse seine observed hauls (A) and incidental takes (B) Figure 35. 2001 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast Figure 36. 2002 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast Figure 37. 2003 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast Figure 38. 2004 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast Figure 39. 2005 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - U.S. Atlantic coast Figure 40. 2001 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery Figure 41. 2002 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery Figure 42. 2003 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery Figure 43. 2004 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery Figure 44. 2005 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the Southeast shark drift gillnet fishery Figure 45. 2001 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico Figure 46. 2002 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico Figure 47. 2003 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico Figure 48. 2004 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico Figure 49. 2005 Observed sets and marine mammal interactions in the pelagic longline fishery - Gulf of Mexico
APPENDIX IV. Marine Mammal stock assessment reports not updated in 2007:
BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus): Western North Atlantic Stock KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca): Western North Atlantic Stock

APPENDIX V. West Indian manatees stock assessment: Florida (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and Antillean (Trichechus manatus manatus) stocks