NOAA Tech Memo 213

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.

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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 2009

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): 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

APPENDICES

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 whales

APPENDIX 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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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 2009 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): 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
APPENDICES
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 whales
APPENDIX 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