NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS 

JUNE 2019 

SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY AND MORTALITY 

FOR U.S. PACIFIC WEST COAST MARINE MAMMAL STOCK 

ASSESSMENTS, 2013-2017. 

James V. Carretta1, Van Helker2, Marcia M. Muto2, Justin Greenman3, Kristin Wilkinson4, 

Dan Lawson3, Justin Viezbicke3, and Jason Jannot5 

1Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, 

La Jolla, CA 92037. 

2Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 

98115. 

3Protected Resources Division, NMFS West Coast Region, NOAA, Long Beach, CA, 

90802. 

4Protected Resources Division, NMFS West Coast Region, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98115. 

5Fishery Resource and Monitoring Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, 

Seattle, WA 98112. 

NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-616 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

Southwest Fisheries Science Center 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY AND MORTALITY FOR U.S. PACIFIC 

WEST COAST MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS, 2013-2017. 

James V. Carretta1, Van Helker2, Marcia M. Muto2, Justin Greenman3, 

Kristin Wilkinson4, Dan Lawson3, Justin Viezbicke3, and Jason Jannot5 

Summary 

The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires the National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) to document human-caused mortality, non-serious injury (NSI), and serious 

injury (SI) of marine mammals, as part of marine mammal stock assessments and to evaluate 

human-caused injury and mortality levels in the context of potential biological removal (PBR) 

levels under the MMPA (Wade 1998). NMFS defines SI as “any injury that will likely result in 

mortality”. While documenting mortality is straightforward, distinguishing NSI from SI requires 

data on injury severity and animal condition, often from challenging environments where thorough 

examination of animals is not always possible. NMFS updated its SI designation and reporting 

process in 2012, using guidance from previous SI workshops (Angliss and DeMaster 1998, 

Andersen et al. 2008), expert opinion, and analysis of historical injury cases to develop new criteria 

for distinguishing SI from NSI (NMFS 2012a, 2012b; NOAA 2012; Moore et al. 2013). 

This report contains human-caused injury and mortality records of pinnipeds and cetaceans 

that occur in U.S. west coast waters for the period 2013-2017, for those species evaluated in Pacific 

region marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) (Carretta et al. 2016a). Mortality records, 

while included in this report, were not a part of the SI/NSI status evaluation that included only live 

animals. Subsistence and directed takes (i.e., gray whales taken by Russian natives) are not 

reported here but are reported in SARs published by NMFS. Previous serious injury and mortality 

records, including cases from 2007 through 2016, are published in previous reports (Carretta et al. 

2013, 2014, 2015b, 2016b, 2017, 2018). 

Sources of injury data include strandings, disentanglement networks, the public, 

researchers, and fishery observer programs. Stranding data include records of injured marine 

mammals at sea and ashore. Injury sources include, but are not limited to, vessel strikes, gillnet 

entanglement, pot and trap gear entanglement, shootings, marine debris entanglement, researchrelated injuries/deaths, hook and line fishery interactions, and entrainment in power plant water 

intakes. Most records originate from stranding networks in California, Oregon, and Washington, 

though a few Alaska records of Eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) are 

included, because this population is assessed in the Pacific region SARs and occurs along the U.S. 

west coast. Other marine mammals, such as Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), occur in 

California, Oregon, and Washington waters, but they are assessed in Alaska region SARs (Muto 

et al. 2016) and are not included in this report. Injury determinations for Pacific region 

species/stocks in the central Pacific from Hawaii westward are also included in separate reports 

(Bradford and Forney 2014). 

1

Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, La Jolla, CA 92037. 2

Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98115. 3Protected Resources Division, NMFS West Coast Region, NOAA, Long Beach, CA, 90802. 

4Protected Resources Division, NMFS West Coast Region, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98115. 5Fishery Resource and Monitoring Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98112. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Methods 

The assessment of marine mammals for evidence of human-related injury or death requires 

application of systematic forensic protocols, combined with expertise in diagnosing trauma 

(Moore et al. 2013). Stranding network personnel may have varying regional standards for 

assessing causes of death and injury and thorough examination of carcasses or injured animals is 

not always possible. With respect to the uncertainties in determining whether injuries or deaths are 

human-related, we reviewed stranding records, including at-sea sightings, from NMFS West Coast 

and Alaska regional stranding networks. Those records with human-related causes of injury were 

evaluated using the SI/NSI criteria. Animals whose initial reporting condition was ‘dead’ were not 

evaluated for SI/NSI. Records of SI, NSI, and dead animals are included in Appendix 4 of this 

report. Different criteria for injury assessment are used for three taxonomic groups: pinnipeds, 

large whales, and small cetaceans (NMFS 2012b and Appendices 1-3). Injury determinations 

(excluding 674 records where an animal’s initial condition was ‘dead’) include 1,246 injury 

records from 2013 to 2017. Both initial and final injury determinations are given for each record. 

For example, a pinniped entangled in gillnet that is constricting or impeding movement is 

considered seriously injured. This animal may be captured, taken to a rehabilitation center, treated 

for injuries, and released back into the wild without serious injuries. In the context of categorizing 

commercial fisheries (based on levels of SI and mortality) for the NMFS List of Fisheries (LOF), 

this pinniped is considered seriously injured. This designation allows evaluation of fishery-specific 

risk to marine mammals, even though the pinniped was released back into the wild with nonserious injuries. Similar cases involve large whales entangled in fishing gear and subsequent 

disentanglement efforts. The whale’s injuries may initially be considered serious, especially if the 

entanglement restricts movement. Successful disentanglement of all gear from a whale without 

lingering evidence of an entanglement-related health decline or SI may be designated as a NSI. 

For purposes of the LOF, initial injury assessments are used in evaluating individual fisheries. In 

the context of assessing SI and mortality against PBR levels, the final injury assessment or 

condition is used. In cases where injured pinnipeds are transferred to public display facilities 

(aquaria) or U.S. Navy marine mammal programs following treatment, because their survival in 

the wild is questionable, the final injury determination is termed ‘captivity’, as the animal is 

permanently removed from the wild population. This is equivalent to a SI for the purposes of 

evaluating injuries against PBR. 

Most records contain a single anthropogenic source as the cause of injury or death, but 

animals may show signs of trauma from multiple sources. For example, pinnipeds may be 

entangled in gillnets and also show evidence of gunshot wounds. Where multiple causes of injury 

or death are reported by stranding coordinators we make an attempt to identify and categorize the 

primary cause of death for this report. 

Prorating of serious injuries (large whales only) 

Large whales offer the opportunity to track outcomes of human-caused injuries, due to the 

ability to recognize individuals over time. In addition to ‘NSI’ and ‘SI’ categories, a third category 

of prorated serious injury (‘SI prorate’) is used for large whales. Prorated SI categories are 

determined from large whale records where the outcome of the injury is known, based on a review 

of historical large whale injury cases (NMFS 2012b). For example, 25 vessel-strike cases involving 

large whales with known outcomes were reviewed and 13 (52%) resulted in a decline in health 

status or death of the animal (NMFS 2012b). These data are used to inform decision-making on 

current vessel-strike lacerations where the severity of the laceration (‘superficial’ versus ‘deep’) is 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unknown and the vessel’s size and speed are unknown. For these cases, SI is prorated by 0.52 to 

reflect the known outcomes of the 25 cases with vessel-strike lacerations. For cases with sufficient 

vessel-strike injury details, other SI codes are applied. If a vessel-strike laceration is superficial 

and does not extend below the blubber layer, this is considered a NSI. If the laceration extends 

below the blubber layer (‘deep’), the whale is considered seriously injured (equivalent to a SI 

prorate value of 1.0). An example of calculating annual human-caused SI and mortality for large 

whales as part of the SAR process might include 10 documented vessel-strike lacerations of large 

whales of unknown severity, where the vessel’s size and speed are unknown. Ten large whales 

with lacerations of unknown severity are counted as 10 x 0.52 = 5.2 cases of SI. If one of these 

cases were confirmed as a deep laceration, then the calculation would be 9 x 0.52 = 4.7 + 1.0 = 5.7 

cases of SI. 

Results 

From 2013 to 2017, a total of 1,920 human-related injury (n=1,246) and mortality (n=674) 

records are summarized by anthropogenic source in Figure 1, Table 1, and Appendix 4. 

Approximately 80% of all records represent opportunistic reports of beach strandings and at-sea 

sightings. Only 426 records represent systematic/monitored observations, either fishery observer 

programs (n=336), monitored research-related activities (n=43), or removals of pinnipeds from the 

Bonneville Dam area under MMPA Section 120 (n=124). Pinnipeds (n=1,513) were most 

commonly documented injured or killed by human-related activities, followed by large whales 

(n=243) and small cetaceans (n=164) (Tables 2-6). Animals initially encountered alive accounted 

for 1,246 records, which were evaluated and assigned SI/NSI determinations, including 1,037 

pinnipeds, 201 large whales, and 8 small cetaceans (Appendix 4, Tables 7a-c). 

The primary causes of pinniped injury and mortality were hook and line fishery interactions 

(n=301), shootings (n=198), entanglement in marine debris (n=129), harassment (n=128), oiled 

animals (n=127) and authorized removals under MMPA Section 120 (n=124) (Tables 3 and 6, 

Appendix 4). Pinniped injury and mortality records included California sea lions (Zalophus 

californianus) (n=1,096), harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) (n=270), northern elephant seals 

(Mirounga angustirostris) (n=92), Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) (n=25), 

northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) (n=10), unidentified pinnipeds (n=11), unidentified sea 

lions (n=1), and unidentified otariids (n=5) (Table 2). Approximately one-third (n=487) of 

pinniped cases involved human intervention and treatment, either in the field or through capture 

and care at a rehabilitation facility. For those pinnipeds treated at rehabilitation facilities and 

subsequently released, it is assumed that they survived following treatment and their final injury 

assessments were NSI. An exception to this involves dependent pups that are released alone posttreatment, which are still considered to be serious injuries. Pinniped records lacking detail 

regarding whether the animal was released following rehabilitation facility care were determined 

to be seriously injured. Some pinnipeds were treated and released on site, and their final injury 

status was case-specific. A number of pinnipeds were euthanized as a result of their injuries 

(n=144), while others were sent to public display facilities (n=13) because their existing posttreatment condition made survival in the wild unlikely or they were individuals targeted for 

removal to protect endangered salmon. Of the 1,513 pinniped injury and mortality records, 849 

(56%) animals died as a result of their injuries. An additional 299 (20%) pinniped cases were 

assigned as serious injuries, likely to result in death. Increasing numbers of pinniped strandings in 

recent years have stretched the resources of rehabilitation facilities on the U.S. west coast and have 

limited the ability to track the outcome of every pinniped injury case. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of the 243 large whale records of human-caused injuries and mortalities, 45 whales were 

initially reported as dead and the remaining 198 were assessed for NSI/SI (Appendix 4, Tables 2, 

4, and 7b). The 45 large whale records involving animals found dead were represented by vessel 

strikes (n=24), fishery-related entanglements (n=18), entanglement in marine debris (n=1), illegal 

hunts (n=1), and one shooting record. Of the 153 large whales evaluated for NSI/SI, fishery-related 

entanglements (n=139) were the most common cause of injury, followed by vessel strikes (n=10) 

and entanglement in marine debris (n=4). Large whale injury and mortality cases involved 

humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae, n=138), followed by gray whales (n=60), 

unidentified large whales (n=20), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus, n=10), minke whale (B. 

acutorostrata, n=2), sei whale (B. borealis, n=1), blue whales (B. musculus, n=10), Blainville’s 

beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris, n=1), and Baird’s beaked whale (Berardius bairdii, n=1). 

Humpback whale injuries and mortality were most often reported from 

entanglements in pot/trap fisheries (n=62), followed by unidentified fishing gear (n=55), and 

vessel strikes (n=14). (Appendix 4). Many humpback whale records involving unidentified fishing 

gear are likely to represent pot/trap fisheries, because they are the most commonly-identified 

source of entanglement for the species. Only 4 records of humpback gillnet entanglements were 

reported during this period, compared with 13 records for gray whales. Relatively few gillnet 

entanglements are reported for humpback whales compared with gray whales (Carretta et al. 2013, 

2014, 2015b, 2016b). This may reflect multiple factors, including seasonal and spatial distribution 

differences between the two species along the U.S. west coast. The number of gillnets fished along 

the California coast is greatest in nearshore waters that overlap with the annual gray whale 

migration. Another factor may simply be that gray whales are nearly 10 times more abundant than 

humpback whales in this region, so one might expect greater numbers of gillnet interactions. 

Gray whales were most commonly observed entangled in unidentified fishing gear (n=20) 

followed by pot/trap fisheries (n=18), entangling net fisheries (n=13), and marine debris (n=1) 

(Appendix 4). Many of the unidentified fishing gear cases involving gray whales were likely 

pot/trap fisheries or entangling net fisheries, based on the percentages of known gear type records 

involving gray whales. In addition to entanglements, gray whales were killed or injured by vessel 

strikes (n=7). 

Approximately one-quarter (51/201) of large whale injury cases involved human 

intervention to remove gear. The relatively low percentage of rescue attempts reflects that many 

entangled whales are seen only once and that adverse weather conditions often prohibit safe 

disentanglement attempts. Thirteen large whale records initially designated as SI resulted in a final 

injury status of NSI, the result of successful disentanglement efforts or the animal freeing itself of 

gear over time (Table 7b). One entangled whale that had an initial SI determination was ‘upgraded’ 

to the “SI (prorate)” category after human intervention to remove most of the fishing gear. Fortyseven large whale records with initial SI designations retained final injury designations of SI and 

3 whales were later found dead (Table 7b). A gray whale initially seen in July 2009 with 

constricting gillnet and rope cutting into its caudal peduncle was assigned a serious injury status 

and was resighted in 2010 and 2011, still entangled. This whale was seen again in 2013, free of 

gear and in apparent good health; thus, the final injury determination for this case was non-serious. 

A total of 164 small cetacean records were reviewed but were rarely assessed for SI (n=13) 

because most were initially reported as dead (n=156). Mortality in gillnets, trawls, and unidentified 

fisheries accounted for >90% of small cetacean records, and approximately 45% of small cetacean 

records (n=76) were derived from systematic observer programs or monitored activities. Researchrelated entanglements of small cetaceans in scientific trawls or nets accounted for 24 records: 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) (n=23) and long-beaked common 

dolphin (Delphinus capensis) (n=1). Of the 23 Pacific white-sided dolphin involved in scientific 

trawl operations, 20 were killed, 1 was seriously-injured and 2 escaped through a marine mammal 

excluder device without serious injury. Small cetaceans assessed for injury severity included 

Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) (n=3), long-beaked common dolphins 

(n=2), striped dolphin (n=1), unidentified dolphin (n=1) and harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) 

(n=1). (Table 2). Of the 8 small cetacean records assessed for injuries, 4 animals died, 2 were 

considered non-serious injuries, and 2 records were determined to be a serious injuries (Table 7c). 

Discussion 

Most records of human-related injuries and deaths to marine mammals represent 

opportunistic reports obtained from strandings and at-sea sightings. Stranding data should be 

considered as a minimum count of human-related injury and mortality because not all carcasses 

come ashore or are detected. Where evaluated, estimates of recovery rates of cetacean carcasses 

are consistently quite low (<1% to 33%) across different regions and species, highlighting that 

observed numbers underestimate true impacts (Kraus et al. 2005, Williams et al. 2011, Prado et 

al. 2013), even for extremely coastal species (Wells et al. 2015, Carretta et al. 2016c). Not all 

human-related impacts are represented in this report, such as military sonars and other 

anthropogenic sounds that may impact beaked whales and whose effects would be difficult to 

recognize unless affected animals stranded (Cox et al. 2006). 

Variability in the assessment and determination of human-related injuries and mortality by 

responder or region is an unavoidable situation because regional data-recording standards may 

differ and the ability to thoroughly examine animals may be compromised by weather or 

accessibility to carcasses (Moore et al. 2013). We have made an effort to review only records that 

have unequivocal or probable human-related impacts and recognize that some cases may be missed 

because of a failure to recognize human-caused injuries and deaths. 

Some serious injuries and deaths attributed to marine debris involve derelict fishing gear 

that cannot be linked to a specific fishery. In some cases, fishing gear originates from outside of 

U.S. waters (for example, three northern fur seals were found dead in netting of Chinese origin in 

2009, Carretta et al. 2014). Impacts of commercial gillnet, pot, and trap fisheries are likely greater 

than the number of observations because derelict gear may entangle new animals for long periods. 

Explicit examples include ghost netting that contained harbor seal carcasses of varying states of 

decomposition, evidence that the net had entangled animals over a long time period (Carretta et 

al. 2013, 2014, 2015b, 2016b). 

A small percentage of pinnipeds died after an initial injury assessment of NSI. Nearly all 

of these animals died during treatment in rehabilitation facilities, with hook-related injuries that 

appeared superficial (hooks in flippers and/or lip). Post-mortem examinations often revealed 

causes of death that were unrelated to the visible injury. For example, a California sea lion with a 

hook in its back was found during necropsy to have sharp fragments of plastic in its stomach. Other 

cases involved bullets found post-mortem or hooks in the esophagus/stomach, which were not 

suspected during the initial external examination. 

Acknowledgments 

Many of the records in this report are made possible by those who devote their time to 

rescue and aid marine mammals in the wild. We would like to thank the fishery observers, 

academic researchers, disentanglement and stranding network personnel, vessel skippers, and 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

members of the public for their reports on dead and injured marine mammals. Thanks to Allison 

Henry, Karin Forney, Blair Delean, and the Pacific Scientific Review Group for reviewing our 

serious injury cases. 

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Table 1 (page 1 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality to marine mammals, 2013−2017. 

SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY NUMBER CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HARASSMENT 

OIL / TAR 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER TRAWL 

VESSEL STRIKE 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (CALIFORNIA) 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER TRAWL 

DOG ATTACK 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY 

CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK AND LINE 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION 

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY 

305 16 

199 26 

172 35 

134 42 

133 49 

128 56 

127 62 

124 69 

97 74 

65 77 

55 80 

51 83 

44 85 

38 87 

25 88 

25 90 

22 91 

21 92 

18 93 

17 94 

15 95 

12 95 

10 96 

10 96 

10 97 

9 97 
Table 1 (page 2 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality to marine mammals, 2013−2017. 

SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY NUMBER CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL 

VEHICLE COLLISION 

AT−SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (OREGON) 

ENTRAPMENT 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (WASHINGTON) 

TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) 

WA/OR/CA SABLEFISH POT FISHERY 

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (RECREATIONAL) 

ELECTRIC SHOCK 

AK BSAI FLATFISH TRAWL 

AQUACULTURE FACILITY ENTANGLEMENT 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT WASHINGTON TRIBAL 

GAFF INJURY 

GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL 

ILLEGAL HUNT 

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL 

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT 

NEARSHORE HOOK AND LINE 

RIDGEBACK PRAWN BOTTOM TRAWL 

SEAL BOMB 

SET GILLNET FISHERY INTERACTION 

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER TRAWL 

SPEARING 

TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR 

WA/OR/CA SABLEFISH POT FISHERY AND CA/OR COONSTRIPE SHRIMP POT 

9 98 

4 98 

4 98 

4 98 

3 98 

3 99 

3 99 

2 99 

2 99 

2 99 

2 99 

1 99 

1 99 

1 99 

1 99 

1 99 

1 99 

1 100 

1 100 

1 100 

1 100 

1 100 

1 100 

1 100 

1 100 

1 100 

1 100 
Table 2. Final serious injury and mortality designations by species, 2013−2017. 

CAPTIVITY DEAD NSI SI SI (PRORATE) 

BAIRD'S BEAKED WHALE 0 1 0 0 0 

BLAINVILLE'S BEAKED WHALE 0 1 0 0 0 

BLUE WHALE 0 2 0 2 6 

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN 0 2 0 0 0 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 13 625 269 189 0 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONG−BEAKED 0 31 0 0 0 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORT−BEAKED 0 36 0 0 0 

DALL'S PORPOISE 0 2 0 0 0 

FIN WHALE 0 8 0 2 0 

GRAY WHALE 0 14 5 12 29 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 0 16 6 3 0 

HARBOR PORPOISE 0 45 0 0 0 

HARBOR SEAL 0 166 36 68 0 

HUMPBACK WHALE 0 14 27 31 66 

MINKE WHALE 0 2 0 0 0 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 0 31 30 31 0 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 0 8 0 2 0 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN 0 7 0 0 0 

PACIFIC WHITE−SIDED DOLPHIN 0 27 2 1 0 

RISSO'S DOLPHIN 0 2 0 0 0 

SEI WHALE 0 1 0 0 0 

SHORT−FINNED PILOT WHALE 0 2 0 0 0 

STRIPED DOLPHIN 0 5 0 0 0 

UNIDENTIFIED DOLPHIN 0 1 0 1 0 

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID 0 2 0 3 0 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED 0 1 7 3 0 

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION 0 0 1 0 0 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 0 2 0 0 18 
Table 3 (page 1 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of pinnipeds, 2013−2017. 

SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY NUMBER CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 301 20 

33 

42 

50 

58 

67 

73 

79 

82 

84 

86 

88 

89 

90 

91 

93 

93 

94 

95 

96 

SHOOTING 198 

MARINE DEBRIS 129 

HARASSMENT 128 

OIL / TAR 127 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 124 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER TRAWL 94 

GILLNET FISHERY 92 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 47 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 35 

VESSEL STRIKE 28 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 22 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL 21 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 19 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER TRAWL 18 

DOG ATTACK 17 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 12 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY 12 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 12 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY 11 
Table 3 (page 2 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of pinnipeds, 2013−2017. 

SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY NUMBER CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL 

CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE 10 96 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK AND LINE 10 97 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION 9 98 

VEHICLE COLLISION 9 98 

AT−SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL 4 98 

ENTRAPMENT 4 99 

TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) 3 99 

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA 2 99 

ELECTRIC SHOCK 2 99 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 2 99 

AK BSAI FLATFISH TRAWL 1 99 

AQUACULTURE FACILITY ENTANGLEMENT 1 99 

GAFF INJURY 1 99 

GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL 1 100 

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL 1 100 

NEARSHORE HOOK AND LINE 1 100 

RIDGEBACK PRAWN BOTTOM TRAWL 1 100 

SEAL BOMB 1 100 

SET GILLNET FISHERY INTERACTION 1 100 

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER TRAWL 1 100 

SPEARING 1 100
Table 4. Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of large whales, 2013−2017. 

SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY NUMBER CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (CALIFORNIA) 

VESSEL STRIKE 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 

GILLNET FISHERY 

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (OREGON) 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (WASHINGTON) 

MARINE DEBRIS 

WA/OR/CA SABLEFISH POT FISHERY 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (RECREATIONAL) 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT WASHINGTON TRIBAL 

ILLEGAL HUNT 

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SHOOTING 

TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

WA/OR/CA SABLEFISH POT FISHERY AND CA/OR COONSTRIPE SHRIMP POT 

97 40 

38 56 

33 69 

23 79 

18 86 

7 89 

4 91 

3 92 

3 93 

3 94 

2 95 

2 96 

1 96 

1 97 

1 97 

1 98 

1 98 

1 98 

1 99 

1 99 

1 100 

1 100 
Table 5. Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of small cetaceans, 2013−2017. 

SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY NUMBER CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 42 26 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 40 50 

GILLNET FISHERY 24 65 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 24 79 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 12 87 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 4 89 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 4 91 

VESSEL STRIKE 4 94 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY 3 96 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER TRAWL 3 98 

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY 2 99 

MARINE DEBRIS 1 99 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION 1 100 
Table 6. Leading causes of observed human−caused injury and mortality by species, 2013−2017. 

SPECIES SOURCE OF INJURY/MORTALITY NUMBER OF RECORDS 

BAIRD'S BEAKED WHALE 

BLAINVILLE'S BEAKED WHALE 

BLUE WHALE 

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONG−BEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORT−BEAKED 

DALL'S PORPOISE 

FIN WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR SEAL 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

MINKE WHALE 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN 

PACIFIC WHITE−SIDED DOLPHIN 

RISSO'S DOLPHIN 

SEI WHALE 

SHORT−FINNED PILOT WHALE 

STRIPED DOLPHIN 

UNIDENTIFIED DOLPHIN 

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED 

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

VESSEL STRIKE 1 

GILLNET FISHERY 1 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 4 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 1 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 284 

GILLNET FISHERY 10 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 32 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 1 

VESSEL STRIKE 8 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 20 

MARINE DEBRIS 15 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 27 

HARASSMENT 103 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 56 

MARINE DEBRIS 1 

OIL / TAR 30 

TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) 3 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 5 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 23 

GILLNET FISHERY 1 

VESSEL STRIKE 1 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 2 

GILLNET FISHERY 3 

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY 1 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY 3 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER TRAWL 7 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 1 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 15 
 

 

 

 

 

Table 7a. Matrix of initial (rows) and final (columns) injury determinations for pinnipeds. 

NSI=non-serious injury, SI=serious injury. Records with initial determinations of ‘ALIVE’ 

include individual California sea lions targeted for removal at Bonneville Dam to protect 

endangered salmon under authority of the MMPA Section 120. 

CAPTIVITY DEAD NSI SI 

ALIVE 6 127 0 1 

NSI 1 19 144 28 

SI 6 230 205 270 

Table 7b. Matrix of initial (rows) and final (columns) injury determinations for large whales. 

NSI=non-serious injury, SI=serious injury. 

DEAD NSI SI SI (PRORATE) 

NSI 0 11 0 0 

SI 3 13 47 1 

SI (PRORATE) 0 8 0 118 

Table 7c. Matrix of initial (rows) and final (columns) injury determinations for small cetaceans. 

NSI=non-serious injury, SI=serious injury. 

DEAD NSI SI 

ALIVE 3 0 1 

NSI 0 2 0 

SI 1 0 1 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 1. Pinniped Injury Criteria (NOAA 2012)

Summary of Pinniped1 Injury Categories and Criteria 

Instructions: Each pinniped injury event is recorded to the appropriate injury/information category using all available 

information and scientific judgment, as described in the Procedural Directive. For a single injury event to which several 

categories apply, the injury determination with the highest level of severity is assigned. More detailed information or 

extended observation on an individual case/animal may justify a determination differing from the guidance of this table. Any 

injury leading to apparent significant health decline (e.g., skin discoloration, fat loss) is a serious injury. 

Category Injury/Information Injury 

Determination2 

Additional factors for evaluating 

whether “case specific” injuries are 

serious or non-serious (additional 

factors at end of table) * 

P1 

A free-swimming animal observed at a 

date later than its human interaction, 

exhibiting signs of declining health 

believed to be resulting from initial injury 

(e.g., a marked change in body condition, 

tissue necrosis, emaciation, gangrene). 

SI3 

P2 Ingested gear4 or hook(s) SI 

P3 Visible blood loss Case specific5 Amount of blood, location of the bleeding 

injury, duration of bleeding 

P4 

Animal brought on vessel deck following 

entanglement/entrapment (excluding 

scientific research targeting marine 

mammals and authorized as such under a 

NMFS scientific research permit, where 

the animal is brought on and placed on 

the vessel deck in a controlled manner) 

Case specific 

Manner in which animal is brought on deck, 

length of time animal is on deck, 

environmental conditions (e.g., 

temperature) 

P5a Hook(s) in mouth (excluding criterion 

P5b), regardless of the presence of gear SI 

P5b 

Hook(s) confirmed in head (excluding 

criterion P5a), or in lip only (external 

tissue outside of teeth), no trailing gear 

Case specific 

Location on head (e.g., eye), depth of 

penetration, type of hook, prolonged 

restraint or struggle that could lead to 

capture myopathy, size of hook, impairing 

ability to feed 

P5c Hook(s) in any body part, but hook(s) is 

removed or pulls out Case specific 

Prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, location of 

hooking on the body, depth of hook, hook 

pulls out cleanly vs. causes further injury 

during dehooking, method used to remove 

hook, length of time hooked 

1 For the purposes of this table, pinnipeds include all pinniped species except walrus. 

2 This table includes on only those criteria determined to be serious injuries or case specific based on expert opinion at the 2007 Workshop 

(Andersen et al., 2008) and by pinniped experts on the NMFS Determination Staff working group. For the purposes of streamlining the 

information for the reader, criteria determined to be non-serious injuries are not included in this table. 3 SI = serious injury. 4 For the purposes of this table, gear is defined as any portion of fishing gear excluding the hook, which is considered separately. Lures are 

considered gear. Gear also generally refers to any type of debris entangling or attached to the animal. 

5 Case specific = Could be a serious or non-serious injury, but either 1) there insufficient information about the impact of a particular injury, 

or 2) additional factors must be considered on a case-by-case basis to determine the severity. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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P5d 

Hook(s) in appendage or body (excluding 

criteria P5a-c and P12), without trailing 

gear or with trailing gear that does not 

have the potential6 to: 1) become a 

constricting wrap on animal; 2) be 

ingested, 3) accumulate drag; or 4) 

become snagged on something in the 

environment, anchoring the animal 

NSI 7 

P6 

Gear attached in any manner to freeswimming animal with potential8 to: 1) 

become a constricting wrap on animal; 2) 

be ingested; 3) accumulate drag; or 4) 

become snagged on something in the 

environment, anchoring the animal 

SI 

P7a Anchored/immobilized and not freed SI 

P7b Anchored, immobilized, or entangled 

before being freed without gear attached Case specific 

Duration of entanglement, prolonged 

restraint or struggle that could lead to 

capture myopathy, type of fishing gear, 

where/how gear immobilized animal, 

associated injury (where directly or 

indirectly caused by initial entanglement), 

response of individual 

P8a 

Gear wrapped and constricting any body 

part or likely to become constricting as 

the animal moves or grows 

SI 

P8b Gear wrapped loosely on any body part Case specific 

Type and amount of fishing gear, animal 

body size relative to gear (species, age), 

effect on movement, species sensitivity 

P9 Body trauma9 not covered by any other 

criteria Case specific 

Location of trauma on body, depth 

(superficial or to the bone, penetrating 

muscle or organs) length of laceration(s), 

number of lacerations, cleanliness 

(compression vs. tearing), amount and 

duration of blood loss, risk of infection or 

disease transmission (e.g., dog bites) 

P10 

Visible fracture(s), excluding broken 

appendages (see criterion P13 for broken 

appendages) 

SI 

P11 Vertebral transection or fully severed 

flipper(s) SI 

P12 Body cavity penetration10 by foreign 

object or body cavity exposure SI 

6 For the purposes of this table, potential as it relates to criterion P5d indicates that the trailing gear IS NOT capable of leading to any of the 

situations listed. 

7 NSI = non-serious injury. 8 For the purposes of this table, potential as it relates to criterion P6 indicates that the trailing gear IS capable of leading to any of the 

situations listed. 

9 For the purposes of this table, “trauma” is defined as a wound or bodily harm caused by an extrinsic agent. Blunt trauma is an injury 

(abrasion, laceration, contusion or skeletal fracture) produced by a blunt object striking the body or impact of the body against a blunt object 

or surface. Sharp force trauma is an injury caused by a sharp or pointed object or a bullet from a gunshot creating a penetrating (stab, chop or 

incision) wound. Laceration is defined as a ragged incision or a tearing of the skin. Lacerations are caused by blunt trauma that results in 

stretching, tearing, crushing, shearing, or avulsion of the tissue. 10 For the purposes of this table, “penetration” is defined as a wound occurring when a foreign object punctures the body, such as a bullet 

from a gunshot. Penetrating wounds can be characterized as one of three types: stab (small external wound that is greater in length into the 

body than is apparent on the skin surface), incised (clean cuts into the skin which are longer on the skin surface than they are deep), or chop 

wounds (incised wounds that penetrate deep to the bone, leaving a groove or cut in the bone). 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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P13 Partially severed or fractured flipper(s) Case specific 

Cleanliness (clean cut vs. tear), nature of 

injury causing the loss, extent of fin or 

flipper loss, opened or closed fracture, 

dislocation, amount/duration of blood loss 

P14 

Dependent animal (i.e., pup, juvenile) 

released alone post-interaction or 

dependent animal left with a seriously 

injured or dead mother 

SI 

P15 Observed or reported collision with vessel Case specific 

Speed of vessel, size of vessel, hull shape, 

part of vessel to strike the animal (e.g., 

propeller, hull), size of animal compared to 

size of vessel, location of strike on animal’s 

body, extent and location of wound(s) to 

animal 

* Factors listed in the far right column of Table 3 are unique to the associated injury type. In addition to those listed in this column, the 

factors that should be considered, if available, when reviewing all case specific injury events in Table 3 include, but are not limited to: 

- Species - Size of injury - Cumulative effects of repeated 

- Age or age class (e.g., calf, juvenile, - Duration of injury (e.g., single event, exposures 

adult) repeated, chronic) - Compounding effects of multiple 

- Sex - Depth of injury (e.g., superficial or injuries obtained during a single 

- Size of animal to the bone, penetrating muscle or event 

- Overall health (e.g., nutritional organs) - Availability of data on multiple 

status, body condition, pre-existing - Cleanliness of injury (e.g., sequential events involving the same 

disease state, pre-existing injuries) compression, tearing) individual over time 

- Behavior during and/or after injury- - Environmental condition (e.g., - Susceptibility of the species to 

causing interaction (e.g., listlessness) individuals out of their normal capture myopathy (some sensitive, 

- Reproductive status (e.g., pregnant, habitat, environmental stressors) others robust, some unknown) 

lactating, has dependant pup) - Social stressors (e.g., social structure - Ability of rehabilitated animal to be 

- Natural history (e.g., small home of species, separation of social released 

range, large home range) individuals from the group, - Relative effect of blood loss on 

- Location of injury (e.g., mouth, mother/pup separation) different species 

head, body, flipper/fin, internal) 

In addition to those factors listed above, the factors that apply to all fishery or marine-debris interaction related case specific injuries include, 

but are not limited to: 

- Entanglement type (e.g., hooked, - Entanglement constriction (e.g., to risk snagging the gear and 

anchored, entrapment) tight, loose, multiple wraps) becoming anchored) 

- Amount and size of gear(e.g., size, - Habitat where animal is located - Entanglement duration 

length and number of lines; number (e.g., an animal with trailing gear in - Existence, type and amount of any 

of buoys, traps or anchors; volume areas of dense gear or an area with trailing gear 

of netting; material of gear) vegetation or on shore is more likely 

- Method of handling the animal 

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Appendix 2. Large whale injury criteria (NOAA 2012).

Summary of Large Cetacean1 Injury Categories and Criteria 

Instructions: Each large cetacean injury event is recorded to the appropriate injury/information category using all 

available information and scientific judgment, as described in the Procedural Directive. Criteria L10 - L12 

accommodate events that lack details necessary for assignment to a more specific category. For a single injury 

event to which several categories apply, the injury determination with the highest level of severity is assigned. More 

detailed information or extended observation on an individual case/animal may justify a determination differing 

from the guidance of this table. An animal that is fully disentangled would generally be considered not seriously 

injured, unless there is additional evidence of a serious injury. Any injury leading to apparent significant health 

decline (e.g., skin discoloration, lesions near the nares, fat loss, increased cyamid loads) is a serious injury. 

Category Injury/ Information Injury 

Determination Criteria 

L1 Ingested gear2 or hook(s) SI3 Swallowed, not simply draped through 

mouth 

L2 Constricting wrap SI 

Tightly wrapped line anywhere on body that 

indents the skin or does not shift with 

whale's movement, or line that is likely to 

become constricting as the whale grows. 

Indication that a whale that is heavily 

weighted, anchored or has a discolored 

appendage is sufficient evidence of 

constricting gear 

L3 Loose wrap, bridled or draped gear NSI4 

Loosely wrapped gear that moves or shifts 

freely with whale's movement. Absence of 

constricting gear must be confirmed 

L4 External hook NSI Fishing hook of any size on any part of the 

body (i.e., not ingested) 

L5a Deep laceration5 SI 

Laceration with the potential to affect major 

artery (e.g., laceration or severing at 

insertion of flipper/fluke), penetrating body 

cavity, or cutting bone 

L5b Superficial laceration NSI Laceration not deeper than blubber layer, 

does not affect major artery, or cut bone 

L6a Vessel much greater in size than 

whale or vessel ≥65' and >10 knots SI 

Struck by vessel much greater in size than 

the whale and traveling greater than 10 

knots, or struck by vessel equal or greater 

than 65' and traveling greater than 10 knots, 

and no information on injury to the whale 

L6b Vessel smaller in size than whale 

or vessel <65' and >10 knots Prorate6

: 0.20 

Struck by vessel smaller in size than the 

whale and traveling greater than 10 knots, or 

struck by vessel less than 65' and traveling 

greater than 10 knots, and no information on 

injury to the whale. A strike to a calf by a 

vessel of any size and traveling greater than 

10 knots will be considered a serious injury 

1 For the purposes of this table, “large cetaceans” include all mysticetes and sperm whales. 

2 For the purposes of this table, “gear” is defined as any portion of fishing gear excluding the hook, which is considered separately. 3 SI = Serious Injury. 4 NSI = Non-Serious Injury. 5 For the purposes of this table, “laceration” is defined as a ragged incision or a tearing of the skin. Lacerations are caused by trauma that 

results in stretching, tearing, crushing, shearing, or avulsion of the tissue. Trauma, including blunt and sharp force trauma, includes a wound 

or bodily harm caused by an extrinsic agent.

6 “Prorate” means the number of events assigned to a given category within the assessment period is multiplied by the prorate number 

provided for that category. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 2. Large whale injury criteria (NOAA 2012).

L6c Vessel any size ≤10 knots NSI 

Struck by vessel of any size traveling at 

equal or less than 10 knots and no 

information on injury to the whale 

L7a 

Vessel much greater in size than 

whale or vessel ≥65' and speed 

unknown 

Prorate: 0.56 

Struck by vessel much greater in size than 

the whale traveling at an unknown speed, or 

struck by vessel equal or greater than 65' 

and traveling at unknown speed, and no 

information on injury to the whale. A strike 

to a calf by a vessel of any size when speed 

is unknown will be considered a serious 

injury 

L7b Vessel smaller in size than whale 

or vessel <65' and speed unknown Prorate: 0.14 

Struck by vessel smaller than the whale 

traveling at an unknown speed, or struck by 

vessel less than 65' and traveling at 

unknown speed, and no information on 

injury to the whale. A strike to a calf by a 

vessel of any size when speed is unknown 

will be considered a serious injury 

L8 Dependent7 SI Dependent calf of a dead or seriously 

injured mother 

L9 Brought on deck SI Whale removed from water and brought on 

deck 

L10 Evidence of entanglement Prorate: 0.75 

Confirmed entanglement but insufficient 

information available to place in any of the 

L1-L4 criteria with a high degree of 

certainty 

L11 Vessel strike laceration Prorate: 0.52 

Whale confirmed with non-entanglement 

related laceration but lacking details to place 

in either criteria L5a or L5b with a high 

degree of certainty. Includes observation of 

blood in water 

L12 Vessel strike observed Prorate: 0.36 

Confirmed vessel strike report where there 

is insufficient detail to assign event to 

criteriaL6a – L7b with a high degree of 

certainty. A strike to a calf by a vessel of 

unknown size traveling at an unknown 

speed will be considered a serious injury 

7 “Dependent” for a large cetacean means a non-weaned calf. Weaned calves and juvenile large cetaceans are no longer dependent on their 

mothers. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 3. Small cetacean injury criteria (NOAA 2012).

Summary of Small Cetacean1 Injury Categories and Criteria 

Instructions: Each small cetacean injury event is recorded to the appropriate injury/information category using all available 

information and scientific judgment, as described in the Procedural Directive. For a single injury event to which several 

categories apply, the injury determination with the highest level of severity is assigned. More detailed information or 

extended observation on an individual case/animal may justify a determination differing from the guidance of this table. 

Any injury leading to apparent significant health decline (e.g., skin discoloration, fat loss) is a serious injury. 

Category Injury/Information Injury 

Determination2 

Additional factors for evaluating 

whether “case specific” injuries are 

serious or non-serious (additional 

factors at end of table) * 

S1 

A free-swimming animal observed at a 

date later than its human interaction, 

exhibiting signs of declining health 

believed to be resulting from initial injury 

(e.g., a marked skin discoloration, fat loss) 

SI3 

S2 Ingested gear4 or hook(s) SI 

S3 Visible blood loss Case specific5 Amount of blood, location of the bleeding 

injury, duration of bleeding 

S4 

Animal brought on vessel deck following 

entanglement/entrapment (excluding 

scientific research targeting marine 

mammals and authorized as such under a 

NMFS scientific research permit, where 

the animal is brought on and placed on the 

vessel deck in a controlled manner) 

SI 

S5a 

Hook(s) in head (excluding criterion S5b), 

regardless of the presence of gear SI 

S5b Hook(s) confirmed in lip only, external 

tissue outside of teeth, no trailing gear Case specific 

Prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, size of hook, 

depth of hooking, impairing ability to feed, 

presence of other injuries 

S5c Hook(s) in any body part, but hook(s) is 

removed or pulls out Case specific 

Prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, depth of hook, 

hook pulls out cleanly vs. causes further 

injury during dehooking, method used to 

remove hook, length of time hooked 

S5d 

Hook(s) in appendage or body (excluding 

criterion S5a), without trailing gear or with 

trailing gear that does not have the 

potential6 to: 1) become a constricting 

wrap on animal; 2) be ingested; 3) 

accumulate drag; or 4) become snagged 

on something in the environment, 

anchoring the animal 

Case specific 

Prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, depth and 

location of hook, type and amount of gear 

attached 

1 For the purposes of this table, small cetaceans include all odontocetes except sperm whales. 

2 This table includes on only those criteria determined to be serious injuries or case specific based on expert opinion at the 2007 Workshop 

(Andersen et al., 2008) and by small cetacean experts on the NMFS Determination Staff working group. For the purposes of streamlining the 

information for the reader, criteria determined to be non-serious injuries are not included in this table. 3 SI = serious injury. 4 For the purposes of this table, gear is defined as any portion of fishing gear excluding the hook, which is considered separately. Lures are 

considered gear. Gear also generally refers to any type of debris entangling or attached to the animal. 

5 Case specific = Could be a serious or non-serious injury, but either 1) there is insufficient information about the impact of a particular 

injury, or 2) additional factors must be considered on a case-by-case basis to determine the severity 6 For the purposes of this table, “potential” as it relates criterion S5d indicates that the trailing gear IS NOT capable of leading to any of the 

situations listed. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 3. Small cetacean injury criteria (NOAA 2012).

S6 

Gear attached to free-swimming animal 

with potential7 to: 1) become a constricting 

wrap on animal; 2) be ingested; 3) 

accumulate drag; or 4) become snagged on 

something in the environment, anchoring 

the animal 

SI 

S7a Anchored, immobilized, or entrapped and 

not freed SI 

S7b 

Anchored, immobilized, entangled, or 

entrapped before being freed without gear 

attached 

Case specific 

Duration of entanglement/entrapment, 

prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, gear type, 

where/how gear is attached to animal, 

associated injury (i.e., where directly or 

indirectly caused by initial entanglement), 

response of individual animal, method 

used by human to remove gear from 

animal 

S8a 

Gear wrapped and constricting on any 

body part or is likely to become 

constricting as the animal moves or grows 

SI 

S8b Gear wrapped and loose on any body part Case specific 

Gear type, amount of gear, potential for 

snag, potential to lead to criterion S8a, 

animal body size relative to gear (e.g., 

because of species or age), effect on 

animal movement, species sensitivity (e.g., 

frightens easily) 

S9 Body trauma8 not covered by any other 

criteria Case specific 

Location of wound, depth (e.g., superficial 

or to the bone, penetrating muscle or 

organs), length, number of lacerations, 

cleanliness (i.e., compression vs. tearing) 

S10 

Visible fracture(s), excluding pectoral fins 

(see criterion S13d for pectoral fin 

fractures) 

SI 

S11 Vertebral transection, including fully 

severed flukes SI 

S12 Body cavity penetration9 by foreign object 

or body cavity exposure SI 

S13a Loss or disfigurement of dorsal fin Case specific 

Cleanliness (i.e., compression vs. tearing), 

nature of injury causing the loss, extent of 

fin loss (i.e., full or partial), amount and 

duration of blood loss 

S13b Partially severed flukes, transecting 

midline SI 

7 For the purposes of this table, potential as it relates criterion S6 indicates that the trailing gear IS capable of leading to any of the situations 

listed. 

8 For the purposes of this table, “trauma” is defined as a wound or bodily harm caused by an extrinsic agent. Blunt trauma is an injury 

(abrasion, laceration, contusion or skeletal fracture) produced by a blunt object striking the body or impact of the body against a blunt object 

or surface. Sharp force trauma is an injury caused by a sharp or pointed object creating a penetrating (stab, chop or incision) wound. 

Laceration is defined as a ragged incision or a tearing of the skin. Lacerations are caused by blunt trauma that results in stretching, tearing, 

crushing, shearing, or avulsion of the tissue. 

9 For the purposes of this table, “penetration” is defined as a wound occurring when a foreign object punctures the body. Penetrating wounds 

can be characterized as one of three types: stab (small external wound that is greater in length into the body than is apparent on the skin 

surface), incised (clean cuts into the skin which are longer on the skin surface than they are deep), or chop wounds (incised wounds that 

penetrate deep to the bone, leaving a groove or cut in the bone). 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 3. Small cetacean injury criteria (NOAA 2012).

S13c Partially severed flukes, not transecting 

midline Case specific 

Cleanliness (i.e., compression vs. tearing), 

nature of injury causing the loss, amount 

and duration of blood loss 

S13d Partially or completely severed or 

fractured pectoral fin(s) Case specific 

Cleanliness (i.e., compression vs. tearing), 

nature of injury causing the loss, extent of 

fin loss (i.e., full or partial), amount and 

duration of blood loss, opened or closed 

fracture 

S14 

Social animal separated from group and/or 

released alone post-interaction (excluding 

criterion S15) 

Case specific 

Species (e.g., sensitivity, offshore vs. 

inshore), location of release (e.g., 

likelihood of animal locating its 

conspecifics) 

S15 

Dependent animal (i.e., calf, juvenile) 

released alone post-interaction or 

dependent animal left with a seriously 

injured or dead mother 

SI 

S16 Observed or reported collision with vessel Case specific 

Speed of vessel, size of vessel, hull shape, 

part of vessel to strike the animal, size of 

animal compared to size of vessel, 

behavior of animal after collision, extent 

and location of wound(s) on animal 

* Factors listed in the far right column of Table 2 are unique to the associated injury type. In addition to those listed in this column, the 

factors that should be considered, if available, when reviewing all case specific injury events in Table 2 include, but are not limited to: 

- Species - Size of injury - Compounding effects of multiple 

- Age or age class (e.g., calf, juvenile, - Duration of injury (e.g., single event, injuries obtained during a single 

adult) repeated, chronic) event 

- Sex - Depth of injury (e.g., superficial or - Availability of data on multiple 

- Size of animal to the bone, penetrating muscle or sequential events involving the same 

- Overall health (e.g., nutritional organs) individual over time 

status, body condition, pre-existing - Cleanliness of injury (e.g., - Susceptibility of the species to 

disease state, pre-existing injuries) compression, tearing) capture myopathy (spinner dolphins 

- Behavior during and/or after injury- - Environmental condition (e.g., and porpoises notoriously sensitive; 

causing interaction (e.g., dorsal individuals out of their normal bottlenose dolphins robust; many 

arching, listlessness) habitat, climate stressors) others fall in between, with some 

- Reproductive status (e.g., pregnant, - Social stressors (e.g., social structure unknown) 

lactating, has dependant calf) of species, separation of social - Ability of rehabilitated animal to be 

- Natural history (e.g., indigenous, individuals from the group, cow/calf released 

migratory) separation) - Relative effect of blood loss on 

- Location of injury (e.g., mouth, - Cumulative effects of repeated different species 

head, body, fin, tail, internal) exposures 

In addition to those factors listed above, the factors that apply to all fishery-interaction related case specific injuries include, but are not 

limited to: 

- Entanglement type (e.g., hooked, anchored, entrapment) - Habitat where animal is located (e.g., an animal with trailing 

- Amount and size of gear (e.g., size, length and number of gear areas of dense gear or an area with vegetation is more 

branches of line; number of buoys, traps or anchors; volume likely to risk snagging the gear and becoming anchored) 

of netting) - Entanglement duration 

- Entanglement constriction (e.g., tight, loose, multiple wraps) - Existence, type and amount of any trailing gear 

- Method of handling the animal during disentanglement 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

BAIRD'S BEAKED WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 29 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD 

THE DISTAL END OF THE PEDUNCLE AND THE FLUKES HAD 

BEEN SEVERED OFF, LIKELY PERIMORTEM. STANDARD 

LENGTH MEASUREMENT IS TO THE SEVERED PEDUNCLE. 

LIMITED NECROPSY DUE TO THE LEVEL OF DECOMPOSITION. DEAD L5A 1 N Y 

BLAINVILLE'S BEAKED 

WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 10 9 GILLNET FISHERY CLALLAM WA DEAD 

DETERMINED VIA EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EXAM, 

HISTOLOGY. SEVERAL EVENLY SPACED (5CM BETWEEN EACH 

"X") CROSSHATCH MARKS ON FRONT OF ROSTRUM AND 

SIDES OF HEAD. THIN INDENTATIONS ON LEFT AND RIGHT 

SIDES OF BEAK THAT APPEAR TO WRAP AROUND BEAK. 

DIFFUSE BRUISING THROUGHOUT HEAD BLUBBER, SEVERE 

ON RIGHT SIDE BEHIND BLOWHOLE, WITH EDEMATOUS 

MUSCLE BENEATH. BODY BRUISING, PARTICULARLY ON 

ENTIRE VENTRAL SIDE OF THE ANIMAL AND ALONG THE TIPS 

OF THE DORSAL VERTEBRAL PROCESSES. EVIDENCE OF 

POSSIBLE DROWNING, CONFIRMED VIA HISTOLOGY. ALSO 

INGESTED 15CM LONG PIECE OF BLACK KNOTTED ROPE 

(3CM DIAMETER). DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 9 4 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE) 

OVERHEAD CAMERA FOOTAGE INDICATES THAT GEAR 

ORIGINATES FROM MOUTH OR RIGHT PECTORAL AND RUNS 

ALONG BODY, POSSIBLY TWO LINES, ONE OVER THE FLUKES 

AND ANOTHER UNDER THE FLUKES THEN APPROX 40 FT 

BEHIND WHALE, THEN WRAPS/TWISTS TOGETHER AND 

GOES BACK 400+ FEET; CDFW CONCURS IS CONSISTENT 

WITH DEEP SET TRAP, POSSIBLY HAGFISH, SABLEFISH, OR 

SPOT PRAWN. CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN AND 

CANNOT TELL IF GEAR IS CONSTRICTING OR LOOSELY 

WRAPPED. WHALE REPORTED AS SWIMMING AND DIVING, 

BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SUBMERGE BODY. WHALE APPEARS 

SLIGHTLY THIN, IMPLYING A DECLINE IN HEALTH STATUS 

DUE TO THE TRAILING GEAR. SERIOUS INJURY PRORATION 

VALUE IS ASSIGNED AS = 1 FOR THIS REASON. PHOTOS AND 

VIDEO REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA, J. GILPATRICK, M. LYNN 

AND A. HENRY. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 1 Y Y 

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2016 6 26 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) SAN DIEGO CA SI 

35 MILES WEST OF PT. LOMA. TRAILING 2 RED BULLET 

BUOYS WITH PURPLE T6 CDFW DUNGENESS CRAB BUOY 

TAG; LINE WRAPPED THROUGH MOUTH OR AROUND 

PECTORAL FIN. GEAR WAS ORIGINALLY SET OFF SAN LUIS 

OBISPO IN 40 - 70 FATHOMS OF WATER. WHALE SEEN NEXT 

DAY, LOGGING AT SURFACE, WHICH IS ABNORMAL 

BEHAVIOR FOR A BLUE WHALE. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT 

AT DISENTANGLING WHALE. FULL CONFIGURATION OF 

GEAR UNKNOWN. THIS IS A SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF 

THE NOTED HEALTH DECLINE OF THE WHALE. SI L10 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

BLUE WHALE 

BLUE WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2016 

2016 

7 

8 

14 

15 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN FRANCISCO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI (PRORATE) 

SEEN OFF LOS ANGELES TRAILING BUOYS AND LINE. 

MULTIPLE RESIGHTS AS FAR NORTH AS SANTA CRUZ 

COUNTY. SEEN ACTIVELY FEEDING WITH OTHER BLUE 

WHALES THROUGH EARLY OCTOBER. FINAL SIGHTING WAS 

IN OCTOBER OFF OF LOS ANGELES. WHALE BODY 

CONDITION WAS DESCRIBED AS 'EMACIATED' IN AUGUST 

AND 'FAIR' IN OCTOBER. LINE WRAPPED AROUND BODY, 2 

YELLOW BUOYS WITH BLUE TIPS, TRAILING 30 FEET BEHIND 

WHALE, SPACED 1 FM APART, PURPLE CDFW DUNGENESS 

CRAB BUOY TAG VISIBLE, VIDEO SHOWS ALGAE AND 

BARNACLE GROWTH ON ROPE AND BUOYS, COMPRESSION 

OF BUOYS. UNCERTAINTY OVER WHETHER LINE EXTENDS 

THROUGH MOUTH OR JUST OVER PECTORAL FLIPPERS. 

HEALTH DECLINE AND TWO CRISS-CROSSED TIGHT WRAPS 

OF LINE POSTERIOR OF DORSAL AROUND BODY WARRANTS 

SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO CONSTRICTING GEAR. 

REPORT OF AN ENTANGLED WHALE FROM POINT BLUE 

CONSERVATION GROUP NEAR THE FARALLON ISLANDS. NO 

PHOTOS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AMOUNT OF GEAR 

AND CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. 

SI 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L2 

L10 

1 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2016 8 28 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

2 BLACK OR GREEN BUOYS WITH ABUNDANT MARINE 

GROWTH TRAILING BEHIND WHALE ABOUT 20-30 FEET, NO 

TAIL ENTANGLEMENT POSSIBLY PECTORAL FIN. AMOUNT 

AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. NO PHOTOS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2016 10 26 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD 

MODERATELY DECOMPOSED 65-FOOT LONG BLUE WHALE 

NECROPSIED BY THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER, FINDINGS 

OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. SOME UNCERTAINTY WHETHER 

OR NOT VESSEL STRIKE WAS POST-MORTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 5 25 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD 

NECROPSY CONDUCTED BY MARINE MAMMAL CENTER IN 

SAUSILITO. BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA DUE TO A BOAT STRIKE,” 

SAID BARBIE HALASKA, A BIOLOGIST AND RESEARCH 

ASSISTANT AT THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER IN 

SAUSALITO. LEFT SIDE OF BODY WAS DAMAGED. FINDINGS 

INCLUDED 10 BROKEN RIBS AND 10 FRACTURED VERTEBRAE 

NEAR THE TAIL AND MID-BODY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 6 10 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) SAN FRANCISCO CA SI (PRORATE) 

TWO BUOYS ON RIGHT SIDE OF BODY, WITH LINE POSSIBLY 

EXTENDING TO MOUTH. ONE BUOY HAD A RED/ORANGE 

TAG, THIS IS A CA DUNGENESS CRAB ENTANGLEMENT. ONE 

LARGER YELLOW BUOY WITH BLACK LONGITUDINAL STRIPE 

TRAILING OFF RIGHT SIDE, MID BODY, POSSIBLE MOUTH 

ENTANGLEMENT. APPEARS TO BE A GREEN/BLUE LINE 

AROUND THE HEAD. ANIMAL LUNGING AT SURFACE, 

OBSERVERS THINK IT MIGHT HAVE SELF-RELEASED, BUT 

BUOYS WERE NOT SEEN AGAIN. UNCERTAINTY REGARDING 

CONTINUED PRESENCE OF GEAR ON ANIMAL AND 

UNKNOWN CONFIGURATION WARRANTS PRORATED 

SERIOUS INJURY. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

PHOTOS SHOW BLUE LINE DRAPED OVER BACK OF WHALE 

DIAGONALLY, FROM ANTERIOR TO DORSAL FIN, TOWARDS 

MIDBODY. PHOTOS SHOW THAT PRIVATE VESSEL 

RETRIEVED, VIA CUTTING, A LONG LENTGH OF BLUE LINE 

AND 2 LARGE BUMPER BUOYS. UNCLEAR IF GEAR REMAINED 

ON ANIMAL OR NOT. BODY CONDITION OF WHALE LOOKED 

GOOD, NO BEHAVIORAL SUMMARY. UNKNOWN GEAR UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY SI CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT. BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 8 19 INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE) (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

PHOTOS SHOW BLUE WHALE TRAILING A SINGLE BUOY 

APPROXIMATELY 1.5 BODY LENGTHS BEHIND TAIL. ANIMAL 

WAS ACTIVELY SWIMMING. GEAR CONFIGURATION AND UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY SI AMOUNT UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 9 23 INTERACTION SAN FRANCISCO CA SI (PRORATE) (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

CLEAR MULTIFILAMENT ROPE IMPRESSIONS ON THE 

ROSTRUM, MELON, AXILLA AND BODY. ANIMAL IDENTIFIED 

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CALIFORNIA COASTAL 2013 2 25 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD AS COASTAL STOCK VIA GENETICS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

SELF-REPORTED BY VESSEL CAPTAIN. NO DETAILS OTHER 

THAN KILLED. ASSUMED TO BE PART OF OFFSHORE 

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA OFFSHORE 2014 1 3 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

CA/OR/WA STOCK BASED ON TYPICAL FISHING LOCATIONS 

FOR THIS FISHERY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SAN MIGUEL 

ISLAND CA DEAD 

DATE UNCERTAIN, EITHER 2012 OR 2013, ASSIGNED MORE 

RECENT YEAR. MORIBUND PUP SAMPLED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SAN MIGUEL 

ISLAND CA DEAD 

DATE UNCERTAIN, EITHER 2012 OR 2013, ASSIGNED MORE 

RECENT YEAR. MORIBUND PUP SAMPLED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 2 MARINE DEBRIS UNKNOWN CA SI 

PLASTIC BAG AROUND NECK, WAS OFF WHEN WE ARRIVED 

ON SCENE. MALNUTRITION, HYPOGLYCEMIC. SI P8A, P7B 1 N Y 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 3 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CLEARLY SHOT ANTERIORLY AND EXITED AT PELVIC AREA 

SHATTERING LEFT PELVIC BONE; INTESTINES TWISTED; LEFT 

KIDNEY LARGE A LITTLE SWOLLEN AND HAD CLEAR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 4 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS; VARIOUS TISSUES/ORGANS 

HEMORRHAGED; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL 

CAVITIES. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI 

MALNUTRITION, HYPOGLYCEMIC UPON ADMISSION. FISH 

HOOKS IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER, RIGHT REAR FLIPPER,RIGHT 

UPPER LIP. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5C 0 N N 

SEA LION BECAME ENTANGLED IN CODEND AND NET WAS 

EMPTIED ON DECK. SEA LION WAS COAXED OFF OF VESSEL 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 19 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI WITH HOSES, EXITED WITH NO APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 26 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; CLEAR 

SHOTGUN PELLET HOLE IN MOUTH/CHEEK; 8 BROKEN RIBS 

ON LEFT SIDE; A 5" HOLE AND HEMORRHAGE IN LEFT MIDABDOMINAL WALL WITH POOLED BLOOD INSIDE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 28 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI 

PACKING STRAP (NO DETAILS GIVEN BUT THIS TYPE OF 

INJURY IS USUALLY CONSTRICTING). SI P8A 1 N Y 

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 6 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

SEA LION FEEDING ON CATCH HAULED ON BOARD WITH 

NET. ANIMAL JUMPED OVERBOARD AFTER NET WAS 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 15 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI OPENED ON DECK, NO APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 0 N N 

SEA LION FEEDING ON CATCH HAULED ON BOARD WITH 

NET. ANIMAL EXITED VIA TRAWL RAMP AFTER NET WAS 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 16 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI OPENED ON DECK, NO APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2 

2 

18 

20 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

UNKNOWN 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

WA 

NSI 

DEAD 

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, HYPERTHERMIC, SEIZURING, 

FISH HOOK LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, SMALL WOUND ON CHIN 

AND NOSE 

THREE BULLETS RECOVERED FROM HEADLESS, 

DECOMPOSED ANIMAL. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5D 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2 

2 

2 

23 

23 

26 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

SEVERE WOUND AROUND NECK FROM GILL NET, 

OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION. CONSTRICTING INJURY 

WITHOUT INTERVENTION. 

WHITE FISHING LINE EMBEDDED AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

P8A 

P8A 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2 

3 

27 

1 

VEHICLE COLLISION 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

RECEIVED CALL FROM CIMWI VOLUNTEER WHO WORKS FOR 

CALTRANS. FOUND CSL APPARENTLY HIT BY VEHICLE ON 

PCH. 

FISHERMAN ACCIDENTALLY HOOKED PUP ON FISHING LINE, 

FISHING HOOK AND LINE IN MOUTH. ANIMAL TAKEN TO 

VETERINARIAN FOR TREATMENT. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P5C 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

3 

3 

3 

1 

2 

3 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

VESSEL STRIKE 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

UNKNOWN 

CLATSOP 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

OR 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION FISHING LINE LOOSE 

AROUND NECK. NOT CLEAR IF ANIMAL CONDITION IS 

RELATED TO FISHING LINE. 

FIVE PROPELLER CUTS ALONG LEFT VENTRAL PELVIS 

(STARTING TO HEAL); THORACIC CAVITY FILLED WITH ROSY 

REDDISH PINK RUNNY FLUID; ANIMAL APPEARED THIN 

EXTERNALLY BUT HAD A GOOD BLUBBER LAYER. 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P8B 

P15 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

TWO VENTRAL INJURIES THAT DON'T APPEAR TO BE FROM 

SCAVENGING. ONE IS A SMALL HOLE THAT LOOKS LIKE A 

GUNSHOT. SECOND IS A LARGE OPENING NEAR THE RIGHT 

"ARM PIT"; LOOKS TOO CLEAN AND CIRCULAR (TO BE FROM 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 12 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA DEAD NATURAL CAUSES). DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

3 

3 

3 

13 

13 

14 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FISHING LINE IN LEFT EYE BUT CAME OUT IN THE NETTING 

AS HE WAS COLLECTED. EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED PUP. NO 

DETAILS GIVEN ON FINAL OUTCOME. 

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 15 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

GILL NET EMBEDDED AROUND NECK AND MOUTH. THIN 

BODY CONDITION. SI P1, P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 15 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 16 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA DEAD INGESTED GARBAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 16 MARINE DEBRIS UNKNOWN CA SI 

PLASTIC BAG AROUND ANIMALS NECK, SMALL WOUNDS ON 

FLIPPERS. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 17 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE OR SI 

SOMETHING TIGHTLY WRAPPED AROUND NECK, PLASTIC 

PACKING BAND? SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

3 

3 

3 

17 

19 

19 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

LOS ANGELES 

VENTURA 

CLATSOP 

WA 

CA 

OR 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET/SHOTGUN PELLET 

HOLES THROUGH SKULL WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING. 

SEA LION ON BACK OF BOAT AT CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR 

MARINA WITH FISHHOOK. FISHHOOK REMOVED AND CSL 

RELOCATED ON 3/20/2013 TO HOBIE BEACH. 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION AND BLUBBER 

LAYER; ANIMAL SHOT IN DORSAL BACK WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; LEFT KIDNEY TREMENDOUSLY 

HEMORRHAGED MEDIALLY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P5C 

NA 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

3 

3 

3 

21 

21 

21 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

WA 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

MALNUTRITION; FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND TAG, NO 

SIGN OF BODY ENTANGLEMENT. 

MALNUTRITION; SWOLLEN JAW; FISH HOOKS DEEPLY 

EMBEDDED IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER AND LEFT SIDE OF 

MOUTH. 

THIN ANIMAL; SHOTGUN PELLETS FOUND IN HEAD. 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

P8B 

P5A 

P9 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

3 

3 

21 

23 

SHOOTING 

DOG ATTACK 

CLATSOP 

ORANGE 

OR 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SEVERAL 0.5 CM-DIAMETER HOLES IN NECK AND BODY WIT 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE 

THROUGHOUT ANIMAL; MUZZLE APPEARED SWOLLEN. 

SEA LION WAS ATTACKED BY A DOG ON THE BEACH AND 

SUSTAINED FATAL INJURY. 

H 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

P9 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

FISH HOOK RIGHT CHEEK AND RIGHT FLIPPER ALLOWING 

PEOPLE TO TOUCH. SI P5B 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 25 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

3 

3 

3 

3 

25 

26 

26 

26 

SHOOTING 

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

CLATSOP 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL WAS THIN; BULLET/SHOTGUN PELLET FRAGMENTS 

IN JAW MUSCLE. 

SEA LION CAME UP WITH THE CATCH AND WAS DUMPED 

OUT IN THE TRAWL ALLEY AND THE CREW BANGED ON 

BASKETS AND THE SEA LION JUMPED OFF THE TRAWL RAMP 

AND SWAM AWAY WITHOUT TRAILING GEAR. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL CUT LOOSE FROM POSSIBLE 

FISHING LINE. 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

DEAD 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

NA 

P4 

P7B 

NA 

1 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI EMBEDDED FISH HOOK REMOVED FROM ANIMAL. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 27 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI 

APPARENT PACKING BAND OR MONFILAMENT; TIGHT 

LIGATURE AROUND UPPER PART OF NECK. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI 

FISH HOOK RIGHT NOSTRIL AND LEFT FLIPPER, LOW 

TEMPERATURE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

FISH HOOKS IN FLIPPERS. 5 FISH HOOKS TOTAL, IN BOTH 

FRONT AND REAR FLIPPERS. NSI P5D 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

TWO FISHING HOOKS REMOVED FROM DEHYDRATED, 

EMACIATED PUP. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOK IN LIP. SI P1, P5B 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

4 

4 

2 

2 

4 

5 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

DOG ATTACK 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

UNKNOWN 

SAN DIEGO 

UNKNOWN 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH AND TAR ON BODY. THIN, 

DEHYDRATED. 

FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM LEFT REAR FLIPPER AND LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER. 

DOG BITE. LIFE GUARDS REPORTED SEEING THE ANIMAL 

BEING BITTEN BY A DOG. LOW GLUCOSE, WOUND FRONT 

RIGHT FLIPPER, TAR ON FACE. 

MALNUTRITION AND HYPOTHERMIC; RIGHT EAR FLAP CUT 

OFF FROM GILL NET; GILL NET CUT INTO SKULL AND RIGHT 

SIDE OF JAW; CONGESTED; COUGHING; HAS HEART 

MURMUR. 

SI 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

P1, P5A 

P5C 

P9 

P1, P8A 

1 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

5 

6 

HARASSMENT 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

ORANGE 

UNKNOWN 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT SEA LION REMOVED FROM BEACH AND 

TAKEN HOME FOR 2 DAYS BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO 

CLAIMED ANIMAL WAS BITTEN BY A RACCOON WHILE 

STRANDED ON THE SHORELINE. ANIMAL WAS RETURNED TO 

THE HARBOR AND CONTROL OFFICER RETRIEVED ANIMAL. 

ANIMAL WAS EUTHANIZED. 

MALNUTRITION; FISH HOOK FELL OUT IN TRANSIT BUT STILL 

A HOLE IN LIP ON RIGHT SIDE. 

DEAD 

SI 

P9 

P1, P5C 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

THIN PUP. HOOK IN FRONT LEFT FLIPPER. FISHING HOOK IN 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI FRONT LEFT FLIPPER WAS REMOVED. NSI P5C 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

4 

6 

7 

7 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

CLATSOP 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET CASING AND 

FRAGMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE AT RIGHT 

SIDE OF HEAD; POSSIBLE BULLET FRAGMENTS IN PELVIC 

AREA; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE IN PELVIC AND HIND 

FLIPPER AREAS. 

FISHING LINE INJURY AROUND NECK, LOW GLUCOSE. 

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER REMOVED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

NA 

P7B 

P5C 

1 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

8 

10 

VEHICLE COLLISION 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

VENTURA 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

NUMEROUS CALLS RECEIVED OF CSL ON PACIFIC COAST 

HIGHWAY APPARENTLY HIT BY VEHICLE. FOUND CSL ON 

ROAD BLEEDING FROM MOUTH AND SIDE OF HEAD 

SWOLLEN. DIED DURING TRANSPORT. 

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH & LEFT REAR FLIPPER. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

4 

13 

15 

16 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

SAN DIEGO 

COLUMBIA 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

CA 

OR 

WA 

SI 

DEAD 

ALIVE 

FISHING LINE ENTANGLEMENT AROUND HEAD, MISSING 

RIGHT EAR, DISORIENTED,LETHARGIC, SUSPECT DOMOIC 

ACID TOXICOSIS. 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN 

PELLETS IN BODY WITH ASSOCIATED HOLES AND 

HEMORRHAGE. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

4 

16 

16 

18 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

TILLAMOOK 

LOS ANGELES 

WA 

OR 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

SEVERAL WITNESSES DESCRIBED STAINLESS STEEL 

TRAWLING WIRE AROUND NECK; CUTTING THROUGH 

BLUBBER AND MUSCLE. 

MALNUTRITION. GILL NET INJURY-CIRCUMFERENTIAL CUT 

AROUND NECK. 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

NA 

P8A 

P1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 20 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI 

RESTRAND. MISSING RIGHT EYE. LETHARGIC, PEOPLE 

PETTING HIM ON BEACH. GUNSHOT WOUND TO FACE. SI P9 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY UNKNOWN CA SI EMACIATED, FISH HOOK REAR FLIPPER AND ABOVE EYE. SI P5B 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 21 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM, RELEASED TO SAN ONOFRE STATE BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 21 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

THIN, DEHYDRATED. FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH REMOVED 

ON INTAKE. NSI P1, P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 24 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI 

OBVIOUS SIGNS OF TRAUMA DUE TO A PROPELLER WOUND 

TO ANIMALS SACRUM AND REAR FLIPPER AREAS. MULTIPLE 

BONES EXPOSED. EYES AND VISION ALSO APPEARED 

COMPROMISED. SI P15 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

27 

27 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

COOS 

CA 

OR 

NSI 

SI 

SEA LION WAS FEEDING ON CATCH BECAME ENTANGLED IN 

CODEND AND WAS BROUGHT ABOARD VESSEL. DUMPED 

INTO TRAWL ALLEY WITH REST OF CATCH AND SPRAYED 

WITH DECK HOSE TO ENCOURAGE IT TO SAFELY EXIT VESSEL 

VIA STERN RAMP ON ITS OWN. 

APPARENTLY SWALLOWED BAITED FISHING HOOKS WITH 

LINE ATTACHED. 

NSI 

SI 

P4 

P2 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

4 

27 

27 

28 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SHOOTING 

SAN MIGUEL 

ISLAND 

SAN MIGUEL 

ISLAND 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

ALIVE 

DEAD 

DIED DURING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, EITHER DUE TO 

CAPTURE MYOPATHY OR ANAESTHESIA. ANIMAL WAS A 

FEMALE NURSING AN 11-MONTH OLD PUP. THE PUP IS 

CONSIDERED A SERIOUS INJURY AS IT WAS A DEPENDENT 

ANIMAL. 

PUP OF ADULT FEMALE THAT DIED DURING RESEARCH 

ACTIVITIES. 

POSITIVE METAL DETECTOR SCAN OF ABDOMINAL AREA. 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

NA 

P14 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

Stock or Area 

U.S. 

Year 

2013 

Month 

4 

Day 

29 

Interaction Type 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

County or Locale 

SAN DIEGO 

State 

CA 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

NSI 

Comments 

THIN, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER REMOVED DURING REHAB. 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

NSI 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

P5C 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

0 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

N 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 30 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 30 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 30 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 30 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 30 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

30 

30 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

CLATSOP 

WA 

OR 

ALIVE 

DEAD 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN 

PELLETS AND BULLET FRAGMENTS AT HEAD AND NECK WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

5 

5 

5 

2 

6 

6 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HARASSMENT 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN MATEO 

SAN FRANCISCO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

MALNUTRITION, HARASSED. MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT, 

LETHARGIC, HARASSED- CHASED BY PEOPLE. 

HARASSED MALNUTRITION LETHARGIC, EMACIATED, 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE OFF DOCK INTO WATER BUT 

RETURNED. 

FISHING HOOK IN FRONT LEFT FLIPPER OF SLIGHTLY 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL REMOVED DURING REHAB 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

P9 

P9 

P5C 

0 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

ELECTRIC SHOCK. ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION AND BLUBBER LAYER. BOTH ANIMALS FOUND 

TO BE IN BODILY CONTACT WITH A BLUE ELECTRIC METAL 

BOX, THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE DOCK BY A ROPE, TAPED 

TOGETHER, AND LYING ON THE DOCK ITSELF. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 8 ELECTRIC SHOCK CLATSOP OR DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

5 

5 

5 

8 

9 

13 

ELECTRIC SHOCK 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

CLATSOP 

ORANGE 

SAN DIEGO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

ELECTRIC SHOCK. ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION AND BLUBBER LAYER. BOTH ANIMALS FOUND 

TO BE IN BODILY CONTACT WITH A BLUE ELECTRIC METAL 

BOX, THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE DOCK BY A ROPE, TAPED 

TOGETHER, AND LYING ON THE DOCK ITSELF. 

GILLNET WOUND AROUND NECK, UNDERWEIGHT. 

FISHING HOOK IN LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH. 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

NA 

P1, P8A 

P5A 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. RELEASED TO SAN ONOFRE BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI 

MALNUTRITION, TRAUMA (NECK), BLIND LETHARGIC, 

UNDERWEIGHT, ENTANGLEMENT SCAR, POSSIBLY BLIND. SI P1 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

5 

5 

16 

17 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

NEWPORT 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH LOW GLUCOSE, FISH HOOK IN 

RIGHT LOWER LIP, RESTRAND. 

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. 

SI 

DEAD 

P5B 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SUSPICIOUS 

BALD PATCH WITH HOLE AND ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE IN 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 18 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO WA DEAD BACK; BULLET FOUND IN SIDE OF ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 20 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI GUNSHOT WOUND THROUGH LEFT SIDE OF JAW. SI P9 1 N Y 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLES 

CLEARLY TRACKED THROUGH A FEW ABDOMINAL ORGANS; 

RIGHT VENTRICLE TISSUE DAMAGED (FROM BULLET); 

HEMORRHAGE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF HEAD AND BODY. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 21 SHOOTING MULTNOMAH OR DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

5 

5 

5 

5 

24 

24 

25 

29 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

CLATSOP 

CLACKAMAS 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

OR 

OR 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL HAD FISHING LINE HANGING OUT OF 

MOUTH. HOOK WAS REMOVED FROM ANIMAL'S STOMACH. 

MARINE DEBRIS WRAPPED AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN 

PELLETS FOUND IN ANIMAL'S SIDE; TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF HEAD AND BODY; 

MODERATE BLOOD IN PERICARDIUM AND THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES. 

EMACIATED AND DEHYDRATED ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE 

AROUND NECK, VETS REMOVED AND CLEANED. ENERGETIC 

WHEN HANDLED BUT LETHARGIC ON BEACH. 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

NSI 

P1 

P8A 

NA 

P7B 

1 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

5 

5 

5 

29 

30 

31 

VESSEL STRIKE 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN FRANCISCO 

VENTURA 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT ANIMAL WAS HIT BY A LARGE 

RACING SAILBOAT. BACK BROKEN IN TWO. PICKED UP 

CARCASS FROM BOAT. 

CALL RECEIVED OF AN EMACIATED SEA LION WITH A FISH 

HOOK IN MOUTH IN A DRAINAGE CANAL. ANIMAL 

TRANSPORTED TO REHAB FACILITY. 

FISHING LINE WOUND AROUND NECK, UNDERWEIGHT. 

DEAD 

NSI 

SI 

NA 

P5C 

P8A 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

6 

6 

6 

2 

2 

5 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SAN DIEGO 

ORANGE 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

FISHING HOOK IN LOWER MANDIBLE. TREATED AT FACILITY, 

STARTED FEEDING IMMEDIATELY. 

PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER PICKED ANIMAL UP 

AND DROVE HIM TO SEAWORLD. TWO FISHING HOOKS IN 

MOUTH AND ONE IN THE CHEST. THIN, DEHYDRATED, 

LETHARGIC. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL FOUND THAT HAD BLACK PLASTIC IN 

ITS STOMACH. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5A 

P5C 

P1 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 8 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR SI 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; ANIMAL 

STRANDED ALIVE WITH BLOOD COMING FROM NOSE 

AND/OR MOUTH AND THRASHING ABOUT IN SURF; CLEAR 

BULLET HOLE WITH ASSOCIATED TRACK AND HEMORRHAGE 

THROUGH SIDE OF BODY AND SEVERAL ORGANS. DEAD P12 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY NEWPORT OR NSI REPORTEDLY HAD A FISHING LURE STUCK IN EYE. NSI P5B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 10 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

6 

6 

27 

27 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 

SANTA BARBARA 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HEALED ENTANGLEMENT 

SCAR, RESTRAND TO SBMMC, ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED 

DURING ORIGINAL ADMISSION TO SBMMC. TRANSFERRED 

TO SLO 8/1/13 FOR CONTINUED REHABILITATION. 

CRAB POT (RUBBER BAND) ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. 

SRO RESCUE. 

NSI 

NSI 

P2 

P8A 

0 

0 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 6 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA SI 

SEA LION MOUTH-HOOKED WITH A BAITED LONGLINE 

HOOK. DUE TO THE LIVELY BEHAVIOR OF ANIMAL, IT WAS 

DETERMINED THAT BRINGING THE ANIMAL ONBOARD THE 

VESSEL POSED A HAZARD OF ADDITIONAL INJURY TO BOTH 

ANIMAL AND CREW. LEADER WAS CUT AT THE HOOK WITH 

HOOK REMAINING ON ANIMAL. SEA LION ACTIVELY SWAM 

AWAY AFTER RELEASE. SI P5A 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

MALNUTRITION, ENTANGLEMENT. TRANSFERRED FROM 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 13 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI SBMMC. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

GUNSHOT, BLIND, TRAUMA(FACE), LITTLE RESPONSE TO 

PEOPLE APPROACHING, JAW DOES NOT CLOSE, 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 16 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. SI P9 1 N Y 

FULL UME SAMPLES COLLECTED. SHOT BY HIGH POWERED 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 19 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD RIFLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

TRAUMA(FLIPPER), GUNSHOT, MALNUTRITION, ABSCESS, 

TRANSFERRED TO SLO 8/1/13 FOR CONTINUED 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 21 SHOOTING SANTA BARBARA CA SI REHABILITATION. NSI P9 0 N N 

APPARENT GUN SHOT ENTRY WOUND CONFIRMED WITH 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 31 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI XRAY. DEAD P12 1 N Y 

MONOFILAMENT NET ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, SRO 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 31 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI RESCUE. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 8 14 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA DEAD KIDNEY AND BOWEL WERE PIERCED BY BULLET 6 TIMES. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

ANIMAL FOUND ON BEACH WITH DART IN RIGHT SHOULDER 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 8 15 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA DEAD AND ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 8 19 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 1 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES; GOOD BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

9 

9 

9 

5 

13 

13 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

MONTEREY 

SAN FRANCISCO 

CLATSOP 

CA 

CA 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, TRAUMA TO REAR FLIPPERS 

WITH BONE EXPOSED. PELLET SEEN IN BACK ON X-RAY. 

PELLET SEVERING BOWEL. SMALL CIRCULAR HOLES NOTED 

ON THE BACK SIDE OF ANIMAL. UPON CLOSER 

EXAMINATION, HOLES APPEARS TO TRACK DOWN THROUGH 

BLUBBER. ABDOMEN OPENED TO REVEAL MULTIPLE 

BUCKSHOT PELLETS. 

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE, BULLET HOLES; OK BODY 

CONDITION. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 16 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI UNDERWEIGHT, GILL NET WOUND AROUND NECK. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 16 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES HEMORRHAGE; OK BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 19 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES; OK BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

20 

21 

23 

27 

28 

SHOOTING 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

CLATSOP 

SAN MIGUEL 

ISLAND 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN MIGUEL 

ISLAND 

OR 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE AND BULLET HOLES BROKEN 

BONES; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. 

DIED FOLLOWING ANAESTHESIA. 

MULTIPLE 2MM PELLETS IDENTIFIED IN THORACIC CAVITY, 

NECK, & HEAD REGIONS ON X-RAY AND GROSS EXAM. 32 

PELLETS RETAINED. 

PROPELLER WOUNDS ACROSS BACK ON DORSAL SIDE. 

MONOFILAMENT ENTANGLEMENT SCARS AROUND THE 

NECK. NECROPSY REVEALED BULLET WOUNDS. BULLETS 

AND BUCKSHOT. 

DIED FOLLOWING ANAESTHESIA. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

P12 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

1 

4 

10 

11 

15 A 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

T-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRA 

UNKNOWN 

NEWPORT 

UNKNOWN 

LOS ANGELES 

WL OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

OR 

SI 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SEVERE GILL NET ENTANGLEMENT; DEEP GILL NET 

LACERATION, CIRCUMFERENTIAL. 

UNDERWEIGHT, GILL NET WOUND AROUND NECK. 

HYPOTHERMIC; THIN; PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON UPPER BACK 

SHOULDER AREA WITH PUS DRAINING; BULLET EMBEDDED 

IN TIGHT ELBOW JOINT; RESPIRATION SHALLOW. 

RADIOGRAPH REVEALED GUNSHOT EVIDENCE. 

AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM 

SI 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P8A 

P8A 

P9 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 18 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

GILL NET ENTANGLEMENT AROUND SKULL AND NECK; 

MALNUTRITION; HYPERTHERMIC. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 21 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 31 SHOOTING SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD GUNSHOT CONFIRMED WITH X-RAYS. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 

C 

1 

A SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT: WHITE RUBBER BAND 

FITTED LOOSELY AROUND NECK. DISENTANGLED AND 

TAGGED IN THE FIELD DURING RESCUE. GOOD BODY 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 17 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA NSI WEIGHT AND CONDITION. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

11 

11 

11 

20 

27 

28 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

THE ANIMAL HAD ONE STRAND OF MONOFILAMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK THAT HAD CREATED A ONE 

AND A HALF INCH DEEP LACERATION ENCIRCLING HIS NECK. 

THE WOUND WAS INFECTED AND ANIMAL WAS 

UNDERWEIGHT. THE ANIMAL HAD BEEN OBSERVED FOR 

SEVERAL MONTHS AND WAS EVENTUALLY DARTED AND 

RESCUED. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 12 3 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI 

ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND HER NECK 

CREATING AN INJURY ABOUT ONE INCH DEEP ENCIRCLING 

HER NECK. WOUND IS INFECTED. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2014 

12 

12 

12 

1 

4 

5 

16 

3 

GILLNET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL HAS GILL NET AROUND ITS HEAD CREATING A ONE 

AND A HALF INCH WIDE AND HALF INCH DEEP WOUND 

ENCIRCLING THE ANIMAL'S HEAD JUST BELOW ITS EARS. 

ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND HER NECK 

CREATING AN INJURY ABOUT ONE INCH DEEP ENCIRCLING 

HER NECK. WOUND IS INFECTED. THIS ANIMAL WAS 

MONITORED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS STARTING IN LATE 

OCTOBER. RESCUE ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL. 

ONE INCH DEEP WOUND ENCIRCLING NECK WITH 

MONOFILAMENT LINE. ANIMAL SLIGHTLY UNDERWEIGHT. 

THERE WERE TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE 

FOR TREATMENT. 

WOUND AROUND NECK FROM NET/LINE. EMACIATED, 

DEHYDRATED 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

P8A 

P8A 

P8A 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

1 

1 

20 

21 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

ORANGE 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK AND LINE UNDER 

RIGHT FLIPPER 

LETHARGIC, UNDERWEIGHT, WOUND ON LOWER BACK. 

BULLET FOUND DURING NECROPSY IN THE DIAPHRAGM 

WITH AN ENTRANCE POINT IN THE PUBIS. 

SI 

DEAD 

P1 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 1 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT, LARGE BITE WOUNDS UNDER RIGHT FRONT 

FLIPPER AND LEFT CHEST AREA. FOUND APROXIMATELY 3 

FEET OF FISHING LINE/NET IN ANIMALS VOMIT. ANIMAL 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P2 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 2 9 MARINE DEBRIS VENTURA CA SI 

WOUND AROUND NECK FROM POSSIBLE PACKING STRAP. 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 2 24 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 2 24 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 2 24 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 2 24 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 2 24 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2 

3 

3 

24 

1 

6 

CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

SANTA CRUZ 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. 

ENTANGLEMENT WOUND AROUND NECK FROM 

MONOFILAMENT NET. ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK CAUSING A HALF 

INCH DEEP LACERATION. THIN, DEHYDRATED, SWOLLEN 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

P9 

P8A 

P8A 

0 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

3 

3 

9 

12 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

THIN PUP WITH FISHING LINE AROUND NECK CAUSING A 

HALF INCH DEEP BY FIVE INCH WIDE LACERATION ON THE 

VENTRAL SIDE. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

FOUND FLOATING DEAD IN WATER INTAKE SYSTEM. 

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION. 

SI 

DEAD 

P8A 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

3 

3 

3 

16 

19 

20 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

VESSEL STRIKE 

OIL / TAR 

MONTEREY 

CLATSOP 

MONTEREY 

CA 

OR 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

GREEN MONOFILAMENT AROUND HEAD AND NECK, CUTS 

TO HEAD AND NECK, TREMBLING, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

PROPELLER WOUNDS ON FRESHLY DEAD ANIMAL 

UNRESPONSIVE, LABORED BREATHING, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

P8A 

NA 

P1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

3 

3 

21 

22 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

GILLNET ENTRAPMENT AROUND SKULL CUTTING INTO NECK 

AT LEVEL OF LARYNEX; COUGHING; CONGESTION. ANIMAL 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

EXTERNAL WOUNDS CONSISTENT WITH GUNSHOT. THE 

ANIMAL WAS RADIOGRAPHED WHICH CONFIRMED THAT HE 

HAD BEEN SHOT WITH A SHOT GUN AND HAD MULTIPLE 

BUCKSHOT IN HIS HEAD AND BACK. 

SI 

SI 

P8A 

P9 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

3 

3 

24 

25 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET CUTTING INTO NECK AND 

MOUTH. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT NET 

AROUND NECK AND MOUTH REMOVED, ANIMAL 

TRANSPORTED TO THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER, FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

SI 

SI 

P8A 

P7B 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

3 

3 

4 

27 

30 

1 

OIL / TAR 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

ORANGE 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

LETHARGIC, UNDERWEIGHT, THICK OIL COAT ON HEAD AND 

HINDQUARTERS, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB AND 

CLEANED, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

HOOK IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER 

UNDERWEIGHT, HOOK THROUGH TONGUE 

SI 

NSI 

SI 

P1 

P5D 

P5A 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

4 

4 

1 

4 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

GRAYS HARBOR 

SAN MATEO 

WA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, PHOTO 

REVIEWED, MATERIAL NOT VISIBLE. 

RUBBER BELT AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN TO REHAB, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

SI 

SI 

P8A 

P8A 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ONE FISH HOOK UNDER 

RIGHT EYE, ONE IN FLIPPER. RADIOGRAPH REVEALED THIRD 

FISH HOOK IN STOMACH WHICH WAS REMOVED IN REHAB. 

FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P2 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 6 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH BLACK RUBBER BELT 

CUTTING INTO NECK. REMOVED AT SANTA BARBARA 

MARINE MAMMAL CENTER. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL MISSING BOTH EYES. RADIOGRAPH 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 6 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI REVEALED BULLET IN HEAD. SI P12 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 8 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HYPERTHERMIC ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN SHOULDER. 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5C 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

10 

11 

11 

12 

12 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

GILLNET WOUND AROUND NECK, ANIMAL CAPTURED AND 

TREATED, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN SHOULDER. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

UNDERWEIGHT AND CONGESTED ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK 

IN RIGHT REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. 

CUTS AROUND NECK - GILL NET INJURY; ATAXIC; THIN; 

MALNUTRITION 

UNDERWEIGHT AND DEHYRDRATED ANIMAL WITH FISH 

HOOK IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

P8A 

P5C 

P5C 

P1 

P5C 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

4 

4 

4 

4 

13 

13 

13 

13 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

OFFSHORE 

ORANGE 

SAN DIEGO 

GRAYS HARBOR 

CA 

CA 

CA 

WA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

SI 

KILLED BY GEAR 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK ON RIGHT SIDE OF 

MOUTH AND FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, FISHING HOOK IN CHIN ON LEFT 

SIDE, SWOLLEN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK POSSIBLY FROM DOG 

BITE. ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. 

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, LOOKS LIKE 

WHITE PACKING BAND OR LARGE ZIP TIE. PHOTO REVIEWED. 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

SI 

NA 

P5A 

P5B 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

EMACIATED, FISH HOOKS IN FRONT & REAR FLIPPERS. 

TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5C 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, AND THREE PRONG FISHING 

HOOK ON THE FRONT EDGE OF LEFT FLIPPER WITH FISHING 

LINE WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND TIP SEVERING A PIECE OF 

THE FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5C 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 15 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 15 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 15 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 15 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 15 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 15 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE DEAD NA 1 N Y 

FISH HOOK IN LEFT GUM. ANIMAL TREATED IN REHAB, 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y 

GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO HEAD; PNEUMONIA; 

MALNUTRITION. TREATED IN REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 16 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI SI P12 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOKS BELOW EYE AND IN FLIPPERS. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5B 1 N Y 

THIN AND DEHYDRATED. FISH HOOK IN LEFT CORNER OF 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y 

PLASTIC ZIPLOC BAG AROUND NECK REMOVED ON SITE. 

ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND OTHERWISE IN GOOD BODY 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 19 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA SI CONDTION. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI FISH HOOK IN MOUTH SI P5A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P5C 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 22 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

4 

4 

4 

4 

22 

22 

22 

22 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

ORANGE 

ORANGE 

WA 

WA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

LACERATION ON L FRONT FLIPPER WITH A FISH HOOK 

UNDERWEIGHT 

UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOK IN MOUTH LEFT EAR, LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

NA 

NA 

P5C 

P5C 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

4 

4 

22 

26 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

MALNOURISED AND LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH A FISH 

HOOK. LOCATION OF HOOK NOT DESCRIBED. HOOK FOUND 

IN NET AFTER RESCUE. TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

DEEP FISHING LINE CUTS AROUND SKULL; PROLAPSED AND 

ULCERATED RECTUM; CONGESTED. SENT TO REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

SI 

SI 

P5C 

P1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED AND 1/2 INCH DEEP CUT ALL THE 

WAY AROUND NECK FROM MONOFILAMENT LINE WHICH 

WAS REMOVED AT SEAWORLD. UNDERWEIGHT AND DEEP 

CUT FROM FISHING LINE. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 28 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI 

EMACIATED AND LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH OIL/TAR ON 

BODY SI P1 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 28 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

ALERT, EMACIATED, TAR PATCHES ON NECK, SMALL WOUND 

ON NECK. OIL/TAR EXTERNAL EXAM SI P1 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 28 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLETS RETRIEVED DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 28 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES IN SKULL AND BODY DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 29 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 29 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 29 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 1 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

5 

5 

5 

5 

1 

1 

1 

1 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

LOS ANGELES 

MONTEREY 

WA 

WA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

SI 

NSI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

SEVERE GILL NET INJURY; MALNUTRITION. 

GOOD BODY CONDITION, MONOFILAMENT NET 

ENTANGLEMENT 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

P1 

P1 

1 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI 

FISH HOOK IN LOWER LIP; SENT TO REHAB, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. NSI P5B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 4 SHOOTING GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD 

LARGE PELLET RECOVERED FROM SKULL, ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

MONOFILIAMENT LINE AROUND SHOULDER. ANIMAL SENT 

TO REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

SMALL HOOK NEAR GENITALS, UNDERWEIGHT, SLIGHTLY 

DEHYDRATED AND AN INJURED LEFT EYE. FISHING HOOK 

WAS REMOVED ON 5/8/14 UNDERWEIGHT AND INJURED 

LEFT EYE External Exam NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

5 

5 

5 

5 

11 

11 

11 

18 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN JUAN 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

SANTA BARBARA 

WA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

ALIVE 

DEAD 

SI 

CONSTRICTING INJURY AROUND NECK, MATERIAL NOT 

VISIBLE IN PHOTO. 

EXTREMELY LETHARGIC, SWOLLEN RIGHT EYE, WOUNDS ON 

RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. BULLETS FOUND IN NECROPSY.Exam 

and Necropsy 

BULLET HOLE / INJURY IN BACK 

FISH HOOKS IN CHEST AND NECK. RELOCATED AND 

RELEASED 5/18/14. 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

P8A 

P12 

P12 

P5C 

1 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 18 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI 

THIN; HEALING CIRCUMFERENTIAL NECK LACERATION FROM 

PREVIOUS ENTANGLEMENT; DEHYDRATED. SI P1 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

19 

19 

21 

23 

26 

27 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

ENTRAPMENT 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SANTA BARBARA 

CLATSOP 

SAN DIEGO 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

OR 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

NSI 

FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM THIN ANIMAL BY REHAB 

CENTER, NO DETAILS ON LOCATION OF HOOKS. 

BULLET HOLES, EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE. 

ANIMAL WAS IN GOOD BODY CONDITION BUT HAD A 

FISHING GAFF PIERCING THROUGH HIS SKIN ABOVE HIS LEFT 

HIP. 

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH, REMOVED AT REHAB FACILITY, 

ANIMAL RELEASED. 

DROWNED. WAS TRAPPED UNDER POOL GRATE. 

GILLNET AROUND NECK. NET REMOVED AND WOUND 

CLEANED AT REHAB FACILITY 

NSI 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

DEAD 

NSI 

P5C 

NA 

P12 

P5C 

NA 

P7B 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI FURTHER DETAILS. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI FURTHER DETAILS. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

5 

5 

5 

27 

31 

31 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SANTA BARBARA 

ORANGE 

CLACKAMAS 

CA 

CA 

OR 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

FURTHER DETAILS. 

GILLNET INJURY, EXPOSED TRACHEAL THYROID CARTILAGE. 

POLICE REMOVED THE FISHING LINE FROM AROUND THE 

ANIMAL'S NECK. ONCE DONE THEY RELEASED THE ANIMAL. 

BULLET HOLES, HEMORRHAGE. 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

P8A 

P8A 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

6 

6 

6 

8 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARIN 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

NSI 

SMALL HOLE ABOUT RIGHT EYE SOCKET, WHICH IS ABOVE 

THE MAXILLA FRACTURE. SMALL CIRCULAR DIVOTS IN CHIN 

AND LOWER JAW AREA. NO BUCKSHOT IN HOLES AND THEY 

DID NOT TRACK DOWN TROUGH SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, 

WILL LOOK FOR BULLETS AND BUCKSHOT DURING 

PROCESSING OF SKULL. OLD BUCKSHOT HOLES IN CHIN 

MAXILLA IN NUMEROUS PIECES. 

LARGE FISHHOOK AND LINE, NO DETAILS, OTHER THAN 

ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P5C 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

6 

6 

19 

23 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SANTA BARBARA 

PACIFIC 

CA 

WA 

SI 

DEAD 

FISH HOOK IN LEFT LIP, PNEUMONIA, GI TRACT INFECTIONS, 

QUARTS OF PUS REMOVED. SENT TO REHAB, FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

OBVIOUS BULLET HOLES 

SI 

DEAD 

P1 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

ADULT MALE SEA LION, 6-7 FEET IN LENGTH, 

APPROXIMATELY 200 LB, HOOKED DEEP IN MOUTH BY 

SCIENTIFIC LONGLINE. LEADER CUT APPROXIMATELY 10-

INCHES FROM MOUTH. ANIMAL WAS FEISTY AND 

APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDUCTION WHEN RELEASED. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 2 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA SI SI P2 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

7 

7 

7 

17 

23 

25 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

LETHARGIC ON THE BEACH, OPEN MOUTH BREATHING, 

DECENT BODY CONDITION. FISH HOOK IN MOUTH. 

RESTRAND ANIMAL FROM FORT MAC, SHAVED "408" ON 

RIGHT HIP FISH HOOK WITH THE LINE HANGING FROM IT IN 

THE THROAT, BOTH LUNGS COLLAPSED FISH HOOK WITH 

THE LINE HANGING FROM IT IN THE THROAT. ANIMAL SENT 

TO REHAB, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

FISHING HOOK EMBEDDED IN NECK WITH LINE. SENT TO 

REHAB, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

ANIMAL WITH NETTING AROUND NECK. REHAB, FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

SI 

SI 

SI 

P2 

P8A 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

7 

8 

8 

8 

28 

6 

9 

12 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

ORANGE 

OFFSHORE 

LINCOLN 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

OR 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

3 FISH HOOKS,MOUTH, FRONT AND REAR FLIPPER. ANIMAL 

SENT TO REHAB, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

A FEMALE CA SEA LION GOT CAUGHT ON A HOOK AND HAD 

TO HAVE THE GANGION CUT. LOCATION OF HOOK IN 

MOUTH NOT DETAILED. OBSERVER PROGRAM. 

HAULED OUT WITH A SILVER COLORED SALMON FLASHER 

HANGING FROM IT'S MOUTH. 

ONE OF TWO CA SEA LIONS TRAPPED IN TRAWL NET 

DURING HAUL BACK. DUMPED ON DECK, BOTH DEPARTED 

VESSEL UNASSISTED WITH NO APPARENT INJURIES. 

SI 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

P5A 

P5A 

P2 

P4 

1 

1 

1 

0 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 12 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI 

ONE OF TWO CA SEA LIONS TRAPPED IN TRAWL NET 

DURING HAUL BACK. DUMPED ON DECK, BOTH DEPARTED 

VESSEL UNASSISTED WITH NO APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 23 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
 

 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

KILLED IN GEAR (DESCRIBED AS DEAD IN COMMENTS AND 

CATEGORIZED AS 'ENTANGLED IN GEAR', WHICH IS USUALLY 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 23 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD RESERVED FOR ANIMALS RELEASED ALIVE) DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 26 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD PROPELLER STRIKE TO HEAD, DEEP GASH. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 1 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET HOLES, HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

FISHING LINE COMING FROM MOUTH. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC 

REPORTEDLY PULLING ON LINE. HOOKS IN THROAT FOUND 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI ON X-RAY. SI P2 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 8 SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD TWO BULLET ENTRY WOUNDS ON RIGHT SHOULDER AREA. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

GREEN TWINE TO LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. DURING SKULL 

PREPARATION PROCESS, A THROUGH AND THROUGH 

BULLET WOUND WAS NOTED. THE APPARENT ENTRY IS 

BEHIND THE RIGHT EYE SOCKET. THE EXIT IS LEFT REAR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 9 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD LATERAL SKULL AREA. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

KILLED BY GEAR CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 15 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

THIN AND EXTREMELY LETHARGIC, VETS LISTENED TO THE 

LUNGS AND THEY SOUNDED POOR. FOUND BULLETS AND 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 15 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI YELLOWISH FLUID IN ABDOMEN X RAY. SI P12 1 N Y 

THIN; ACTIVE ONLY TO TOUCH; HYPOTHERMIC; HEALING 

OLD GILL NET INJURY; INJURY ON LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI MALNUTRITION. SI P1 1 Y Y 

MULTIPLE HEAD AND TORSO GUNSHOT WOUNDS, PELLETS 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 SHOOTING CURRY OR DEAD COLLECTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALL RECEIVED OF POSSIBLY INJURED CSL JUST W OF 

HUENEME PIER. PEOPLE HARASSING IT. SWIMS OUT TO GET 

AWAY, BUT COMES RIGHT BACK. BY THE TIME CIMWI 

VOLUNTEERS ARRIVED CSL HAD MOVED TO E OF THE PIER. 

APPEARED TO HAVE FISHING LURE IN MOUTH. CSL THIN, 

LETHARGIC. RESCUED. WHATEVER WAS IN MOUTH CAME 

OUT DURING RESCUE. POST NOTE-CSL EXPIRED DURING 

INTAKE/INITIAL TREATMENT. APPEARED TO HAVE AN 

ABSCESS ON THE L NECK/SHOULDER AREA WHICH WAS 

ASPIRATED- BLOOD & CLOTS WERE OBTAINED. AREA WAS 

OPENED- MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FREE FLOWING BLOOD 

AND CLOTS WERE FOUND. AFTER CSL'S EXPIRATION, A 

QUICK NECROPSY WAS DONE. FOUND SMALL POINTED 

PROJECTILE FROM A PELLET GUN. UNABLE TO LOCATE 

ENTRY POINT. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 SHOOTING VENTURA CA SI DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

9 

9 

10 

21 

27 

3 

SHOOTING 

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

LETHARGIC, PEOPLE WERE CHASING IT INTO THE WATER 

AND THEN HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY COME BACK ONTO 

THE BEACH. WE NOTICED HE WASN'T FOCUSING ON 

ANYTHING AND BOTH EYES DRIFT INWARD. FOUND BULLET 

FRAGMENTS IN AND AROUND EYESOCKET DURING XRAYS 

ON 9/24/2014. 

KILLED BY GEAR 

KILLED BY GEAR 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P12 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

10 

10 

10 

7 

9 

10 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

THIN, APPEARED TO BE BLIND; ANIMAL WAS DARTED. XRAYED, FOUND BUCKSHOT IN THE FACE AND BODY. 

FOUR PRONGED BARBED FISHING HOOK WITH A 10" LURE 

ATTACHED HOOKED IN ANIMALS RT CORNER OF MOUTH. 

HAD MONOFILAMENT ATTACHED TO LURE 

LEFT EYE APPEARS TO BE BLIND. VERY THIN/LETHARGIC 

DURING RESCUE. BUCKSHOT FOUND IN CRANIAL AREA 

DURING X-RAYS. 

SI 

SI 

SI 

P12 

P5A 

P12 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

Stock or Area 

U.S. 

Year 

2014 

Month 

10 

Day 

13 

Interaction Type 

MARINE DEBRIS 

County or Locale 

CLATSOP 

State 

OR 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

SI 

Comments 

CONSTRICTING INJURY AROUND TORSO AND LOWER NECK, 

APPEARS TO BE ROPE. PHOTO REVIEWED. 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

SI 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

P8A 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

1 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

N 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 15 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 15 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 15 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

10 

10 

15 

18 

CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE 

SHOOTING 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. 

XRAYS TAKEN SHOWED BULLET TRACK. BUCK SHOT IN 

ABDOMEN AND 2 BULLETS IN BACK. 

NSI 

SI 

P9 

P12 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 19 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI 

ONE CA SEA LION WAS ENTANGLED INSIDE THE NET. THE 

ONE INSIDE THE NET WAS FEEDING ON THE CATCH. A 

SECOND CA SEA LION WAS SWIMMING BENEATH THE 

SURFACE. THE SEA LION STUCK IN THE NET SWAM INTO THE 

NET FROM THE SURFACE WHEN THE NET WAS BEING 

REELED BACK. THE SEA LION WAS RELEASED FROM THE NET 

IN THE WATER AND NEVER BOARDED THE VESSEL. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 22 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR, ONE OF THREE ANIMALS IN SINGLE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 22 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR, ONE OF THREE ANIMALS IN SINGLE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

10 

10 

22 

22 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

KILLED BY GEAR, ONE OF THREE ANIMALS IN SINGLE TRAWL 

LINE AROUND NECK AT CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR 

MARINA. DARTED WITH TRANQUILIZER, LINE 

REMOVED,TRANQUILIZER REVERSED AND CSL RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P7B 

1 

0 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

10 

10 

10 

23 

26 

27 

SHOOTING 

GAFF INJURY 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

OR 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

BULLET IN SHOULDER (XRAYS TAKEN 10/24/14) BONE WAS 

STARTING TO FUSE NOT GIVING SUFFICIENT RANGE OF 

MOTION. EUTHANIZED DUE TO POOR PROGNOSIS. 

ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND IN GOOD BODY CONDITION. 

ABILITY TO MANEUVER WAS LIMITED DUE TO A LARGE GAFF 

IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER WITH 5" HOOK. WE WERE ABLE TO 

REMOVE THE HOOK FROM THE ANIMALS SHOULDER. THE 

HOOK MADE 3 SEPERATE PUNCTURES. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

KILLED IN GEAR 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

NA 

P12 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

10 

10 

11 

27 

29 

3 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

GOOD BODY CONDITION, ALERT. HAD MONOFILAMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK WITH HALF OF ITS NECK 

LACERATED. ANIMAL WAS DARTED. NO DETAILS ON 

OUTCOME. 

KILLED IN GEAR 

KILLED IN GEAR 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P8A 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 4 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM, ONE OF THREE ANIMALS IN SET DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 4 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM, ONE OF THREE ANIMALS IN SET DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 4 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM, ONE OF THREE ANIMALS IN SET DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 6 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

FISH HOOK LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH, WOUNDS ON ABDOMEN. 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y 

GOOD BODY CONDITION/TEARING. VERTICAL SCAR ALONG 

THE TRACHEA 2 INCHES LONG FISHING LINE IMBEDDED 

AROUND NECK EXCEPT FOR 3-4 INCHES ON VENTRAL SIDE 

OF NECK, SAW DISCHARGE (COULD NOT SEE FISHING LINE 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI DUE AT TIME OF RESCUE TO BEING EMBEDDED). SI P8A 1 N Y 

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, MATERIAL 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 19 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI UNKNOWN. PHOTO REVIEWED. SI P8A 1 N Y 

GOOD BODY CONDITION, FISHING LINE EMBEDDED 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI AROUND THE NECK. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

11 

11 

12 

12 

12 

25 

27 

1 

12 

23 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

CLATSOP 

ORANGE 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

SAN DIEGO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

BULLET HOLES, HEMORRHAGE. 

FISH HOOK ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND SIDE OF BODY, 

UNDERWEIGHT. 

A LITTLE THIN, SWOLLEN RIGHT SHOULDER WITH OOZING 

WOUND. X RAYS SHOWED 3 BULLET FRAGMENTS, 2 ABOVE 

THE SHOULDER AND 1 AT ZYGOMATIC ARCH. UNABLE TO BE 

REMOVED. 

LACERATION AROUND NECK, EMACIATED. 

THIN, DEHYDRATED, SWOLLEN RIGHT SHOULDER. XRAYS 

SHOWED BULLET IN LEFT SHOULDER. 

DEAD 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

NA 

P5B 

P12 

P8A 

P12 

1 

0 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

12 

12 

24 

25 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

CLATSOP 

PACIFIC 

OR 

WA 

SI 

DEAD 

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, UNKNOWN 

MATERIAL. PHOTO REVIEWED. 

SHOT IN HEAD, PELLET HOLES, BROKEN BONES, 

HEMORRHAGE. 

SI 

DEAD 

P8A 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2014 

2014 

2015 

12 

12 

1 

25 

30 

1 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

NSI 

NSI 

THIN ADULT MALE WITH SIGNS OF TRAUMA TO HEAD AREA. 

BOTH EYES CLOSED, UNABLE TO OPEN. ANIMAL WAS ALSO 

WEAK. BLOOD SQUIRTED FROM BOTH EYES WHEN RESCUE 

WAS ATTEMPTED. REPORTS OF ANIMAL ROLLING IN 

SURFLINE FROM STONE STEPS TO MOONLIGHT BEACH. 

12/26/14 XRAYS CONFIRMED GUN SHOTS TO HEAD, NECK 

AND SHOULDER AREA XRAYS CONFIRMED. 

FISH HOOK REMOVED FROM LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; THIN; 

MALNUTRITION. 

EMACIATED, HOOKS ON FLIPPER, WOUND ON MUZZLE. 

TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

SI 

NSI 

NSI 

P12 

P5C 

P5C 

1 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

1 

1 

3 

7 C 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

ATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAW 

MONTEREY 

L OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

NSI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. 

FEEDING ON CATCH THROUGH NET, SCARED OFF BY 

YELLING. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P4 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

1 

1 

1 

1 

7 C 

9 C 

15 C 

16 

ATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAW 

ATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAW 

ATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAW 

MARINE DEBRIS 

L OFFSHORE 

L OFFSHORE 

L OFFSHORE 

LINCOLN 

CA 

WA 

CA 

OR 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

SI 

FEEDING ON CATCH THROUGH NET, SCARED OFF BY 

YELLING. 

CAUGHT IN TRAWL NET, DUMPED ON BACK DECK, JUMPED 

OVERBOARD, LOOKED UNHARMED. 

SMALL SEA LION BOARDED VESSEL AND REFUSED TO EXIT. 

TRANSPORTED TO SHORE WHERE IT WAS PICKED UP BY 

MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE TEAM. 

WHITE PLASTIC PACKING BAND CUTTING INTO FLESH 

AROUND THE NECK. THE ANIMAL HAS BEEN SIGHTED 

SEVERAL TIMES HAULED OUT ON PORT DOCK #1, AND IS 

ALERT AND ACTIVE. 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

SI 

P4 

P4 

P4 

P8A 

0 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 16 SHOOTING SAN JOAQUIN CA SI 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. BULLET / PELLET RECOVERED 

POSTMORTEM. ANIMAL ALSO HAD 'FANBELT' AROUND 

NECK WHEN FIRST ENCOUNTERED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 17 VEHICLE COLLISION VENTURA CA DEAD DIED AT SITE DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ANIMAL WITH WHITE PACKING BAND TIGHTLY AROUND 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 18 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI NECK. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

20 

24 

24 

25 

26 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

PACIFIC 

VENTURA 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

ORANGE 

MONTEREY 

WA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SHOTGUN PELLET HOLES/MARKS IN LEFT NECK AND HEAD; 

ROBUST BODY CONDITION; LEFT INTRAORBITAL AREA 

FRAGMENTED WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE. 

ANIMAL FOUND WITH LINE AROUND NECK, TAKEN TO 

REHAB FACILITY. OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, WOUND ON BACK OF HEAD, 

DISORIENTED. TAR ON BELLY. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, MUSCLE EDEMA ON 

MUZZLE, FISH HOOK RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH AND RIGHT 

FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT 

NETTING AROUND NECK. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

NA 

P8A 

P9 

P5C 

P7B 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 27 DOG ATTACK SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

PUBLIC WITNESSED EMACIATED ANIMAL BEING BITTEN BY 

DOG. TRANSFERRED TO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 29 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

GILLNET AROUND NECK. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 30 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEA LION DUMPED OUT OF NET ON DECK. JUMPED 

OVERBOARD WITHOUT APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

OIL / TAR 

ORANGE 

SAN MATEO 

LOS ANGELES 

VENTURA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

FOREFLIPPER. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

LETHARGIC, EMACIATED, TAR ON RIGHT CHEST. TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT; HYPERTHERMIC; FISH HOOK IN 

ESOPHAGUS; FISH LINE IN MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED FROM UNREPORTED MATERIAL IN 

SITU. 

EMACIATED, TAR ALL OVER UNDERSIDE OF BODY. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P9 

P5C 

P7B 

NA 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

5 

5 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

VESSEL STRIKE 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT AND EMACIATED PUP. FISHING HOOK IN 

TONGUE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

ASSUMED DEPENDENT ANIMAL RELEASED ALONE. 

PROPELLER WOUNDS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK 

EXTENDING TO THE REAR FLIPPERS AND AROUND MAJORITY 

OF TORSO. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

SI 

DEAD 

P14 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

6 

8 

8 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SANTA CRUZ 

ORANGE 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

NSI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P5C 

NA 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 8 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI 

APPEARS TO HAVE A HEALING NECK WOUND FROM A 

PREVIOUS ENTANGLEMENT, BLOOD AROUND THE WOUND 

APPEARS TO BE A ROSY PINK. PSU15-02-08A-ENT-ZC NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 8 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI 

APPEARS TO BE A SINGLE BAND TYPE OF ENTANGLEMENT 

AROUND THE NECK AREA, ENTANGLEMENT APPEARS TO BE 

RELATIVELY DEEP BUT CAN'T SEE ACTUAL FLESH OR BLOOD 

AROUND THE WOUND IN THE PHOTOS. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

9 

9 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

FISHING HOOK THROUGH THE SKIN ABOUT THE LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER. TREATED / RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

TAR ON NECK, FISH HOOK IN LIP, UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL 

TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

NSI 

P5C 

P5C 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 9 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA CRUZ CA SI MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

9 

10 

10 

11 

11 

SHOOTING 

GILLNET FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

OIL / TAR 

GRAYS HARBOR 

LOS ANGELES 

ORANGE 

SANTA CRUZ 

SANTA BARBARA 

OR 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

MUMMIFIED CARCASS WITH SKULL EXPOSED, CAN SEE 

BULLET ENTRY AND EXIT DAMAGE TO SKULL. 

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT WOUND AROUND NECK, 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

2 INCH WIDE RUBBER BAND AROUND NECK OF 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL. TREATED AT REHAB AND 

RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EMACIATED, TAR PATCHES ON CHIN AND CHEST. TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

P7B 

NA 

P9 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 11 SHOOTING SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD 

HOLE CONSISTENT WITH SHOOTING / TRACKING WOUND 

FOUND ON DECOMPOSING ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 13 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

EMACIATED. SMALL PATCH OF TAR ON RIGHT HIP. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 14 GILLNET FISHERY SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND NECK WITH 

MULTIPLE KNOTS AND FREE EXPOSED DANGLING LINES, 

WOUND SUPERFICIAL CUTTING INTO SUBCUTANEOUS 

TISSUE ONLY, SMALL TAR PATCH ON RIGHT HIP AREA, 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

14 

15 

16 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

ORANGE 

ORANGE 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

FISH HOOK IN THROAT. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS ON BODY RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER, 

UNDER RIGHT EYE, LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT LOWER LIP. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

17 

18 

MARINE DEBRIS 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SONOMA 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

ENTANGLEMENT SCAR AROUND NECK, PREVIOUS TAG 

HOLES IN BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS BUT NO TAG PRESENT. 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. 

UNDERWEIGHT LETHARGIC ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED IN REHAB. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

18 

18 

19 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SANTA CRUZ 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

NSI 

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH WITH ABOUT 4 INCHES OF 

MONOFILAMENT LINE. NARRATIVE INDICATED THAT REHAB 

FACILITY REMOVED LINE, BUT DID NOT MENTION HOOK. 

ASSUMED THAT HOOK REMAINS IN MOUTH POST-RELEASE. 

EMACIATED MALNURISHED PUP WITH MUCUS ON RIGHT 

EYE. 

CARCASS FOUND WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE. DETAILS 

LACKING. 

FISH HOOKS INDICATED ON LEFT AND RIGHT FLIPPERS. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P5A 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

FISHING HOOKS IN LEFT FLIPPER PIT AND RIGHT FRONT 

FLIPPER. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI 

UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOK LEFT REAR FLIPPER. DIED IN 

REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

2 

19 

20 

21 

21 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

DOG ATTACK 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

VENTURA 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT LINE. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY. 

FISHING HOOK REMOVED FROM MOUTH. EMACIATED 

MALNURISHED PUP, ASSUMED DEPENDENT ANIMAL 

RELEASED ALONE AFTER TREATMENT AT REHAB FACILITY. 

DOG BITES ON NECK. LOOKS LIKE ANIMAL HAD BEEN 

SHAKEN. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN MOUTH. TREATED 

AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

NSI 

P7B 

P14 

NA 

P5C 

0 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN HEAD WAS REMOVED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 21 INTERACTION MENDOCINO CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

2 

23 

24 

25 

25 

OIL / TAR 

GILLNET FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

EMACIATED, TAR PATCH ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER DORSAL 

SIDE. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

LETHARGIC, MONOFILAMENT NETTING CUTTING INTO 

NECK, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, RIGHT EYE CLOUDY. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. 

UNDERWEIGHT AND HYPOTHERMIC ANIMAL WITH TAR ON 

FACE AND BODY ABOVE SHOULDER. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

EMACIATED, COUGHING, MULTIPLE TAR PATCHES DORSAL 

SIDE. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

25 

25 

25 

25 

26 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

VESSEL STRIKE 

OIL / TAR 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

ORANGE 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT, LETHARGIC, OILED ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR ON FLIPPER AND 

SHOULDER EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH PNEUMONIA, TAR ON RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER AND SHOULDER. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT, LARGE LACERATIONS ON LOWER BACK 

CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER INJURY. EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

COUGHING, EMACIATED, TAR ON CHEST AND MUZZLE. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

P9 

1 

1 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

2 

2 

26 

27 

27 

27 

OIL / TAR 

GILLNET FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

CLATSOP 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

OR 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

EMACIATED, TAR PATCH ON RIGHT DORSAL 3X5 CM. 

EUTHANIZED AT REHAB CENTER. 

ODFW CONFIRMED ENTANGLEMENT AND IS CURRENTLY 

MONITORING THE ANIMAL. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL 

SECTION OF GILL NET WRAPPED AROUND THE SEA LIONS 

FACE. ONE SQUARE OF GILL NET IS TIGHT WRAPPED 

AROUND THE FACE AND RUNS DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE 

LEFT EYE, CAUSING THE LEFT EYE TO STAY CLOSED. THE LINE 

IS ORIENTATED BETWEEN THE EAR AND EAR ON THE RIGHT 

SIDE. NO BLOOD OR OPEN WOUND FROM ENTANGLEMENT 

NOTED. 

UNDERWEIGHT PUP WITH TAR PATCHES ON DORSUM. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. ASSUMED 

DEPENDENT ANIMAL RELEASED ALONE. 

EMACIATED. TAR PATCH ON LEFT SHOULDER. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

NA 

P8A 

P14 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 27 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

EMACIATED. TAR PATCHES ON BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS AND 

BACK. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 28 OIL / TAR SAN FRANCISCO CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT, LETHARGIC, OILED ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 28 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

EMACIATED. TAR ON MUZZLE, CHIN, LEFT HIND FLIPPER, 

AND LEFT HIP. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 28 VEHICLE COLLISION SAN DIEGO CA DEAD DIED AT SITE DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

3 

1 

1 

2 

OIL / TAR 

SHOOTING 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

CLATSOP 

SAN MATEO 

CA 

OR 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

EMACIATED. TAR PATCH ON RIGHT HIP AND CAUDAL 

ABDOMEN. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY. FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF 

BLOODY FLUID IN THORACIC CAVITY; TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH HOLES/TRACKS/DAMAGE. 

UNDERWEIGHT, LETHARGIC, OILED ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

2 

7 

VEHICLE COLLISION 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

ORANGE 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI 

NSI 

ANIMAL WAS FOUND ON TRAIN TRACKS NEAR TRAIN 

STATION, COMATOSE, JAW BROKEN BLOOD COMING FROM 

MOUTH. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN CHEST THAT FELL OUT WHEN 

RESCUED. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

7 

8 

OIL / TAR 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

TAR ON DORSAL PART OF BODY. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, 2 TREBLE HOOKS IN MOUTH, 1 

LARGE HOOK REAR FLIPPER, FISHING LINE. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P5C 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 8 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI 

SIGHTED IN THE EAST MOORING BASIN WITH A THIN WHITE 

LINE/ROPE AROUND THE NECK AREA. POSSIBLY 1/16-1/8" 

LINE. PHOTOS SHOWS LINE IS CONSTRICTING NECK. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 8 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN MATEO CA DEAD GREEN TWINE ENTANGLEMENT. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 8 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON JAW AND APPARENT 'BRANDING' 

WOUND. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 9 MARINE DEBRIS DEL NORTE CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNKNOWN 

MATERIAL. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 10 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

HYPERTHERMIA. LESIONS ON ALL FLIPPERS; 3 FISH HOOKS 

EMBEDDED. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

3 

3 

14 

14 

14 

16 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MONTEREY 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA CRUZ 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING. ANIMAL 

WAS DARTED FOR CAPTURE AND TRANSFER TO REHAB, BUT 

DROWNED BEFORE CAPTURE. 

2 FISH HOOKS EMBEDDED; HYPERTHERMIC; DEEP 

LACERATION UNDER CHIN; PARASITISM. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY, NO DETAILS ON SEVERITY OF HOOK PLACEMENT. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ENTANGLEMENT SCAR ON 

NECK DIED IN REHAB. 

UNDERWEIGHT AND DEHYDRATED. FISH HOOK IN FRONT 

UPPER LEFT LIP. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

NA 

P5C 

1 

1 

1 

0 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

3 

17 

17 

17 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT AND LETHARGIC. HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE OF 

MOUTH. DIAGONAL NECK WOUND ACROSS THROAT. 

TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN REHAB. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

P9 

NA 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

3 

17 

18 

18 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED. FIVE RUBBER BULLETS FOUND 

DURING SURGERY. ONLY ABLE TO REMOVE THREE AS BRAIN 

WAS EXPOSED. 

FISHING HOOK IN LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH. ANIMAL HAVING 

SEIZURES. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED AT BASE OF NECK IN 

FISHING LINE. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

NA 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

3 

18 

19 

19 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

MONTEREY 

ORANGE 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

NSI 

SI 

ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AND HOOKS DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DETAILS ON HOOK PLACEMENT NOT PROVIDED. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

FLIPPER. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY DUE TO OTHER 

SYMPTOMS INCLUDING PNEUMONOPATHY. 

UNDERWEIGHT, LETHARGIC. TAR BENEATH THE LEFT 

FLIPPER AND ON THE LEFT FLIPPER. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

P9 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

20 

22 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

FISH HOOK AND LEAD WEIGHT IN MOUTH. TREATED IN 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT LETHARGIC ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED IN REHAB. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD FISH HOOKS BY NOSTRIL. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

22 

23 

23 

25 

25 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

ORANGE 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

SI 

HOOK AND MONOFILAMENT IN ESOPHAGUS. EUTHANIZED 

AT REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH A FISH HOOK IN THE FACE. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH OIL PARTICLES AND 

SIGNIFICANT BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES; ANEMIA. 

ANIMAL FOUND ON FREEWAY. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISHING HOOK IN LEFT FLIPPER. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

HOOKS BETWEEN EYES, FISHING LINE AROUND CHEST. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 25 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI ENTANGLED IN 'CRAB POTS', DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 26 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DETAILS NOT PROVIDED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 27 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH SEIZURES WITH TAR ON 

FLANK AND SHOULDER. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 28 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM PELVIS; ENTRANCE AND EXIT 

HOLE AND TRACK IN NECK; LEFT SIDE OF SNOUT CUT OFF 

(PROPELLER?); MODERATE AMOUNT OF BLOODY FLUID IN 

THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; ANIMAL HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI 

FISHING LINE ATTACHED TO FLIPPER AND MOUTH. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 30 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR ON FLIPPERS. DIED AT 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 31 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SAN MIGUEL 

ISLAND CA DEAD DATABASE DETAILS LACKING. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 1 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH SEIZURES WITH TAR ON 

FLIPPERS. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISHING HOOK IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. UNDERWEIGHT 

ANIMAL TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH AND IN REAR LEFT FLIPPER. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISHING HOOKS FOUND IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF JAW (1), 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER (1), LEFT SHOULDER (2), AND TWO 

REMOVED FROM STOMACH. TAR ON LEFT SHOULDER AND 

NEAR RIGHT EAR. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEFT 

JAW. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI 

HYPERTHERMIC, 2 FISH HOOKS IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. DIED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

5 

5 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

CLATSOP 

MONTEREY 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

OR 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AROUND 

MOUTH AREA. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

TWO PENETRATING HOLES IN THE THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; 

OTHER AREAS OF HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD AND BODY; 

INTESTINES TIGHTLY TWISTED; ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION. 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING ENTANGLEMENT. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN LEFT FOREFLIPPER. 

TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

P8B 

NA 

P8A 

P5C 

0 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

5 

5 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

ORANGE 

CLATSOP 

CA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

FISHING LINE AND HOOKS, LOCATION NOT GIVEN. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. NECROPSY INDICATED 

ULCERATIVE GASTROPATHY. 

SKULL DAMAGE INCLUDED BULLET TRACK THROUGH EYE 

ORBITS & OTHER BONE DAMAGE. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

6 

6 

7 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

CA 

CA 

WA 

SI 

SI 

ALIVE 

UNDERWEIGHT AND DEHYDRATED. ANIMAL HAD HOOK IN 

MOUTH WHEN PICKED UP. ANIMAL REMOVED IT EN ROUTE 

TO SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. 

GUNSHOT PELLETS FOUND POSTMORTEM. ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

7 

7 

7 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

GILLNET FISHERY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

MONTEREY 

WA 

WA 

CA 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING, INJURY DETAILS NOT PROVIDED, 

ASSUMED SERIOUS INJURY. ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

NA 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

7 

7 

8 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

CLATSOP 

MONTEREY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

OR 

CA 

WA 

SI 

SI 

ALIVE 

RED FISHING LURE HANGING FROM THE LEFT CORNER OF 

THE LOWER JAW. PHOTO SHOWS HOOKS ARE LIKELY INSIDE 

LEFT CORNER OF MOUTH. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. HOOK, FISHING LURE, AND LINE 

FOUND. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P5A 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 8 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 8 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

8 

8 

8 

11 

11 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MONTEREY 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

ORANGE 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

FISH HOOKS, DETAILS NOT GIVEN. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. 

HOOK IN CHEST WITH LINE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EMACIATED, CONGESTED AND COUGHING, TAR PATCHES 

ON BACK. BAD LOCATION- POPULAR DOG BEACH. 

EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

FISHING LURE, HOOK AND LINE ENTANGLEMENT. DIED AT 

REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH. 

TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI 

ANIMAL WITH UNSPECIFIED FISH HOOK INJURIES DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

13 

14 

16 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

OIL / TAR 

SAN DIEGO 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

WA 

CA 

SI 

ALIVE 

SI 

CONSTRICTING AND LACERATED FISHING LINE INJURIES 

AROUND NECK. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR / OIL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

SHOULDER. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN ABDOMEN AND 

ABCESS IN RIGHT JAW. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

18 

20 

20 

20 

20 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA CRUZ 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

SI 

FISH HOOK IN FLIPPER. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING DIED IN 

REHAB. 

SEAWORLD TEAM DISENTAGLED ANIMAL AND CUT OFF 

MONOFILAMENT FROM AROUND HEAD AND MOUTH. 

ANIMAL WAS AN EXCELLENT WEIGHT AND AGGRESSIVE. IT 

WAS RELEASED ON SITE AFTER MONOFILAMENT HAD BEEN 

REMOVED. 

HEALTHY, AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL WITH FISHING HOOK 

PIERCING BELOW BOTTOM JAW. HOOK REMOVED AND 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE. 

FISHING LINE COMING OUT OF MOUTH. EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB. 

NSI 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

P8A 

P5C 

NA 

0 

1 

0 

0 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 21 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 21 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 21 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 21 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

4 

22 

22 

23 

23 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

SANTA BARBARA 

MONTEREY 

MONTEREY 

WA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

FISH HOOKS, DETAILS NOT GIVEN. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING, INJURY DETAILS NOT PROVIDED, 

ASSUMED SERIOUS INJURY. ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

NECK ENTANGLEMENT IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

P8A 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

4 

23 

25 

27 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

CLARK 

CA 

CA 

WA 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

FISHING HOOK IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, VENTRAL SIDE. 

PUSHED THROUGH AND CUT OFF, RELEASED FROM REHAB 

FACILITY. SLIGHTLY UNDERWEIGHT. 

GUNSHOT PELLET FOUND IN HEAD POSTMORTEM. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

TWO SUSPICIOUS HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD; ANIMAL HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 28 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

28 

28 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

VENTURA 

WA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P5C 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

4 

5 

5 

28 

1 

3 

VESSEL STRIKE 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

KING 

LOS ANGELES 

LINCOLN 

WA 

CA 

OR 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SEVERE, DEEP AND OPEN PROPELLER INJURY (LACERATION) 

EXTENDING DOWN NECK TO BASE OF RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. 

FISHING LINE EMBEDDED IN HEALED NECK WOUND. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEHYDRATION AND 

PARASITISM NOTED. 

ADULT MALE CALIFORNIA SEA LION HAULED OUT ON PORT 

DOCK 1 WITH A PLASTIC PACKING BAND AROUND THE 

NECK, CUTTING INTO FLESH VENTRALLY. 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

P9 

NA 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

4 

5 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA CRUZ 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

FISHING WIRE AROUND NECK; LESIONS ON ALL FLIPPERS; 

THIN; CONGESTION; RESPIRATION LABORED. EUTHANIZED 

AT REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL WITH UNSPECIFIED FISH HOOK INJURIES DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

5 

MARINE DEBRIS 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION 

LINCOLN 

LOS ANGELES 

OR 

CA 

SI 

SI 

ADULT MALE CALIFORNIA SEA LION HAULED OUT ON PORT 

DOCK 1 WITH A PLASTIC PACKING BANDOR FISHING LINE 

WRAPPED VERY TIGHTLY AROUND THE NECK. VERY ACTIVE 

AND COMING AND GOING FROM THE SITE. 

LONG LINEAR LACERATION, LEFT REAR FLIPPER. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL TAKEN TO REHAB FACILITY, 

TREATED AND RELEASED. 

SI 

NSI 

P8A 

P9 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

6 

6 

7 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

COLUMBIA 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

NSI 

SI 

GILL NET IN MOUTH AND THROAT; EVIDENCE IN NECK; 

ASPHYXIATION AND PULMONARY ASPIRATION CAUSED BY 

INGESTION OF GILL NET AND AMERICAN SHAD THAT WAS 

LODGED IN THROAT; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE AND 

CLOTTING IN NECK. 

FISHING HOOK AND LINE IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER NEAR 

BEND OF FLIPPER ON VENTRAL SIDE. REMOVED ON SITE, 

BUT HAD PUSS POCKET. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. TWO HOOKS SEEN, ONLY ONE 

WAS FOUND. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

NA 

P5C 

P5C 

1 

0 

0 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

HOOK REMOVED FROM LEFT SIDE OF MUZZLE. HAD A LARGE 

LURE REMOVED BY VETERINARIAN. TREATED AND RELEASED 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5C 0 N N 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR / OIL AND FISHING LINE 

ON FUR. RASPY COUGH. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 8 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI NSI P9 0 N N 

EVIDENCE FOUND IN BODY; HEMORRHAGE AND TISSUE 

DAMAGE LOCATED IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE BODY; 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. NOAA 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 8 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD ENFORCEMENT CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

FISHING HOOKS IN MOUTH. HOOKS REMOVED AT REHAB 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

APPROACHING PEOPLE, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. TAR 

PATCHES ON VENTRUM AND DORSUM. DIED IN REHAB 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 9 OIL / TAR MARIN CA SI FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI 

ABCESS ON LEFT SIDE, SUSPECTED GUNSHOT/PUNCTURE 

BLEEDING WOUND ON LEFT SHOULDER. DEHYDRATED, 

LETHARGIC. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 14 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

5 

14 

14 

16 

16 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA CRUZ 

WA 

WA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DETAILS NOT PROVIDED. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TWO FISH HOOKS IN THE 

HEAD. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 18 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING, DIED IN 

REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 18 HARASSMENT SANTA CRUZ CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH PNEUMONIA HARASSED BY 

THE PUBLIC. TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY P9 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

19 

19 

19 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

LOS ANGELES 

WA 

WA 

CA 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL HAD CIRCUMFERENTIAL 

CONSTRICTING NECK WOUND FROM STRAPPING MATERIAL. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 SHOOTING COWLITZ WA DEAD EVIDENCE FOUND IN SKULL. NOAA ENFORCEMENT CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 20 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

20 

20 

20 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

MARIN 

WA 

WA 

CA 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 26-50% EXTERNAL OIL SEEN. HEAD, HIND AND 

FRONT FLIPPERS, VENTRUM, THROAT, MOUTH OILED. DIED 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 21 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

5 

22 

22 

22 

22 

GILLNET FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SAN DIEGO 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

CONSTRICTING MONOFILAMENT GILLNET INJURY AROUND 

NECK. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT, MILD DEHYDRATION, 1 CENTIMETER 

WOUND ON LEFT FLIPPER. OIL ON MUZZLE. 2-25% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL ON VENTRAL THORAX, 

ABDOMEN, FRONT FLIPPERS. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART 

OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL ON PELAGE 

ON CHIN. OIL PRESENT ON CHIN, ABDOMEN, DORSAL 

SURFACE OF BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS, BOTH REAR FLIPPERS. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC. APPROX. 10% OIL/TAR ON BODY. 

TRANSPORTED TO OWCN FIELD TRIAGE. FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

SI 

P7B 

P9 

NA 

P9 

0 

0 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

22 

23 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION 

MARINE DEBRIS 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH LACERATIONS ON LEFT SIDE 

OF BODY; SEVERAL CUTS TO LEFT FOREFLIPPER; CITIZEN 

APPLIED TISSUE GLUE TO WOUNDS TRAPPING DEBRIS. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

23 

23 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

VENTURA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. 2-25% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OPEN LESIONS ON FIRST DIGIT ON 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER AND RECTUM. MODERATE 

DEHYDRATION. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. 

MILD DEHYDRATION. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL ON 

FUR ALONG FLIPPERS, CHEST, VESTRUM, ABOVE LEFT EYE, 

AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

NSI 

P9 

P9 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

26-50% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS 

PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. OIL AND 

BLOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ACCORDING TO NATIONAL 

OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AND OILED 

WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK OIL SPILL RESPONSE PROTOCOLS. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

5 

23 

23 

23 

23 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

OIL ON BODY,STRONG PETROLEUM ODOR. TRANSPORTED 

TO OWCN FIELD TRIAGE. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

VERY THIN CSL WITH OIL ON BODY. TRANSPORTED TO 

OWCN FIELD TRIAGE. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH A LOT OF TAR ON ABDOMEN. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL FOUND WITH SPEAR IN SIDE, TRANSFERRED TO 

REHAB. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

P9 

P9 

NA 

P9 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. ANIMAL RESTRANDED IN MONTEREY IN 

NOVEMBER, UNDERWEIGHT. CONSIDERED SERIOUS INJURY 

DESPITE REHAB EFFORTS DUE TO ANIMAL CONDITION. SI P1 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

24 

24 

24 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

HYPOTHERMIC; COMATOSE; FISHING LINE DOWN THROAT; 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

MODERATE DEHYDRATION. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. 

ANIMAL PICKED UP AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT, MILD DEHYDRATION. 26-50% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN. SUPERFICIAL OIL COVERING OF FLIPPERS, 

VENTRUM, HEAD, THROAT. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED WITH SATELLITE TRANSMITTER. 

FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN, NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON 

SATELLITE TRACKING RESULTS. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

P9 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

24 

24 

25 

OIL / TAR 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

VENTURA 

UNKNOWN 

ORANGE 

CA 

OR 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

THIN, MODERATE DEHYDRATION. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING 

SEEN. OIL ON VENTRAL THORAX, ABDOMEN, AND LEADING 

EDGE OF FORE AND HIND FLIPPERS. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS 

PART OF THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM SKULL. NOAA ENFORCEMENT 

CASE. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

P5A 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH MULTIPLE FISH HOOK 

INJURIES, DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

25 

25 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. MILD 

DEHYDRATION. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. 

SUPERFICIAL OIL SHEEN ON VENTRUM AND FLIPPERS. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 

UNDERWEIGHT AND DEHYDRATED. LESS THAN 2% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. 

SCANT SHEEN ON HIND FLIPPERS AND RIGHT VENTRAL 

CERVICAL AREA. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

NSI 

P9 

P9 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 26-50% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL SPOTS ON 

LEFT HOP, VENTRUM, MUZZLE, HEAD, VENTRAL NECK, 

FRONT FLIPPERS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 26 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD 

EVIDENCE IN BODY W/ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE; BLOOD FROM 

NOSE AND LEFT EYE; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD 

AND BODY; RIGHT LUNG HEMORRHAGED WITH POSSIBLE 

TRACK/HOLE; RIGHT PLEURAL CAVITY FILLED WITH BLOOD; 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. NOAA 

ENFORCEMENT CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 26 SPEARING VENTURA CA SI 

SEA LION HAD A 2 FOOT SPEAR ON HIS LEFT MIDSECTION 

SIDE, STICKING OUT OF HIM. IT WAS REMOVED ON SITE. 

LACERATION SIZE IS 6 INCHES TO 8 INCHES LONG AND 5 

INCHES WIDE. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

PUP HAD TWO FISHING HOOKS IN MOUTH WITH 

MONOFILAMENT. ONE HOOK IN EACH SIDE OF THE MOUTH. 

TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. TREATED AS 

SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE ANIMAL MAY BE A DEPENDENT 

PUP RELEASED ALONE. SI P14 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

5 

27 

27 

27 

27 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL. FISH HOOK FOUND IN STOMACH. 

ULCERATIVE GASTRITUS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED 

1 CENTIMETER LACERATION OVER RIGHT HIP. ANIMAL WAS 

COLLECTED AS PART OF THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. HAD 51-75% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT, MILD DEHYDRATION. 51-75% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN. OIL AROUND EYES AND NOSE, ALL FLIPPERS, 

ENTIRE VENTRAL SIDE. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB 

AND RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P9 

NA 

P9 

1 

0 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

27 

28 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT. 26-50% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL SEEN 

AROUND MUZZLE AND EYES. OIL SHEEN ON FLIPPERS AND 

DORSAL BODY. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN REHAB. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

DIARRHEA. OIL IN BETWEEN VIBRISSAE. LESS THAN 2% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 28 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. NSI P9 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

28 

28 

29 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB. 

ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS 'OILED' BROUGHT TO REHAB 

FACILITY. OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED 

NSI 

SI 

NSI 

P9 

P9 

P9 

0 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

29 

30 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL GOT OUT OF TRANSPORT CARRIER 

AND FELL OFF TRUCK. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

HEAD AND ABDOMEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. 

2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON MUZZLE, RIGHT LATERAL 

ABDOMEN, RIGHT SHOULDER, HEAD AND NECK. THIN AND 

DEHYDRATED. OPEN LESION ON LEFT MANDIBLE, NEXT TO 

THIRD POSTERIOR CANINE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

30 

30 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. 2-25% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN ON REAR END, HIND FLIPPERS, LEFT SCAPULA, 

AND NEAR EYES. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. ANIMAL WAS PICKED UP 

ALIVE FROM THE OIL SPILL ZONE. 5% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN 

ON LEFT LATERAL CAUDAL. EMACIATED. SUPERFICIAL 

ABRASIONS ON VENTRAL SIDE OF ALL FLIPPERS. 

DEHYDRATED. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

5 

31 

31 

31 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

2-25% EXTERNAL OILING NOTED. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON LEFT TARSAS, 

HIND FLIPPER AND TAIL, RIGHT FLIPPER AXILLARY. TREATED 

IN REHAB, RELEASED. 

MILDLY DEHYDRATED, THIN. LESION ON MIDDLE OF 

TONGUE AND UNDER LEFT EYE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN ON RIGHT HIP, RIGHT SIDE AND ON CHEST. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

P9 

NA 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

5 

6 

31 

1 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

MODERATELY DEHYDRATED. RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER 

SWOLLEN. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

SNOUT, NECK, VENTRAL THORAX, AROUND EYES, AND 

CHEST. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL 

SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING PREVIOUSLY 

SEEN NEAR BASE OF TAIL. UPON INTAKE, NO OIL WAS 

VISIBLE. ANIMAL WAS THIN AND MILDLY DEHYDRATED. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

1 

2 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL 

SPILL RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

REAR END. THIN AND SLIGHTLY DEHYDRATED. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN IN PATCHES ON DORSAL, AND SURFACE OF 

VENTRUM. SPOTS ON LEFT MUZZLE AND VENTRAL BODY. 

MILD FORE-FLIPPER PATCHES ON DORSAL SIDE. ANIMAL 

WAS COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P9 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

6 

6 

3 

3 

4 

5 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SANTA BARBARA 

LOS ANGELES 

LINCOLN 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

OR 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

2-25% EXTERNAL OILING NOTED. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN REHAB. 

ROPE WAS SEEN WRAPPED AROUND ANIMAL'S BODY FOR 

SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE IT MANAGED TO FREE ITSELF, 

PHOTO IN HMSC ARCHIVE 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH NECK ENTANGLEMENT IN 

FISHING LINE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

P7B 

NA 

0 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 5 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

LEFT SHOULDER. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY 

AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 5 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD 

EVIDENCE FOUND IN HEAD; THE HEART AND SOME AREAS 

OF THE BODY HEMORRHAGED; THE ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION. NOAA ENFORCEMENT CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 6 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN GEAR OR MATERIAL 

OF UNKNOWN TYPE, TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

7 

8 

OIL / TAR 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

SANTA BARBARA 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON LEFT 

NECK AND VENTRUM (MID THORAX). OIL AND BLOOD 

SAMPLES WERE TAKEN. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

6 

11 

12 

13 

SHOOTING 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. BULLET RECOVERED POSTMORTEM. 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

NA 

P9 

P9 

1 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

14 

14 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

VENTURA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON RIGHT 

SHOULDER. ANIMAL HAD MULTIPLE SEIZURES ON THE 

BEACH BEFORE AND DURING RESCUE. 2 FULL BODY 

SEIZURES, ABOUT 1 MINUTE LONG EACH, FOLLOWED BY 

SEVERAL SHORTER SEIZURES. ON ARRIVAL TO FACILITY, 

TWITCHING FOLLOWED BY GRAND MAL SEIZURE (FACIAL 

TWITCHING, JACK SMACKING, FLIPPER FLAPPING). SEIZURES 

STOPPED AFTER FIVE MINUTES. SEIZURE ACTIVITY RESUMED 

LATER ON IN THE NIGHT AND AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN AROUND 

LEFT HIP AND LEFT CERVICAL REGION. MILD DEHYDRATION. 

MILD SWOLLEN VULVA. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED AT REHAB 

FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

14 

14 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, DIARRHEA. LESS THAN 2% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON LEFT SHOULDER. ANIMAL 

COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN ON RIGHT HIP. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART 

OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL REPONSE. RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

NSI 

P9 

P9 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

6 

14 

16 

16 

OIL / TAR 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

VENTURA 

ORANGE 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

RIGHT SHOULDER, RIGHT AXILLARY, AND LEFT NECK. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL 

SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

HOOK IN MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN REHAB. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P5C 

NA 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 16 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. EMACIATED. 

LACERATIONS ON FLIPPERS. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL 

SUSPECT OILING SEEN ON RIGHT LATERAL ELBOW. ANIMAL 

COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 17 HARASSMENT ORANGE CA SI 

PUBLIC PICKING UP APPROX. 1 WEEK OLD PUP. 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P14 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

6 

17 

18 

18 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

ANIMAL HAD MULTIPLE INJURIES (ENTANGLEMENT, VESSEL 

STRIKE, GUNSHOT). EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

RESTRICTIVE ENTANGLEMENT OF MONOFILAMENT LINE 

AROUND NECK LACERATED BLUBBER AND MUSCLE, DOWN 

TO TRACHEA. LINE LIKELY LACERATED MAJOR ARTERY, 

WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED BLOOD LOSS AND DEATH. 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, TREBLE HOOK AND LURE IN 

REAR FLIPPER. TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY 

AFTER REHAB. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

CAPTIVITY 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 18 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 18 SHOOTING LINCOLN OR SI GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD. NO FURTHER DETAILS. SI P9 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 19 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

6 

22 

22 

23 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

SHOOTING 

SAN DIEGO 

VENTURA 

UNKNOWN 

CA 

CA 

OR 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

FISHING HOOK STUCK IN MOUTH. ACTIVE, ALERT, LOOSE 

STOOLS, FAIR BODY CONDITION. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

SWOLLEN LEFT FLIPPER. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING 

SEEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL 

SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL WAS PICKED UP ALIVE FROM THE 

OIL SPILL ZONE. DIED IN CARE AT FORT MACARTHUR. 

EVIDENCE FROM BODY W/ASSOC. TRACKING WOUNDS AND 

TRAUMA; EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD AND BODY. 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

6 

6 

6 

24 

28 

28 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

ORANGE 

MONTEREY 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK REAR FLIPPER. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. NECROPSY NOTED 

GASTROPATHY. 

CLEAR MONOFILAMENT NETTING TANGLED AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. 

FOUND IN TRASHBAG. 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

NA 

P8A 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

6 

7 

29 

5 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

REMOVED FISHING LINE FROM AROUND NECK; 1 CM DEEP 

CHRONIC WOUND OVER SHOULDER JOINTS BILATERALLY; 

HYPERTHERMIC; UNDERWEIGHT. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

GILL NET TIGHTLY AROUND NECK, EMACIATED, 

DEHYDRATED, NECK WOUND. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

Stock or Area 

U.S. 

Year 

2015 

Month 

7 

Day 

8 

Interaction Type 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

County or Locale 

VENTURA 

State 

CA 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

DEAD 

Final Injury 

Comments Assessment 

A DEAD CALIFORNIA SEA LION WAS DISCOVERED DURING 

HAUL BACK IN A PELAGIC LONGLINE. THE ANIMAL WAS 

FOUL-HOOKED IN ITS BACK THROUGH ITS FUR AND SKIN. 

THIS TAKE OCCURRED DURING AN EXPERIMENTAL SET (BLUE 

SHARK SURVIVAL STUDY). THE APPROXIMATE DEPTH OF THE 

LINE WAS 60 M. DEAD 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

NA 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

1 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

N 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 9 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI HOOK FOUND PERFORATING ESOPHAGUS ON NECROPSY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 9 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI 

DIED DURING TRANSPORT TO REHAB. DETAILS ON NATURE 

OF FISHERY-RELATED INJURY NOT PROVIDED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 10 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD 

SELF-REPORTED DROWNING OF SEA LION IN GROUNDFISH 

NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 10 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD 

SUSPECTED SHOOTING. HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; AREAS OF BLACK 

TISSUE (FROM LEAD?); AT LEAST TWO SHATTERED RIBS AT 

STERNUM W/ASSOCIATED TISSUE. DAMAGE AND 

HEMORRHAGE; HEART AND LUNG HEMORRHAGED; ANIMAL 

HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI FISH HOOK IN MOUTH. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 15 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA DEAD 

YELLOW WAX MARKINGS ON DORSAL SURFACE. TMMC 

RESCUE TEAM SAID ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND ACTIVE AND 

THEN SUDDENLY SEIZED AND DIED ON THE BEACH. THE 

ANIMAL WAS PICKED UP LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER. 

ANIMAL WAS FRESH BUT MISSING EYES AND HAD A SMALL 

HOLE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT LEFT FLIPPER. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 17 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

TRAUMA TO MOUTH. SUSPECTED SEAL BOMB OR OTHER 

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 25 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN MATEO CA SI 

BROKEN JAW, SUSPECTED SEAL BOMB INJURY. ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 27 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI 

PLASTIC PACKING BAND TIGHTLY WRAPPED AROUND NECK; 

CUTTING INTO FLESH; PUS EVIDENT. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

1 

2 

3 

7 

9 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN FRANCISCO 

MONTEREY 

SAN FRANCISCO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

SI 

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS. 

THIS ANIMAL WAS ENTANGLED AND PULLED UP DEAD ON A 

FISHING BOAT. 

LETHARGIC ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT 

NETTING AROUND NECK AND FLIPPERS. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

APPARENT DEEP MONOFILAMENT WOUND ON NECK. 

RESCUE EFFORT FAILED. 

NECK ENTANGLEMENT IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING. SENT 

TO REHAB FACILITY, UNKNOWN OUTCOME. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

NA 

NA 

NA 

P8A 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

8 

8 

8 

13 

13 

19 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

OFFSHORE 

PACIFIC 

MARIN 

CA 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. 

MULTIPLE HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN BODY 

AND POSTERIOR HEAD; PART OF LEFT SKULL "BLOWN 

AWAY"; NECK TREMENDOUSLY HEMORRHAGED. 

BULLET HOLES IN CHEST. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 20 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD 

SELF-REPORTED DROWNING OF SEA LION IN GROUNDFISH 

NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI 

PACKING BAND OR FISHING LINE CUTTING DEEPLY INTO 

NECK OF ANIMAL. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 25 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI 

DOG BITES ON BACK AND STOMACH. TREATED IN REHAB 

AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

FISH HOOK IN ESOPHAGUS. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 29 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

ANIMAL HAD FISHING LINE CUTTING INTO ITS NECK. 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P8A 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

MONOFILAMENT AROUND NECK, NOT CUTTING INTO 

ANIMAL. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P8B 0 N N 

FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. NO DETAILS ON WHETHER HOOKS WERE 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

PRESENT AND/OR REMOVED. ASSUMED SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE OF PROBABLE GEAR INGESTION. SI P2 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 13 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

HOLES, HEMORRHAGE, AND OTHER TRAUMA CONSISTENT 

WITH SHOOTING. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

THE SALMON OCEAN ECOLOGY TEAM WAS REVIEWING GOPRO FOOTAGE FROM THEIR TRAWL ON 9/14/2015 AND 

NOTICED A SEA LION ACTIVELY SWIMMING IN AND OUT OF 

THE TRAWL INTERMEDIATE SECTION THROUGH THE MOUTH 

OF THE NET, AND THEN EVENTUALLY LEAVING THE NET 

THROUGH THE EXCLUDER. THE ANIMAL SEEMED TO BE 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 14 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA NSI COMPLETELY UNINJURED BY THE INTERACTION. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

9 

9 

9 

17 

20 

21 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LINCOLN 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL WITH DEEP CONSTRICTING NECK ENTANGLEMENT 

OOZING FLUID; ENTANGLING MATERIAL UNKNOWN. 

SEA LION WAS DISCOVERED TO BE HOOKED IN THE MOUTH 

DURING RETRIEVAL OF THE LONGLINE AT 0949. IT WAS 

RELEASED IN GOOD CONDITION -SWAM AWAY LIVELY AND 

ENERGETIC. DETAILS LACKING ON WHETHER HOOK WAS 

REMOVED OR FELL OUT. ASSUMED SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE OF HOOK REMAINING IN MOUTH. 

HOOK AND LINE HANGING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH. 

SWOLLEN JAW. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISLPAY 

FACILITY FOLLOWING REHAB. 

SI 

SI 

CAPTIVITY 

P8A 

P5A 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 21 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP WA SI 

CONSTRICTING NECK WOUND WHICH APPEARS TO BE 

FAIRLY DEEP AND OOZING FLUID, BASED ON REVIEW OF 

PHOTOS. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 25 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI 

NYLON NETTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY. OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 25 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 26 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD BULLET FOUND IN SKULL POSTMORTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 29 SHOOTING CLARK WA DEAD 

OBVIOUS BULLET/PELLET HOLES IN NECK AND HEAD WITH 

ASSOCIATED TRAUMA; THE SEA LION HAD VERY GOOD 

BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 10 3 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI 

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC. TWO PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON 

LEFT SHOULDER WITH PUS. MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS 

AND BULLETS FOUND IN XRAY ON 10/6/15. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 10 14 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

CLEARLY SHOT IN HEAD; LEFT MANDIBLE BROKEN IN HALF; 

MUCH OF SKULL EXPOSED; UPPER LEFT CANINE AND 

POSSIBLY OTHER TEETH REMOVED BY UNKNOWN PERSON; 

POSSIBLE SMALLER SHARK BITE AT LEFT VENTRAL PELVIS; 

THE SEA LION HAD VERY GOOD BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 10 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISH HOOK WITH LINE (WIRE) THROUGH JAW SLIGHTLY 

THIN, LOWER RIGHT GUM SWOLLEN FROM FISH HOOK. 

REPORT INDICATES A 'RESTRANDED' ANIMAL. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED, FINAL OUTCOME TREATED 

AS SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO LACK OF DETAIL. SI P5A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 10 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN FISHING LINE. 

TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

11 

11 

11 

4 

5 

6 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

LARGE FISHING LURE HANGING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF NOSE. 

REMOVED LURE AND RELEASED ANIMAL IN SITU. GOOD 

CONDITION OTHERWISE. 

ANIMAL SWALLOWED HOOK / LURE. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

PHOTOS OF ENTRY AND EXIT WOUNDS IN HEAD AND BODY. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

P5C 

NA 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WRAPPED IN FISHING LINE. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

13 

17 

17 

20 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

ORANGE 

SANTA BARBARA 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

PACIFIC 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

WA 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

EMACIATED AND DEHYDRATED WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

FOREFLIPPER. TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY. 

MONOFILAMENT WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND JAW. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. 

GILLNET LACERATION AROUND NECK. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. 

A SINGLE CUT WAS MADE BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S) ALONG 

ENTIRE DORSAL MIDLINE; CLEAR BULLET/PELLET TRACK 

WITH CLOTTING ON SPLEEN; OTHER EVIDENCE HOLES AND 

TRACKS WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; ANIMAL 

HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. 

CAPTIVITY 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

P7B 

P7B 

NA 

1 

1 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

11 

11 

23 

24 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

YEARLING WITH SINGLE WRAP OF FISHING LINE AROUND 

NECK. NOT TIGHT, REMOVED. OTHERWISE GOOD 

CONDITION, UNDERWEIGHT. 

FOUND IN TUCK POSITION ON BEACH, LETHARGIC AND 

EMACIATED. TAR PATCH 6 CM X1 CM ON BACK BETWEEN 

SHOULDER BLADES. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

11 

11 

29 

30 

MARINE DEBRIS 

GILLNET FISHERY 

ORANGE 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

PLASTIC BAG HANDLE AROUND EMACIATED ANIMAL'S 

NECK. OUTCOME UNKNOWN, TREATED CONSERVATIVELY AS 

SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF LOCATION OF 

ENTANGLEMENT, WITH CAPACITY TO BE CONSTRICTING. 

GILL NECK INJURY AROUND NECK, UNDERWEIGHT, 

COUGHING. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

SI 

DEAD 

P8A 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

12 

12 

5 

7 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

HOOK IN LOWER RIGHT CHIN; HOOK IN RIGHT REAR 

FLIPPER; LOOSE LINE ON ANIMAL AND AROUND TAG; 

UNDERWEIGHT. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

CONGESTED; THIN; MULTIPLE HOOKS IN MOUTH WITH 

SINKER. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

ONE ANIMAL DISTURBED DURING RESCUE ON DOCK. 

ANIMAL WAS DARTED WITH APPROVAL FROM NATIONAL 

MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE. FISHING LINE STRAPPED 

AROUND HEAD VERTICALLY. FISHING LINE WRAPPED 

BEHIND EYES ON SKULL, LEFT EYE BULGING OUT OF SOCKET, 

POSSIBLY A HOOK CAUGHT IN EYE. ONE BULLET FOUND 

DURING XRAYS ON 12/9/15 LODGED IN BACK OF THROAT. 

REMOVED. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 8 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI NSI P9 0 N N 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ENTANGLEMENT SCAR ON 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 10 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI NECK DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

EMACIATED; ULCERS ON TONGUE AND GUMS; LOST TOOTH 

LOWER LEFT JAW; HOOK PRESENT ON FRONT LEFT AXILLARY 

REGION OF LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK. TREATED AT REHAB 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2015 

2015 

12 

12 

21 

30 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE 

AROUND NECK. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

TWO FISH HOOKS AND GILLNET AROUND NECK. TREATED AT 

REHAB AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

NSI 

P7B 

P7B 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

1 

1 

1 

1 

SHOOTING 

VESSEL STRIKE 

PIERCE 

PIERCE 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FRESH CARCASS WITH EVIDENCE OF SHOOTING / GUNSHOT. 

FRESH DEAD. VESSEL TRAUMA (SHARP AND BLUNT)8 

ROUGHLY PARERALL LACERATION/ IMPRESSIONS 

EXTENDING FOR L SIDE TIP OF NOSE DOWN TO BASE OF 

TAIL. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

1 

1 

14 

14 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE WOUND 

AROUND DORSAL REGION. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH SWOLLEN LEFT FLIPPER 

WHERE FISHING HOOK HAD BEEN LOCATED. EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB CENTER. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

1 

1 

2 

2 

20 

28 

1 

1 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

SI 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT 

INJURY AROUND NECK. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

HOOK IN BOTTOM JAW. TAKEN TO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED 

LETHARGIC AND EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISHING HOOK 

AND LINE IN MOUTH. INITIALLY SEEN ALIVE. LATER FOUND 

DEAD WITH FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL WITH CIRCUMFERENTIAL WOUNDS AROUND NECK. 

TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P5C 

P5A 

P7B 

1 

0 

1 

0 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2 

2 

3 

4 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

LETHARGIC AND EMACIATED ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB. NECROPSY PERFORMED, DETAILS ON LOCATION OF 

GUNSHOT INJURY NOT GIVEN. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN LEFT LOWER JAW, 

REMOVED EASILY BY RESCUERS. TREATED AT REHAB AND 

RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

P9 

P5C 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2 

2 

14 

15 

HARASSMENT 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

SEA LION PUP ON BEACH BEING HARASSED BY PUBLIC, 

REPORTEDLY BEING TOUCHED AND PINCHED. TAKEN TO 

REHAB FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. 

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER LIP. ANIMAL TREATED 

IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

NSI 

P9 

P5C 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2 

2 

2 

15 

16 

16 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

CLATSOP 

CLATSOP 

CLATSOP 

OR 

OR 

OR 

SI 

SI 

SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL, CONSTRICTING WOUND AROUND NECK, 

POSSIBLY FROM PACKING BAND MATERIAL. NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED. 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL WOUND AROUND NECK FROM 

UNKNOWN MATERIAL. MATERIAL CUTTING INTO SKIN, 

SUBDERMAL LAYER EXPOSED. NO RESCUE EFFORT. 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL CONSTRICTING WOUND AROUND NECK 

FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE SINGLE STRAND OF 

MONOFILAMENT LINE. NO RESCUE EFFORT. 

SI 

SI 

SI 

P8A 

P8A 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 2 16 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

CONSTRICTING, MATERIAL UNKNOWN. NO RESCUE EFFORT. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 2 16 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

CONSTRICTING, MATERIAL UNKNOWN. NO RESCUE EFFORT. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 2 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL WOUND AROUND NECK FROM FISHING 

LINE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 2 23 SHOOTING LINCOLN OR DEAD 

APPARENT BULLET ENTRY WOUND AT DORSAL INSERSION 

OF RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; RADIUS AND ULNA SHATTERED; 

SURROUNDING TISSUED HEMORRHAGED DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN MOUTH. TREATED AT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 2 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

24 

24 

25 

26 

27 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN MOUTH. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH LACERATION NEAR EYE AND OIL / 

TAR ON BODY. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

SEVERELY EMACIATED. MONOFILAMENT FISHING LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND FACE AND BEHIND EYES. SEVERE POOR 

BODY CONDITION RESULTING FROM ENTRAPMENT WITH 

FISHING TACKLE, AND GASTROESOPHAGEAL WOUNDS 

ASSOCIATED WITH INGESTED FISHING TACKLE FOREIGN 

BODIES WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF 

DEATH. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISHING HOOK IN CHEEK. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

P5C 

P9 

P2 

NA 

P5C 

0 

1 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2 

2 

3 

28 

28 

7 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

VEHICLE COLLISION 

ORANGE 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. 

TREATED AND DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. NECROPSY 

PERFORMED. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MARINE DEBRIS. 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

HIT BY CAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P2 

P2 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

3 

3 

3 

12 

13 

15 

OIL / TAR 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MONTEREY 

VENTURA 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH SMALL PATCH OF TAR ON 

ABDOMEN TAKEN INTO REHAB FACILITY, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. 

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED FROM EITHER MARINE DEBRIS OR 

FISHING GEAR. ENTANGLING MATERIAL WAS NOT 

DESCRIBED BY RESPONDERS. 

MALNOURISED ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE 

ENTANGLEMENT SCAR AROUND NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

P7B 

P8A 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

SEVERAL SUSPICIOUS HOLES & HEMORRHAGE IN THE BODY; 

SKULL TOTALLY EXPOSED; KIDNEYS & LUNGS ABNORMAL; A 

SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CLOUDY, PINK-TINGED FLUID IN 

THORACIC CAVITY; THE ANIMAL HAD GOOD BODY 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 3 16 SHOOTING NA OR DEAD CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

3 

3 

3 

17 

19 

23 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

MALNOURISHED PUP WITH FISHING LINE IN MOUTH THAT 

WRAPS AROUND BODY AND FLIPPER WITH ONE HOOK IN 

FLIPPER AND TWO HOOKS IN MOUTH. HOOKS AND LINE 

REMOVED IN REHAB FACILITY, ANIMAL RELEASED. 

FISH HOOK IN LOWER JAW AND LIP OF MALNOURISHED 

ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL WITH GOOD BODY CONDITION WITH HOOK IN 

MOUTH, TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

DEAD 

NSI 

P5C 

P5B 

P5C 

0 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 3 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

HOOK IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, REMOVED AT REHAB 

FACILITY. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 3 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

3 HOOKS ON FLIPPERS, OIL/TAR PATCH ON EMACIATED 

ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB. DEAD P1 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 3 27 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA CRUZ CA SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH PLASTIC IN ITS STOMACH. DIED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD P1 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 3 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

FISHING HOOK ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE NEAR EYE, 

EMACIATED ANIMAL. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 3 28 SHOOTING NA OR DEAD 

ENTRANCE/EXIT HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED BONE DAMAGE, 

HEMORRHAGE, AND BLOOD CLOTTING; HEMORRHAGE ALSO 

IN OTHER AREAS OF BODY AND JUST ANTERIOR TO HEART; 

INTESTINES TIGHTLY TWISTED; THE SEA LION HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 3 31 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

HOOK REMOVED FROM MOUTH AND ANIMAL RELEASED ON 

THE BEACH. NO INFORMATION ON CONDITION OF ANIMAL. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

4 

4 

1 

2 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL WITH WOUND AROUND NECK FROM UNKNOWN 

CAUSE. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND NECK, DIED 

IN REHAB. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P7B 

P8A 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

4 

4 

4 

4 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

ORANGE 

WA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

WEEK OF APRIL 4 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF TEN CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN HEAD AND 

FLIPPERS, DIED IN REHAB. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

P5B 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

OCCIPITAL BROKEN WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; 

TRACKS AND VARIOUS AREAS OF EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 4 SHOOTING NA OR DEAD 

IN BODY; SOME ORGANS HEMORRHAGED; THE ANIMAL HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

4 

4 

4 

5 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

PACIFIC 

SAN DIEGO 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

TRACKS WITH ASSOCIATED HOLES AND HEMORRHAGE IN 

BODY; TWO BROKEN RIBS; ABDOMINAL CAVITY FILLED WITH 

BLOODY FLUID; LIVER LOBE RUPTURED WITH CLOTTING; 

INTESTINES TWISTED; THE ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN FLIPPER. TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P5C 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

4 

4 

6 

6 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

ORANGE 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

FISHING LINE GOING DOWN THROAT. DIED IN REHAB. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE GOING DOWN 

THROAT, SUSPECTED INGESTED FISH HOOK. OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. 

DEAD 

SI 

P2 

P2 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 11 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 11 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SIX CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 11 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 11 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SIX CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 11 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 11 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SIX CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 11 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 11 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SIX CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 11 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 11 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SIX CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

4 

4 

4 

4 

11 

12 

12 

13 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OIL / TAR 

MARINE DEBRIS 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

WA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

SI 

WEEK OF APRIL 11 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SIX CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT AROUND 

HEAD TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR ON VARIOUS BODY PARTS FOUND 

IN GARAGE. TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH GLASS FOUND IN STOMACH. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P7B 

P9 

P2 

1 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 15 MARINE DEBRIS CLALLAM OR SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

CONSTRICTING, MATERIAL UNKNOWN. NO RESCUE EFFORT. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 18 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF THIRTEEN 

CA SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE 

TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

TREMENDOUS AND EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE IN BODY, ESP. 

AT NECK AND SCAPULAE AREAS; PERICARDIUM AND MEDIAL 

LUNGS HEMORRHAGED; INTESTINES TWISTED; ABDOMINAL 

CAVITY MODERATELY FILLED WITH BLOODY FLUID DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 23 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 23 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 23 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 23 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 23 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 23 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 23 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 23 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

4 

4 

4 

23 

24 

24 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

WA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

WEEK OF APRIL 23 (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA SEA 

LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED AND 

EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH FISHING ENTANGLEMENT, 

HOOK IN NOSTRIL; BACK AND CHEST HAVE HOOKS WITH 

FLIES AND SINKER. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. NECROPSY SHOWED 

EVIDENCE OF SHOOTING. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P5C 

P9 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, SINGLE MONOFILAMENT 

LINE AROUND NECK, TISSUE HEALING AROUND LINE, 

TRAUMA TO RIGHT REAR FLIPPER WITH BONE EXPOSED. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 30 MARINE DEBRIS CLALLAM OR SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

CONSTRICTING, MATERIAL UNKNOWN. NO RESCUE EFFORT. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 30 MARINE DEBRIS CLALLAM OR SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

CONSTRICTING, MATERIAL UNKNOWN. NO RESCUE EFFORT. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 4 30 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD 

EVIDENCE OF HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED TRACKS, CLOTTING, 

AND HEMORRHAGE; ADDITIONAL HEMORRHAGE IN 

VARIOUS AREAS OF THE BODY; INTESTINES TWISTED; THE 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

4 

4 

7 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

MARINE DEBRIS 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

MONTEREY 

ORANGE 

LOS ANGELES 

WA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

SI 

WEEK OF MAY 2ND (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF NINE CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. 

FISHING LINE 'IN' MUZZLE AND LEFT FOREFLIPPER , TREATED 

AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

PELLET REMOVED FROM HEAD DURING NECROPSY. 

GASTRIC DILATION DUE TO INGESTION OF LATEX GLOVES. 

DIED IN REHAB, NECROPSIED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

P7B 

P9 

P2 

1 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 9 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 9TH (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SEVEN CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 9 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 9TH (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SEVEN CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 9 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 9TH (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SEVEN CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 9 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 9TH (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SEVEN CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 9 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 9TH (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SEVEN CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 9 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 9TH (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SEVEN CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 9 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

WEEK OF MAY 9TH (ODFW SUMMARY): ONE OF SEVEN CA 

SEA LIONS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL THAT WERE TRAPPED 

AND EUTHANIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 120. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 9 SHOOTING TILLAMOOK OR DEAD 

SUSPICIOUS GASHES AND HOLES W/ASSOCIATED TRACKS, 

CLOTTING, AND/OR HEMORRHAGE; ADDITIONAL EXTENSIVE 

HEMORRHAGE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF BODY; ORGANS 

HEMORRHAGED; THREE BROKEN RIBS; INTESTINES TWISTED; 

THE ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 13 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA SI 

ANIMAL HAD INGESTED A SOCK AND PLASTIC PARTS. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD P2 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

5 

5 

14 

14 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SAN DIEGO 

MENDOCINO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL WITH GOOD BODY WEIGHT RESCUED BECAUSE OF 

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK. ALSO HAD A HOOK IN 

CHEST. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

RADIOGRAPHS OF EUTHANIZED ANIMAL SHOWED EVIDENCE 

OF METALLIC FRAGMENTS. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P7B 

P9 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

STRANDED ANIMAL WITH DORSAL GUNSHOT ENTRY 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 15 SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD WOUND AND VENTRAL EXIT WOUND. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

5 

5 

5 

16 

17 

19 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SANTA CRUZ 

SANTA CRUZ 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

FISHING LINE, HOOK AND LURE ENTANGLED AROUND REAR 

FLIPPERS OF EMACIATED ANIMAL. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

MARINE MAMMAL CENTER RESPONDED AND SEA LION WAS 

DECEASED WHEN THEY ARRIVED TO THE BEACH. WAS 

OBSERVED HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING, HEAD THRUSTS 

AND POSSIBLE SEIZURES. FOUND SMALL CALIBER BULLET 

RESTING AGAINST OPPOSITE KIDNEY WHICH HAD 

HEMORRHAGE. GUNSHOT CAUSE OF DEATH. 

MALNOURISHED SEIZURING ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN 

FRONT AND REAR FLIPPERS AND EARS. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

P5B 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 20 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

GILLNET WOUND AROUND NECK, TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 23 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

GOOD BODY CONDITION, SUPERFICIAL LACERATIONS NEAR 

HEAD AND LEFT SIDE, ALERT BUT NOT ACTIVE, OBSERVED 

OVERNIGHT AND FOUND IN THE SAME LOCATION NEXT 

DAY. RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED BUCKSHOT SCATTERED 

THROUGHOUT CERVICAL REGION. ANIMAL TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 23 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

EVIDENCE OF HOLES AND TRACKING WOUNDS WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; OTHER AREAS OF 

HEMORRHAGE/DAMAGE IN BODY/ORGANS; THORACIC 

CAVITY FILLED WITH BLOODY FLUID; SEA LION HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI 

DARTING CAPTURE, MONOFILAMENT ENTANGLEMENT 

AROUND NECK, MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT. TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 27 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI TWINE AROUND NECK, TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 31 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISHING LINE JUST IN FRONT OF SHOULDER BLADE JOINT. 

LACERATION APPROXIMATELY 3/4 WAY AROUND BODY 

WHERE LINE WAS. TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 5 31 SHOOTING NA OR DEAD 

SUSPICIOUS HOLES W/ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE; POSSIBLE 

EVIDENCE TRACK ASSOC. W/BLACKENED BLUBBER; 

THORACIC CAVITY FILLED WITH CLOUDY, PINK-TINGED 

FLUID; ODD HOLE W/GELATINOUS TISSUE IN LUNG; 

THORACIC L.N.'S ABNORMAL; KIDNEY DAMAGED AND 

HEMORRHAGIC DEAD NA 1 N Y 

ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 6 2 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

FISHING HOOK CAUGHT IN LOWER LEFT LIP WITH ~70 

CENTIMETER FISHING LINE AND 8 OUNCE WEIGHT STILL 

ATTACHED. AREA OUTSIDE OF THE MOUTH AROUND HOOK 

IS SWOLLEN; INSIDE THE MOUTH IS BLEEDING FROM HOOK 

WOUND. THIN WITH HIPS AND SPINE VISIBLE. GOOD 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 6 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

HYDRATION/WETNESS AROUND THE EYES. ALERT AND 

ACTIVE. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

6 

6 

6 

5 

14 

15 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARIN 

LOS ANGELES 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

RESTRAND. MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, HEAD WEAVING, 

DISORIENTED. FULL CIRCUMFERENCE CERVICAL SCAR FROM 

PREVIOUS MONOFILAMENT ENTANGLEMENT. TAGGED ON 

BOTH FLIPPERS DURING PREVIOUS STRAND BECAUSE OF 

ENTANGLEMENT. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EMBEDDED MONOFILAMENT LINE NEAR EAR. TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL, FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH. ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

P8A 

P7B 

P5A 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 6 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISHING HOOK IN PECTORAL RIGHT FLIPPER WITH LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND. OTHERWISE GOOD BODY CONDITION. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 6 15 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI 

ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 6 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 6 17 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

GOOD BODY CONDITION. ENTANGED WITH GILL NET 

AROUND NECK CAUSING LARGE OPEN GASHES. TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 6 19 MARINE DEBRIS CLALLAM OR SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

CONSTRICTING, MATERIAL UNKNOWN. NO RESCUE EFFORT. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 6 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISH HOOK ON LOWER LEFT LIP/MOUTH AREA. HOOK 

REMOVED AND ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE. NO 

INFORMATION ON BODY CONDITION. NSI P5C 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

6 

6 

7 

7 

22 

22 

2 

4 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

NSI 

SI 

SI 

FISH HOOK ON LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. HOOK REMOVED AND 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE. 

FISH HOOK ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. FISH HOOK WAS 

REMOVED AND ANIMAL WAS RELEASED ON SITE 

MONOFILAMENT LINE WRAPPED AROUND ANIMAL'S NECK. 

ANIMAL GOOD WEIGHT, ACTIVE,ALERT. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH CIRCUMFERENTIAL 

ENTANGLEMENT WOUND AROUND NECK; DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. ENTANGLING MATERIAL NOT KNOWN. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P5C 

P5C 

P8A 

P8A 

0 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

7 

7 

4 

9 

SHOOTING 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

MONTEREY 

SAN MIGUEL 

ISLAND 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DISPLACED 

JAW. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. BULLET FOUND IN 

NECK UPON NECROPSY. 

PUP DIED DURING CAPTURE EFFORTS DUE TO 

ASPHYXIATION. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ANIMAL CAUGHT AT BEACH, REMOVED THREE HOOKS 

FROM NECK, MOUTH AND BOTTOM OF LEFT FRONT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 7 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI FLIPPER. ANIMAL RELEASED AT SITE. NSI P5C 0 N N 

BULLET/PELLET ENTRANCE HOLE IN SKULL; VARIOUS AREAS 

OF HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; TWO APPROXIMATELY 9 CM 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 7 24 SHOOTING NA OR DEAD DIAMETER HOLES FILLED WITH SAND IN BODY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 7 27 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

28 

28 

29 

30 

31 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

ORANGE 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

SI 

NSI 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

SUPERFICIAL ENTRY OF FISHING HOOK WITH LURE ON 

STOMACH. GOOD BODY CONDITION AND ATTITUDE. 

REMOVED HOOK AND RELEASED ON SITE. 

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK, SMALL WOUNDS REAR 

FLIPPERS. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

LARGE FISH HOOK THROUGH RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. 

REMOVED HOOK AND RELEASED ON SITE. GOOD BODY 

CONDITION. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

P5C 

P7B 

P5C 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

8 

8 

8 

1 

2 

8 

SHOOTING 

VESSEL STRIKE 

GILLNET FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

FISHING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND HEAD; LIMITED RANGE 

OF MOTION IN JAW; 2 SHOTGUN PELLETS BETWEEN 

SHOULDERS. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

TRAUMA TO LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. APPROXIMATELY HALF OF 

THE TIP OF THE FLIPPER HAD BEEN SLICED OFF WITH BONE 

EXPOSED. DEHYDRATED, MILD TREMORS. SUSPECTED 

PROPELLER WOUND. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

ENTANGLED IN GILLNET AROUND NECK. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P9 

P9 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 8 24 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

BLOOD CLOTTING, EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE, AND 

SUSPICIOUS HOLES IN NECK; HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD AND 

BODY; URINE BLOODY; THE ANIMAL HAD GOOD BODY 

CONDITION DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 8 24 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 8 28 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI PACKING BAND CUTTING DEEPLY INTO NECK OF ANIMAL. SI P8A 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 9 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI 

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK, RIGHT ABOVE SHOULDERS. 

EMBEDDED WITH PUS AND LACERATIONS. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 9 11 VESSEL STRIKE ORANGE CA SI 

ANIMAL HAS PROP STRIKES ACROSS MID SECTION. JUMPED 

INTO HARBOR PATROL BOAT AND ALLOWED TEAM TO NET 

WITH NO FIGHTING. WALKED INTO CAGE. PREVIOUSLY 

RELEASED TWICE BY PMMC. ON 7/21/16 AT CHANNEL 

ISLANDS AT 137.8 POUNDS. LOST 27.8 POUNDS IN 52 DAYS. 

TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY P9 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

9 

9 

9 

12 

12 

12 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

MONTEREY 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ENTANGLEMENT 

AROUND NECK TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. NO INFORMATION ON ENTANGLING MATERIAL. 

MONOFILAMENT LINE PREVIOUSLY AROUND NECK. UPON 

RESCUE, LINE WAS WRAPPED AROUND FLIPPER TAG. 

RELEASED ON SITE. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P7B 

P7B 

NA 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

GILL NET EMBEDDED/ENTANGLED AROUND NECK. GOOD 

WEIGHT, ACTIVE, ALERT, VOCAL. TREATED AND RELEASED 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 9 13 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

MONOFILAMENT AROUND NECK DEEP ENOUGH TO EXPOSE 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 9 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI MUSCLE. TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 9 20 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOK IN MOUTH RELEASED FROM 

PMMC ON 9/01/16 LOST 16.8 POUNDS IN 21 DAYS. 

ALTHOUGH ANIMAL WAS RELEASED FROM REHAB, WEIGHT 

LOSS WHILE IN REHAB CASTS DOUBT ON ABILITY OF ANIMAL 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 9 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI TO SURVIVE POST-RELEASE. SI P5C 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

9 

10 

24 

2 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SAN DIEGO 

PACIFIC 

CA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

TWO INCH THREE HOOK FISHING LURE EMBEDDED IN THE 

TOP AND BOTTOM LIP OF THE OF THE ANIMAL MAKING HIM 

UNABLE TO OPEN HIS MOUTH. GOOD BODY CONDITION. 

ANIMAL WAS DE-HOOKED AND RELEASED ON SITE UNDER 

THE SUPERVISION OF A VETERINARIAN. 

EVIDENCE COLLECTED TO ENFORCEMENT, CLEAR EVIDENCE 

HOLE WITH TRACK, BONE DAMAGE, AND AREAS OF 

HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD AND/OR BODY 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

10 

10 

8 

12 

SHOOTING 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

SANTA CRUZ 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

BUCKSHOT IN HIS MUZZLE AND FACE AND A BULLET 

LODGED IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER, EMACIATED. HARASSED BY 

PEOPLE ON THE BEACH, PETTING. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 10 16 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAN MATEO CA DEAD 

ANO NUEVO ISLAND. ASPHYXIATION RESULTING FROM 

CAPTURE ACTIVITIES. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 10 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

CLEAR EVIDENCE HOLE IN OCCIPITAL BONE, VARIOUS AREAS 

OF HEMORRHAGE AND SUSPICIOUS HOLES IN ANIMAL, 

INCLUDING ABDOMEN DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

10 

10 

10 

24 

26 

27 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

OR 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

ACTIVE ANIMAL WITH GOOD BODY CONDITION HAD A PAIR 

OF SWIM GOGGLES AROUND MIDSECTION OF BODY. 

GOGGLES REMOVED AND ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE. 

ANIMAL THAT HAD STRANDED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH FISH 

HOOK IN LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH AND IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. 

VERY THIN BODY. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, BUT NO 

NOTES ON OUTCOME. TREATED AS SERIOUS INJURY, BASED 

ON MULTIPLE STRANDINGS AND BODY CONDITION. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

P7B 

P5C 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 10 28 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA SI 

EMACIATED. BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO PELVIS DUE TO 

BOAT STRIKE. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD P15 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 10 28 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI 

ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 10 28 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

10 

10 

10 

11 

29 

29 

31 

3 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

MONTEREY 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

CA 

OR 

NSI 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL CAPTURED IN NET. RELEASED ALIVE AFTER BEING 

BROUGHT ON BOARD. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

EMACIATED, ENTANGLEMENT CUTTING IN AROUND 

SHOULDERS. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. INITIALLY 

IDENTIFIED AS FISHERY INTERACTION, BUT TYPE OF 

ENTANGLING MATERIAL WAS NOT IDENTIFIED. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P4 

NA 

P8A 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 5 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 6 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 6 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 6 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 6 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 7 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 7 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 7 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 8 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 8 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 9 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL NA OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL NA OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 10 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL NA OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 12 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 12 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 12 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 12 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 12 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL NA OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 13 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 13 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 13 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 13 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL NA OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 14 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 14 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 14 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 14 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 14 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 15 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 15 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 15 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 15 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 15 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 15 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 15 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL NA OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 16 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 16 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 16 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 16 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 16 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 17 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 17 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 17 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 17 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 17 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 18 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 18 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 18 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 11 

C 

18 

C 

ATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

ATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

11 

12 

18 

3 

TRAWL 

GILLNET FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

OR 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

APPARENT INJURY. 

GILL NET DEEPLY EMBEDDED AROUND NECK. BODY 

CONDITION GOOD, HYDRATION LEVEL GOOD. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

NSI 

P4 

P7B 

0 

0 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2016 12 4 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

EVIDENCE HOLE AND FRACTURES IN SKULL W/ASSOC. 

HEMORRHAGE, AS WELL AS PALATE, SNOUT, AND TOOTH 

DAMAGE DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

12 

12 

12 

14 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

CLATSOP 

CLATSOP 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SUSPICIOUS 1-CM DIA. HOLE THROUGH SKIN AT DORSAL 

SNOUT, WITH SNOUT SHATTERED; SIMILAR HOLE AT 

MANDIBLE; DEEP HEMORRHAGE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF 

BODY 

SNOUT SHATTERED AND ADDITIONAL MANDIBULAR 

DAMAGE; SOME HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; THE SEA LION HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2016 

2016 

2017 

2017 

12 

12 

1 

1 

18 CA 

28 

4 

C 

6 

TCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAW 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION 

SHOOTING 

A SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

L OFFSHORE 

KING 

MONTEREY 

NA 

WA 

WA 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

DEAD 

ALIVE 

DEAD 

ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

APPARENT INJURY. 

CARCASS FOUND WITH ROPE AROUND IT. 

UNDERWEIGHT AND LETHARGIC ANIMAL. PRE-MORTEM 

RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED BUCKSHOT IN CERVICAL SPINE. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

NA 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

1 

1 

1 

14 

27 

31 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

ORANGE 

VENTURA 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

ALIVE 

DEAD 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ASSOCIATED WITH FISHING LINE 

AND LURE. TREATED AND RELEASED. NO DETAILS GIVEN ON 

EXTENT OF INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH GEAR. TREATED AS 

SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO LACK OF DETAILS. 

ANIMAL STARTLED DURING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND FELL 

OVER CLIFF. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P1 

P9 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2 

2 

4 

9 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

MALE ADULT CALIFORNIA SEA LION HAD ABOUT AN 8 INCH 

FISHING LURE ATTACHED TO HIS RIGHT FLIPPER. HE SEEMED 

TO HAVE GOOD BODY CONDITION. THE LURE WAS 

SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED AND THE ANIMAL WAS RELEASED 

ON SITE. 

ANIMAL WITH GOOD BODY CONDITION AND A TREBLE 

HOOK IN LEFT CHEEK AND LURE AND HOOK IN LOWER 

RIGHT JAW. ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB 

FACILITY. 

NSI 

NSI 

P5C 

P5C 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2 

2 

13 

14 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

SAN DIEGO 

LINCOLN 

CA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL IN GOOD BODY CONDITION HAD RUBBER GASKET 

AROUND HEAD LOCATED BEHIND EARS AND UNDER CHIN. 

REMOVED GASKET AND RELEASED ON SITE. RUBBER GASKET 

APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER. BEFORE RESCUE, 

ANIMAL WAS SEEN FREQUENTLY IN ORANGE COUNTY BY 

PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER AS WELL AS SAN DIEGO. 

DEAD ANIMAL WITH LARGE CALIBER COPPER BULLET 

BULLET FOUND IN CAUDAL LUMBAR AREA. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2 

2 

3 

22 

25 

17 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

OFFSHORE CA 

LOS ANGELES 

SOLANO 

NA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

WOUND AROUND NECK DUE TO MONOFILAMENT LINE 

AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. 

GUNSHOT TRAUMA, BLIND ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P7B 

P9 

1 

0 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 3 

CA 

20 

HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABA 

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

SS 

VENTURA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 3 

CA 

20 

HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABA 

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

SS 

VENTURA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 3 22 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN NET, BROUGHT ON DECK AND 

ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 3 26 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI 

MONOFILAMENT LINE REMOVED FROM ANIMAL IN GOOD 

BODY CONDITION. NSI P7B 0 Y N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ANIMAL SHOT WITH ARROW THROUGH NECK. MEMBERS OF 

PUBLIC / FISHERMEN REMOVED ARROW FROM ANIMAL, 

WHICH THEN DEPARTED SCENE. EXTENT OF INJURY 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 3 31 SHOOTING ORANGE CA SI UNKNOWN, CONSIDERED SERIOUS INJURY. SI P9 1 N Y 

ANIMAL INGESTED AN UNKNOWN MATERIAL, EUTHANIZED 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 9 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 10 VEHICLE COLLISION ORANGE CA SI PREGNANT FEMALE HIT BY CAR, EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

ANIMAL GRABBED GEAR WITH 7 HOOKS ATTACHED AND 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 15 NEARSHORE HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE CA SI DEPARTED TRAILING GEAR. SI P5A 1 Y Y 

FISH HOOKS IN FLIPPER AND MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

ANIMAL SHOT IN RIGHT SHOULDER. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 19 SHOOTING ORANGE CA SI FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 20 SHOOTING 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

CLATSOP OR DEAD 

ANIMAL WITH TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE AT HEAD AND 

NECK, WITH APPARENT BULLET EXIT HOLE IN ABDOMEN. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

4 

4 

4 

21 

21 

24 

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

VENTURA 

SAN DIEGO 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AROUND FLIPPER 

AND POSSIBLE INGESTED FISHING HOOK. ANIMAL TREATED 

AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING HOOK AND LINE 

AROUND FLIPPER. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB 

FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

NA 

P5C 

P5C 

1 

0 

0 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 4 27 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 5 2 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 5 3 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 5 4 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

5 

5 

5 

4 

4 

7 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

GILLNET FISHERY 

MONTEREY 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND FISHING NECK. TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

MEMBER OF PUBLIC DISENTANGLED ANIMAL FROM 

UNKNOWN CONSTRICTING MATERLAL. TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL WITH GILLNET WOUND TAKEN INTO REHAB 

FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

P7B 

P7B 

P7B 

0 

0 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

5 

5 

5 

9 

10 

10 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

LOS ANGELES 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

WA 

CA 

WA 

ALIVE 

SI 

ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

INGESTED HARD PLASTIC TRASH. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB 

FACILITY. 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

5 

5 

10 

11 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

LOS ANGELES 

WA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

INGESTED FOREIGN BODY. TREATED AT REHAB AND 

RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P9 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

5 

5 

11 

16 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

MONTEREY 

WA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

GUNSHOT AND LACERATIONS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

5 

5 

5 

16 

17 

17 

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

COLUMBIA RIVER 

LOS ANGELES 

MONTEREY 

WA 

CA 

CA 

ALIVE 

SI 

SI 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. 

WOODEN BLOCK MATERIAL FOUND IN STOMACH. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. TREATED AT REHAB AND 

RELEASED. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

P7B 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 5 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD FISHING LINE AROUND HEAD AND NECK. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 5 17 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE 

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

5 

5 

18 

22 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

ORANGE 

LINCOLN 

CA 

OR 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN CHEST, HIP, 

AND REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. 

LARGE CONSTRICTING INJURY AROUND NECK WITH 

PROTRUDING TISSUE. ANIMAL WAS NOT PRESENT NEXT 

DAY. 

NSI 

SI 

P5C 

P8A 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

5 

5 

5 

23 

26 

28 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

BALLOON FOUND IN FECAL MATERIAL OF UNDERWEIGHT, 

LETHARGIC ANIMAL. TREATED AT REHAB AND RLEASED. 

FISH HOOK IN LIP AND REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. SWOLLEN FACE ON BOTH 

SIDES FROM STING RAY BARB INJURY FOUND DURING 

SURGERY. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

P5C 

P8A 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 5 28 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI 

BULLET WOUND ACROSS NOSE AND EYE, SECOND BULLET IN 

NECK. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

5 

5 

5 

28 

29 

29 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

LINCOLN 

ORANGE 

OFFSHORE 

OR 

CA 

CA 

SI 

NSI 

NSI 

SALMON FLASHER LURE AND SEVERAL FEET OF LINE 

HANGING OUT OF MOUTH. TRAUMA EVIDENT AT LEFT SIDE 

OF MOUTH. 

FISH HOOK IN BACK. PUBLIC FEEDING AND HOLDING 

ANIMAL. TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN NET, BROUGHT ON DECK AND 

ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. 

SI 

NSI 

NSI 

P2 

P5C 

P4 

1 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

5 

6 

6 

6 

31 

1 

3 

4 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

GASTRIC IMPACTION WITH INGESTED PLASTIC AND ROCKS. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. 

ANIMAL INGESTED METALLIC FOIL MATERIAL. EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. 

PELLET LODGED BEHIND RIGHT EYE INSIDE SKULL 

DETERMINED VIA RADIOGRAPH. NO DETAILS ON FINAL 

OUTCOME OF CASE, ASSIGNED AS SERIOUS INJURY. 

ANIMAL WITH PELLET INSIDE HEAD AND MISSING EYE 

TREATED AT REHAB AND TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY 

FACILITY 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

CAPTIVITY 

NA 

NA 

P9 

P9 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

7 

SHOOTING 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

CLALLAM 

OFFSHORE 

VENTURA 

WA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

CARCASS AND SKELETION COLLECTED FOR SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH. A CROSSBOLT ARROW WAS FOUND IN THE 

THORACIC CAVITY. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P12 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 6 7 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUND 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

6 

6 

7 

9 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

ORANGE 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL WITH SEIZURES CAPTURED WITH FISH HOOK IN 

MOUTH. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

6 

6 

6 

6 

9 

15 

16 

23 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

VENTURA 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

SI 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

ANIMAL WITH PELLET SHOTS AND A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE 

EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. 

MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION AND DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY. 

ANIMAL CHASING MEMBERS OF PUBLIC. EUTHANIZED AT 

REHAB FACILITY. 

HUMAN INTERACTION WITH GUNSHOT; SPINAL 

PERFORATION BETWEEN APPARENT ENTRY WOUND AND 

BULLET. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

6 

7 

7 

24 

1 

6 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

MONTEREY 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH GREEN NYLON ROPE 

AROUND NECK, BUT NOT EMBEDDED IN TISSUE. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO RENAL FAILURE. 

ANIMAL WAS ENTANGLED IN FISHING LINE WITH ONE 

LARGE HOOK IN HIS NECK AND ONE LARGE HOOK IN HIS 

LOWER JAW. EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. TREATED IN 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P5C 

NA 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

7 

7 

7 

7 

8 

18 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SANTA BARBARA 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

TWO FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM MOUTH OF ANIMAL. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE 

ENTANGLED AROUND THE HEAD AND EARS. NO 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS. 

ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE WRAPPED AROUND 

HIS NECK ABOUT 5 CENTIMETERS FROM HIS FOREFLIPPERS, 

CAUSING LACERATIONS. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. 

NSI 

SI 

NSI 

P5C 

P8A 

P7B 

0 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

7 

7 

7 

19 

26 

26 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN MATEO 

SANTA CRUZ 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL WOUND AROUND NECK. ENTANGLING 

MATERIAL UNKNOWN. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH FISHING HOOK EMBEDDED 

IN MAXILLARY BUCCAL MUCOSA. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

ONE TO TWO-INCH FISH HOOK WITH RED/YELLOW 

FEATHERS FOUND IN PYLORIC REGION OF STOMACH. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 8 8 SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI 

GUNSHOT TRAUMA TO JAW. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 8 8 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

FRESH DEAD ANIMAL WITH ENTANGLEMENT INJURY 

AROUND NECK AND CONFIRMED (VIA X-RAY) BULLET AND 

SEVERE SKULL FRACTURES. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

11 

15 

15 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

MONTEREY 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

FISHERY INTERACTION INDICATED BY LINEAR ABRASIONS 

AROUND BODY. 

FISH HOOK IN LIP. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB 

FACILITY. 

EMACIATED, ALERT BUT NOT ACTIVE, FISH HOOK AND LINE 

FELL OUT OF CORNER OF MOUTH DURING RESCUE. TREATED 

AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P5C 

P5C 

NA 

1 

0 

0 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 8 18 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

ANIMAL REPORTED WITH PROPELLER WOUNDS 

UNDERNEATH A DOCK. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 8 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAN DIEGO CA ALIVE ANIMAL REMOTELY SEDATED AND DROWNED. DEAD P9 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 8 23 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI 

DETERRENCE USED TO SCARE OFF 5 SEA LIONS FEEDING ON 

CATCH. NO INJURIES REPORTED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 8 23 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI 

DETERRENCE USED TO SCARE OFF 5 SEA LIONS FEEDING ON 

CATCH. NO INJURIES REPORTED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 8 23 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI 

DETERRENCE USED TO SCARE OFF 5 SEA LIONS FEEDING ON 

CATCH. NO INJURIES REPORTED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

8 

8 

9 

9 

23 

23 

3 

8 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

OR 

OR 

CA 

OR 

NSI 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

DETERRENCE USED TO SCARE OFF 5 SEA LIONS FEEDING ON 

CATCH. NO INJURIES REPORTED. 

DETERRENCE USED TO SCARE OFF 5 SEA LIONS FEEDING ON 

CATCH. NO INJURIES REPORTED. 

HEALTHY ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE WRAPPED 

AROUND NECK, CUTTING INTO ANIMAL APPROXIMATELY 1-

INCH DEEP. 3 FEET OF TRAILING LINE. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

P9 

P7B 

NA 

0 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

FISH HOOK IN STOMACH. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 9 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

17 

17 

20 

22 

22 

VESSEL STRIKE 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATE 

TRAWL 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

VENTURA 

R 

OFFSHORE 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA BARBARA 

KITSAP 

CA 

OR 

CA 

CA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

SI 

CARCASS NEAR ANACAPA ISLAND WITH EVIDENCE OF A 

PROPELLER STRIKE. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

LIVE ANIMAL BROUGHT TO REHAB CENTER WHERE 

RADIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE INDICATED A BULLET. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. 

LURE FLASHER COMING OUT OF MOUTH. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

P2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 9 28 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

 0.3 CM WIDE TAN/YELLOW ROPE WRAPPED TWICE 

AROUND IT'S NECK, CREATING A SEVERE CIRCUMFERENTIAL 

LACERATION EXTENDING INTO MUSCLE LAYER, WITH 

ASSOCIATED POOL OF BLOOD UNDERNEATH VENTRAL SIDE 

OF LACERATION DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 9 28 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATE 

TRAWL 

R 

OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

9 

9 

29 

29 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

LOS ANGELES 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

RECORDS INDICATE ANIMAL DIED ON ITS WAY TO REHAB 

FACILITY WITH A HOOK AND LINE FISHERY INJURY. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

10 

10 

1 

4 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

MARIN 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

DETAILS LACKING, BUT A SEA LION WITH A HOOK AND LINE 

INJURY WAS TREATED AT A REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

10 

10 

10 

5 

6 

9 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

SHOOTING 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

OR 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUND EUTHANIZED AT REHAB 

FACILITY. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

12 

13 

14 

16 

20 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

MONTEREY 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

OR 

OR 

CA 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL DESCRIBED WITH INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH 

BEING CLUBBED TO DEATH WAS EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 10 23 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 10 23 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 10 23 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 10 24 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 10 24 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 10 24 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 10 24 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

24 

27 

28 

31 

31 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

SHOOTING 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

KITSAP 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

OR 

OR 

WA 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

RADIOGRAPH SHOWED HALF A DOZEN PELLETS IN NECK. C1 

AND C2 VERTEBRAE WERE FRACTURED. SEVERAL WERE 

RETRIEVED ON NECROPSY. 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN NET, BROUGHT ON DECK AND 

ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

P4 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

0 

1 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

10 

11 

11 

31 

3 

5 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

OR 

CA 

OR 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL OBSERVED WITH CIRCUMFERENTIAL FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. RESCUE ATTEMPT WAS 

MADE, ANIMAL DARTED DUE TO SIZE AND LOCATION, BUT 

NOT SEEN AGAIN. 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN NET, BROUGHT ON DECK AND 

ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

NA 

P8A 

P4 

1 

1 

0 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 6 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 6 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 6 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 6 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 6 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 6 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 6 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

8 

8 

9 

9 

9 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

GILLNET FISHERY 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

LOS ANGELES 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

OR 

OR 

CA 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DETAILS LACKING ON AN ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS HAVING A 

GILLNET INJURY. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

P7B 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

0 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

11 

11 

11 

11 

9 

9 

10 

12 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

SHOOTING 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

LANE 

OFFSHORE 

OR 

OR 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

GUNSHOT WOUNDS ON RIGHT SIDE OF BODY; THROUGH 

FRONT FLIPPER, ENTRY AND EXIT WOUNDS THROUGH 

ABDOMEN. 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN NET, BROUGHT ON DECK AND 

ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

NA 

P4 

1 

1 

1 

0 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

THE SNOUT WAS CUT OFF; OBVIOUS BULLET HOLE ON 

VENTRAL BODY BY FOREFLIPPER (POSSIBLE EXIT HOLE); THE 

SEA LION HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD TWO OBVIOUS BULLET HOLES IN THE ABDOMEN. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 25 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI 

RADIOGRAPH SHOWED BULLET IN NECK. ANIMAL TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI NA 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 25 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 28 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD 

ANIMAL WITH GOOD BODY CONDITION AND OBVIOUS 

BULLET ENTRY INJURY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 11 29 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

U.S. 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

11 

11 

12 

12 

12 

29 

29 

10 

10 

10 

RIDGEBACK PRAWN BOTTOM 

TRAWL 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

PACIFIC 

LINCOLN 

CA 

OR 

CA 

WA 

OR 

NSI 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

NSI 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN NET, BROUGHT ON DECK AND 

ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN NET, BROUGHT ON DECK AND 

ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. 

ANIMAL HAD FISH HOOKS IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH 

AND UPPER FRONT FLIPPER. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. 

PLASTIC BAG FOUND IN STOMACH OF CARCASS THAT HAD 

BEEN SCAVENGED ON BEACH BY BALD EAGLES. 

SUBCUTANEOUS BULLET FOUND IN BLUBBER. CAUSE OF 

DEATH LISTED AS LEPTOSPIROSIS. STRANDING PROGRAM 

SAID BULLET WAS NOT A FACTOR IN CAUSE OF DEATH. 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P4 

P4 

P5C 

NA 

NA 

0 

0 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR AND A DORSAL PUNCTURE WOUND 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 12 15 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA NSI TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 12 16 SHOOTING SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

LEAD PELLET (0.177 INCH CALIBER) UNDER SKIN BETWEEN 

EAR FLAPS. NO ASSOCIATED SKELETAL DAMAGE. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

ANIMAL IN GOOD BODY CONDITION WITH OBVIOUS BULLET 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 12 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

WOUND AT MID-ABDOMEN AND POSSIBLY THROUGH HEAD, 

BASED ON DAMAGE TO SKULL. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 NA NA CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN NET, BROUGHT ON DECK AND 

ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. NSI P4 0 N N 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 NA NA CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 NA NA CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 NA NA CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 NA NA CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2017 NA NA CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

U.S. 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2017 

2013 

2013 

2013 

NA 

2 

3 

3 

NA 

15 

3 

13 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

SAN DIEGO 

LOS ANGELES 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT LINE. 

ANIMAL CUT IN HALF. 

LEFT FLUKE CLEANLY CUT OFF. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 15 UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA DEAD 

ANIMAL SIGHTED 3/11/13, REPORTED TO MLML STRANDING 

NETWORK ON 3/14, EXAMINED 3/14. INITIAL PHOTOS 

SHOWED FISHING GEAR ENTANGLEMENT, WHICH WAS 

GONE BY THE DAY WE EXAMINED THE ANIMAL, EXCEPT FOR 

SOME MONOFILAMENT FOUND UNDER SAND NEAR DORSAL 

FIN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

DOLPHIN WAS EMACIATED AND HAD CURVATURE IN 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE. MANY LESIONS AND LACERATIONS 

PRESENT. LACERATIONS CAUSED BY FISHING GEAR THAT 

APPEARS TO BE RECREATIONAL MONOFILAMENT LINE 

LOCATED AROUND ROSTRUM LEADING IN MANDIBLE, 

EMBEDDED IN MELON, EMBEDDED VENTRAL SIDE OF THE 

LEFT PECTORAL FIN, AND WRAPPED AROUND FLUKE WITH 

WHAT APPEARS TO BE ABSCESS AND HEALED SKIN 

GROWING OVER LINE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

4 

5 

5 

7 

21 

10 

10 

9 

VESSEL STRIKE 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

UNKNOWN 

VENTURA 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SMALL BOAT COLLISION: 4 PARALLEL PROPELLER SCARS ON 

THE POSTERIOR PART OF ANIMAL ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE. 

FLUKE CUT OFF, NET MARKS ON ANIMAL. 

CALL RECEIVED OF DEAD DOLPHIN MISSING TAIL. CIMWI 

VOLUNTEER FOUND FRESH DEAD DOLPHIN WITH 

TAIL/FLUKE CLEARLY SEVERED. 

APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A CHRONIC ENTANGLEMENT BASED 

ON THE DEPTH OF WOUNDS CAUSED BY MONOFILAMENT 

(DOWN TO BONE ON ROSTRUM) AND EMACIATION LIKELY 

DUE TO FULL WRAP OF ROSTRUM. MONOFILAMENT AND 

HOOK ATTACHED TO ANIMAL AS WELL AS GILLNET FOUND 

NEXT TO ANIMAL. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2013 

2014 

10 

6 

22 

1 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FRESHLY DEAD ANIMAL RECOVERED FROM FISH 

RESEARCHER WHO FOUND CARCASS WRAPPED IN 4" 

STRETCH MESH MONOFILAMENT GILLNET USED FOR WHITE 

SEA BASS ASSESSMENTS. 

SEVERAL IMPRESSIONS AND LACERATIONS INDICATIVE OF 

ENTANGLEMENT NOTED DURING NECROPSY. ALSO 

EVIDENCE OF PAST ENTANGLEMENT (HEALED SCARS). 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2014 

2014 

6 

7 

11 

1 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FLUKES SEVERED, CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CASES OF NET 

ENTANGLED ANIMALS THAT HAVE BODY PARTS CUT OFF TO 

FACILITATE REMOVAL FROM A NET 

FRESHLY DEAD DOLPHIN WITH SEVERED FLUKES AND 

NET/ROPE MARKS. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2014 

2015 

2015 

2015 

9 

3 

7 

7 

11 

14 

12 

13 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN DIEGO 

VENTURA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FRESH DEAD, CAUSE OF DEATH LISTED AS DECOMPRESSION 

OR 'THE BENDS', CONSISTENT WITH DROWNING. NO 

EXTERNAL INJURIES. 

ANIMAL WAS EMACIATED WITH HOOK LODGED IN LEFT 

GAPE ATTACHED TO A RED MULTIFILAMENT LINE WITH 

LEAD WEIGHT. MULTIFILAMENT LINE WRAPPED THROUGH 

AXILLARY REGION OF BOTH PECTORAL FINS, AROUND 

DORSAL FIN, PEDUNCLE AND THROUGH THE MOUTH. 

RIGHT FLUKE CLEANLY CUT OFF. 

PEDUNCLE AND FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2015 8 8 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

MULTIPLE LINEAR IMPRESSIONS ACROSS ENTIRE BODY 

INDICATES EXTENSIVE ENTANGLEMENT. DORSAL FIN AND 

FLUKES HAD BEEN REMOVED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

CALIFORNIA 

CA-OR-WA 

2015 

2015 

8 

11 

24 

27 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FLUKES ARE ABSENT, IMPRESSIONS/NICKS ON DORSAL 

PEDUNCLE, AND LINEAR IMPRESSIONS DORSALLY AT AXILLA 

SUGGEST FISHERY INTERACTION. SPECIES ID PER GENETICS. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2 

2 

7 

12 

16 

17 

2 

17 

GILLNET FISHERY 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

VENTURA 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

DEAD 

DEEP LACERATIONS WERE FOUND ON RIGHT AND LEFT 

PECTORAL FIN INSERTIONS. SUPERFICIAL LACERATIONS 

(EXPOSING BLUBBER BUT NOT MUSCLE) AND IMPRESSIONS 

WERE FOUND CIRCUMVENTING THE HEAD AND CRISSCROSS ON THE VENTRUM BETWEEN THE PECTORAL FINS. 

ADDITIONAL IMPRESSIONS WERE FOUND ANTERIOR TO THE 

DORSAL FIN CIRCUMVENTING CAUDALLY. NO GEAR WAS 

FOUND ON THE ANIMAL. MARKS ON ANIMAL ARE 

CONSISTENT WITH GILLNET INTERACTION. 

NECROPSY REVEALED DEEP PENETRATING CHRONIC 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND THE FLUKE, THE TISSUE WAS 

NECROTIC. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE DEEP CHRONIC 

LACERATIONS THROUGH THE MOUTH. SOME LINE WAS 

RECOVERED FROM WITHIN THE FLUKE TISSUE, NO GEAR 

WAS FOUND IN THE MOUTH. ANIMAL WAS INITIALLY 

FOUND ALIVE BY SWIMMERS AND EXPIRED PRIOR TO 

ARRIVAL OF SEA WORLD PERSONNEL. 

DOLPHIN IN GOOD CONDITION - NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF 

TRAUMA OTHER THAN A TEAR ON THE RIGHT FLIPPER, 

POSSIBLY FROM LINE AND MARKS ON ROSTRUM/MELON 

THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM A PRIOR OR RECENT 

ENTANGLEMENT. 

LINEAR IMPRESSIONS ON HEAD, BODY, VENTRUM SLICED 

OPEN. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 1 6 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD FLUKE CLEANLY AMPUTATED AT PEDUNCLE DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2017 

2017 

2017 

4 

6 

6 

19 

6 

9 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

LINE ENTANGLEMENT SCAR ON ROSTRUM AND CRANIAL 

TRAUMA FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE. 

MULTIPLE LINEAR IMPRESSIONS ON PECTORAL FINS, 

ROSTRUM, DORSAL FIN, VENTRUM, AND PEDUNCLE. TAIL 

STOCK SEVERED, FLUKES MISSING. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 6 16 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD FLUKES CUT OFF. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 8 2 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD 

ANIMAL OBSERVED DEAD BY CDFW WARDEN WITH FLOAT 

AND LINE WRAPPED AROUND IT. GEAR POSITIVELYIDENTIFIED THROUGH LICENSE NUMBER ON GEAR. ANIMAL 

WAS IDENTIFIED AS GENERIC 'COMMON DOLPHIN', BUT THE 

LONG-BEAKED SPECIES IS THE PREDOMINANT SPECIES IN 

THIS AREA. ANIMAL DISENTANGLED FROM GEAR AND SET 

ADRIFT. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2017 

2013 

2013 

2013 

11 

3 

11 

11 

26 

3 

6 

8 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

LOS ANGELES 

VENTURA 

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA 

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

GAFF HOOK USED TO REMOVE ANIMAL FROM FISHING 

GEAR. ANIMAL HAD STOMACH FULL OF MARKET SQUID. 

CALL RECEIVED FROM CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR PATROL 

OF A DEAD DOLPHIN ON HOLLYWOOD BEACH WITH TAIL 

CUT OFF. CIMWI VOLUNTEER RESPONDED AND FOUND A 

FRESH DEAD COMMON DOLPHIN THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY 

CUT IN HALF. EDGES OF CUT WERE STRAIGHT AND CLEAN. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 11 21 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 11 24 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 11 27 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 12 10 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 1 14 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 1 15 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 1 17 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014 10 23 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD FRESHLY DEAD ANIMAL WITH GAFF MARKS, FLUKES AND 

DORSAL FIN SEVERED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 12 6 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM, ONE OF TWO ANIMALS IN SAME SET DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 12 6 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM, ONE OF TWO ANIMALS IN SAME SET DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 12 17 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2016 10 25 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2016 10 26 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2016 12 5 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2016 12 22 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 1 6 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 1 7 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 1 7 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 1 7 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 1 8 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 1 8 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 1 18 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 3 7 CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 5 4 CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 11 10 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 11 12 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 11 14 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 11 14 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 11 19 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 12 1 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 12 1 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 12 1 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2017 12 1 CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

DALL'S PORPOISE CA-OR-WA 2014 11 10 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

DALL'S PORPOISE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 19 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD 

LACERATION ON FLUKE; LEFT SIDE OF TAIL HAS LINE 

INDENTATION FROM A NET ENTANGLEMENT; RIGHT SIDE OF 

FLUKE NOTCH HAS LINE FROM A NET ENTANGLEMENT. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

THE ANIMAL WAS BROUGHT INTO THE L.A. HARBOR ON THE 

BOW OF A CONTAINER SHIP ENROUTE FROM THE SOUTH. 

NO TIME TO NECROPSY ANIMAL BEFORE IT WAS TOWED 

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2013 2 26 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD BACK OUT TO SEA. DEAD L12 1 N Y 

EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE WHALE HAD BEEN BEEN 

HIT BY A SHIP. THERE WERE SIGNS OF MAJOR TRAUMA AND 

BRUISING THAT WAS MOST PRONOUNCED ON THE RIGHT 

SIDE OF THE BODY. THE BRUISING THROUGH THE BLUBBER 

LAYER INDICATED THE ANIMAL WAS ALIVE WHEN STRUCK. 

SEVERAL AREAS OF ABRASION HAD WHAT APPEARED TO BE 

RED PAINT LIKELY FROM THE BOW OF THE SHIP. IT IS 

THOUGHT THAT THE BLOW OF HAVING BEEN STRUCK AND 

POSSIBLY CONTACT WITH PROPELLER OR BEING DRAGGED 

AT HIGH SPEED PINNED ON THE BOW RESULTED IN THE 

EVISCERATED CONDITION OF THE CARCASS. (CASCADIA 

RESEARCH TEXT). FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2013 4 13 VESSEL STRIKE KING WA DEAD DEAD L12 1 N Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

FIN WHALE 

Stock or Area 

CA-OR-WA 

Year 

2013 

Month 

6 

Day 

13 

Interaction Type 

VESSEL STRIKE 

County or Locale 

GRAYS HARBOR 

State 

WA 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

DEAD 

Final Injury 

Comments Assessment 

THE 68-FOOT ADULT MALE HAD BEEN IN FAIRLY GOOD 

HEALTH PRIOR TO DEATH WITH A HEALTHY OILY BLUBBER 

LAYER AND EVIDENCE OF HAVING FED RECENTLY BASED ON 

STOMACH CONTENTS. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL BRUISING 

IN THE BLUBBER AND UNDERLYING TISSUES ON THE LEFT 

SIDE OF THE HEAD AND THE UPPER AND LOWER LEFT JAW 

INDICATING SEVERE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA CONSISTENT 

WITH HAVING BEEN KILLED BY COLLISION WITH A SHIP. 

(CASCADIA RESEARCH TEXT). DEAD 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

L12 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

1 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

N 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

Y 

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE VENTURA CA DEAD 

CALL RECEIVED FROM NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY-PORT 

HIUENEME PORT OPERATIONS OF A DEAD WHALE FLOATING 

IN HARBOR NEXT TO SHIP. CIMWI VOLUNTEER WENT TO 

SITE TO CONFIRM. TOOK PICTURES. NOTIFIED STRANDING 

COORDINATOR-NMFS,BASE BIOLOGIST,CIMWI DIRECTOR, 

AND CIRCU. 7/30/14 ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE 

BETWEEN NMFS AND NAVY TO HAVE WHALE TOWED TO A 

SITE FOR NECROPSY. NECROPSY PERFORMED BY MEMBERS 

OF NMFS,CIMWI,CIRCU,ETC. VESSEL ASSIST TOWED 

REMAINS OUT TO SEA. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EXAM 

AND NECROPSY DEAD L12 1 N Y 

FIN WHALE 

FIN WHALE 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2015 

2015 

2 

4 

7 

10 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

VESSEL STRIKE 

ORANGE 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

2.5 MILES WEST OF DANA POINT HARBOR. UNKNOWN GEAR 

BEHIND BLOWHOLE, APPEARS TO BE CONSTRICTING AND 

LOOKS TO EXTEND TOWARDS MOUTH. VIDEO AND PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND A. HENRY. 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. NECROPSIED. 307 PLATES OF 

BALEEN (LEFT), PARTS OF BROKEN VERTEBRA FROM 

CONTACT ZONE. 

SI 

DEAD 

L2 

L12 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 8 24 VESSEL STRIKE ALAMEDA CA DEAD 

WHALE STUCK ON BOW OF VESSEL. CARCASS TOWED TO 

ANGEL ISLAND FOR NECROPSY. DEAD L7A 1 N Y 

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 9 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI 

2 MILES OFF DANA POINT. PHOTOS SHOW ROPE / LINE 

AROUND BODY OF TRAVELING WHALE, BEHIND BLOWHOLE 

BUT FORWARD OF PECTORAL FLIPPER AREA. LINE APPEARS 

TO BE TIGHT / CONSTRICTING AROUND ANIMAL, THOUGH 

NO LACERATIONS OR VISIBLE INJURIES ARE APPARENT. 

WHALE DOES APPEAR SLIGHTLY EMACIATED. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND A. HENRY. SI L2 1 Y Y 

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 1 5 VESSEL STRIKE ALAMEDA CA DEAD 

ANIMAL FIRST REPORTED OFF YERBA BUENA ISLAND ON 

1/5/2017 BY USCG, WHEN A VESSEL APPEARED TO HAVE A 

CARCASS WRAPPED AROUND ITS BOW. THE CARCASS FELL 

OFF AS THE VESSEL TURNED TO APPROACH THE CHANNEL. 

CARCASS WAS THEN SEEN AGAIN FLOATING IN OAKLAND 

HARBOR ON 1/7/2017. DUE TO BAD WEATHER AND 

LOGISTICAL DELAYS IN GETTING CARCASS TOWED TO AN 

APPROPRIATE SITE (ANGEL ISLAND), A PARTIAL NECROPSY 

WAS CONDUCTED ON FEB. 6TH AND ANOTHER ON MARCH 

2ND. FRACTURED RIBS WERE IDENTIFIED VIA NECROPSY 

AND CAUSE OF DEATH ATTRIBUTED TO VESSEL STRIKE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 5 12 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD 

FRESHLY-DEAD WHALE FOUND ON THE BOW OF A VESSEL AS 

IT APPROACHED COMMENCEMENT BAY. THIS WHALE WAS 

IN GOOD BODY CONDITION, WITH OILY BLUBBER AND A 

GOOD AMOUNT OF SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, AND HAD BEEN 

RECENTLY FEEDING ON A LARGE QUANTITY OF KRILL BASED 

ON BOTH STOMACH AND INTESTINAL CONTENTS AND SOME 

REMAINS FOUND IN THE BALEEN. THERE WAS A 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HEMORRHAGE ALONG THE MIDBACK, WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE IMPACT POINT 

OF THE SHIP WHILE THE WHALE WAS STILL ALIVE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

GRAY WHALE SWIMMING EAST TOWARDS WHISKEY CREEK 

SLOWLY FOR 30 MINUTES SAID TO BE ENTANGLED IN ROPE 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY AND BUOYS. ANIMAL NOT RELOCATED, SEVERITY OF SI 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 1 10 ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE) ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY LINE ENTANGLEMENT DESCRIBED AS "POT GEAR" WITH A SI 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 2 3 ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE) SINGLE WHITE BUOY TRAILING. NOT RESIGHTED. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

ENTANGLED WHALE WAS TRAILING ROPE ~ 20 FEET BEHIND 

AND TWO ORANGE FLOATS. ANIMAL IS THOUGHT TO HAVE 

AN ENTANGLEMENT ON THE PECTORAL FIN OR HEAD 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY REGION. NO RESIGHTS OF THE ANIMAL HAVE BEEN SI 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 8 ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE) REPORTED. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

U.S. COAST GUARD IN COOS BAY REPORTED AN ENTANGLED 

GRAY WHALE CALF A COUPLE MILES WEST OF CAPE ARAGO. 

A SMALL WHALE (<20 FEET) WAS SEEN LYING FAIRLY 

MOTIONLESS, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A STRING OF CRAB 

GEAR. THE WITNESS WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY IN THE 

WHEELHOUSE OF A 90? VESSEL AND DIDN?T ACTUALLY SEE 

ANY GEAR WRAPPED AROUND THE WHALE'S BODY BUT HE 

THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY ENTANGLED. USCG DID A 

FLYOVER OF THE AREA AND DID NOT RESIGHT THE ANIMAL. 

EVIDENCE OF CONSTRICTING GEAR BECAUSE WHALE WAS UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY MOTIONLESS. GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 22 ENTANGLEMENT COOS OR SI SI L2 1 Y Y 

SINGLE STRAND OF ROPE WRAPPED TIGHTLY ONCE AROUND 

LEFT FLUKE BLADE; ROPE DESCENDS TO BELIEVED LOBSTER 

POT AT DEPTH OF ~20 M SLIGHTLY BEHIND ANIMAL. 

INJURED, HIGH CYAMID LOAD. NOT RESIGHTED. EVIDENCE UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY OF CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AND HEALTH DECLINE. GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 28 ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI SI L2 1 Y Y 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN FOUR OR MORE BUOYS IN TANDEM 

ON A LINE, 2 SMALL ORANGE BUOYS ON THE ENDS, HALF A 

YELLOW/BROWN BULLET BUOY AND SMALL YELLOW 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY PLASTIC FLOAT IN THE MIDDLE. SIGHTED, UNABLE TO SI 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 4 13 INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE) ATTACH RESCUE LINE. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

RESCUE TEAM FOUND GEAR THAT ANIMAL HAD SHED. GEAR 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY IDENTITY CONFIRMED BY CDFW USING BUOY NUMBER. NO 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 4 18 (CALIFORNIA) SAN FRANCISCO CA NSI ADDITIONAL DETAILS. NSI L3 0 N N 

REPORTEDLY HAD CRAB BUOY AND 20 FEET OF LINE 

TRAILING BEHIND IT WAS REPORTEDLY ENTANGLED IN CRAB 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 5 6 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CURRY OR SI (PRORATE) 

GEAR SWIMMING WITHIN 1 MILE OF SHORE; FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2013 

2013 

6 

6 

25 

25 

GILLNET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 

HUMBOLDT 

MARIN 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

ENTANGLED IN LARGE AMOUNT OF PINK GILLNET WITH 

BLACK FLOATS AROUND PEDUNCLE AND FLUKES. 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. LATITUDE = 40.617, JUST 

SOUTH OF PACIFIC COAST FEEDING GROUP BOUNDARY 

DEFINED BY IWC. 

ENTANGLEMENT FOUND WRAPPED THROUGH MOUTH AND 

ON FLUKES. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ENTANGLED TO GEAR AT PEDUNCLE AND RIGHT PECTORAL; 

EASTERN N PACIFIC- DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY CRAB POT TAG NUMBER IDENTIFIED AS DUNGENESS CRAB 

GRAY WHALE PCFG 2013 6 27 (CALIFORNIA) CURRY OR DEAD POT GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CDFW TAG ID IDENTIFIED TO DUNGENESS CRAB 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY FISHERMAN; ENTANGLEMENT WAS IN LINE AND BUOYS 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 7 16 (CALIFORNIA) MARIN CA DEAD ONLY (NO POT/TRAP); DEAD STRANDING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO LEFT SIDE OF ROSTRUM. 

ABRASIONS AND SUPERFICIAL LACERATIONS WITH 

ASSOCIATED BRUISING AND HEMORRHAGE IN BLUBBER 

AND UNDERLYING MUSCLE; DEGLOVING OF TISSUE FROM 

BONE AT SITE AND SHATTERED AREAS IN L ROSTRAL BONE. EASTERN N PACIFIC- BASED ON SIZE OF IMPACT, IDENTIFIED AS VESSEL STRIKE. GRAY WHALE PCFG 2013 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

GRAY WHALE, CONFIRMED (KNOWN PCFG, CASCADIA #819). 

SEVERAL SIGHTINGS AND THE ANIMAL WAS ULTIMATELY 

DISENTANGLED BY DFO AND PARKS CANADA. NO DETAILS EASTERN N PACIFIC- ON AMOUNT OR CONFIGURATION OF GEAR. GRAY WHALE PCFG 2013 9 4 TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE) NSI L10 0 N N 

WELL-DOCUMENTED VESSEL STRIKE INVOLVING A NOAA 

RESEARCH RHIB (23 FT IN LENGTH) THAT WAS OVERTURNED 

BY A GRAY WHALE DURING SATELLITE TAGGING 

OPERATIONS. WHALE APPEARED UNDER THE BOW OF RHIB, 

WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO REVERSE, BUT WHALE 

LIFTED BOW OF VESSEL HIGH ENOUGH OUT OF THE WATER 

TO CAUSE IT TO FLIP OVER. ALL PERSONNEL ABOARD WERE 

RESCUED BY THE R/V AQUILA AND THE RHIB VESSEL WAS 

RETRIEVED. SLOW SPEED AND SMALL SIZE OF THE RHIB, 

COMBINED WITH A LACK OF INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE 

WHALE INJURY SUPPORTS USE OF L6C NON-SERIOUS INJURY NORTH SLOPE CRITERIA. GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 9 8 VESSEL STRIKE BOROUGH AK NSI NSI L6C 0 N N 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2013 

2014 

2014 

10 

1 

4 

23 

5 

15 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA 

MONTEREY 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

ENTANGLEMENT ON HEAD OF WHALE, INCLUDED FLOAT. 

NO DETAILS ON SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT OR AMOUNT 

OF GEAR. 

ENTANGLED IN UNSPECIFIED GEAR. NO DETAILS ON GEAR 

TYPE OR SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT. 

DEAD 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

NA 

L10 

L10 

1 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2014 5 27 UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CURRY OR SI (PRORATE) 

ENTANGLED GRAY WHALE SIGHTED NEAR GOLD BEACH, 

APPEARED TO BE SWIMMING WELL IN A NORTHERLY 

DIRECTION. THE OBSERVER TOOK VIDEO - IT APPEARS TO 

HAVE AN ORANGE/RED OR WHITE/RED BUOY TRAILING JUST 

A FEW FEET BEHIND IT. OBSERVER LOST SIGHT OF THE 

ANIMAL BEFORE CONTACTING OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. 

ABSENCE OF CONSTRICTING GEAR COULD NOT BE 

CONFIRMED FROM VIDEO. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2014 5 28 UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI (PRORATE) 

GRAY WHALE CALF (ATTENDED BY MOTHER) ENTANGLED IN 

LINE AROUND HEAD AND TRAILING ONE ORANGE AND ONE 

WHITE BUOY. BUOYS ESTIMATED TO BE 20-25 FT BEHIND 

FLUKES. NO DISENTANGLEMENT ATTEMPT. BOTH ANIMALS 

MOVING NORTH AT APPROX. 3.5 KTS (SHADOWED BY RHIB 

VESSEL), THUS IT IS THOUGHT NO POT/TRAP IS ATTACHED 

TO ANIMAL, OTHERWISE SPEED WOULD BE SLOWER. 

MOTHER OF CALF IS A KNOWN ANIMAL (CRC-554) WITH 

NORTHERN CA / SOUTHERN OR SIGHTING HISTORY BACK TO 

1997. GIVEN THE SIGHTING HISTORY OF MOTHER, SHE AND 

CALF ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PCFG POPULATION. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

ENTANGLED WITH YELLOW LINE WRAPPED AROUND ITS 

BODY, MAY INVOLVE MOUTH, NO BUOYS; WHALE LICE ON 

HEAD AND POST CRANIAL DIP; UNKNOWN GEAR TYPE. GEAR 

DISCARDED BEFORE NOAA COULD EVALUATE. FREEGRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 7 24 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) 

SWIMMING; NEWPORT BEACH LG FREED WHALE; 

RESIGHTED MOVING NORTH 7/26. SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE LACK OF CONFIRMATION THAT ALL GEAR WAS 

REMOVED. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

GILLNET, PINK 8.25 INCH MESH, GEAR EXTENDS 40 FEET 

BEHIND ANIMAL- GEAR ORIGINATED IN MOUTH AND CUT 

DOWN TO 10 FEET OUT BOTH SIDES OF MOUTH. 

ENTANGLEMENT DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN MOUTH, RUNNING 

DOWN BOTH SIDES OF BODY, UNDER THE PECTORAL FINS, 

AND OVER THE FLUKE. CUT LINE ON SIDE OF BODY WITH 

CUTTING KNIFE, SOME GEAR REMAINING IN MOUTH. L2 

SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF REMAINING GEAR ON ANIMAL 

AND APPARENT CONSTRICTING NATURE OF GEAR ('DEEPLY 

EMBEDDED'). MESH SIZE IS CONSISTENT WITH CALIFORNIA 

SET GILLNET FISHERY FOR HALIBUT, BUT IT IS UNKNOWN 

WHERE ANIMAL PICKED UP GEAR. SIMILAR MESH SIZES MAY 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 9 2 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI BE USED SOUTH OF US / MEXICO BORDER. SI L2 1 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2014 

2015 

9 

1 

11 

21 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

VESSEL STRIKE 

SAN DIEGO 

KING 

CA 

WA 

SI (PRORATE) 

DEAD 

ENTANGLED WITH YELLOW POLYLINE AND A COUPLE OF 

FLOATS TRAILING BEHIND. THRASHING INDICATES RECENT 

ENTANGLEMENT; ANIMAL IN DISTRESS; ANIMAL NOT 

RESIGHTED, POSSIBLY LIFE-THREATNING. 

PIER 52 SEATTLE FERRY DOCK. SHARP FORCE TRAUMA 

CAUSED BY LARGE PROPELLER. DEFINITE CAUSE OF 

MORTALITY. 5-6 PROPELLER CUTS ON R SIDE/ACROSS BACK, 

BEGINNING JUST DORSAL OF RIGHT PECTORAL FIN. UNABLE 

TO SEE HOW FAR THEY EXTEND ACROSS BACK DUE TO 

CARCASS POSITION, VISIBLE PORTIONS 80-180CM. 

MODERATELY DECOMPOSED WHALE. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

DEAD 

L10 

L5A 

0.75 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 2 2 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

ENTANGLED IN BLUE / GREEN GILLNET, NET AROUND HEAD / 

BLOWHOLE REGION, FULL GEAR CONFIGURATION 

UNKNOWN, BUT AN ABSENCE OF GEAR ON FLUKES AND 

PEDUNCLE NOTED. ANIMAL MILLING AT SURFACE AND 

CHANGING DIRECTION OFTEN. HEAVY COATING OF 

BARNACLES ON BODY, ANIMAL IN POOR CONDITION, WITH 

NECROTIC TISSUE ON THE HEAD EVIDENT. LONG-TERM 

SURVIVAL UNLIKELY. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA 

AND D. WELLER. SI L10 1 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 2 26 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

POSSIBLE CRAB POTS. BUOY COLORS DIFFICULT TO SEE 

FROM COAST GUARD VIDEO, REPORTED AS RED AND 

WHITE. LINE COMES DOWN BOTH SIDES OF BODY AND 

COMES TOGETHER AT BUOY 1 ABOUT 10 FT IN FRONT OF 

THE FLUKE, 2ND BUOY RIGHT AT FLUKE INSERTION 

WRAPPED AROUND TIGHTLY WITH BUOY AT SURFACE; 

EXAMINATION OF USCG VIDEO BY J. CARRETTA INDICATES 

EVIDENCE OF CONSTRICTING WRAP AND A WHALE THAT 

HAS DIFFICULTY TRAVELING NORMALLY. WARRANTS USE 

OF SERIOUS INJURY CATEGORY L2. SI L2 1 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 3 7 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) 

INITIALLY SEEN BREACHING MULTIPLE TIMES, THEN RESTING 

AT SURFACE AND ATTEMPTING TO SWIM BACKWARDS 

WITH MOUTH OPEN. LINE OR ROPE TRAILING DOWN LEFT 

SIDE FROM MOUTH TO THE PECTORAL FIN AND AFT OF THE 

BLOWHOLES, UNABLE TO SEE WHERE THE LINE ORIGINATED. 

FULL CONFIGURATION OF GEAR IS UNKNOWN. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

SELF REPORT FROM FISHERMAN IN HIS OWN GEAR; 1 CRAB 

POT ON 300 FT OF LINE SET IN 250 FT WITH 2 BUOYS (1 

ORANGE/1 PURPLE) WITH TEAL LINE CONNECTING TO BLUE 

POLY LINE WRAPPED AROUND THE FLUKE; TIER 1 CDFW 

DUNGENESS CRAB GEAR. FULL EXTENT OF GEAR SI 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 3 11 (CALIFORNIA) SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI (PRORATE) ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

LINE COMING OUR RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH, MORE TRAILING 

LINE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY 

J. CARRETTA AND D. WELLER. PHOTOS DO NOT SHOW GEAR, 

BUT RESPONDERS (J. CALAMBOKIDOS) CONFIRMED 

PRESENCE OF GEAR. FULL GEAR CONFIGURATION 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2015 3 16 UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI 

UNKNOWN. ANIMAL HAS MODERATE CYAMID / BARNACLE 

LOAD, INDICATIONS OF A HEALTH DECLINE, THUS ASSIGNED 

A SERIOUS INJURY VALUE = 1. SI L10 1 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE REPORTED WITH TAIL ENTANGLED IN FISHING 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

LINE, WITH ORANGE BUOY ATTACHED. NO PHOTOS OR 

VIDEO TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF GEAR ENTANGLEMENT. SI 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 3 19 INTERACTION JEFFERSON WA SI (PRORATE) REPORTED BY A TUGBOAT TO USCG. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

USCG SECTOR NORTH BEND, OREGON REPORTED WHALE TO 

BE TRAVELING NORTH AT 3 MPH WITH 3 OTHER 

CONSPECIFICS AND A CALF. ~30 FEET OF LINE WITH A 

SINGLE YELLOW BUOY TRAILING BEHIND THE WHALE, 

APPEARED TO BE MOVING OKAY AND NO DESCRIPTION OF 

WHERE ON THE BODY LINE WAS WRAPPED. 5/25/2015: 

REPORTED AGAIN BY A WHALE WATCH VESSEL OUT OF 

DEPOE BAY, WAS SIGHTED HOURS EARLIER IN NEWPORT, 

OR. LAST KNOWN LOCATION ON 5/25/2015 WAS JUST 

SOUTH OF THE CAPE MEARES LIGHTHOUSE SWIMMING 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 5 21 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CURRY OR SI (PRORATE) 

NORTH AT 3MPH. GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN, 

ASSIGNED L10. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

A FRESH GRAY WHALE CARCASS WAS DISCOVERED ON THE 

COPPER RIVER DELTA. THE CARCASS DISPLAYED LINEAR 

CUTS AND CHAFING ON THE ROSTRUM, INDICATIVE OF 

RECENT GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT. EXAMINED BY K. WYNNE 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 5 23 GILLNET FISHERY VALDEZ-CORDOVA AK DEAD AND E. LYMAN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

FISHERMEN SELF-REPORT, BRINGING IN SET NET WHEN 

GRAY WHALE APPROACHED FROM UNDER BOAT, HIT NET, 

SPUN, VIOLENTLY REACTED, EVENTUALLY BROKE FREE, 

UNCERTAIN IF ANY GEAR REMAINED ON WHALE; 

FISHERMAN UNSURE IF EVEN REALLY EVER ENTANGLED BUT 

THINKS 20 FT OF HIS NET MAY BE HAVE BEEN GONE. 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 7 30 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) 

UNKNOWN GEAR CONFIGURATION ON ANY REMAINING 

GEAR. NO PHOTOS. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

JUVENILE GRAY WHALE FOUND ANCHORED AND 

ENTANGLED IN A MARINE SET GILLNET INSIDE NEAH BAY. 

WHALE HAD 3-4 WRAPS OF LEADLINE AND CORKLINE 

AROUND THE CAUDAL PEDUNCLE WITH LINES STREAMING 

OVER THE FLUKE LEADING TO A MASS OF GILLNET MESH 

AND LINES. WHALE REMAINED IN AREA, WITH MULTIPLE 

DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORTS CONTINUING INTO 

SEPTEMBER. FINAL PHOTOS OF WHALE SHOW ANIMAL 

SWIMMING FREE, FEEDING NORMALLY, AND APPARENTLY 

GEAR FREE. INITIAL INJURY ASSESSMENT IS L2 BECAUSE OF 

CONSTRICTING GEAR, BUT FINAL ASSESSMENT IS NONSERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF INTERVENTION EFFORTS TO 

REMOVE GEAR. BIOPSY SAMPLE ALSO OBTAINED AND SENT 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2015 8 15 GILLNET FISHERY CLALLAM WA SI 

TO SWFSC. PHOTOS AND NARRATIVE PROVIDED BY MAKAH 

TRIBE, REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. NSI L2 0 Y N 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 9 8 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE) 

GRAY WHALE REPORTED AS ENTANGLED IN NETTING, NO 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

VESSEL REPORTED A GRAY WHALE ENTANGLED IN NETTING 

WITH NO TRAILING GEAR 12 MILES OFF SAN ONOFRE. NO SI 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 9 26 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2015 

2016 

2016 

12 

2 

3 

21 

5 

24 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

VESSEL STRIKE 

SAN DIEGO 

ORANGE 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

DEAD 

ENTANGLED ON LEFT SIDE TRAILING LOBSTER-TYPE BUOY 

POSSIBLY ALSO ON FLUKES, BUOY ORANGE IN COLOR AND 

EASILY VISIBLE. GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. 

ENTANGLED IN ROPE, DRAGGING A SINGLE WHITE BUOY. 

TRAVELING WITH OTHER WHALES SOUTHBOUND, NO 

PHOTOS. OFF DANA POINT. 

"S" SHAPED LACERATIONS ALONG LEFT LATERAL SIDE AT 

ABDOMINAL (6) AND PEDUNCLE (6)INDICATE THIS ANIMAL 

WAS HIT BY A SHIP, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THIS 

HAPPENED BEFORE OR AFTER DEATH. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

DEAD 

L10 

L10 

NA 

0.75 

0.75 

1 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2016 4 21 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI 

JUVENILE OR CALF SWIMMING NORTH WITH YELLOW LINE, 

MULTIPLE WRAPPED AROUND TAIL STOCK, OVER FLUKES, 2 

WHITE BULLET BUOYS AT BASE OF TAIL STOCK, LINE 

TRAILING WHALE 50 FEET. ANIMAL RE-SIGHTED ON 

4/27/2016, SWIMMING WITH ADULT ANIMAL OFF BIG SUR. 

NO TELEMETRY ATTEMPT MADE BECAUSE OF SMALL SIZE OF 

WHALE. CONFIGURATION AND SEVERITY OF 

ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN. OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

EXTENSIVE WRAPS LIKELY TO BECOME CONSTRICTING AS 

ANIMAL GROWS. SI L2 1 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2016 4 22 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) 

LINE WRAPPED AROUND THE BASE OF THE FLUKES; WHITE 

BUOY AT BASE OF TAIL, TRAILING LINE APPEARS TO BE 15-20 

FEET LONG, NO FLOATS ATTACHED TO TRAILING LINE [NOT 

SAME WHALE AS 20160421ER, BASED OFF COMPARISON OF 

VIDEO TO PHOTOS, BODY SIZE, SWIMMING PATTERN, 

COLOR PATTERN]. ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS MOVING NORTH 

AT 2-3KTS AND NOT USING ITS FLUKES VERY MUCH. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 

2016 

2016 

7 

8 

22 

1 

VESSEL STRIKE 

VESSEL STRIKE 

LINCOLN 

CURRY 

OR 

OR 

NSI 

DEAD 

USCG MOTOR LIFEBOAT STRUCK A GRAY WHALE WHILE 

TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS. FOLLOWING 

COLLISION, WHALE POPPED ITS HEAD ABOVE THE SURFACE 

AND THEN DOVE. USCG MOTOR LIFEBOATS ARE 

APPROXIMATELY 45 FT IN SIZE. NO DETAILS ON INJURY TO 

WHALE. 

MULTIPLE DEEP CUTS INTO LEFT THORAX AND ABDOMEN 

CLEARLY INDICATE PROPELLER WOUNDS. MODERATELYDECOMPOSED CALF. 

NSI 

DEAD 

L6C 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

TIGHT MULTIPLE WRAPS AROUND TAILSTOCK RIGHT AT THE 

FLUKE INSERTION WITH 3 LINES CUTTING INTO THE LEADING 

EDGES OF THE FLUKES AND TRAILING OVER THE TOP OF THE 

FLUKES. THE REST OF LINES WRAPPED AROUND PEDUNCLE 

GO UNDER THE TAIL AND TRAIL APPROX. 50-75 FEET BEHIND 

THE WHALE. IN THE LINE THERE ARE THREE BUOYS (ALL 

BULLET) WITH ONE BEING A BIT SMALLER ORANGE AND 

THEN TWO LITTLE LARGER BUOYS. ONE WAS ALL ORANGE 

AND THE OTHER TRICOLOR WITH ORANGE AT TOP/ WHITE 

IN MIDDLE / AND BLACK ON BOTTOM. THIS BUOY HAD A 

CALIFORNIA DCRAB TAG THAT WAS LIGHT BLUE BUT 

COULDN'T READ ANYTHING ON IT. PARTIAL 

DISENTANGLEMENT ACCOMPLISHED AND RESIGHT OF 

ANIMAL NEXT DAY INDICATED BUOYS HAD MOVED 

FURTHER BACK TOWARD TAIL. ANIMAL WAS USING ITS 

PECTORAL FLIPPERS FOR SWIMMING PRIMARILY. ASSIGNED 

SERIOUS INJURY UNDER L2 DUE TO CONSTRICTING NATURE 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 1 29 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI OF GEAR REMAINING ON ANIMAL AND APPARENT INABILITY SI L2 1 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2017 

2017 

1 

2 

29 

12 

VESSEL STRIKE 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

ORANGE 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI (PRORATE) 

A 65FT COASTAL CRUISER STRUCK A WHALE WHILE 

TRANSITING BETWEEN NEWPORT HARBOR AND DANA 

POINT HARBOR, 2 NM NW OF DANA POINT HARBOR. 

INJURED GRAY WHALE IS REPORTED ALIVE AND APPEARS TO 

HAVE THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: 3 LARGE LACERATIONS 

NEAR ITS PECTORAL FIN. LOTS OF BLOOD IN WATER. 

ENTANGLED WHALE HAD WOOD-LIKE FLOAT TRAILING 30 

YARDS BEHIND. WHALE BREACHING FOR 10-15 MIN BEFORE 

MOVING ON WITH OTHER WHALES. NO PHOTOS, GEAR TYPE 

/ CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. 

SI 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L6A 

L10 

1 

0.75 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2017 

2017 

3 

3 

12 

19 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI 

FREE-SWIMMING WHALE TOWING A SINGLE BUOY 

APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET BEHIND ANIMAL. AMOUNT AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. ANIMAL RESIGHTED 

NEXT DAY, 15 NMI NW OF PREVIOUS DAY'S POSITION, STILL 

TRAILING BUOY, NOT RAISING FLUKES ABOVE WATER 

DURING SEVERAL SURFACING CYCLES. VIDEO REVIEWED BY 

J. CARRETTA. 

WHALE SWIMMING WITH MASS OF BLUE ROPE, PINK 

GILLNET, AND BLACK FLOATS AROUND FLUKES. CLOSE-UP 

PHOTO SHOWS OPEN WOUND WHERE BLUE ROPE AND 

FLOATS ARE ATTACHED. SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OPEN 

WOUND HAS POTENTIAL TO BECOME NECROTIC. VIDEO 

AND PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

L10 

L2 

0.75 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 3 28 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) 

PINK MONOFILAMENT NETTING ON HEAD, EXTENDING 

BACK PAST BLOWHOLES AND DOWN LEFT SIDE OF ANIMAL 

TO WATERLINE. MONOFILAMENT NETTING WOUND ON 

ITSELF. WHALE IS RAISING ITS FLUKES DURING DIVE CYCLES. 

NO ENTANGLEMENT ON FLUKES OR TAILSTOCK VISIBLE. 

TOTAL AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR 

UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 4 1 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE CA SI 

GRAY WHALE SWIMMING WITH LARGE METAL FRAME 

AROUND HEAD, JUST POSTERIOR TO BLOWHOLES. FRAME IS 

FIRMLY ATTACHED TO WHALE AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE A 

SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO THE CONSTRICTING NATURE OF 

THE ENTANGLEMENT AND PROBABILITY OF PREVENTING 

THE WHALE FROM FEEDING PROPERLY. WHALE RESIGHTED 

9 DAYS LATER AS IT MOVED NORTH ALONG THE COAST. 

PHOTOS / VIDEO REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI L2 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 4 15 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI 

BLUE TWINE LINE ON TAIL WITH KELP, GILLNET WRAPPED 

AROUND TAILSTOCK AND LEADING EDGE OF FLUKE; RIGHT 

TIP OF FLUKE BROKEN OFF AND POSSIBLE NECROTIC TAIL 

DUE TO POOR BLOOD FLOW; INITIAL MEASUREMENTS ~6 

INCH MESH SIZE. SWIMMING SLOWLY, MOSTLY WITH 

PECTORAL FLIPPERS, SURFACING HEAD 1ST AND NO FLUKE 

UP DIVING. WHALE DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM REMOVED 

OVER 100 FEET OF GILLNET. THERE IS STILL SOME WEBBING 

AND LINE REMAINING ON FLUKES. CONSIDERED SERIOUS 

INJURY DUE TO ORIGINAL AND POSSIBLY CONTINUING 

CONSTRICTING NATURE OF ENTANGLEMENT. SI L10 1 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2017 

2017 

4 

4 

16 

19 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

LOS ANGELES 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

ORANGE LINE WRAPPED AROUND CAUDAL PEDUNCLE. NO 

PHOTOS. UNKNOWN GEAR CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT. 

CALF OF PAIR ENTANGLED WITH YELLOW / ORANGE ROPE 

OVER BACK, THINNER WHITE LINE DRAPED OVER UPPER 

TAILSTOCK. GEAR AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION 

UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 4 21 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) 

BLUE ROPE/GEAR TRAILING 5 FEET, SMALL "BLUE" BUOYS 

DESCRIBED; IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS WHALE IS SAME AS 

4/15 ENTANGLED IN GILLNET THAT WAS PARTIALLY 

REMOVED. VIDEO REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. GEAR 

CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT UNDETERMINED. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC -

PCFG 

2017 

2017 

4 

6 

28 

12 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(WASHINGTON) 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

PACIFIC 

GRAYS HARBOR 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

GEAR FROM MULTIPLE POTS WRAPPED AROUND CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE OF DEAD, FLOATING MALE CALF OF THAT YEAR 

(20 FEET IN LENGTH). FISHERY SOURCE BASED ON GEAR 

TAGS RETRIEVED FROM WHALE. NECROPSY DETERMINED 

ENTANGLEMENT AS CAUSE OF DEATH. 

SEVERE ENTANGLEMENT INJURIES ON TAILSTOCK AND 

FLUKE. NOT HEALED. DEEP CUTS FROM LINES ON EACH SIDE 

OF FLUKE INSERTION, WRAP INJURY WITH ABRAIDED TISSUE 

CUTTING DEEP INTO R FLUKE (2/3 TOWARD TIP). POSSIBLE 

IMPRESSIONS ACROSS HEAD. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GRAY WHALE 

GRAY WHALE 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

2017 

2017 

6 

7 

15 

29 

GILLNET FISHERY 

ILLEGAL HUNT 

LAKE AND 

PENINSULA 

BOROUGH 

BETHEL 

AK 

AK 

SI (PRORATE) 

DEAD 

ADF&G CHIGNIK AREA MANAGEMENT BIOLOGIST PASSED 

ALONG MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM PEOPLE AROUND 

CHIGNIK LAGOON REPORTING GRAY WHALE WITH FISHING 

LINE ENTANGLED AROUND TAIL. IT WAS SWIMMING BUT 

SLOWLY NEAR FISHING BOATS BY THE MOUTH OF THE 

LAGOON. ADDITIONAL DETAILS: REPORTED BY LOCAL 

FISHERMEN ON 6/14/17 IN CHIGNIK LAGOON. SMALL GRAY 

WHALE, POSSIBLY SUBADULT. GEAR DESCRIBED AS 

JAPANESE FISHING NET WITH BLACK FLOATS (SHE DOESN'T 

KNOW HOW THEY ID'D AS JAPANESE). NET WRAPPED 

AROUND FLUKE. ASSIGNED PRORATED SERIOUS INJURY DUE 

TO UNKNOWN AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR. 

KILLED AND HARVESTED BY LOCALS ON THE KUSKOWIM 

RIVER. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

DEAD 

L10 

NA 

0.75 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2017 11 8 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD 

DEAD ANIMAL WITH ROPE, NETTING AND WIRE IN MOUTH. 

GEAR CAME LOOSE FROM ANIMAL WHILE IT WAS ROLLING 

AROUND IN SURF. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

GRAY WHALE 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

EASTERN N PACIFIC 

MEXICO 

2017 

2013 

12 

6 

11 

28 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

ORANGE 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

DEAD 

YELLOW ROPE ON TAIL AND TRAILING 100 FEET BEHIND 

WHALE; RESPONSE EFFORTS CONFIRMED 8 INCH PINK 

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET WRAPPED AROUND TAIL, 

INCLUDING MULTIPLE BLACK FLOATS, YELLOW AND BLACK 

ROPE. ANIMAL SWIMMING SLOWLY NORTH AND DIVING. 

INTERVENTION RESPONSE RESULTED IN THE CUTTING AND 

REMOVAL OF SOME GEAR. WHALE WAS LOST AFTER THIS 

INTERVENTION AND REMAINING GEAR AMOUNT AND 

CONFIGURATION IS UNKNOWN. 

BLUE TWINE GILLNET WITH STRETCH MESH LENGTH OF 15.5 

CM FOUND WRAPPED AROUND NECK. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

DEAD 

L10 

NA 

0.75 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

2015 

2015 

2015 

5 

6 

6 

11 

1 

10 

SHOOTING 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARIN 

SANTA CRUZ 

MARIN 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

XRAYS REVEALED 7 PIECES OF BUCKSHOT THROUGHOUT 

BODY, WITH ONE THAT APPEARS TO BE LODGED IN 

ANIMAL'S HEART. 

GREEN TWINE ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER 

LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH ABRASION AROUND NECK FROM 

OLD ENTANGLEMENT. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2015 7 10 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD 

HEAVY COLONIZATION BY BARNACLES, LARGE NETTING 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, EYES BULGING, HEAVILY 

DECOMPOSED INTESTINES, GAS-FILLED, IMMATURE SEXUAL 

ORGANS. CAUSE OF DEATH ENTANGLEMENT, NUTRITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2015 12 

H 

28 

AWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SE 

FISHERY 

T 

OFFSHORE CA NSI 

HOOKED IN MOUTH (LOWER LEFT JAW) BY 18/0 OFFSET 

FLAT CIRCLE HOOK (DIAMETER NOT MEASURED). ANIMAL 

WAS STRUGGLING AS IT WAS BROUGHT ALONG VESSEL, 

WHERE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY 

DEHOOKED: NO GEAR LEFT ON ANIMAL. SOME BLEEDING 

OBSERVED, BUT JAW WAS INTACT. ANIMAL WAS SEEN 

PORPOISING AFTER RELEASE. THE HOOK WAS NOT BENT 

AND NO TISSUE WAS LEFT ON THE HOOK. CAPTURE 

MYOPATHY EFFECTS SEEM UNLIKELY. NSI P5C 0 N N 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

2016 

2016 

2016 

4 

4 

4 

22 

25 

27 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MONTEREY 

MONTEREY 

MARIN 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, THICK SINGLE BRAIDED PLASTIC 

LINE/NETTING AROUND NECK. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

EMACIATED, ORANGE NYLON NETTING CUTTING INTO NECK 

AND WRAPPED LOOSELY AROUND UPPER BODY. 

EMACIATED, THICK BLACK ROPE WAS AROUND NECK BUT 

REMOVED BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC (FIRE DEPARTMENT?) 

PRIOR TO RESCUE TEAM ARRIVING. PUBLIC NETTED OUT OF 

THE WATER. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB 

FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

P8A 

P8A 

P7B 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

2016 

2016 

2016 

5 

5 

5 

22 

27 

28 

MARINE DEBRIS 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

NA 

SAN MATEO 

CA 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

EMACIATED, DECOMPOSING CARCASS WITH 

ENTANGLEMENT. 

REPORTED FRESH DEAD FROM 'SHILOH BEACH'. EXAM BOTH 

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL. SUSPECTED ENTANGLEMENT OR 

ENTRAPMENT. BASED ON CIRCULAR LINEAR HEMORRHAGE 

AT HIND FLIPPER/ LOWER PELVIS AREA AS WELL AS BOTH 

FRONT FLIPPERS. 

TWO LOOPS OF ROPE NET FOUND AROUND THE NECK JUST 

ABOVE THE SHOULDERS. INTRUSION INTO MUSCLE ALMOST 

COMPLETE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY, EXCEPT FOR A 1 INCH 

SECTION MIDLINE VENTRALLY 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

2016 

2016 

5 

5 

29 

29 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SONOMA 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

PUBLIC REPORTEDLY REMOVED AN ENTANGLEMENT FROM 

AN EMACIATED ANIMAL. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

 MEMBER OF PUBLIC DISENTANGLED EMACIATED ANIMAL. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

NSI 

P7B 

P7B 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

2016 

2016 

6 

6 

8 

15 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

MENDOCINO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

EMACIATED, LARGE YELLOW ENTANGLEMENT AROUND 

LOWER NECK, SHOULDERS AND FLIPPERS. ANIMAL 

STRANDED WITH BLUE FLIPPER TAGS. UNCLEAR IF BLUE 

FLIPPER TAGS WERE FROM RESEARCH-RELATED ACTIVITY OR 

REPRESENT A PREVIOUSLY-STRANDED HUMAN-RELATED 

CASE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED WITH 

NEW ORANGE FLIPPER TAGS. TREATED AS SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE PROBABLE RE-STRAND. 

CARCASS COLLECTED, WITH ENTANGLEMENT, BUT ONLY 

SKULL AND BACULUM RETAINED. NO DETAILS ON TYPE OF 

ENTANGLEMENT. 

SI 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

6 

6 

6 

6 

9 

10 

10 

12 

MARINE DEBRIS 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

CLATSOP 

SAN MATEO 

SONOMA 

SAN MATEO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

HARD PLASTIC RING AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL HAD ORANGE NETTING ENTANGLED AROUND 

MOST OF BODY, BUT NOT CUTTING INTO TISSUE. TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

ENTANGLED ANIMAL FOUND, DETAILS ON NATURE OF 

ENTANGLEMENT LACKING. 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN BALLOON RIBBON MATERIAL. 

DEAD 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

P7B 

NA 

NA 

1 

0 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

EMACIATED ANIMAL FOUND WITH ENTANGLEMENT SCAR, 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2017 6 19 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

2017 

2017 

6 

11 

28 

1 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

CARCASS FOUND WITH THICK DARK GREEN NETTING 

ENTANGLED AROUND HEAD, CAUSING TWO DEEP 

LACERATIONS. 

ANIMAL HOOKED IN HEAD AND ACTIVELY STRUGGLING. 

CREW PULLED ANIMAL TO WITHIN 10 FEET OF VESSEL, 

WHERE THE LINE WAS CUT. THE HOOK AND AT LEAST 5-10 

FEET OF LEADER LEFT ON THE ANIMAL. 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

P6 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 

MEXICO 

MEXICO 

2017 

2017 

11 

12 

17 

3 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

ANIMAL HOOKED IN MOUTH. GEAR PULLED FREE OF 

ANIMAL AS IT WAS BEING PULLED TOWARD THE VESSEL. NO 

TISSUE LOCATED ON RETRIEVED HOOK. 

ANIMAL HOOKED IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. STRUGGLED AS 

IT WAS BEING PULLED TOWARDS VESSEL. LINE WAS CUT, 

HOOK AND 20 FEET OF MONOFILAMENT REMAINED ON 

ANIMAL. 

NSI 

SI 

P5C 

P6 

0 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE N 

HARBOR PORPOISE N 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

OREGON-WA COAS 

OREGON-WA COAS 

SAN FRANCISCORUSSIAN RIVER 

T 2013 

T 2013 

2013 

4 

4 

6 

21 

29 

5 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

PACIFIC 

CLATSOP 

SAN FRANCISCO 

WA 

OR 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; 7.4 CM LONG CUT THROUGH 

SIDE OF DORSAL FIN; 13 CM LONG AREA OF LINE MARKS 

(AVERAGE 1.8 CM IN LENGTH AND 0.5 CM APART) ON 

ANTERIOR DORSAL PEDUNCLE; SOME BRUISING AT RIGHT 

DORSAL PEDUNCLE; HEMORRHAGING AT RIGHT SCAPULA 

AND SUBSCAPULA 

FAIR TO GOOD BODY CONDITION; LOWER JAW POSSIBLY 

PREVIOUSLY BROKEN (OR TUMOR?) AND PROTRUDING AT 

ANTERIOR END; TEETH GONE FROM RIGHT UPPER JAW; 

SOME ORGANS BRUISED/HEMORRHAGED; HEAVY RIB 

MARKS ON LUNGS; YELLOWISH AND PINK FOAM IN 

TRACHEA. 

SCAVENGING AROUND HEAD AND MOUTH; DISTENDED 

ABDOMEN; SUSPECT FISHERIES INTERACTION DUE TO 

LINEAR CUTS ON PEDUNCLE TYPICAL OF MONOFILAMENT; 

FULL TERM FETUS 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE N 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

MORRO BAY 

OREGON-WA COAS 

MORRO BAY 

2013 

T 2013 

2013 

7 

8 

8 

11 

11 

30 

MARINE DEBRIS 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

SAN DIEGO 

PACIFIC 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT; FOUND FULLY ENCLOSED 

IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH BLOOD AROUND FLUKE 

OK BODY CONDITION; HEAVILY SCAVENGED; 13 CM LONG 

AREA OF LINE MARKS (AVERAGE 1.8 CM IN LENGTH AND 0.5 

CM APART) ON DORSAL PEDUNCLE; SOME BRUISING AT 

RIGHT DORSAL PEDUNCLE; HEMORRHAGING AT RIGHT 

SCAPULA AND SUBSCAPULA 

ENTANGLEMENT SCAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 25 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD 

PHOTOS SHOW ENTANGLEMENT (MONOFILAMENT LINE) 

MARKINGS AROUND NOSE AND ACROSS ROSTRUM; 

DAMAGED TRAILING EDGE OF DORSAL FIN DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

A DEAD HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND. A NECROPSY 

WASHINGTON INLAND UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY REVEALED IMPRESSIONS CONSISTENT WITH NET 

HARBOR PORPOISE WATERS 2014 1 3 INTERACTION JEFFERSON WA DEAD ENTANGLEMENT ON THE ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BLOODY 

EYES, LINE MARKS AND INDENTATIONS ALONG THE 

ANTERIOR EDGE OF THE FLIPPERS, CUTS AND 

INDENTATIONS ON THE FLUKE AND PEDUNCLE, 

HEMORRHAGING ON THE BODY AND ORGANS, FOAM IN 

LUNGS, AND OTHERWISE EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. THE 

REPORTING PARTY BELIEVES THIS EVENT TO BE A FISHERY 

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2014 5 16 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD 

RELATED MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A SERIES OF 

PARALLEL MARKS ALONG ITS PEDUNCLE, BLOODY FOAM IN 

LUNGS, HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT BODY AND 

ORGANS, AND A BROKEN RIB. THE REPORTING PARTY 

BELIEVES THIS EVENT TO BE A FISHERIES RELATED 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2014 5 16 INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A SERIES OF 

PARALLEL CUTS ON ITS FLUKE. THE DORSAL FIN AND RIGHT 

FLIPPER WERE CUT OFF. THERE WAS TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT THE BODY AND HEAD. THE 

REPORTING PARTY BELIEVES THIS EVENT TO BE A FISHERIES 

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2014 5 19 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD 

RELATED MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

SAN FRANCISCORUSSIAN RIVER 

N CALIFORNIA-S 

OREGON 

2014 

2014 

7 

8 

24 

28 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

VESSEL STRIKE 

SAN MATEO 

COOS 

CA 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SKULL HAS LARGE DEPRESSION FRACTURE WITH BONE LOSS 

OVER LEFT REAR OF SKULL. ALSO, DORSAL FIN, FLIPPERS, 

AND TAIL FLUKES APPEAR TO BE CUT OFF. VERY NEAT EDGES 

TO ALL FLUKES, FINS, AND FLIPPERS. NET MARKS ON 

CARCASS. 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND WITH MULTIPLE SEVERE 

PROPELLOR WOUNDS AND THE CAUDAL PEDUNCLE WAS 

ALSO CUT OFF. THE PORPOISE WAS OTHERWISE IN GOOD 

BODY CONDITION. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 21 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ISLAND WA DEAD 

MONOFILAMENT IMPRESSIONS AROUND THE HEAD AND 

ROSTRUM. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2014 11 5 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A SERIES OF 

SMALL, EVENLY SPACED SLASHES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ITS 

DORSAL FIN. SMALL CUTS ON ITS RIGHT SIDE, ROPE 

INDENTATIONS AROUND THE PEDUNCLE AND 

HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT THE BODY. THE ANIMAL 

WAS IN EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. THE REPORTING 

PARTY BELIEVES THIS EVENT TO BE A FISHERIES RELATED 

MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 4 2 UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH SIGNS THAT 

IT HAD BEEN ENTANGLED / ENTRAPPED BY FISHERY GEAR. 

THE CARCASS EXHIBITED INDENTATIONS AND ABRASIONS 

ON ITS FLUKE, HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT THE BODY, 

AND EXTENSIVE BLOODY FOAM IN THE MOUTH, TRACHEA, 

AND LUNGS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND FRESHLY DEAD WITH 8 

WASHINGTON INLAND SUBSTANTIAL TRANSVERSE CUTS ON ITS DORSAL SIDE THAT 

HARBOR PORPOISE WATERS 2015 5 13 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD APPEARED TO BE A PROPELLER INJURY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

A SUBADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND 

DEAD. THE CARCASS EXHIBITED LINEAR MARKS ON THE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 6 3 UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD 

VENTRAL PEDUNCLE AT THE FLUKE, HEMORRHAGE ON BOTH 

SIDE OF THE HEAD AND UNDER THE JAW, AND FOAM IN THE 

LUNGS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

A HARBOR PORPOISE CARCASS WAS FOUND IN OCEAN 

PARK, WA. A NECROPY WAS CONDUCTED AND A 

SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WHITE FOAM WAS PRESENT IN 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 27 UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD 

BRONCHI, THERE WERE RIB MARKS ON THE RIGHT LUNG 

AND LIVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL GOUGES ON THE 

VENTRAL PEDUNCLE AND FLUKE, AND DAMAGE TO THE 

PORPOISE'S EYES. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2015 

2015 

8 

8 

2 

19 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

PACIFIC 

CLATSOP 

WA 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD. A NECROPSY 

IDENTIFIED BLOODY FOAM IN THE TRACHEA; 

HEMORRHAGING IN THE HEAD, BODY, AND ORGANS; AND 

INDENTATIONS ON THE DORSAL AND VENTRAL PEDUNCLE. 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD AND IN GOOD 

BODY CONDITION WITH WHITE FOAM IN BOTH LUNGS, RIB 

MARKS ON ITS INTERNAL ORGANS, AND ODD 

INDENTATIONS ON THE DORSAL PEDUNCLE. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE MONTEREY 2015 8 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA DEAD 

FRESHLY-DEAD PORPOISE FOUND FLOATING IN HARBOR. 

FISHING LINE STUCK IN MOUTH. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2015 10 14 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD 

AN ADULT MALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS DISCOVERED 

DEAD. IT APPEARED THAT THE ANIMAL DIED AS A RESULT OF 

A FISHERY INTERACTION (ENTANGLEMENT AND GAFFING). 

THE ANIMAL EXHIBITED MULTIPLE LINEAR IMPRESSIONS 

THAT TURNED INTO LACERATIONS AT THE MOUTH, 

ROSTRUM, FLUKE, DORSAL FIN, AND FLIPPER. THERE WERE 

THREE PUNCTURES ON THE ANIMAL'S LEFT SIDE, ONE OF 

WHICH TRACKED INTO THE BRAIN. NECROPSY SHOWED 

THAT THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH APPEARED TO BE 

GAFFING. THERE WERE ACTIVE FISHERIES OCCURING AT THE 

TIME OF THIS STRANDING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2015 11 4 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD 

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD 

WITH LINEAR LACERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HEAD. 

THERE WAS ALSO A CLEANLY CUT FILET REMOVED FROM 

THE ANIMAL AND THE RIGHT BACKSTRAP WAS ALSO 

REMOVED. THIS IS ONE OF THREE PORPOISE FOUND AT THE 

SAME TIME AND LOCATION, ALL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN 

ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2015 11 4 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD 

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD. 

THERE WERE LINEAR LACERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 

HEAD AND DOWN BOTH SIDES OF ITS BODY, WITH MORE 

LACERATIONS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY. THERE 

WERE ALSO IMPRESSIONS, NICKS, AND CUTS ON THE FLUKE. 

THIS IS ONE OF THREE PORPOISE FOUND AT THE SAME TIME 

AND LOCATION, ALL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ENTANGLED 

IN FISHING GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 

SAN FRANCISCORUSSIAN RIVER 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

2015 

2015 

2016 

11 

11 

2 

4 

15 

16 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

KITSAP 

MARIN 

NA 

WA 

CA 

OR 

DEAD 

ALIVE 

DEAD 

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD, 

WITH LACERATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF 

ITS HEAD AND BODY. THERE WERE NICKS AND LACERATIONS 

ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FLIPPER. THIS IS ONE OF 

THREE PORPOISE FOUND AT THE SAME TIME AND 

LOCATION, ALL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ENTANGLED IN 

FISHING GEAR. 

ENTANGLEMENT SCARS, DIED AFTER TRANSFER TO REHAB 

FACILITY. 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND STRANDED IN A STATE OF 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. THE PORPOISE DISPLAYED 

EVENLY SPACED INDENTATIONS ON ITS FLUKE AND A 

SUBDERMAL HEMATOMA AT THE BASE OF THE HEAD. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

S1 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 2016 5 22 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY NA OR DEAD 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND STRANDED AND IN A 

STATE OF MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. THE CARCASS 

DISPLAYED LONG KNIFE CUTS ON THE BODY AND THE 

DORSAL FIN WAS CUT OFF. THERE WAS HEMORARHAGE 

THROUGHOUT THE HEAD AND BODY, AND SUBSTANTIAL 

SUBSCAPULAR HEMATOMA. THE ANIMAL HAD A FISH 

LODGED IN ITS THROAT AND WAS IN GOOD BODY 

CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 2016 7 3 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY NA OR DEAD 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS DISCOVERED FRESH DEAD WITH 

TWO LINEAR MARKS ALONG THE DORSAL PEDUNCLE IN 

ADDITION TO OTHER POTENTIAL NET MARKS. A NECROPSY 

WAS CONDUCTED, AND THE PORPOISE WAS DETERMINED 

TO HAVE ASPHYXIATED ON FISH, LIKELY WHILE ENTANGLED 

IN FISHING GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 2016 7 16 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY NA OR DEAD 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS DISCOVERED STRANDED, IN 

ADVANCED DECOMPOSITION. A FISH WAS LODGED IN THE 

ANIMAL'S THROAT, AND THE CARCASS DISPLAYED 

DISTINCTLY PATTERNED MARKS ON BODY, GASHES, AND 

EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT BODY. CARCASS 

WAS OTHERWISE IN GOOD BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 

2016 

2016 

10 

11 

31 

7 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

NA 

NA 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A HARBOR PORPOISE CALF WAS FOUND STRANDED AND 

FRESHLY DEAD. THE ANIMAL DISPLAYED EVIDENCE OF NET 

ENTANGLEMENT, AND THERE WERE CLEAR LINE 

IMPRESSIONS AROUND THE ANIMAL'S HEAD, RIGHT 

FLIPPER, AND LEADING AND TRAILING EDGES OF FLUKES. 

GILLNET FISHING WAS NOTED TO BE OCCURRING IN THE 

AREA. 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS ENTANGLED AND KILLED IN A 

GILLNET 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

2016 

2017 

12 

3 

11 

1 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

NA 

CLATSOP 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND IN A STATE OF 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION AND NECROPSIED. THE 

ANIMAL'S LEFT PECTORAL FIN WAS AMPUTATED. THERE 

WAS ALSO TOOTH DAMAGE, FOAM IN THE TRACHEA, AND 

HEMORRHAGE THROUGOUT THE BODY. OTHERWISE, THE 

ANIMAL WAS IN EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. 

PARTS MISSING AND APPEARED CUT OFF (DORSAL FIN, 

FLIPPERS); MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE; DEEP PUNCTURES ON 

BODY; BROKEN RIBS; BLOODY FLUID IN THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

2017 

2017 

4 

4 

28 

29 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

PACIFIC 

PACIFIC 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FOAM IN LUNGS; HEAVY HEMORRHAGE; BLOODY FLUID IN 

THORACIC CAVITY; TEETH MISSING; LARGE FISH IN THROAT 

AS WELL AS ONE IN STOMACH; POSSIBLE ASPHYXIATION AS 

WELL AS FISHERIES INTERACTION. 

HEAVY HEMORRHAGE; BROKEN JAW; LINE MARKS ON 

STOCK/TAIL; THE ANIMAL HAD GOOD BODY CONDITION. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 2017 5 3 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD 

HEAVY TRAUMA/HEMORRHAGE AROUND HEAD AND 

THORAX; CUTS ON BODY; THE PORPOISE HAD EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

FLUKE CUT OFF; TEETH MISSING; LINEAR MARKS FROM 

THORAX TO HEAD; HEMORRHAGE; FOAM IN TRACHEA; 

FETUS HAD SUBSTANTIAL HEMORRHAGE AND BLOODY 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 2017 5 4 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD 

FLUID IN THORAX AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; GOOD BODY 

CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 2017 5 18 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD 

SUSPICIOUS, DEEP 3.5 CM DIA. HOLE IN PEDUNCLE (FROM 

GAFF?); FLUKES COMPLETELY GONE; 

DAMAGE/INDENTATIONS IN BONE ALONG JAW EDGES; 

HEMORRHAGE IN JAW BONES; PORPOISE VERY 

DECOMPOSED AND SCAVENGED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

2017 

2017 

5 

6 

22 

9 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

PACIFIC 

PACIFIC 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

LEFT FLUKE AND FLIPPER CUT OFF; HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; 

TOOTH INDENTATIONS FROM UPPER JAW ALONG GUMS IN 

LOWER JAW; THE PORPOISE HAD EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION. 

HEMORRHAGE, HEMATOMAS, LINE MARKS, SLASHES, AND 

TOOTH DAMAGE 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 

2017 

2017 

8 

10 

30 

28 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

PIERCE 

KITSAP 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

LINEAR LACERATION AROUND TOP OF JAW AND MATCHING 

LACERATION RIGHT SIDE LOWER JAW. LINEAR LACERATION 

ON BOTH PECTORAL FINS AS WELL AS LACERATION FLUKE 

AND ONE AT BASE OF DORSAL FIN. 

LINEAR LACERATIONS AND IMPRESSION AROUND HEAD 

THROUGH UPPER JAW AT GAPE AND AROUND RIGHT 

PECTORAL FIN. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR PORPOISE 

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY KING WA DEAD 

MONOFILAMENT LINE MARKINGS ON ROSTRUM, LINE 

WRAPS AROUND RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER AND DORSAL FIN 

(CUT INTO MID-TRAILING EDGE OF DORSAL FIN APPROX 1.5 

INCHES LONG, PARALLEL TO BODY, WITH CORRESPONDING 

WRAP MARK ON LEADING EDGE OF FIN). LINE WRAP 

IMPRESSIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF FLUKE WITH ABRASIONS 

ALONG TRAILING EDGES. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 1 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM; 

RELEASED TO BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 1 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM; 

RELEASED TO BEACH NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 2 7 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 2 13 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM; 

NO INJURIES; RELEASED TO BEACH NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 2 25 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI 

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; PICKED UP OUT 

OF SURF BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC AND PLACED AGAINST SIDE 

OF CLIFF; LANUGO COAT, UMBILICUS PRESENT; 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT SI P14 1 N Y 

MATERNAL SEPARATION; ILLEGAL PICK UP BY PUBLIC WHO 

KEPT IT IN BATHTUB FOR UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF TIME; 

FEVER, UNDERWEIGHT; VOLUNTEERS PUT PUP BACK WHERE 

IT WAS FOUND; WHEN MOTHER DID NOT RETURN, PUP WAS 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 9 HARASSMENT HUMBOLDT CA SI TRANSFERRED TO REHAB SI P14 1 N Y 

MATERNAL SEPARATION; BROUGHT TO LIFEGUARDS; THIN, 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 12 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI DEHYDRATED SI P14 1 N Y 

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; HARASSED; 

WRAPPED IN TOWEL AND MOVED TOWARD PARKING LOT 

BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC; LANUGO COAT; 3-INCH FRESH PINK 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 12 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI UMBILICUS; EMACIATED SI P14 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

HARBOR SEAL 

Stock or Area 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

Year 

2013 

Month 

3 

Day 

17 

Interaction Type 

SHOOTING 

County or Locale 

PACIFIC 

State 

WA 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

DEAD 

Comments 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; ALMOST ENTIRE SKULL 

"BLOWN AWAY"; SOME HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; BLOODY 

FLUID IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; 

UTERUS/FETUS COMPLETELY DETACHED AND UTERUS 

TORN; INTESTINES TWISTED 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

DEAD 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

NA 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

1 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

N 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2013 

2013 

3 

3 

19 

24 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

PACIFIC 

PACIFIC 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION AND BLUBBER LAYER; 7 X 8 

CM HOLE IN DORSAL SKULL; ENTIRE SKULL SHATTERED; LEFT 

EYE BLOODY; RIGHT EYE GONE; BLOOD FROM NOSE AND 

MOUTH; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN PELLET HOLES 

THROUGH SKIN OF HEAD AND MOUTH; PELLET HOLES IN 

SKULL; HEMORRHAGE IN SOME ORGANS AND VARIOUS 

AREAS OF BODY; MODERATE BLOOD IN THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

2 

6 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

HARASSMENT 

SAN DIEGO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM 

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; HARASSED; 

PICKED UP BY PUBLIC, WRAPPED IN TOWEL, AND PLACED 

ELSEWHERE ON BEACH; EMACIATED 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

4 

4 

4 

5 

6 

10 

17 

20 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

SAN DIEGO 

COWLITZ 

CLATSOP 

CLATSOP 

CA 

WA 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM 

X-RAY REVEALED BULLET AND POSSIBLE FRAGMENTS IN 

PELVIC AREA, BULLET/PELLET FRAGMENTS IN SKULL 

GOOD BODY CONDITION; EYES BULGING; BLOOD FROM 

NOSE AND MOUTH; TREMENDOUS DEEP HEMORRHAGE IN 

HEAD, NECK, AND VARIOUS AREAS OF BODY AS WELL AS 

SOME INTERNAL ORGANS; BLOOD IN THORACIC CAVITY; 

INTESTINES TWISTED 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SKULL EXPOSED; BULLET 

FOUND IN BODY; BULLET HOLES IN SKULL AND BODY; SPINE 

FRACTURED FROM BULLET; PELVIS FRACTURED; 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF 

ANIMAL; GENITAL AREA SWOLLEN; INTESTINES AND FETUS 

TWISTED 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 5 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD 

HEAD REMOVED, FISH HOOK AND LINE IN INTESTINES; 

VERTEBRAE APPEARED BROKEN AT POSTERIOR END OF 

ANIMAL WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; LEFT SIDE OF 

PELVIS HEMORRHAGED; ABDOMINAL ORGANS BROWNISH 

GRAY AND SOUPY AS IF AFFECTED BY GASTRIC FLUID DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 6 8 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA NSI 

HARASSMENT; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC PUSHED PUP ON 

BEACH BACK INTO WATER; POSSIBLE ACOUSTIC 

HARASSMENT; ACTIVE PILE-DRIVING IN VICINITY OF BEACH NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 

CALIFORNIA 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 

2013 

2013 

2013 

6 

6 

6 

9 

25 

27 

HARASSMENT 

DOG ATTACK 

AQUACULTURE FACILITY 

ENTANGLEMENT 

PIERCE 

HUMBOLDT 

MASON 

WA 

CA 

WA 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

HARASSMENT; REPORTS THAT MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE 

PUTTING PUP BACK IN WATER; NO SIGN OF FEMALE 

ATTENDING PUP; NUMEROUS PEOPLE AND DOGS PRESENT 

DOG BITES, NO OTHER DETAILS PROVIDED. 

FOUND ENTANGLED IN GEODUCK AQUACULTURE NETTING; 

LINEAR IMPRESSION ACROSS NECK AT BASE OF LOWER JAW, 

SWELLING IN NECK AND SHOULDER AREA, NAIL BROKEN ON 

FIRST DIGIT OF RIGHT FLIPPER, AND WATER AT BASE OF 

LUNGS CONSISTENT WITH ENTANGLEMENT AND 

SUBSEQUENT DROWNING; INSIDE OF LIPS BLUE; 

CONJUNCTIVA RED BLOOD COMING FROM NOSE; HIND 

FLIPPERS SWOLLEN 

NSI 

SI 

DEAD 

P9 

P9 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; PUP WAS 

SOUTHERN PUGET FREQUENTLY HAULING OUT NEAR BOATS BUT FEMALE WAS 

HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2013 7 1 HARASSMENT THURSTON WA SI COMING AT NIGHT TO FEED IT SI P14 1 N Y 

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MEMBER OF PUBLIC CONTINUED TO FEED 

AND HOLD PUP AFTER REPEATEDLY ADVISED NOT TO; PUP 

ABANDONED DUE TO HUMAN INTERFERENCE AND POSSIBLY 

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 1 HARASSMENT MASON WA SI PREMATURITY SI P14 1 N Y 

ILLEGAL PICKUP; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC REFUSED TO RETURN 

NEWBORN PUP TO BEACH; MATERNAL SEPARATION HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 4 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA SI SI P14 1 N Y 

ATTACKED ON PUBLIC BEACH BY OFF-LEASH DOG; PUP HAD 

A COUPLE OF SMALL PUNCTURES ON LEFT HIND FLIPPER; 

SOUTHERN PUGET SLIGHTLY THIN, WITH WHITE STUB OF UMBILICUS; 

HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2013 7 9 DOG ATTACK PIERCE WA NSI RELOCATED TO GERTRUDE ISLAND NSI P9 0 N N 

WASHINGTON HARASSMENT; MEMBER OF PUBLIC SEEN CLIMBING OUT TO NORTHERN INLAND TOUCH SEAL PUP HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2013 7 13 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA NSI NSI P9 0 N N 

WASHINGTON HARASSMENT; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE TOUCHING AND NORTHERN INLAND PICKING UP PUP; PUP WAS GIVEN FLUIDS HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2013 7 15 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA NSI NSI P9 0 N N 

MATERNAL SEPARATION; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE WASHINGTON REPORTED HARASSING PUP ON BEACH AND NOT ALLOWING NORTHERN INLAND IT TO REST; UMBILICUS PRESENT; RELOCATED TO REHAB HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2013 7 16 HARASSMENT KITSAP WA NSI SI P14 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON MATERNAL SEPARATION; REPORTS OF PUBLIC HARASSING NORTHERN INLAND PUP OVER 2.5 DAYS; RELOCATED TO REHAB HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2013 7 17 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI SI P14 1 N Y 

MATERNAL SEPARATION; REPORTS THAT PUP WAS 

ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND HANDLED BY PUBLIC, MOVED 

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 21 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA SI FROM ROCK JETTY TO SHORE; UMBILICUS ATTACHED SI P14 1 N Y 

FISHING LINE WAS REMOVED FROM ANIMAL'S TORSO; 

LACERATION ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BODY CUTTING 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 7 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI INTO MUSCLE ABOVE THE FRONT RIGHT FLIPPER NSI P7B, P8A 0 N N 

PUP REPORTED HIT BY A BOAT AND RESCUED FROM A 

SOUTHERN PUGET GROUP OF TEENAGERS ATTEMPTING TO BEAT IT WITH 

HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2013 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA SI OARS. SI P15 1 N Y 

MATERNAL SEPARATION; PUP BORN ON DOCK AT BUSY BAY; 

MOTHER NEVER RETURNED; RELOCATED TO GERTRUDE 

SOUTHERN PUGET ISLAND HARBOR SEAL HAULOUT; EAGLE OBSERVED 

HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2013 7 31 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA SI SCAVENGING ON IT NEXT TO DOCK DEAD P14 1 N Y 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 8 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2013 

2013 

8 

8 

3 

3 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

KING 

KITSAP 

WA 

WA 

SI 

SI 

MATERNAL SEPARATION; BOATERS HARASSED PUP; PUP 

WAS ABANDONED; ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB; 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

PUP EUTHANIZED DUE TO ABANDONMENT AND INFECTION, 

BUT HARASSMENT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO 

ABANDONMENT 

SI 

DEAD 

P14 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 8 3 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA SI 

MATERNAL SEPARATION; HARASSMENT; PUP AT 

HAULOUT/ROOKERY AREA WITH VERY HIGH LEVELS OF 

DISTURBANCE BY HUMANS AND DOGS; MEMBERS OF 

PUBLIC OBSERVED NEAR SEAL, KICKING/NUDGING IT; THIN 

PUNCTURE ON HIND FLIPPER; RELOCATED TO GERTRUDE 

ISLAND HARBOR SEAL HAULOUT; FOUND DEAD 2 DAYS 

LATER. DEAD P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 8 3 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLES; 

HEMORRHAGE; BROKEN BONES DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2013 

2013 

2013 

8 

8 

8 

4 

5 

7 

GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL 

SHOOTING 

HARASSMENT 

KITSAP 

WHATCOM 

WHATCOM 

WA 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

CREASES AROUND NOSE INDICATIVE OF ENTANGLEMENT; 

LEFT EYE BULGING SLIGHTLY; BLOOD AROUND NOSE AND 

MOUTH; CAUSE OF DEATH = PROBABLE ENTANGLEMENT 

CARCASS; FRESH DEAD; APPEARED HEALTHY; FOUND 

BULLET HOLE BUT NO BULLET 

HARASSMENT BY MEMBERS OF PUBLIC AND DOGS; THIN, 

DEHYDRATED SEAL WAS TRANSFERRED TO REHAB, TREATED, 

AND RELEASED 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

NA 

P9 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 8 7 VESSEL STRIKE THURSTON WA DEAD 

PROPELLER MARKS ON BACK, HEAD, AND PELVIC AREA 

SLICED THROUGH BONE AND MAJOR ORGANS; MASSIVE 

INTERNAL DAMAGE PREMORTEM; CHOP MARKS ON RIGHT 

SIDE OF NECK (APPROX. 5 CM LONG), FROM MID-BACK TO 

TOP OF HEAD THROUGH SKULL AND BONE (APPROX. 18 CM 

LONG), AND ACROSS LEFT SHOULDER (APPROX. 9 CM 

LONG); SLICE ALONG DORSAL RIGHT PELVIC AREA AND ON 

LEFT SEVERED L FEMUR (APPROX. 12 CM LONG) DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2013 

2013 

8 

8 

9 

23 

HARASSMENT 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

CLALLAM 

CLALLAM 

WA 

WA 

SI 

DEAD 

REPORTS OF MEMBERS OF PUBLIC PICKING UP, HANDLING, 

APPROACHING, AND THROWING ROCKS AT SEAL PUP; 

WEANED PUP WITH ALL TEETH ERUPTED 

CARCASS; HEAD HAD BEEN CUT OFF WITH SHARP 

INSTRUMENT; GOOD BODY CONDITION; RED FROTH IN 

TRACHEA. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P14 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2013 

2013 

8 

8 

28 

30 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HARASSMENT 

MASON 

SKAGIT 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

SI 

SEAL WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE LEG OF A SMALL PAIR OF 

JEANS; INTERNAL PATTERNS OF BRUISING SUGGEST ANIMAL 

SWAM INTO WAIST OF THE JEANS, BECAME STUCK IN THE 

NARROW PART OF ONE OF THE LEGS, AND DIED. 

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; MEMBER OF 

PUBLIC PICKED UP SEAL PUP ON SANDBAR IN RIVER AND 

PUT IT IN HIS BOAT; WDFW OFFICER REMOVED PUP FROM 

BOAT 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

9 

9 

9 

10 

9 

15 

21 

2 

SHOOTING 

VESSEL STRIKE 

HARASSMENT 

DOG ATTACK 

DOUGLAS 

WHATCOM 

WHATCOM 

JEFFERSON 

OR 

WA 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

ARROW RETRIEVED FROM CARCASS BY NOAA 

ENFORCEMENT AGENT 

VESSEL STRIKE; LARGE GASH ON SIDE OF SKULL (SKULL FELT 

COMPRESSED INTO LITTLE PIECES) AND 3 INCH SLICE ALONG 

RIGHT SIDE JUST BELOW THE HEAD AND ABOVE THE 

SHOULDER 

MATERNAL SEPARATION; PUP WAS UNDERWEIGHT, 

LETHARGIC, AND BREATHING LABORED; MEMBER OF PUBLIC 

PICKED UP PUP AND CARRIED IT AROUND; PUP SWAM 

AWAY AND WAS REPORTED DEAD ON A NEARBY BEACH THE 

NEXT DAY 

SEAL PUP FOUND ALIVE ON BEACH WITH BLOOD ON HEAD 

AND FACE, A FEW BLOOD SPOTS ON DORSAL AND LATERAL 

SIDES, AND FOAM COMING FROM MOUTH; FRESH DOG 

PRINTS AND BLOOD SMEARS FOUND IN THREE AREAS ON 

BEACH IN CLOSE PROXIMITY; ANIMAL DIED BEFORE IT 

COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO REHAB 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

P14 

P9 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD 

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; MARKED 

SWELLING AND HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH NET 

MARKS ON NOSE; GOOD BODY CONDITION AND PARTIALLY 

DIGESTED FOOD IN STOMACH; NET IMPRESSION ACROSS 

NOSE, LEFT SIDE OF NECK, ACROSS BACK BETWEEN 

FOREFLIPPERS, AND ON LEFT SIDE OF PELVIC AREA DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

Stock or Area 

 HOOD CANAL 

 HOOD CANAL 

Year 

2013 

2013 

Month 

10 

10 

Day 

4 

4 

Interaction Type 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

County or Locale 

JEFFERSON 

JEFFERSON 

State 

WA 

WA 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

DEAD 

DEAD 

Comments 

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; MARKED 

SWELLING AND HEMORRHAGE AROUND LIPS AND BETWEEN 

EYES WITH ASSOCIATED LINE MARKS; IMPRESSION ACROSS 

HEAD JUST BEHIND EYES; LEFT UPPER LIP SWOLLEN; 

IMPRESSIONS ACROSS BACK BETWEEN FOREFLIPPERS AND 

ANTERIOR TO TAIL 

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; IMPRESSION 

AROUND NOSE WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; 

IMPRESSION ON DORSAL SURFACE FROM LEFT AXILLA 

ACROSS BACK; PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON DORSAL SIDE OF 

RIGHT AND LEFT HIND FLIPPERS; PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON 

DORSAL SURFACE OF RIGHT FOREFLIPPER; FLIPPER JOINTS 

APPEAR SWOLLEN NEAR PUNCTURES; THREE SHALLOW 

PUNCTURES ON CHEST BETWEEN LEFT FLIPPER AND 

MIDLINE 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

DEAD 

DEAD 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

NA 

NA 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

1 

1 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Y 

Y 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL

 HOOD CANAL 

 HOOD CANAL 

2013 

2013 

10 

10 

4 

4 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

JEFFERSON 

JEFFERSON 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; AREAS OF 

BRUISING AND PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED 

WITH WRAPS; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; PARTIALLY 

DIGESTED FISH IN STOMACH; PIECE OF NET RECOVERED 

FROM NECK; BRAIDED MONOFILAMENT (14 STR); POSSIBLE 

SUPERFICIAL, NON-INFECTED PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON LEFT 

HIND FLIPPER; NET WRAPPED 5X AROUND NECK; POSSIBLE 

NET LINES AROUND ABDOMEN 

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; HEMORRHAGE 

ASSOCIATED WITH NET IMPRESSIONS; MARKEDLY THIN; RED 

SEROUS FLUID COMING FROM UMBILICUS; PUNCTURE 

WOUND ON LEFT FOREFLIPPER; PUNCTURE WOUND ON 

RIGHT HIND FLIPPER; PUNCTURE WOUND ON RIGHT LOWER 

LIP 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD 

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION; IMPRESSIONS ON FACE AND NECK WITH SOME 

ASSOICATED HEMORRHAGE; REDDISH FROTH IN TRACHEA 

DOWN INTO BRONCHIALS; BLOOD COMING FROM NOSE 

AND MOUTH; IMPRESSION AROUND BACK OF NECK WITH 

WRAPS AROUND TO FRONT; IMPRESSION IN CENTER OF 

CHEST; IMPRESSION FROM LEFT UPPER LIP TO RIGHT EYE, 

POSSIBLY RUNNING THROUGH EYE DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD 

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; IMPRESSION 

ACROSS NOSE WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; SOME 

FISH BONES AND OTOLITHS IN STOMACH; MODERATELY 

THIN; IMPRESSION ACROSS NOSE AND ON LEADING EDGE 

OF RIGHT FLIPPER; PUNCTURES ON VENTRAL SIDES OF HIND 

FLIPPERS (NONE APPEARED TO BE INFECTED); ONE LARGER 

LESION ON INSIDE DIGIT OF RIGHT FLIPPER DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 6 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI 

PUP HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF PUBIC AND DOGS ON VERY 

PUBLIC BEACH; EYE INFECTION; PROBABLE RESPIRATORY 

INFECTION; LACERATION ON THE RIGHT REAR FLIPPER. NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 16 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI 

PUP HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND DOGS; 

PUP HAD EYE INJURY, FEVER, AND PUNCTURE WOUNDS, 

PROBABLY FROM DOGS. SI P9 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 10 18 VEHICLE COLLISION MONTEREY CA DEAD 

SECOND-HAND REPORT OF ANIMAL STRUCK BY CAR, PARTS 

COLLECTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ANIMAL WAS CAUGHT BECAUSE IT APPEARED TO HAVE 

FISHING LINE AROUND ITS NECK; HALF-INCH WIDE WOUND 

ENCIRCLING ANIMAL'S NECK WAS EXAMINED AND IT WAS 

DETERMINED THAT FISHING LINE WAS NO LONGER PRESENT 

AND WOUND WAS HEALING, SO ANIMAL WAS RELEASED ON 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 11 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI SITE NSI P7B 0 N N 

OREGON- WOUND TO FACE AND DAMAGE TO ORBIT STRONGLY 

HARBOR SEAL WASHINGTON COAST 2013 11 22 SHOOTING CURRY OR DEAD SUGGEST GUNSHOT DEAD NA 1 N Y 

OREGON- LIKELY VESSEL STRIKE OR SHOOTING; FIVE BROKEN RIBS 

HARBOR SEAL WASHINGTON COAST 2013 12 1 VESSEL STRIKE LINCOLN OR DEAD WITH HEMORRHAGE DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 

CALIFORNIA 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2014 

12 

12 

12 

1 

9 

10 

24 

26 

ENTRAPMENT 

HARASSMENT 

MARINE DEBRIS 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SNOHOMISH 

KITSAP 

THURSTON 

HUMBOLDT 

WA 

WA 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FOUND IN TRIBAL HATCHERY CONTAINMENT AREA. 

HARASSMENT; 28-35 FOOT SILVER BOAT WITH CRAB 

PULLING EQUIPMENT OBSERVED THROWING A LIVE 

HARBOR SEAL PUP OUT OF BOAT; TIME SPENT ABOARD 

BOAT UNKNOWN; POSSIBLE CAPTURE MYOPATHY 

CONSIDERATIONS 

FOUND WRAPPED IN ANCHOR LINE OF A BUOY. 

HARBOR SEAL CARCASS WITH HEAD CUT OFF 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

P4 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 2 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 4 2 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CLATSOP OR DEAD A HARBOR SEAL WAS CAUGHT AND KILLED IN A RESEARCH 

GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

CALIFORNIA 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

7 

8 

15 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

SHOOTING 

HARASSMENT 

MONTEREY 

MARIN 

LANE 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

OR 

CA 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 

A SUBADULT HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A 

GUNSHOT WOUND. A BULLET FRAGMENT WAS FOUND IN 

THE ANIMAL'S NECK. 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 

SI 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

P14 

P14 

NA 

P14 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 19 HARASSMENT MARIN CA SI 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 25 HARASSMENT SAN MATEO CA SI 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 4 25 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION WHATCOM WA DEAD 

A MUMMIFIED / SKELETONIZED HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND 

ENTANGLED IN DERELICT GILLNET GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 5 3 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET HOLES IN 

ITS BODY AND EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGING. A NECROPSY 

WAS CONDUCTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2014 

2014 

2014 

5 

5 

5 

14 

14 

23 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SHOOTING 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SAN JUAN 

CLATSOP 

SAN JUAN 

WA 

OR 

WA 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS REPORTED TO BE ENTANGLED IN 

WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PACKING BAND. 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET HOLES IN 

ITS BODY AND EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGING. A NECROPSY 

WAS CONDUCTED AND A PELLET WAS COLLECTED FROM A 

BULLET WOUNDS. 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS REPORTED TO BE ENTANGLED IN 

ORANGE / RED THICK ROPE WRAPPED AROUND THE NECK 

TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ANIMAL'S BACK. 

SI 

DEAD 

SI 

P8A 

NA 

P8A 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 
 

 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

 LARGE BLUE ROPE AROUND THE ANIMAL'S NECK. LOOKS 

LIKE A SLIP KNOT. ABOUT 3 FEET OF TRAILING ROPE AFTER 

THE LOOP AROUND ITS NECK. NO LONG TERM MARKINGS 

OF ROPE ON THE ANIMAL, SUCH AS A PINK RING OF FLESH. 

THE FUR IS STILL INTACT AND LOOKS ONLY A LITTLE UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY IRRITATED. ROPE AROUND NECK EXTERNAL EXAM HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 5 26 INTERACTION MONTEREY CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 5 30 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES SI P9 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 6 2 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES SI P9 1 N Y 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND REMOVED 

WASHINGTON FROM THE BEACH FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE 

NORTHERN INLAND ANIMAL WAS RETURNED TO THE BEACH, BUT FOUND DEAD 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2014 6 12 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA SI LATER THAT DAY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE HARRASSED BY NORTHERN INLAND BOATERS, KIDS, AND DOGS. THE ANIMAL EVENTUALLY DIED. HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2014 6 23 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI DEAD NA 1 N Y 

BODY CONDITION WAS GOOD. MONOFILAMENT LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK, IT WAS LOOSE SO NOT TOO DEEP. 

(1/8") BUT APPEARED TO RUB AND MAKE A WIDER WOUND. HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 6 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI SI P8A 1 N Y 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPEATEDLY HAULING OUT IN 

WASHINGTON AREAS WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PEOPLE OVER 

NORTHERN INLAND SEVERAL DAYS AND WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP. THE PUP 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2014 7 3 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA SI WAS RELOCATED TO A REMOTE BEACH. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 6 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA NSI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE HAULED OUT IN 

A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. A TRAINED RESPONDER ATTEMPTED 

TO RELOCATE THE ANIMAL, BUT WAS HARRASSED BY 

PROPERTY OWNERS. THE PUP WOUND UP BEING LEFT IN 

PLACE. NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HOOD CANAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

9 

11 

13 

16 

17 

22 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

JEFFERSON 

SAN JUAN 

SAN JUAN 

SKAGIT 

WHATCOM 

PIERCE 

WA 

WA 

WA 

WA 

WA 

WA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

NSI 

SI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARRASSED WHILE HAULED OUT -

A WOMAN MOVED IT AND ATTEMPTED TO FEED IT, DOGS 

WERE IN THE AREA AND INTERACTING WITH THE PUP. 

ACCORDING TO REPORTING PARTIES THE PUP HAD BEEN 

UNATTENDED FOR 4 DAYS. A TRAINED REPONDER REMOVED 

THE SEAL FROM THE BEACH AND TO A REHABILITATION 

FACILITY. THE SEAL WAS REHABILITATED AND RELEASED. 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS PET, FED, AND HARRASSED BY THE 

PUBLIC. AS A RESULT, THE ANIMAL WAS SENT TO A REHAB 

FACILITY, BUT DIED AT THE FACILITY. 

OVER A PERIOD OF DAYS A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS PET AND 

HARRASSED BY THE PUBLIC. PEOPLE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO 

FEED THE PUP POTATO CHIPS. THE PUP DIED SHORTLY 

AFTER TRAINED RESPONDERS ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST THE 

PUP. 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTEDLY WET WITH A HOSE 

WHILE HAULED OUT ON A PRIVATE BEACH. 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE HARRASSED BY 

PEOPLE AND DOGS WHILE IT WAS HAULED OUT ON A 

BEACH. 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND FED BY 

A HUMAN OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS. THE ANIMAL 

EVENTUALLY DIED. 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

NA 

P9 

P9 

NA 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 22 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARRASSED BY PEOPLE AND 

DOGS. PEOPLE WERE TOUCHING, FEEDING, AND PETTING 

THE SEAL. LEVEL-A INDICATES THE ANIMAL WAS 

REHABILITATED AT WOLF HOLLOW AND THEN RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 

2014 

2014 

7 

7 

23 

25 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

WHATCOM 

PIERCE 

WA 

WA 

SI 

NSI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTEDLY HARRASSED BY 

DOGS AND PEOPLE. PEOPLE WERE TOUCHING, FEEDING, 

AND PETTING IT. THE LEVEL-A INDICATES THE PUP WAS 

ABANDONED AND INJURED. THE PUP WAS SENT TO WOLF 

HOLLOW FOR REHABILITATION BUT DIED. 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE ILLEGALLY 

PICKED UP. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P9 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2014 8 8 HARASSMENT KITSAP WA SI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE IN DISTRESS 

OVER SEVERAL DAY PERIOD BY A PROPERTY OWNER. WHEN 

TRAINED RESPONDERS ARRIVED TO RELOCATE THE PUP 

THEY FOUND IT SUCKLING ON THE THE PROPERTY OWNER'S 

LEG. THE SEAL WAS RELOCATED, BUT THEN RETURNED ON 

ITS OWN TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. THE PUP WAS THEN 

SENT TO TO BE REHABILITATED AND WAS LATER RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 8 19 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD. GILLNET FISHING 

WAS REPORTED IN THE AREA AT THE TIME. THE ANIMAL 

EXHIBITED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AROUND ITS HEAD AND 

A LINEAR IMPRESSION AROUND ITS NECK. THE REPORTING 

PARTY, A HIGH QUALITY SOURCE OF INFORMATION, 

SUSPECTED THE MORTALITY WAS FISHERIES RELATED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2014 

2014 

8 

8 

19 

26 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SHOOTING 

KITSAP 

CLATSOP 

WA 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD. THE ANIMAL 

EXHIBITED LINEAR IMPRESSIONS AROUND NECK AND ON 

EYES. THE REPORTING PARTY, A HIGH QUALITY SOURCE OF 

INFORMATION, SUSPECTED THE MORTALITY WAS FISHERIES 

RELATED. 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET HOLES IN 

ITS BODY, A FRACTURED SKULL, AND OTHER SEVERE 

TRAUMA. A FIELD NECROPSY WAS PERFORMED. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 8 26 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PIERCE WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD AT A BOAT RAMP. THE 

ANIMAL EXHIBITED SLICE WOUNDS ON THE VENTRAL SIDE 

OF ITS NECK AND LESIONS AND PENETRATING WOUNDS 

CONSISTENT WITH NET INJURIES. A NECROPSY INDICATED 

SIGNS OF SLICING / MUTILATION AND SUSPECTED NET 

IMPRESSIONS ON THE HEAD. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2014 

2014 

9 

9 

3 

9 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

KITSAP 

LINCOLN 

WA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS REPORTED TO BE ENTANGLED IN A 

NET. AT LOW TIDE THE REPORTING PARTY RETURNED AND 

THE NET WAS EXPOSED. THEY FOUND THE SEAL 

DISENTANGLED, MUDDY, AND LAYING ON THE NET. IT HAD 

BEEN STABBED 5 TIMES IN THE CHEST AND WAS 

SURROUNDED BY A POOL OF FRESH BLOOD. 

CAPTURE MYOPATHY RELATED TO RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 10 SHOOTING CLALLAM WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD, IN A 

NEIGHBORHOOD SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE 

WATER, WITH BULLET HOLES IN ITS BODY AND EVIDENCE OF 

RECENT BLOOD LOSS. THE REPORTING PARTY BELIEVES THIS 

IS A FISHERIES RELATED MORTALITY. NO NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
 

 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 9 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

ANIMALS APPEARS ALERT, HYDDRATED AND IN OVERALL 

GOOD BODY CONDITION. FIRST SPOTTED BY THE PUBLIC ON 

MAY 18TH 2014. AUGUST 21 WAS REPORTED BY PUBLIC 

THAT THE FISHING LINE BROKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE IF 

IT WAS EMBEDDED. WE FIRST GOT EYES ON IT 9/18/14. 

MADE A RESCUE ATTEMPT BUT NOT SUCCESSFUL. 2ND 

ATTEMPT WAS 9/19- HAD BEEN MONITORING ANIMAL FOR 

ABOUT 3 WEEKS. RESCUED DUE TO SUSUPECTED HUMAN 

INERACTION. APPEARANCE OF POSSIBLE ENTANGLEMENT 

AROUND THE ANIMALS NECK (MONOFILAMENT) NSI P7B 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 9 20 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET 

HOLES AND HEAVY HEMORRHAGING. A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

CALIFORNIA 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

9 

10 

11 

12 

29 

17 

25 

2 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

SHOOTING 

CLALLAM 

SAN DIEGO 

CLATSOP 

CLALLAM 

WA 

CA 

OR 

WA 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD IN DERELICT GILLNET 

GEAR. 

SINGLE PIECE OF MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND THE 

NECK,STARTED CUTTING INTO THE ANIMAL ON THE RIGHT 

SIDE AND UNDERNEATH. LACERATION WAS 

APPROXIAMTELY 1/2" WIDE AND 1/2" DEEP 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD AND REPORTED TO BE 

SHOT. THE ANIMAL SHOWED SIGNS OF TRAUMA, 

HEMORRHAGING, AND SKULL DAMAGE. A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A TRACKING 

BULLET WOUND TO ITS HEAD. THE REPORTING PARTY 

BELIEVES THIS WAS A FISHERIES-RELATED MORTALITY. 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

P8A 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

1 

2 

20 

5 

SHOOTING 

HARASSMENT 

PACIFIC 

SAN DIEGO 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH REPORTED BULLET 

HOLES AND ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN ITS BODY, NECK, 

AND POSTERIOR SKULL AND FRACTURED CERVICAL 

VERTEBRAE. 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. TREATED IN REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. CONSIDERED SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE ANIMAL WAS A DEPENDENT PUP. 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

13 

19 

HARASSMENT 

OIL / TAR 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB. DEPENDENT PUP AND MATERNAL 

SEPARATION = SERIOUS INJURY. 

UNDERWEIGHT PUP WITH UMBILLICUS AND TAR SPOTS 

OVER DORSUM AND FLIPPERS. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. DEPENDENT PUP AND MATERNAL SEPARATION = 

SERIOUS INJURY. 

SI 

SI 

P14 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

20 

21 

HARASSMENT 

SHOOTING 

MARIN 

GRAYS HARBOR 

CA 

WA 

SI 

DEAD 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

A SUBADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THE 

ANIMAL HAD SUSTAINED A PENETRATING INJURY, WITH 

CORRESPONDING ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS, AND THE 

SKULL WAS SHATTERED. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

A FRESHLY DEAD ADULT HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND IN PORT 

ANGELES. THERE WERE TWO HOLES, ONE ON EITHER SIDE WASHINGTON OF THE HEAD JUST POSTERIOR FROM THE EYE SOCKETS. THE NORTHERN INLAND REPORTING PARTY BELIEVED THE ANIMAL WAS SHOT. HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2015 3 5 SHOOTING CLALLAM WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD IN A STATE OF 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION IN DERELICT GILLNET THAT 

WASHINGTON WAS STRETCHED BETWEEN TWO PINNACLES NEAR SARES 

NORTHERN INLAND HEAD. THE NET APEARED TO BE NEW AND WAS THOUGHT 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2015 3 6 GILLNET FISHERY SKAGIT WA DEAD TO BE LOST IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB. DEPENDENT PUP AND MATERNAL 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 3 21 HARASSMENT ORANGE CA SI SEPARATION = SERIOUS INJURY. SI P14 1 N Y 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 3 26 HARASSMENT SONOMA CA SI FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB. DEPENDENT PUP AND MATERNAL 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 17 HARASSMENT MENDOCINO CA SI SEPARATION = SERIOUS INJURY. SI P14 1 N Y 

A SUBADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THERE 

WAS TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT THE 

OREGON- HEAD AND BODY. AT LEAST ONE PROJECTILE WAS FOUND IN 

HARBOR SEAL WASHINGTON COAST 2015 4 21 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD THE SKULL. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

4 

4 

24 

29 

SHOOTING 

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION 

CLATSOP 

LOS ANGELES 

OR 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THERE 

WAS HEMORRHAGING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE BODY 

AND A BLOOD FILLED ABDONMINAL CAVITY. THE ANIMAL 

WAS IN EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. PROJECTILES WERE 

RECOVERED FROM THE SKULL AND ABDOMEN. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ABDOMINAL PUNCTURE 

WOUND TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P9 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 4 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT PUP WITH TAR ON FACE. TREATED IN REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT PUP WITH TAR ON FACE. TREATED IN REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 6 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN WA SI 

A HARBOR SEAL THAT INGESTED TROLL FISHERY GEAR WAS 

OBSERVED WITH A FLASHER HANGING FROM ITS MOUTH. SI P2 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 6 4 DOG ATTACK SONOMA CA DEAD OFF LEASH DOG ATTACKED AND KILLED SEAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 6 6 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF MANHATTAN BEACH TAR 

INCIDENT. 51-75% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON NECK, 

SHOULDERS, MOST OF DORSAL SIDE, SMALL PATCHES ON 

VENTRAL SIDE. IN ADDITION TO STANDARD SEAWORLD 

NECROPSY SAMPLES TAKEN, OILED WILDLIFE CARE 

NETWORK NECROPSY SAMPLE COLLECTING PROTOCOLS 

WERE FOLLOWED. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 6 7 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HANDLED, PICKED UP, AND 

RELOCATED BY THE PUBLIC. THE PUP WAS REHABILITATED 

AND RELEASED ON SAN JUAN ISLAND ON AUGUST 29. NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 6 12 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA SI HIT BY BOAT, CUT ON NECK. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 6 30 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS MOVED AND HARASSED BY 

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE ANIMAL WAS CAPTURED, 

REHABILITATED, AND RELEASED ON AUGUST 29, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 7 3 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS ATTACKED BY A DOG AND 

HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE PUP WAS 

REHABILITATED AND RELEASED AT SAN JUAN ISLAND ON 

AUGUST 29, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HAULED OUT ON A POPULAR 

BEACH DURING A 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. THE PRESENCE 

OF PEOPLE ON THE BEACH AND FIREWORKS DROVE THE PUP 

INTO THE WATER, WHERE IT WAS REPORTED TO SUSTAIN 

INJURIES WHICH LED TO ITS DEATH. THERE ARE NO OTHER 

DETAILS. IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IT 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 4 HARASSMENT CLALLAM WA SI 

WILL BE ASSUMED THAT HUMAN HARASSMENT LED TO THE 

SEAL'S DEATH. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS OBSERVED OVER A 

COUPLE MONTHS WITH A CIRCUMFERENTIAL NECK 

ENTANGLEMENT CAUSED BY A PACKING BAND. THE 

ENTANGLED SEAL SUCCESSFULLY REARED A PUP. THE 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 7 MARINE DEBRIS COOS OR SI 

PACKING BAND WAS NOTED TO BE CUTTING INTO THE SKIN 

AND BLUBBER. SI P8a 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2015 

2015 

7 

7 

8 

15 

HARASSMENT 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

GRAYS HARBOR 

CLATSOP 

WA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

A FEMALE HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE ON A 

BEACH FOR A 24 HOUR PERIOD. DURING THIS TIME THERE 

WERE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF HARASSMENT, INCLUDING 

REPORTS OF PEOPLE THROWING THE SEAL. THE PUP WAS 

DEAD BY THE TIME STRANDING NETWORK RESPONDERS 

ARRIVED. IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

THIS WILL BE ASSUMED TO BE A HUMAN-CAUSED 

MORTALITY DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THE HARASSMENT. 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS CAUGHT AND KILLED IN A SALMON 

RESEARCH NET. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

7 

7 

16 

18 

HARASSMENT 

DOG ATTACK 

THURSTON 

HUMBOLDT 

WA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS ON A BUSY BEACH. IT WAS 

OBSERVED TO BE UNATTENDED FOR TWO DAYS, AND 

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE BEGINNING TO APPROACH 

AND TOUCH IT. THE PUP WAS REHABILITATED AND WAS 

RELEASED AT SOLO POINT ON OCTOBER 12, 2015. 

DOG BITES. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

NSI 

NSI 

P9 

P9 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 7 18 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF THE 

PUBLIC AND A DOG. THE PUP SUSTAINED SEVERAL 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS WHICH BECAME INFECTED. THE SEAL 

WAS REHABILITATED AND RELEASED AT SAN JUAN ISLAND 

ON OCTOBER 15, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR DEAD 

AN ADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THE 

SEAL HAD INGESTED HOOK AND LINE AND HEMORRAGING 

WAS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE BODY, POSSIBLY 

INDICATING THE ANIMAL WAS SHOT. HOWEVER, THIS 

MORTALITY WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO INGESTED GEAR, SINCE 

IT CAN BE MORE READILY CONFIRMED THAN THE GUNSHOT 

INJURIES AND LIKELY OCCURRED PRIOR TO BEING SHOT. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

HOOD CANAL 

2015 

2015 

7 

7 

24 

25 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

SAN JUAN 

KITSAP 

WA 

WA 

SI 

SI 

A MALE HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF 

THE PUBLIC AND DOGS AT A STATE PARK. PEOPLE WERE 

POURING WATER ON THE PUP AND DRIVING IT INTO THE 

WATER. REHABILITATION WAS ATTEMPTED, BUT THE 

ANIMAL HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED. 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF THE 

PUBLIC AT A BUSY BOAT LAUNCH. THE SEAL WAS 

REHABILITATED AND RELEASED AT JETTY ISLAND IN EVERETT 

ON OCTOBER 9, 2015. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P9 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 8 10 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL IN EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION WAS 

FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET / PELLET HOLES AND 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN THE HEAD, NECK, PELVIS, 

AND TAIL. ONE OF THE ANIMAL'S LUMBAR VERTEBRA WAS 

BROKEN. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

Stock or Area 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

CALIFORNIA 

Year 

2015 

2015 

Month 

8 

8 

Day 

17 

19 

Interaction Type 

SHOOTING 

DOG ATTACK 

County or Locale 

CLATSOP 

DEL NORTE 

State 

OR 

CA 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

DEAD 

SI 

Final Injury 

Comments Assessment 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A HOLE IN ITS 

VENTRAL NECK WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING. THERE 

WAS TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT THE 

BODY. THE REPORTING PARTY NOTED THIS ANIMAL WAS 

SHOT. DEAD 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

NA 

P9 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

1 

0 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

N 

N 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

Y 

N 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

2015 

2015 

8 

8 

27 

28 

VESSEL STRIKE 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

PIERCE 

PACIFIC 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A MALE HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND FRESH DEAD. THE 

ANIMAL HAD SIX PARALLEL DEEP LACERATIONS ON THE LEFT 

SIDE OF THE BODY FROM THE BASE OF THE SKULL TO THE 

HIND FLIPPER CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER INJURY. DEAD 

AN ADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL CARCASS WAS FOUND. THE 

SEAL HAD INGESTED FISHING GEAR AND APPEARED TO BE 

SHOT IN THE HEAD AND BODY INDICATED BY HOLES AND 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE. GIVEN THE TWO SOURCES OF 

INJURY, THIS MORTALITY WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO INGESTED 

GEAR, SINCE IT CAN BE MORE EASILY CONFIRMED THAN THE 

GUNSHOT INJURIES AND LIKELY OCCURRED PRIOR TO BEING 

SHOT. DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

9 

9 

7 

18 

SHOOTING 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

LINCOLN 

MONTEREY 

OR 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THE ANIMAL 

APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT, AND BOTH ENTRY AND EXIT 

WOUNDS WERE EVIDENT. THE PROJECTILE PENTRATED 

FROM THE LEFT THORACIC TO RIGHT THORACIC AREA. 

FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND NECK AND SEEMS TO 

EXTEND INTO THE BODY AS IF SWALLOWED. ONLY HALF OF 

LOWER MANDIBLE REMAINING. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 9 23 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD 

A FRESH DEAD HARBOR SEAL AND TWO BIRDS WERE FOUND 

ENTANGLED IN A DERLICT / ABDONDONED GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 9 24 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD AND ENTANGLED IN 

GILLNET. THE SEAL WAS IN A STATE OF MODERATE 

DECOMPOSITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 9 24 SEAL BOMB SNOHOMISH WA SI 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS OBSERVED IN EDMONDS THAT WAS 

BLEEDING HEAVILY FROM ITS NOSE AND WITH OBVIOUS 

INJURIES TO ITS EYES. CAPTURE ATTEMPTS BY NOAA AND 

THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE 

ANIMAL WAS NOT SEEN AGAIN. THE REPORTING PARTY 

BELIEVED THE SEAL'S INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED WHEN THE 

SEAL INGESTED A SEAL BOMB. SI P9 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2015 

2015 

9 

9 

26 

29 

ENTRAPMENT 

SHOOTING 

KITSAP 

WHATCOM 

WA 

WA 

NSI 

DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL CLIMBED ONTO A BOAT AND AFTERWARD 

WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT AND RETURN TO THE WATER. 

THE SEAL REMAINED ABOARD OVERNIGHT UNTIL THE 

REPORTING PARTY ARRIVED AND WAS ABLE TO POSITION A 

BOARD IN SUCH A FASHION THAT THE SEAL WAS ABLE TO 

CLIMB OFF THE BOAT AND INTO THE WATER. 

A FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. A 

RADIOGRAPH CONFIRMED THE ANIMAL HAD BEEN SHOT. 

THERE WERE MULTIPLE PROJECTILES IDENTIFIED IN THE 

ANIMAL'S SKULL. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 10 4 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

A SUBADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THE 

ANIMAL APPEARED TO BE SHOT. THERE WERE CLEAR 

ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS IN THE ANIMAL'S SKULL AND 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

Stock or Area 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

Year 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

Month 

10 

10 

10 

10 

Day 

13 

14 

14 

14 

Interaction Type 

SHOOTING 

GILLNET FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

County or Locale 

WHATCOM 

SAN JUAN 

SAN JUAN 

SAN JUAN 

State 

WA 

WA 

WA 

WA 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

Final Injury 

Comments Assessment 

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH 

WHAT WAS NOTED TO BE A "CLEAR BULLET WOUND." 

FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A TRACKING WOUND. 

NO BULLET WAS RECOVERED. DEAD 

THREE HARBOR SEALS WERE FOUND ENTANGLED IN 

SUBMERGED GILLNET. EACH SEAL WAS FRESH DEAD. THIS IS 

SEAL ONE OF THREE. DEAD 

THREE HARBOR SEALS WERE FOUND ENTANGLED IN 

SUBMERGED GILLNET. EACH SEAL WAS FRESH DEAD. THIS IS 

SEAL TWO OF THREE. DEAD 

THREE HARBOR SEALS WERE FOUND ENTANGLED IN 

SUBMERGED GILLNET. EACH SEAL WAS FRESH DEAD. THIS IS 

SEAL THREE OF THREE. DEAD 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2015 10 18 ENTRAPMENT PIERCE WA DEAD 

AN ADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL WAS OBSERVED CAUGHT IN 

A GATE BETWEEN TWO PONDS AT A CITY PARK. THE ANIMAL 

APPEARED TO BE FRESH DEAD. THE CARCASS WAS 

RECOVERED A COUPLE DAYS LATER WHEN IT WAS FLOATING 

IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE PONDS. THE SEAL HAD 

BROKEN AND MISSING UPPER AND LOWER TEETH AS WELL 

AS HEMORRHAGING UNDER ITS MOUTH. STRANDING 

RESPONDERS SUSPECT THESE INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED 

WHEN THE ANIMAL WAS TRAPPED IN THE GATE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 10 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI 

A ROBUST, WEANED, HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS OBSERVED 

HAULED OUT WITH A FISHING LURE HANGING FROM ITS 

MOUTH. SI P2 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2015 10 30 

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

INTERACTION PIERCE WA DEAD 

A FRESH DEAD SUBADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND 

IN THE VICINITY OF ACTIVE SET GILLNET FISHING. THE 

ANIMAL HAD LINEAR LACERATIONS ON BOTH EYES 

CONSISTENT WITH ENTANGLEMENT AND MULTIPLE 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON THE ABDOMEN AND CHEST, 

POSSIBLY FROM A GAFF. BOTH FRONT AND BACK FLIPPERS 

WERE ALSO SEVERED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 11 18 UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FRESH DEAD WITH A 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL NECK ENTANGLEMENT CAUSED BY 

WHAT APPEARED TO BE GHOST TRAWL NET. THE NET HAD 

PELAGIC GOOSENECK BARNACLES GROWING ON IT 

INDICATING THAT IT HAD BEEN ADRIFT FOR A WHILE. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

1 

1 

17 

24 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN DIEGO 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

NSI 

APPARENTLY HEALTHY NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS WAS 

REMOVED FROM BEACH BY PUBLIC. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. ANIMAL WAS ALSO DOCUMENTED 

ON 3/23 AND 3/24 BEING HANDLED BY THE PUBLIC. 

APPARENTLY HEALTHY NEONATE WAS REMOVED FROM 

BEACH BY PUBLIC. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

SI 

DEAD 

P14 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

2 

2 

23 

24 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

HARASSMENT 

KITSAP 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

NSI 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD ON A PUBLIC BEACH. A 

LIMITED NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED, AND A FISHING 

HOOK AND LINE WAS FOUND LODGED IN THE SEAL'S 

INTESTINES. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FRESHLY ABSENT UMBILICUS 

HANDLED BY PUBLIC. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

2 

2 

25 

28 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

SAN DIEGO 

MARIN 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

NSI 

NEONATE WITH ATTACHED UMBILICUS WAS REMOVED 

FROM BEACH BY PUBLIC. ANIMAL WAS LETHARGIC WITH 

LABORED BREATHING. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT NEONATE REMOVED FROM BEACH 

BY PUBLIC. DIED IN REHAB. 

SI 

DEAD 

P14 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

HARASSED - NETTED OUT OF WATER BY PUBLIC, 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, VOCAL, FULL LANUGO COAT, 

3-4 CM UMBILICUS DRY AT TIP PRESENT. TREATED AT REHAB 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2016 2 29 HARASSMENT MARIN CA NSI FACILITY AND RELEASED. SI P14 1 N Y 

REMOVED FROM WILD BY KAYAKER AND BROUGHT TO 

CAMPGROUND, FULL LANUGO COAT, FRESH PINK 

UMBILICUS PRESENT, EMACIATED. TREATED AT REHAB 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2016 3 1 HARASSMENT MARIN CA NSI FACILITY AND RELEASED. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

3 

3 

2 

15 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

MARIN 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

NSI 

REMOVED FROM WILD BY PUBLIC. MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT, FULL LANUGO COAT WITH 3 CM DRIED 

UMBILICUS PRESENT. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

HARASSED - ON TARP BEING PULLED AWAY FROM THE 

WATER BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, FULL LANUGO COAT, 

EMACIATED. TREATED AT REHAB AND RELEASED. 

SI 

SI 

P14 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

3 

3 

16 

20 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

MARIN 

HUMBOLDT 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

NSI 

HARASSED - PUBLIC PULLED OUT OF WATER, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT, FULL LANUGO COAT, 3 CM LONG 

UMBILICUS DRY AT TIP PRESENT. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

BEING FED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. FOUND ON A 

PICNIC TABLE. DIED IN REHAB. 

SI 

SI 

P14 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

HOOD CANAL 

2016 

2016 

3 

4 

25 

4 

SHOOTING 

MARINE DEBRIS 

NA 

NA 

OR 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND IN A STATE OF MODERATE 

DECOMPOSITION AND A NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. 

PELLET HOLES THROUGHOUT THE SKULL AND BODY AS WELL 

AS BLOODY FLUID IN THE THORACIC CAVITY INDICATED THE 

ANIMAL HAD BEEN SHOT. 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND ENTANGLED IN BUOY LINES 

THAT SUPPORTED CAGES CONTAINING MUSSELS BEING 

GROWN TO MONITOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 

CONTAMINATION DURING A REMEDIATION PROJECT. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

4 

4 

12 

26 

HARASSMENT 

DOG ATTACK 

MARIN 

HUMBOLDT 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

SI 

REMOVED FROM WILD BY PUBLIC, EMACIATED, UMBILICUS 

FRESHLY ABSENT. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. 

SI 

DEAD 

P14 

P9 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

4 

5 

26 

11 

SHOOTING 

HARASSMENT 

NA 

MARIN 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

NSI 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND IN A STATE OF ADVANCED 

DECOMPOSITION AND A NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. 

PELLET SIZED PENETRATING WOUNDS IN THE HEAD AND 

BODY, WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING INDICATED THE 

ANIMAL HAD BEEN SHOT. 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, UMBILICUS ABSENT SITE 

CLOSED AND HEALED, HARASSED - PUBLIC TRYING TO DRAG 

TO WATER, SMALL TAR PATCHES ON MULTIPLE PARTS OF 

BODY. 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

2016 

2016 

5 

5 

21 

26 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

GRAYS HARBOR 

NA 

WA 

OR 

ALIVE 

ALIVE 

AN EMACIATED HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REMOVED FROM A 

BEACH, BROUGHT TO A CONDO, AND FED MILK BY A 

MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. IT ASPIRATED MILK INTO ITS 

AIRWAY, AND LATER DIED. 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS REPORTEDLY PICKED UP BY A MEMBER 

OF THE PUBLIC, MOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION, 

AND LATER RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. IT WAS 

LATER FOUND DEAD. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P14 

P14 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 2016 6 10 SHOOTING NA OR DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND IN A STATE OF ADVANCED 

DECOMPOSITION AND A NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. 

THERE WERE BULLET ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS IN THE 

SKULL, AND HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT THE BODY 

INDICATED THE ANIMAL HAD BEEN SHOT. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND IN A STATE OF MODERATE 

DECOMPOSITION AND A NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. A 

HOLE IN THE HEAD WITH ASSOCIATED HOMORHAGE 

OREGON - INDICATED THE ANIMAL HAD BEEN SHOT. OTHERWISE THE 

HARBOR SEAL WASHINGTON COAST 2016 6 16 SHOOTING NA OR DEAD ANIMAL WAS IN EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP THAT HAULED OUT IN A DOG PARK 

WAS OBSERVED BEING HELD BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 

OVER REPEATED OBSERVATIONS THE SEAL PUP DID NOT 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

MOVE LOCATION AND THE MOTHER WAS NOT ATTENDENT, 

SO THE PUP WAS TRANSPORTED TO A REHABILITATION 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2016 6 23 HARASSMENT NA WA NSI CENTER AND LATER RELEASED. NSI P14 0 N N 

WASHINGTON 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP BOARDED A SAILBOAT, BUT WAS 

UNABLE TO EXIT AFTER CLIMBING ABOARD. WDFW 

NORTHERN INLAND RESPONDED AND REMOVED THE SEAL. THE SEAL WAS 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2016 7 3 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA NSI REPORTED TO APPEAR HEALTHY. NSI P9 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 8 1 HARASSMENT NA WA NSI 

A LIVE HARBOR SEAL PUP HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN 

OBSERVED BEING HIT BY PEOPLE. THE SEAL WAS DEAD 

WHEN THE STRANDING RESPONDER ARRIVED. A NECROPSY 

WAS CONDUCTED, AND THE SEAL HAD A BROKEN JAW. DEAD P9 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2016 

2016 

2016 

8 

8 

8 

2 

10 

11 

HARASSMENT 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

GILLNET FISHERY 

KITSAP 

NA 

KITSAP 

WA 

OR 

WA 

NSI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS SEEN FOR DAYS HAULED OUT ON 

A HIGH-USE CITY DOCK. THE MOTHER WAS NOT IN 

ATTENDANCE, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE HIGH 

PUBLIC USE OF THE AREA. THE PUP WAS CAPTURED AND 

SENT TO A REHABILITATION CENTER WHERE IT LATER DIED. 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND IN A STATE OF MODERATE 

DECOMPOSITION AND A NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. A 

FISH HOOK AND LINE WAS FOUND IN THE INTESTINES AND 

THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF BLOODY FLUID IN 

THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES. 

A FRESH DEAD HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FLOATING IN AN 

AREA ACTIVELY BEING FISHED WITH GILLNETS. THE SEAL 

HAD NET-LIKE LINEAR IMPRESSIONS ON ITS EYES, CHEST, 

SHOULDERS, AND PELVIS. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P14 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 8 15 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FLOATING IN A STATE OF 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION AND A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. THE CARCASS DISPLAYED CIRCULINEAR 

HEMORRHAGING AROUND THE LOWER JAW, HEAD, NECK, 

AND PELVIS. THERE WAS GILLNET FISHING OCCURING IN 

THE AREA. NA NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 8 15 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FLOATING IN A STATE OF 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION AND A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. THERE WAS CIRCULINEAR HEMORRHAGING 

AROUND THE LOWER JAW AND BASE OF THE NECK. NA NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 8 15 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FLOATING FRESHLY DEAD. A 

NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. THERE WAS HEMORRHAGE 

AROUND THE HEAD, NECK, AND MID-BELLY. NA NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 2016 8 24 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION NA WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND IN A STATE OF MODERATE 

DECOMPOSITION AND A NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. 

THERE WAS LINEAR HEMORRHAGE JUST BEHIND THE JAW 

EXTENDING VENTRALLY, HEMORRHAGE IN THE NECK AND 

BODY, RIB MARKS ON THE LUNG, AND THE SEAL WAS IN 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FLOATING FRESHLY DEAD. A 

NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. THE EXAMINER NOTED 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 8 25 GILLNET FISHERY NA WA DEAD 

LINEAR LINES/IMPRESSIONS ACROSS THE EYE. THE HEAD 

WAS ALSO BLOODY AND SWOLLEN, AND THE SKULL WAS 

LIKELY FRACTURED. IT APPEARED THE SEAL HAD BECOME 

ENTANGLED AND WAS THEN BLUDGEONED. GILLNET 

FISHING WAS OCCURRING NEARBY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

FOUND ALIVE IN SURF WITH BLEEDING FROM THE HEAD. 

APPROACHABLE, GOOD BODY CONDITION. RADIOLOGY AT 

TMMC FOUND A CRANIAL FRACTURE WITH A BULLET AND 

FRAGMENT SCATTER IN THE SOFT TISSUES OF THE LEFT SIDE 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2016 8 26 SHOOTING MARIN CA SI OF THE HEAD. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD P9 1 N Y 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FLOATING FRESHLY DEAD. A 

NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. THE EXAMINER NOTED 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 8 27 GILLNET FISHERY NA WA DEAD 

LINEAR LINES/IMPRESSIONS ACROSS THE EYE. THE HEAD 

WAS ALSO BLOODY AND SWOLLEN, AND THE SKULL WAS 

LIKELY FRACTURED. IT APPEARED THE SEAL HAD BECOME 

ENTANGLED AND WAS THEN BLUDGEONED. GILLNET 

FISHING WAS OCCURRING NEARBY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 8 31 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD 

A FRESHLY DEAD HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND STRANDED 

WITH TWO PARALLEL SLICES ON ITS DORSAL SIDE THAT 

APPEARED TO BE A PROPELLER INJURY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FLOATING DEAD IN A STATE 

OF MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. A NECROPSY WAS 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

CONDUCTED. IN ADDITION TO LINEAR IMPRESSIONS, THE 

SEAL HAD THREE DEEP LINEAR CUTS ON THE HEAD AND 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2016 9 2 GILLNET FISHERY NA WA DEAD SHOULDER. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CARCASS NECROPSIED. APPARENT GUN SHOT WOUND TO 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2016 9 11 SHOOTING DEL NORTE CA DEAD THE HEAD, BULLET NOT FOUND. DEAD P9 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 9 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY NA WA NSI 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WITH A 4 OZ FISHING LURE HOOKED 

TO ITS HIND FLIPPER WAS CAPTURED, THE HOOK WAS 

REMOVED, AND THE ANIMAL WAS RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2016 9 25 GILLNET FISHERY NA WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD, FLOATING IN A 

HARBOR. THE SEAL HAD NET IMPRESSIONS / INDICATIONS 

ON ITS BODY AND GILLNET FISHING WAS OCCURING IN THE 

AREA. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2016 9 29 GILLNET FISHERY NA WA DEAD 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD IN A STATE OF 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. THE PUP APPEARED AS IF IT 

HAD BEEN WRAPPED/ENTANGLED IN ROPE OR NET, AND 

THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL HEMORRHAGE AROUND THE 

CHEST, LEADING EDGE OF FORE FLIPPERS, AND NOSE. THE 

ANIMAL ALSO HAD A PUNCTURED LEFT EYE. THERE WAS 

SALMON GILLNET FISHING OCCURING IN THE AREA. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

HOOD CANAL 

2016 

2016 

10 

10 

14 

18 

SHOOTING 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

HUMBOLDT 

NA 

CA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

CARCASS FOUND AT THE BASE OF INDIAN BEACH TRAIL 

STAIRS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS SOUTH. HOOK WAS 

EMBEDDED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ANIMALS NECK AND 

LINE WAS WRAPPED IN KELP MASS NEARBY. APPARENT GUN 

SHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. PENETRATING WOUND WITH 

CLEAN MARGINS ON FRESH CARCASS WITH MINIMAL TO NO 

SCAVENGING PRESENT. 

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND STRANDED WITH ALL 

TISSUE REMOVED FROM ITS SHOULDERS TO ITS EYES, AND 

WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PENETRATING GAFF WOUND ON 

ITS HEAD. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 2 10 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD 

THREE LACERATIONS THAT RUN DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE 

BACK OF THE ANIMAL, EQUIDISTANT (22-24CM) FROM EACH 

OTHER . THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR PROPELLER STRIKES 

BROKE THROUGH THE SKIN AND PROBABLY THE BLUBBER. 

THE MIDDLE PROPELLER STRIKE DID NOT BREAK SKIN BUT IS 

EVIDENT AS A SCAR WITH REMOVED FUR. BEYOND THIS 

APPARENT SCAVENGING HAS OBSCURED OBSERVATION OF 

HUMAN INTERACTION. BONES AT LEFT SIDE OF BACK OF 

SKULL ARE BROKEN. SLIGHTLY BLOATED AND EYES 

SCAVENGED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

OREGON - DORSAL ENTRY WOUND APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH IN 

HARBOR SEAL WASHINGTON COAST 2017 3 2 SHOOTING LINCOLN CA DEAD DIAMETER. EXIT WOUND ON VENTRUM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PUP (UMBILLICUS FRESHLY ABSENT) ILLEGALLY PICKED UP 

BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND BROUGHT HOME 

OVERNIGHT WHERE IT WAS FED MILK AND FISH OIL. 

PERSON TRIED TO RELEASE THE ANIMAL THE NEXT DAY, BUT 

IT WOULD NOT LEAVE BEACH. TAKEN INTO REHAB FACILITY, 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 4 9 HARASSMENT SANTA BARBARA CA NSI TREATED AND RELEASED. SI P14 1 N Y 

MALNOURISHED PUP WRAPPED IN A TOWEL BY MEMBERS 

OF THE PUBLIC AND MOVED AWAY FROM COLONY. HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 4 10 HARASSMENT SONOMA CA NSI SI P14 1 N Y 

DOG ATTACKED ANIMAL. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 4 17 DOG ATTACK DEL NORTE CA SI DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS OBSERVER PROGRAM HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 4 21 SET GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS OBSERVER PROGRAM HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 4 22 SET GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

PEOPLE TOUCHING AN EMACIATED SEAL PUP ON THE 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 4 29 HARASSMENT MARIN CA SI BEACH. SI P14 1 N Y 

PUP WITH UMBILLICUS PRESENT, TRAUMA AND 

OREGON - HEMORRHAGING DETERMINED TO BE RELATED TO BEING 

HARBOR SEAL WASHINGTON COAST 2017 5 19 VEHICLE COLLISION CLATSOP OR DEAD STRUCK BY VEHICLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON PUP BEING PET BY PEOPLE ON BEACH. REMOVED FROM NORTHERN INLAND BEACH AND EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 5 26 HARASSMENT SKAGIT WA NSI DEAD NA 1 N Y 

NEWBORN PUP WAS IN A HEAVILY USED SURFING AREA, 

WAS CONSTANTLY APPROACHED BY PEOPLE ON BEACH AND 

IN WATER DESPITE POSTED SIGNS; 5/28 WAS RELOCATED TO 

HAUL OUT AREA COVE NORTH OF INN AT OTTER CREST; NORTHERN OREGON - GREEN PAINT APPLIED TO TOP OF HEAD. HARBOR SEAL WASHINGTON COAST 2017 5 27 HARASSMENT LINCOLN OR NSI SI P14 1 N Y 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 5 31 BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS OBSERVER PROGRAM HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 6 7 SET GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS OBSERVER PROGRAM HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 6 9 SET GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NEWBORN PUP WAS BEING PET BY MEMBERS OF THE 

PUBLIC. MOTHER DID NOT RETURN TO PUP AFTER A FEW 

DAYS AND PUP WAS REMOVED AND EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2017 6 17 HARASSMENT MASON WA NSI FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND NEWBORN PUP DUMPED IN SOMEONE'S YARD. 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 6 19 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

NEWBORN PUP THAT HAD BEEN IN GOOD CONDITION WAS 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 6 25 HARASSMENT ISLAND WA NSI 

BEING CONTINUALLY HARASSED ON A BUSY BEACH. ITS 

CONDITION DETERIORATED AND IT WAS EUTHANIZED AT A 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

CHILDREN WERE PUTTING A NEWBORN SEAL INTO THE 

WATER AND SWIMMING WITH IT AT A BUSY BEACH. 

WASHINGTON ANIMAL EVENTUALLY WAS RELOCATED TO A NEW BEACH. 

NORTHERN INLAND DESIGNATED SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO MATERNAL 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 6 27 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI SEPARATION. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

HOOD CANAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2017 

2017 

2017 

6 

6 

7 

28 

30 

1 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

WHATCOM 

MASON 

SAN JUAN 

WA 

WA 

WA 

NSI 

NSI 

NSI 

CHILDREN WERE PUTTING A NEWBORN SEAL INTO THE 

WATER AND SWIMMING WITH IT AT A BUSY BEACH. SOME 

WERE THROWING ROCKS AT ANIMAL. ANIMAL CONDITION 

DETERIORATED. DESIGNATED SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO 

MATERNAL SEPARATION. 

PUP ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM BEACH. 

NEWBORN PUP BEING HARASSED BY PEOPLE. SERIOUS 

INJURY DUE TO MATERNAL SEPARATION. 

SI 

SI 

SI 

P14 

P14 

P14 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

N OREGON-WA COAST 

2017 

2017 

7 

7 

1 

3 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

KITSAP 

LANE 

WA 

OR 

NSI 

NSI 

NEWBORN PUP ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM BEACH, 

BROUGHT TO PRIVATE RESIDENCE. PUP RETURNED TO 

BEACH AFTER REPORTING PARTY WAS TOLD OF ILLEGALITY 

OF REMOVING ANIMAL FROM BEACH. CONSIDERED 

SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF MATERNAL SEPARATION. 

WITNESS SAID BOYS WERE HITTING A SEAL WITH STICKS, 

DRAWING BLOOD. 

SI 

SI 

P14 

P9 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 7 8 SHOOTING SONOMA CA DEAD SHOTGUN PELLETS IN CRANIUM. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 7 16 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI 

PUP BEING SURROUNDED AND INTERACTED WITH PEOPLE 

ON A REGULAR BASIS. PUP UNDERWEIGHT AND 

DEHYDRATED. ASSIGNED AS A SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO 

LIKELY PUP / MOTHER SEPARATION BECAUSE OF PRESENCE 

OF PEOPLE. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 7 17 HARASSMENT ISLAND WA NSI 

PUP BEING FED, MOVED INTO WATER, AND TOUCHED BY 

PEOPLE ON THE BEACH. SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO PUP / 

MOTHER SEPARATION AGGRAVATED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 7 20 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI 

PUP BEING APPROACHED BY PEOPLE ON BEACH. SERIOUS 

INJURY DUE TO LIKELIHOOD OF AGGRAVATED MATERNAL / 

PUP SEPARATION. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 7 22 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI 

PUP ON BEACH BEING MOVED INTO WATER BY PEOPLE. 

DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 7 29 HARASSMENT SKAGIT WA NSI 

PUP REMOVED FROM BEACH AND FED AT PRIVATE 

RESIDENCE WHERE IT DIED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 7 30 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI 

PUP REMOVED FROM BEACH BY BOATERS. SERIOUS INJURY 

DUE TO MATERNAL / PUP SEPARATION. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2017 7 30 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA NSI 

PUP BEING HARASSED BY DOGS AND PEOPLE ON THE 

BEACH. SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO MATERNAL / PUP 

SEPARATION. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 7 31 HARASSMENT ISLAND WA NSI 

HEALTHY PUP WAS HARASSED ON BEACH OVER A PERIOD 

OF DAYS AND EVENTUALLY DIED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 8 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN JUAN WA SI 

STRANDING RESPONSE TO A CALL OF A PUP WITH A FISH 

HOOK IN THE ROSTRUM. RESPONDERS ARRIVED AND 

CONFIRMED THAT PUP NO LONGER HAD HOOK ATTACHED. NSI P5C 0 N N 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 8 6 HARASSMENT SAN MATEO CA SI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL BEING TOUCHED BY MEMBERS OF 

THE PUBLIC. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 8 10 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD 

FRESHLY-WEANED PUP CARCASS WITH THREE PROPELLER 

LACERATIONS. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

SOUTHERN PUGET CARCASS WITH THREE PROPELLER LACERATIONS BEING FED 

HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2017 8 12 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD ON BY EAGLES. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

SOUTHERN PUGET PUP CARCASS FOUND WITH MULTIPLE LACERATIONS 

HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2017 8 15 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD CONSISTENT WITH VESSEL STRIKE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

ANIMAL HAD A LARGE LACERATION IN ITS RIGHT SHOULDER 

AND A LARGE HEMATOMA IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NECK 

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 8 20 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD AND HEAD CONSISTENT WITH VESSEL STRIKE INJURIES. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS ENTANGLED IN A NET BUOY. 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS ENTANGLED IN A NET BUOY. 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS ENTANGLED IN A NET BUOY. 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS ENTANGLED IN A NET BUOY. 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS ENTANGLED IN A NET BUOY. 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS ENTANGLED IN A NET BUOY. 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS ENTANGLED IN A NET BUOY. 

HARBOR SEAL WATERS 2017 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2017 8 24 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD 

CARCASS FOUND WITH REMNANTS OF GILLNET AROUND 

NECK. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

2017 

2017 

2017 

9 

10 

10 

15 

5 

11 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

KING 

CLATSOP 

GRAYS HARBOR 

WA 

OR 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

FISHING LINE PROTRUDING FROM MOUTH WITH BLOOD 

AROUND MOUTH. LIKELY INGESTED HOOK. 

ANIMAL WITH VERY GOOD BODY CONDITION WITH 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING AND HOLES ALL OVER 

BODY. 

ONE OF TWO CARCASSES FOUND ON THE BEACH WITH 

PENETRATING WOUNDS CONSISTENT WITH THE USE OF A 

FISHING GAFF. 

SI 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P2 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

HARBOR SEAL 

NORTHERN OREGON -

WASHINGTON COAST 

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 

2017 

2017 

10 

10 

11 

13 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

DOG ATTACK 

GRAYS HARBOR 

WHATCOM 

OR 

WA 

DEAD 

SI 

ONE OF TWO CARCASSES FOUND ON THE BEACH WITH 

PENETRATING WOUNDS CONSISTENT WITH THE USE OF A 

FISHING GAFF. 

ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS BEING ATTACKED BY DOG, POSSIBLY 

RESULTING IN A BROKEN TOE ON SEAL. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P9 

1 

0 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HARBOR SEAL 

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

SOUTHERN PUGET ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

SOUTHERN PUGET ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

SOUTHERN PUGET ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

SOUTHERN PUGET ONE OF TEN HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN A GILLNET. HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2017 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN OREGON - CARCASS FOUND WITH CIRCULAR DEEP IMPRESSION 

HARBOR SEAL WASHINGTON COAST 2017 11 1 GILLNET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD AROUND SNOUT AND POSSIBLE GAFF MARKS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

RESEARCHERS ENCOUNTERED A HARBOR SEAL IN A GILLNET 

AND BROUGHT IT ABOARD A VESSEL WHERE THEY 

SOUTHERN PUGET DISENTANGLED IT. THE ANIMAL WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE 

HARBOR SEAL SOUND 2017 12 1 GILLNET FISHERY PIERCE WA SI BOAT AND SWIM AWAY UNDER ITS OWN POWER. NSI P7B 0 Y N 

LATER EXAM OF BONES FOUND NO DAMAGE TO SKULL BUT 

TRAUMA TO VERTEBRAE AND PERHAPS RIBS IN AREA 

BEHIND SKULL, BROKEN BACK; SIGNIFICANT PARASITE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2013 6 10 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD LOAD; FRACTURED BOD OF TWO VERTEBRAE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

CDFW DUNGENESS CRAB TRAP + 200 FT OF LINE; 

FISHERMEN SET GEAR IN MONTEREY BAY. RESPONSE 

EFFORT INITIATED ON 4-27 IN MONTEREY, SATELLITE TAG 

APPLIED TO WHALE TO ALLOW TRACKING. WEATHER DID 

NOT ALLOW FOR DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT IMMEDIATELY 

AND WHALE WAS TRACKED TO SANTA BARBARA, WHERE ON 

14 MAY IT IS COMPLETELY DISENTANGLED BY WHALE 

ENTANGLEMENT TEAM. DEEP LACERATION IS NOTED ON 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE AND IS APPARENT FROM PHOTOS. GEAR 

DESCRIBED AS WRAPPED TIGHTLY AND TWISTED AROUND 

FLUKES THREE TIMES. ANIMAL WAS RESIGHTED IN JUNE 

2014 IN MONTEREY AND INJURY WAS NO LONGER DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING. HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 4 27 (CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI NSI L2 0 Y N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 5 1 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI 

MULTIPLE TIGHT WRAPS OF MODERATE GAUGE, LIKELY 

BLUE STEEL LINE, AROUND BODY AND LIKELY AROUND 

RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER, SUCH THAT THE RIGHT FLIPPER IS 

PULLED LATERALLY AND UP TOWARDS THE SURFACE. NO 

GEAR OBSERVED TRAILING. ANIMAL ASSESSED BUT NO 

RESPONSE. POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 

ENTANGLEMENT. DESCRIBED AS CRAB POT GEAR ON 

MARINELIFESTUDIES.ORG NARRATIVE. CLASSIFIED AS 'L2' 

DUE TO DESCRIPTION OF GEAR BEING TIGHTLY WRAPPED 

AROUND ANIMAL. SI L2 1 Y Y 

SUCCESSFUL DISENTANGLEMENT OF WHALE BY CASCADIA 

RESEARCH. WHEN ENCOUNTERED, WHALE WAS 

IMMOBILIZED BY GEAR AROUND TAILSTOCK AND FLUKES. 

WHALE WAS DESCRIBED AS ONLY MOVING VERTICALLY IN 

THE WATER COLUMN, WITH LITTLE HORIZONTAL 

MOVEMENT. THE WHALE SWAM RAPIDLY AWAY AFTER 

DISENTANGLEMENT AND WAS NOT RESIGHTED. GEAR 

POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED AS OREGON CRAB POT GEAR BY 

BUOY NUMBER. GEAR HAD BEEN SET 50 MILES SOUTH OF 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY WHERE WHALE WAS ENCOUNTERED APPROXIMATELY ONE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 5 6 (OREGON) GRAYS HARBOR WA SI WEEK PRIOR. NSI L2 0 Y N 

DRAGGING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GEAR OFF PISMO 

BEACH; HEADING SLOWLY NORTH; POSSIBLY LIFE 

THREATENING; NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE POSSIBLE DUE TO 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY WEATHER. SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT AND SI 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 5 6 INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI (PRORATE) CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 5 22 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) LOS ANGELES CA DEAD 

BLUE / GREEN POLYPROPYLENE LINE AND ASSOCIATED 

BULLET BUOYS FOUND ON A SEVERED PAIR OF HUMPBACK 

FLUKES WEST OF SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND. PHOTOS AND 

SAMPLE TAKEN BY BIOLOGIST J. STAHL. NUMBERS ON 

BUOYS IDENTIFIED IT AS CALIFORNIA DUNGENESS CRAB POT 

GEAR SET IN THE FARALLONS AND HALF MOON BAY AREA IN 

MARCH/APRIL. TWO SETS OF GEAR ON SAME WHALE. 

SPECIES ID VIA GENETICS AT SWFSC. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 6 5 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

SPOT PRAWN TRAPS - ENTANGLED IN MIDDLE OF 10 TRAP 

SET WITH OVER 2,000 FEET OF GREEN AND BLACK 

POLYPROPYENE ROPE AND ANCHOR. ROPE ENCIRCLED 

MIDDLE OF WHALE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND PINNED ONE 

OF THE WHALE'S PECTORAL FLIPPERS. FLUKES WERE 

IMMOBILIZED AS WELL. GEAR TYPE CONFIRMED BY BUOY 

NUMBERS AND FISHERMAN WHO WAS CONTACTED. GEAR 

HAD BEEN SET APPROX. 2 MILES FROM WHERE WHALE WAS 

FOUND. RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED, ANIMAL COMPLETELY 

DISENTANGLED AND SWAM TOWARDS SANTA CRUZ ISLAND. 

SOME DETAILS OF THIS ACCOUNT WERE TAKEN FROM THE 

CONDOR EXPRESS VESSEL WEBSITE: 

http://condorexpress.com/blog/2014/06/08/entangledhumpback-whale-set-free/ NSI L2 0 Y N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 6 27 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD 

DEEP ENTANGLEMENT WOUNDS ON TAIL STOCK; DEAD 

STRANDING; NOT WHALE FROM 4/27/2014--CONFIRMED 

VIA PHOTO ID; GEAR DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT ON 

CARCASS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 7 19 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI 

ENTANGLED WITH SIGNIFICANT WRAPS OF LINE AND GEAR 

AROUND BODY. PHOTOS OF LARGE GAUGE ROPE CUTTING 

THROUGH PECTORAL FLIPPER AND WRAPPED AROUND 

BODY. REPORTING PARTY APPROACHED THE WHALE IN AN 

ATTEMPT TO REMOVE GEAR, BUT WHALE DOVE AND WAS 

NOT RESIGHTED. SI L2 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 7 25 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA NSI 

WHALE SURFACED 30 FEET IN FRONT OF 57.8 FT 

COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL MOVING AT 7.5 KTS. WHALE 

SLAPPED TAIL AND APPARENTLY STRUCK BOW. WHALE 

DESCRIBED AS UNINJURED, 'COSMETIC' DAMAGE ABOVE 

WATERLINE ON VESSEL INDICATED ON SELF-REPORTING 

FORM. WHALE RESURFACED AND DOVE WITH NO 

APPARENT INJURY. LARGE WHALE CRITERIA L6C APPLIED 

FOR NON-SERIOUS INJURY AS VESSEL WAS MOVING <10 KTS 

AND NO DISCERNABLE INJURY TO WHALE. NSI L6C 0 N N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 7 25 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA NSI 

WHALE SURFACED 30 FEET IN FRONT OF 57.8 FT 

COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL MOVING AT 7.5 KTS. WHALE 

SLAPPED TAIL AND APPARENTLY STRUCK BOW. WHALE 

DESCRIBED AS UNINJURED, 'COSMETIC' DAMAGE ABOVE 

WATERLINE ON VESSEL INDICATED ON SELF-REPORTING 

FORM. WHALE RESURFACED AND DOVE WITH NO 

APPARENT INJURY. LARGE WHALE CRITERIA L6C APPLIED 

FOR NON-SERIOUS INJURY AS VESSEL WAS MOVING <10 KTS 

AND NO DISCERNABLE INJURY TO WHALE. NSI L6C 0 N N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 8 16 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD 

FRESHLY DEAD, SIGNS OF RECENT ENTANGLEMENT AT 

TAILSTOCK AND FLUKES: 3-5 LINES, TISSUE NECROTIC, 

CELLULITIS. NO LINES OR GEAR RECOVERED. PHOTOS SENT 

TO CA, NO MATCH TO RECENTLY DISENTANGLED WHALES. 

DID NOT MATCH WHALE DISENTANGLED OFF WA COAST 

EARLIER THIS YEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

DUNGENESS CRAB TRAP ATTACHED, NO LICENSE NUMBER; 

BLUE POLYLINE, WEATHERED BUOY, DUNGENESS CRAB POT; 

HEAD RAISES AND CHIN SLAPS; SELF RELEASE AFTER BOAT 

FENDER WAS ATTACHED AS MEANS OF RELOCATING 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 8 28 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI ANIMAL, RESIGHTED GEAR FREE. NSI L3 0 Y N 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2014 

2014 

9 

9 

12 

13 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY 

MONTEREY 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI 

ENTANGLED HUMPBACK WHALE WITH TWO BULLET BUOYS 

TRAILING ORANGE AND YELLOW AND 10-20 FT OF LINE. 

ANIMAL LOST DUE TO BAD SEA STATE CONDITIONS; LIKELY 

TRAP; ENTANGLEMENT DOES NOT INVOLVE FLUKES OR 

PEDUNCLE AND IS BELIEVED TO INVOLVE PECTORAL 

FLIPPERS AND MOUTH; PHOTO IN ACCESS DATABASE. 

SPOT PRAWN TRAPS - ENTANGLED WITH 25 TRAP SET--

INITIALLY ONLY CUT OFF SOME GEAR BUT WHALE SHED 

REST OF GEAR AND SATELLITE PACKAGE LATER. GEAR 

ACTUALLY RETRIEVED BUT SATELLITE PACKAGE LOST. 

POSSIBLE RESIGHT OF WHALE SEEN PREVIOUS DAY? 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

NSI 

L10 

L3 

0.75 

0 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 19 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI (PRORATE) 

SEEN BY NOAA BIOLOGIST (SB) DURING LEATHERBACK 

SURVEYS OFF SEAL ROCK AREA. WHALE TRAILING 3 YELLOW 

BUOYS AND 150 OF LINE. ESTIMATED TRAVEL AT 5 KTS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 20 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI 

SPOT PRAWN TRAPS - ENTANGLED WITH 25 TRAP SET--

INITIALLY CUT OFF SOME GEAR BUT WHALE SHED REST OF 

GEAR AND SATELLITE PACKAGE LATER. GEAR RETRIEVED BUT 

SATELLITE PACKAGE LOST. GEAR INVOLVED SAME VESSEL 

AS 9/13 ENTANGLEMENT. VESSEL HAD SET GEAR IN CLOSE 

PROXIMITY AND BOTH GEAR SETS ENTANGLED DIFFERENT 

WHALES WITHIN A WEEK. NSI L3 0 Y N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 20 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE) 

SEEN BY NOAA BIOLOGIST (SB) DURING LEATHERBACK 

SURVEYS OFF LA PUSH, WA. WHALE TRAILING 3 YELLOW 

AND ONE RED BUOY MULTIPLE TRAILING LINES. NOT A 

RESIGHT OF WHALE SEEN PREVIOUS DAY BECAUSE 

DISTANCE COVERED (240 MILES) IS TOO GREAT. PHOTO 

AVAILABLE. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 21 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL; CARRYING BUOYS LIKELY SAME 

SET FROM 9/20/14 THAT WAS SHED FROM OTHER ANIMAL. 

ASSUMED TO BE DIFFERENT ANIMAL BECAUSE OF LACK OF 

DETAIL ON RECORD. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 10 5 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI 

LARGE LACERATION ACROSS BACK BETWEEN BLOWHOLE 

AND DORSAL FIN. LACERATION APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES 

LONG AND 10 INCHES DEEP. MAINLY USING LEFT PECTORAL 

FLIPPER FOR MOBILITY, OCCASIONALLY FLUKES, NOT AT ALL 

WITH RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER. ASSUMPTION IS BOAT 

STRIKE. DID NOT APPEAR TO BE TOO THIN, BUT IT WAS 

OBVIOUS THIS ANIMAL WAS UNABLE TO DIVE OR USE ITS 

RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER AND ONLY SOME MOVEMENT 

FROM TAIL FLUKES. SI L5A 1 N Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 10 11 

WA/OR/CA SABLEFISH POT 

FISHERY OFFSHORE OR DEAD 

A HUMPBACK WHALE WAS OBSERVED ENTANGLED DEAD IN 

SABLEFISH POT GEAR APPROX. 35 MILES W OF CANNON 

BEACH. THE ENTANGLEMENT OCCURRED IN 145 FATHOMS 

OF WATER AND THE WHALE WAS DISCOVERED WRAPPED IN 

THE GROUND LINE THREE POTS IN FROM THE END OF THE 

STRING. THE GROUND LINE IS REPORTED AS SINKING TYPE 

(LEAD LINE) WHEN BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE THE 

OBSERVER ON BOARD REPORTED THERE WAS NO 

DISCERNABLE MOVEMENT. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
 

 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

ANIMAL FIRST SIGHTED ALIVE OFF ORANGE COUNTY 

OCTOBER 3RD WITH HEALING DORSAL PROPELLOR WOUND 

& LIMITED MOBILITY. SIGHTED ALIVE AGAIN OFF 

OCEANSIDE OCT. 6 AND DEL MAR OCT. 7, 3/4 MILE 

OFFSHORE. MULTIPLE VERTEBRAL, RIB, SCAPULAR 

FRACTURES, AND HEMORRHAGE OBSERVED AT NECROPSY. 

DETAILS OF LACERATION / INJURY LACKING WHEN ANIMAL 

SEEN ALIVE, HOWEVER USE OF L5A CRITERIA REFLECTS 

LIKELY SEVERITY OF INJURY BECAUSE WHALE HAD LIMITED 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 10 12 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI MOBILITY WHEN OBSERVED. DEAD L5A 1 N Y 

WHALE ENTANGLED AROUND CAUDAL PEDUNCLE IN A 

WAVE RIDER BUOY THAT STOPPED TRANSMITTING ON 4 

OCTOBER. A TEAM WAS SENT TO CHECK ON BUOY FOUND 

THE ENTANGLED HUMPBACK WHALE IN BUOY LINES ON 24 

OCTOBER. WHALE WAS DESCRIBED AS 'WEAK' AND 

'STRUGGLING'. WHALE LICE WERE PRESENT AND THE 

CONDITION OF THE SKIN IMPLIED POOR HEALTH. 

ENTANGLED IN BUNGEE BETWEEN 10 FT CHAIN AND LINE 

THAT RUNS TO 300 LB ANCHOR; VIDEO AND PHOTOS 

SHOWED SEVERE ENTANGLEMENT AND LACERATION AT 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE WITH SUBSTANTIAL NECROTIC TISSUE. 

SUCCESSFULLY DISENTANGLED 10/29/14, BUT CONSIDERED 

A SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO CONSTRICTING NATURE OF 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 10 24 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MONTEREY CA SI 

GEAR, LENGTH OF TIME WHALE WAS ENTANGLED, 

NECROTIC CONDITION OF FLUKES, AND OVERALL POOR 

HEALTH OF WHALE. SI L2 1 N Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 11 11 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

FREE-SWIMMING WHALE REPORTED AS ENTANGLED, LIKELY 

CRAB POT. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

WHITE CIGAR BUOY ON LEFT SIDE OF WHALE BETWEEN 

MOUTH AND PECTORAL FIN, BLUE STEEL LINE OBSERVED, 

ABRASIONS ON LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES. ANIMAL WAS 

SEEN FLUKING / DIVING BASED ON PHOTOS. NOTHING ELSE 

WAS VISIBLE OTHER THAN THE WHITE CIGAR BUOY. 1ST 

RESPONSE TEAM FAST RAFT COULD NOT RELOCATE. 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 1 8 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

PHOTOS REVIEWED. AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF 

ATTACHED GEAR UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

3 BUOYS SEEN IN TOTAL, POSSIBLE MOUTH/PECTORAL FIN 

ENTANGLEMENT. BUOYS TRAILING ABOUT 150 FT BEHIND 

THE WHALE.. FISHERMAN ID NUMBER NOT READABLE 

FROM PHOTOS/VIDEO BUT WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE 

THAT IT IS CA DUNGNESS CRAB TIER 1 GEAR. WHALE WAS 

NOT FLUKING SO COULDN'T SEE THE TAIL. DIVING. 

SWIMMING ABOUT 5 KNOTS. FAST RAFT RESPONDED AND 

LOCATED WHALE AT 36.795 121.8917 WITH WHALE. WHALE 

SWIMMING AND DRAGGING 1ST FLOAT UNDERWATER. 

COULDN'T SEE WHERE LINE ORIGINATED. FRESH ABRASIONS 

VISIBLE ON TOP OF PEDUNCLE AND BEHIND DORSAL 

INDICATING RECENT MIGRATION OF THE GEAR FROM THE 

DORSAL FIN BACK TO THE TAIL. ENTIRE CONFIGURATION OF 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 1 19 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

THE GEAR COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AND THIS CASE IS 

TREATED AS A PRORATED SERIOUS INJURY. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

1-2 INCH LINE WRAPPED OVER DORSAL SIDE OF WHALE 

HALFWAY BETWEEN BLOWHOLE AND DORSAL FIN; PHOTO 

OF ENTANGLEMENT AND FLUKE SHOT AVAILABLE BUT NOT 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 2 16 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

REVIEWED; ROPE IS FOULED WITH KNOTS/TWISTS; EXTENT 

OF ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 2 17 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(RECREATIONAL) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

GEAR WAS SET NEAR MOSS LANDING ON 2/11; 

ENTANGLEMENT OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN 2/11-

15TH; 2-3 ORANGE BOUYS TRAILING APPROX 10 FT BEHIND 

WHALE; POSSIBLE MOUTH/PECTORAL FLIPPER 

ENTANGLEMENT AS REPORTED BY RESPONDERS; FOUND 

WHILE LOOKING FOR 2/16 HUMPBACK ENTANGLEMENT 

REPORT; CONVERSATION WITH FISHERMAN: 1 CRAB POT 

SET ON 300 FT OF LINE IN 173 FT OF WATER. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF AT LEAST ONE 

PREVIOUS ENTANGLEMENT AND POSSIBLY MULTIPLE 

ENTANGLEMENTS ON A MODERATELY-DECOMPOSED 

STRANDING. LINE MARKS WERE OBSERVED AROUND THE 

PEDUNCLE AT THE LEVEL OF THE GENITAL SLIT, AT THE 

CRANIAL MARGIN OF THE RIGHT PECTORAL FIN, AND AT THE 

CAUDAL MARGIN OF THE RIGHT PECTORAL FIN. THERE WAS 

ALSO A MODERATE LINE MARK THAT RAN TRANSVERSALLY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 3 6 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD 

ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLEATS AT THE LEVEL OF THE AXILLA. 

THESE WOUNDS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HEALING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

DEEPLY EMBEDDED LINE ON LEFT TAIL FLUKE, HIGH CYAMID 

LOAD, EMACIATED WHALE, TRAILING LINE ~10 M + 2 LARGE 

BULLET BUOYS, TEAL/GREEN LINE. THIS RECORD WAS 

ADDED TO THE DATABASE IN 2017 AFTER RECEIPT FROM 

WHALE WATCHING CO. IN MEXICO. PHOTOS APPARENTLY 

AVAILABLE, BUT NOT REVIEWED. CONSIDERED A SERIOUS 

INJURY UNDER CATEGORY L2 (CONSTRICTING GEAR) AND 

CONSIDERING POOR CONDITION OF WHALE. FISHERY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 3 23 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MEXICO MEXICO SI 

POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED FROM TRAP TAG AND / OR BUOY 

NUMBERS. SI L2 1 Y Y 

ENTANGLEMENT SIGNIFICANTLY EMBEDDED, TIGHT WRAP 

BUT TAIL IS FREE, COULDN'T SEE ANY GEAR IN THE MOUTH. 

CATEGORIZED AS L2 BECAUSE OF DESCRIPTIVE EVIDENCE OF 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY EMBEDDED OR CONSTRICTING WRAP. NO PHOTOS TO 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 3 26 INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI REVIEW SI L2 1 Y Y 

LIMITED NECROPSY REVEALED HEMORRHAGING ON THE 

LEFT LATERAL SIDE AT END OF RIBS. FOUR PROCESSES OF 

LUMBAR VERTEBRAE WERE BROKEN BENEATH 

HEMORRHAGING. GOOD BLUBBER THICKNESS AND BODY 

CONDITION. EXTENSIVE PARASITES IN GI TRACT. NECROPSY 

REPORT ATTACHED TO HARD COPY FOR MORE DETAILS. CASHUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 4 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD ACC-6993 DEAD L12 1 N Y 

WHALE TOWING 2 YELLOW BUOYS (ONE WITH A SMALL 

WHITE BUOY ATTACHED AS EXTRA FLOTATION), ORANGE 

TRAP TAG PRESENT BUT UNREADABLE, BUOY NUMBER , 

PHOTOS AVAILABLE, CDFW DUNGENESS TIER 6 PERMIT. 

UNCERTAINTY REGARDING IF WHALE SELF-RELEASED FROM 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 14 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

GEAR, NOT CONFIRMED, THUS TREATED AS AN L10 SERIOUS 

INJURY BECAUSE GEAR CONFIGURATION IS UNKNOWN. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

ANIMAL LIKELY HAS LINE THROUGH MOUTH AND TRAILS TO 

EITHER SIDE TO LENGTH OF BODY. BOTH SIDES TERMINATED 

BY SPONGEX BUOYS (GREEN WITH RED TO ON ONE SIDE 

AND WHITE ON THE OTHER.). ANIMAL APPEARS IN GOOD 

CONDITION, FEEDING WITH OTHER ANIMALS. WHALE 

OBSERVED ACTIVELY FEEDING WITH OTHER ANIMALS. 

FEEDING ANIMAL IMPLIES THAT GEAR IS NOT 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 16 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) SANTA BARBARA CA NSI 

CONSTRICTING, THUS L3 DETERMINATION MADE. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. NSI L3 0 N N 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 24 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

STATIONARY WHALE BREATHING AT SURFACE, ASSOCIATED 

WITH BUOY WITH PARTIAL TAG NUMBER. NO PHOTOS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

DISCOVERED 6/2/15 WHEN DANA WHARF SPORTFISHING 

EXAMINED 5/28 PHOTOS. AT LEAST ONE WRAP OF HEAVY 

GAUGE MONOFILAMENT LINE, LIKELY REPRESENTING 

LONGLINE GEAR, AROUND THE ANIMAL'S PEDUNCLE AND 

FLUKE. GEAR IS ALREADY DEEPLY EMBEDDED AND WOUNDS 

APPEAR FRESH. THE AMOUNT OF GEAR TRAILING IS 

UNDETERMINED. NO RESPONSE WAS MOUNTED DUE TO 

THE BELATED NATURE OF THE REPORT. SI DETERMINATION 

CRITERION L2 APPLIED AS THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT GEAR IS 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY CUTTING INTO WHALE. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 28 INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI SI L2 1 Y Y 

ENTANGLED WITH CRAB POT GEAR WHICH HAD BEEN LOST 

PREVIOUS YEAR. UNKNOWN DURATION OF 

ENTANGLEMENT, NO ASSUMPTION IS MADE THAT 

ENTANGLEMENT STARTED WHEN GEAR WAS LOST, AS 

GHOST GEAR IS ROUTINELY INVOLVED IN ENTANGLEMENTS 

AFTER LOSS. WHALE THRASHING AROUND IN RELATIVELY 

SHALLOW WATER. WHALE SELF-RELEASED FROM GEAR 

AND/OR GEAR BROKE FREE ON ROCKS IN SHALLOW WATER. 

THE FISHERY WAS IDENTIFIED BY BUOY NUMBERS. TRAP 

AND ROPE REPORTED AS 'EXTREMELY SHREDDED'. 

FISHERMAN CONFIRMED THAT ALL GEAR WAS RETRIEVED, 

THUS ASSIGNED A NON-SERIOUS INJURY BASED ON THE 

SELF-RELEASE OF ANIMAL. RESPONSE TEAM INCLUDED K. 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

FORNEY, WHO RETRIEVED GEAR. PHOTOS OF WHALE NOT 

AVAILABLE. GEAR PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 9 (CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) NSI L3 0 Y N 

WHALE REPORTED AS FLOPPING AROUND IN NETTING 0.5 

FROM SHORE. REPORT ALSO DETAILS A CRUSHED WHITE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 12 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI (PRORATE) 

BUOY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGHTING. NO RESPONSE, NO 

FURTHER DETAILS. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

REPORTED BY USCG. WHALE WITH BUOYS (ONE YELLOW, 

ONE WHITE) AND ROPE NEAR HEAD, ANOTHER BUOY NEAR 

FLUKES (NOT APPARENT IN PHOTOS). WHALE SHOWS RIDGE 

BETWEEN HEAD AND DORSAL FIN, INDICATING SOME 

EMACIATION AND APPARENT DECLINE IN HEALTH. FULL 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 21 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI 

GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY 

J. CARRETTA AND A. HENRY. SI L10 1 Y Y 

WHALE REPORTED SWIMMING IN CIRCLES OF CAPITOLA 

WITH YELLOW AND ORANGE BUOYS NEAR HEAD. NO 

PHOTOS. FULL GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. LACK OF 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 22 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI (PRORATE) 

ORANGE BUOY(S) REPORTED FROM PREVIOUS-DAY WHALE 

IS EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE CASE. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

WHALE INITIALLY PHOTOGRAPHED ON 6/25 TRAILING THREE 

BUOYS AND APPROX. 125 FT. OF ROPE. DEEP LACERATIONS 

ON CAUDAL PEDUNCLE AND FLUKE / TAIL STOCK 

INTERSECTION, APPEARED TO BE FRESH WOUNDS. WHALE 

SUBSEQUENTLY PHOTOGRAPHED ON 7/16, STILL TRAILING 

GEAR. WHALE APPARENTLY SELF-RELEASED FROM GEAR 

AFTER SATELLITE PACKAGE WAS ATTACHED TO GEAR. GEAR 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 25 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI 

WAS RECOVERED ON 7/24 AND IDENTIFIED AS DUNGENESS 

CRAB POT GEAR. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. NSI L2 0 Y N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

WEST SIDE OF VANCOUVER ISLAND NEAR CAPE BEALE. 

REPORTED ENTANGLED IN ORANGE BUOYS AND LINE. 

PHOTOS APPARENTLY TAKEN BUT NOT AVAILABLE / 

REVIEWED. WHALE LAST SEEN ENTANGLED. AMOUNT AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. FISHERY SOURCE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 27 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(WASHINGTON) 

VANCOUVER 

ISLAND 

BRITISH 

COLUMBIA SI (PRORATE) 

CONFIRMED FROM PHOTOS OF TRAP TAG AND / OR BUOY 

NUMBERS. RECORD ADDED TO DATABASE IN 2017 AFTER 

RECEIPT FROM DFO CANADA. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWED CIRCUMFERENTIAL CONSTRICTING 

INJURY BEHIND BLOW HOLE REGION. ROPES EXTENDED 

THROUGH THE MOUTH AND RAN TIGHTLY OVER ITS BACK 

DEFORMING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD, AND WOUND 

AROUND ITS RIGHT FLIPPER, TRAILING A TANGLE OF LINES 

AND PINK BUOYS. FISHERMAN CONFIRMED GEAR WAS SET 

OFF CAPE MEARES, OREGON IN DECEMBER (OREGON 

FISHERY). RESCUE RESPONSE EFFORT RESULTED IN THE 

REMOVAL OF ALL GEAR EXCEPT FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF 

EMBEDDED LINE LEFT BEHIND EXPECTED TO BE SHED BY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 7 3 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(OREGON) MONTEREY CA SI 

ANIMAL AS IT HEALS. CATEGORIZED AS L3 / NSI BECAUSE OF 

GEAR REMOVAL AND PROGNOSIS FOR SURVIVAL. 

PHOTOGRAPHS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. NSI L2 0 Y N 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2015 

2015 

7 

7 

7 

12 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 

CLALLAM 

MENDOCINO 

WA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

THE ENTANGLEMENT IS DESCRIBED AS EXTENSIVE AROUND 

THE BODY WITH BOTH MESH AND LINE. ̃ MESH TYPE 

UNKNOWN. ̃ NO DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, WHALE APPEARS 

STATIONARY. NO PHOTOS. 

4 ORANGE AND WHITE BULLET BUOYS DESCRIBED AS CRAB 

BUOYS BEING TRAILED APPROX. 30 FT. BEHIND ANIMAL. NO 

PHOTOS. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 7 13 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MENDOCINO CA SI (PRORATE) 

HUMPBACK TRAILING MULTIPLE BLACK AND WHITE BUOYS, 

MULTIPLE BODY LENGTHS BEHIND WHALE. FULL GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. BUOY COLORS DIFFER FROM 

7/12 SIGHTING IN SAME AREA, NOT A RESIGHT. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 7 19 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

AT LEAST 2 ORANGE/PINK BUOYS FOULED TRAILING CLOSE 

BEHIND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ANIMAL - ENTANGLEMENT 

APPEARS TO BE FORWARD OF THE PEDUNCLE. KELP 

APPEARS TO BE ALSO WRAPPED UP IN THE ENTANGLEMENT 

BUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WHALE. ANIMAL REPORTED 

TO BE FEEDING AND SWIMMING NORMALLY. FULL GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN AND POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS 

INJURY EXISTS OVER TIME. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. 

CARRETTA. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 8 10 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

AT LEAST 2 RED / WHITE BUOYS BEING TRAILED BY WHALE, 

ABRASIONS ON LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES. CONFIGURATION 

AND AMOUNT OF GEAR IS UNKNOWN. A TELEMETRY BUOY 

WAS ATTACHED TO GEAR AND THE WHALE WAS TRACKED 

TRAVELING TO NEAR THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER BY 8/14 

AND THEN WAS LAST DETECTED AGAIN ON 9/4 FAR 

OFFSHORE OF MONTEREY BAY BEFORE TRANSMISSIONS 

FAILED. THE WHALE WAS NOT VISUALLY RELOCATED 

DURING THIS TIME. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 8 26 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA SI (PRORATE) 

TRAILING TWO ORANGE TORPEDO BUOYS APPROX. 100 FT. 

BEHIND ANIMAL WITH GREEN/BLUE LINE/ROPE. GEAR NOT 

VISIBLE AND CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT OF GEAR 

UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

Stock or Area 

CA-OR-WA 

Year 

2015 

Month 

9 

Day 

10 

Interaction Type 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

County or Locale 

ORANGE 

State 

CA 

Initial Injury 

Assessment 

SI (PRORATE) 

Comments 

REPORTED BY FREE DIVER. 1/2 INCH YELLOW LINE WRAPPED 

AROUND BODY IN FRONT OF PECTORAL FLIPPER AND 

YELLOW/WHITE BUOY ATTACHED SITTING ON THE BACK, 25 

FEET OF TRAILING LINE, NO PHOTOS. FULL GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

L10 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

0.75 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Y 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 14 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

NO TRAILING BUOYS, BLUE ROPE BEHIND DORSAL AROUND 

BODY IN FRONT OF FLUKES, SWIMMING WITH ANOTHER 

WHALE. GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. NO PHOTOS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 24 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR SI (PRORATE) 

AN ARTICULATED TUG AND BARGE REPORTING STRIKING A 

HUMPBACK WHALE OF UNKNOWN SIZE IN THE COLUMBIA 

RIVER. THE ANIMAL WAS SIGHTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 

COLLISION AND ROLLED OVER. COLUMBIA RIVER BAR 

PILOTS FLEW OVER THE AREA WITH THEIR HELICOPTER AND 

CLAIMED THE WHALE WAS SWIMMING AROUND 

NORMALLY. NO DATA ON VESSEL SIZE AND SPEED. BASED 

ON OTHER ARTICULATED TUGBOAT / BARGE SIZES, IT IS 

ASSUMED THE VESSEL WAS MUCH LARGER THAN THE 

WHALE (VESSEL SIZE > 65 FT). THIS RECORD IS ASSIGNED AS 

L7A. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L7A 0.56 N Y 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 25 (OREGON) LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE) 

1ST SIGHTING 4-5 YELLOW FOAM FLOATS WITH RED 

CIRCULAR LINE AROUND FLOAT; APPROX 40 FT BEHIND 

WHALE, 2ND SIGHTING NEAR SANTA BARBARA ON 

10/28/2015 HAD GEAR TRAILING 150 FT; DORSAL AND 

FLUKE PHOTOS AND VIDEO AVAILABLE FROM 2ND REPORT. 

PHOTOS TOO DISTANT TO DETERMINE CONFIGURATION 

AND AMOUNT OF GEAR. PHOTOS FROM 1ST SIGHTING 

EXAMINED BY J. CARRETTA, WEST COAST REGION 

EXAMINED SUBSEQUENT PHOTOS. UPDATED INFORMATION 

MADE AVAILABLE IN 2017 INCLUDED A POSITIVE 

IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE FISHERY FROM TRAP TAG AND 

BUOY NUMBERS. GEAR ORIGINALLY SET JUST NORTH OF SI CALIFORNIA / OREGON BORDER. 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

WHALE SEEN WITH GREEN 55 GALLON DRUM OR RUBBER 

DOCK FENDER AND LINE WRAPPED AROUND HEAD, 

BETWEEN PECTORAL FLIPPERS AND BLOWHOLE. DRUM IS 

ABOVE WATER WHEN WHALE SURFACES AND LINE WRAPS 

COMPLETELY AROUND ANIMAL LIKE A BRIDLE. MULTIPLE 

SIGHTINGS OF WHALE FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER. 

UNDERWATER AND ABOVE-WATER PHOTOS OF WHALE 

SHOW A VERY EMACIATED ANIMAL. SERIOUS INJURY WITH 

CONSTRICTING GEAR AND POOR ANIMAL CONDITION. UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND J. BARLOW. HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 26 INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI SI L2 1 Y Y 

YELLOW POLY ROPE WRAPPED AROUND CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE, 20-30 FEET OF LINE TRAILING, 1 SMALLER WHITE 

FOAM BUOY CLOSER TO FLUKE; ONE YELLOW/WHILE FLOAT 

WITH DUNGENSSS CRAB TRAP TAG BUOY TIER 4 CA ON LINE 

TOWARDS THE END OF THE LINE. NO PHOTOS / VIDEO TO 

EXAMINE. GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. NO INSIGHT DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY SI INTO WHETHER GEAR IS CONSTRICTING OR LOOSE. HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 29 (CALIFORNIA) ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
 

 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 17 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI 

LARGE MASS OF BLUE GILLNET THROUGH MOUTH AND 

AROUND HEAD AND RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER. NET 

APPEARS TO PIN PECTORAL FIN TO BODY. ANIMAL 

BREACHING. NET CUTTING INTO ROSTRUM AND ABRASIONS 

ON LEADING EDGES OF FLUKES. CONSTRICTING NATURE OF 

GILLNET WARRANTS AN L2 SERIOUS INJURY DESIGNATION. 

ANIMAL WAS RESIGHTED ON 10/31 IN ORANGE COUNTY, 

STILL ENTANGLED WITH PECTORAL FLIPPER PINNED TO 

BODY. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND A. HENRY. 

PHOTO MATCHES ARE CONCLUSIVE. SI L2 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 17 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL, CONSTRICTING INJURY BEHIND HEAD, 

MATERIAL NOT IDENTIFIED. ANIMAL APPEARS EMACIATED 

AND PERHAPS DEFORMED IN REGION OF INJURY. ATTACHED 

MATERIAL MAY BE LIMITING ABILITY TO FEED. HEALTH 

DECLINE AND CONSTRICTING NATURE OF INJURY 

WARRANTS AN L2 SERIOUS INJURY DESIGNATION. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA, D. WELLER, AND A. HENRY. SI L2 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 23 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

BLUE / GREEN ROPE WRAPPED AROUND HEAD AND 

TAILSTOCK OF ANIMAL. ROPE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE 

CONSTRICTING. ROPE POSSIBLY GOES THROUGH MOUTH. 

NO TRAILING BUOYS. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 25 LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI 

EXCELLENT UNDERWATER VIDEO SHOWS HEALTHY WHALE 

WITH LINE WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND FLUKES. ANIMAL IS 

TOWING A POT/TRAP WITH APPROXIMATELY 175 FT OF LINE 

AND 2 WHITE BUOYS WITH BLACK AND BLUE NUMBERS. 

TRAP HAS CEMENT BLOCKS INSIDE. WHALE DISENTANGLED 

COMPLETELY AND GEAR RECOVERED, FISHERY POSITIVELY 

IDENTIFIED AS CA LOBSTER TRAP. GEAR WAS SET IN LA 

JOLLA AREA. VIDEO REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. NSI L3 0 Y N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 28 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(OREGON) SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

OREGON DUNGENESS CRAB GEAR (2 SETS OF GEAR WITH 

250 FT. OF LINE). GEAR ORIGINALLY SET JUST NORTH OF 

CALIF./OREGON BORDER. ORANGE / RED BUOYS WITH LINE 

LACERATING INSERTION POINT OF PECTORAL FLIPPER. 

PHOTOS SHOW AN OPEN WOUND AT BASE OF PECTORAL 

FLIPPER. 10/31 RESCUE EFFORT RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT 

AMOUNT OF GEAR BEING REMOVED. REMAINING GEAR 

CONSISTED OF A SINGLE PASS OF GEAR THROUGH THE 

MOUTH, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE SHED BY ANIMAL. NONSERIOUS INJURY AS A RESULT OF RESCUE EFFORT TO 

REMOVE CONSTRICTING GEAR. NSI L2 0 Y N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 11 7 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE) 

REPORTED AS BLUE LINE AROUND PEDUNCLE AND TRAILING 

2 WHITE BUOYS; PHOTOS CONFIRM ENTANGLEMENT, BUT 

PHOTO QUALITY IS POOR AND GEAR CONFIGURATION IS 

UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 11 8 INTERACTION MONTEREY CA NSI 

REMNANT OF PREVIOUS ENTANGLEMENT WITH PIECE OF 

LINE OF UNKNOWN LENGTH ON DORSAL FIN; LINE 

FRAGMENT? POSSIBLY EMBEDDED IN DORSAL FIN OR 

ATTACHED ON BARNACLE ANTERIOR TO DORSAL FIN; 

ANIMAL DOES HAVE INDICATIONS OF PREVIOUS 

ENTANGLEMENT ON FLUKE (SEE PHOTOS); LINE DESCRIBED 

AS YELLOW "NYLON" - APPEARS TO BE MULTISTRAND 

TWISTED LINE. ENTANGLEMENT APPEARS TO BE LOOSE 

AND DRAPED OVER DORSAL FIN, WHALE LOOKS HEALTHY. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND A. HENRY. NSI L3 0 N N 

WHALE SWIMMING SLOWLY, RAISING PECTORAL FINS OUT 

OF WATER, 41 NMI SW OF PT. REYES. ONE YELLOW 

FLOAT/BUOY ATTACHED TO ROPE BEING PULLED BY WHALE, 

POSITION OF FLOAT CLOSE TO THE TAIL FLUKE, REPORTING 

PARTY BELIEVE CAUGHT ON/IN PEC OR MOUTH. NO 

MARKINGS ON BUOY OR FOULING. REPORTED BY NOAA UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY SI VESSEL REUBEN LASKER. NO PHOTOS AVAILABLE. HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 1 27 INTERACTION MARIN CA SI (PRORATE) (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

SINGLE LINE / ROPE RUNNING BACK FROM 

ROSTRUM/MOUTH AREA, RUNNING BACK ON LEFT SIDE OF 

BLOWHOLES AND DOWN LEFT SIDE OF BODY, NO BUOYS 

SEEN. SWIMMING AND DIVING BUT NOT SEEN FLUKING. 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY NEAR TRUMP GOLF COURSE OFF PALO VERDES, PHOTOS SI 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 2 4 INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE) AVAILABLE. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

REPORTED BY USCG 2.5 MI WEST OF SCRIPPS PIER. 2 TO 3 

WRAPS OF TWISTED 5/16 INCH NYLON LINE AROUND 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE. WHALE SOMEWHAT ANCHORED, WAS 

FLUKING BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER INTERVENTION. 

QUICKLY SWAM NORTH AFTER RELEASED FROM GEAR. 

TEAM OBSERVED THE ANIMAL FORMING A C SHAPE WITH 

ITS BODY, SUGGESTING SOMETHING WAS GOING ON WITH 

THE HEAD. FISHERY AND GEAR IDENTIFIED BY TAG NUMBER 

AND INTERVIEW WITH FISHERMAN. WHALE 

DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM WAS ABLE TO CUT GROUNDING 

LINE AND FREE ANIMAL, WHICH IMMEDIATELY PICKED UP 

SPEED AND SWAM OFF. GEAR HAD BEEN SET NEAR LA JOLLA 

ON 2/20/2016, THE DAY PRIOR TO THE ENTANGLEMENT, 

WITH 25 TRAPS OF 8-10 LBS EACH AND 1/2 MILE OF LINE. 

NO CONFIRMATION THAT ALL GEAR HAS BEEN REMOVED. 

FULL CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN BEFORE AND SI AFTER DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT. HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 2 21 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE) (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

GEAR CONFIRMED FROM BUOY NUMBER. GEAR WAS SET 

SAME DAY AND PHOTOS / VIDEO EXIST OF WHALE SELFRELEASING FROM GEAR. FISHERMAN CONTACTED, 

DESCRIBED GEAR AS 12 POTS ON A STRING OF 5/16 INCH 

LINE, WITH 100 FT OF LINE BETWEEN POTS. SIGHTING 

INCLUDED 1 BUOY AND UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF LINE 

ATTACHED TO FLUKE. VERY ACTIVE ANIMAL, DESCRIBED AS 

AGITATED, FLUKE SLAPPING AND BREACHING. WHALE 

SUCCESSFULLY SHED GEAR. 2.5 MILES OFF DANA POINT. 

ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 3 4 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY ORANGE CA SI NSI L10 0 Y N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

THIS WHALE WAS SIGHTED ON 3/4 BY COAST GUARD, THEN 

3/5/2016 BY DIVER 9.3 NM WEST OF POINT LOMA, AT 

32.680800, -117.431267. LINEAR SCARS ON LEADING EDGE 

OF FLUKES AND CAUDAL PEDUNCLE INDICATE THIS WHALE 

WAS ENTANGLED IN THE PAST, BUT WAS NOT LIKELY THE 

CAUSE OF DEATH. FRACTURED INTERVERTEBRAL DISK AND 

SCAPULA WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN BLUBBER 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 3 4 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

AND MUSCLE INDICATES TRAUMA, POSSIBLY ATTRIBUTED 

TO A SHIP. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

WHALE APPEARS TO BE ANCHORED IN 10 TOTAL BUOYS AND 

BLUE STEEL LINE; 3 ORANGE BULLET BUOYS, 1 LARGE WHITE 

BULLET BUOY, 3 RED/ORANGE BULLET BUOY, 1 DARK RED 

BULLET BUOY, 1 DOUBLE ORANGE BULLET BUOY AND 1 

PURPLE CA DUNGENESS CRAB TAG. GEAR ORIGINATED 

FROM MOSS LANDING. SECOND BUOY NUMBER WAS ALSO 

NOTED FROM A PHOTO. A SEARCH EFFORT FOR THE WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 4 11 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI 

WAS INITIATED, BUT THE WHALE WAS NOT RELOCATED. 

FISHING GEAR WAS APPARENTLY DEPLOYED IN AREA AT THE 

END OF MARCH. SI L2 1 Y Y 

3 BLACK AND WHITE BUOYS AND ROPE AROUND TAILSTOCK. 

GEAR CONFIRMED AS CA DUNGENESS CRAB FROM 

TAG/BUOY NUMBER. GEAR HAD BEEN SET IN SAN MATEO 

COUNTY. ANIMAL SEEN LAST ON JUNE 4TH IN MONTEREY 

BAY, EMACIATED AND HEAVILY SCARRED, APPARENTLY 

SHED GEAR FROM TAILSTOCK, BUT UNKNOWN IF GEAR 

REMAINED ON PECTORAL FLIPPERS. LINE SEEN DEEPLY 

EMBEDDED IN TAILSTOCK ON 2 OCCASIONS, WITH MANY 

CYAMIDS DEEP IN WOUNDS. DETERIORATING CONDITION 

OF ANIMAL WARRANTS SERIOUS INJURY UNDER CATEGORY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 4 16 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI 

L10, CONSIDERING CONSTRICTING NATURE OF 

ENTANGLEMENT, BUT UNKNOWN GEAR CONFIGURATION. SI L2 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 4 18 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

REPORTED AS ROPE AND 2 BUOYS (ONE WHITE, ONE 

ORANGE) ENTANGLING WHALE'S CAUDAL PEDUNCLE. 

WHALE NOT RELOCATED. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

WHALE ENTANGLED AROUND BODY (2 WRAPS), BOTH 

PECTORCAL FINS, AND MOUTH. TANDEM ORANGE AND 

PINK BULLET BUOYS, PLUS 1 DARK ORANGE OR RED BULLET 

BUOY ATTACHED TO BLUE OR GREEN POLYLINE. FISHERY 

POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED AS CA DUNGENESS CRAB POT FROM 

BUOY TAG. ONE BUOY WAS BEING TRAILED 100 YARDS 

BEHIND WHALE. GEAR HAD BEEN SET ON MARCH 29, 2016 

IN SAME AREA. WHALE DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM WAS 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 4 20 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

ABLE TO ATTACH TELEMETRY PACKAGE TO WHALE AND 

RETURN ON 4/21/2016 TO FULLY DISENTANGLE WHALE. NSI L10 0 Y N 

FISHERY OBSERVER REPORTED ENTANGLEMENT WITH 

SABLEFISH GEAR 20 MILES OFFSHORE, 30 MILES SOUTH OF 

CRESCENT CITY. NARRATIVE INCLUDES DESCRIPTION OF 2 

PINK BUOYS AND 200 FEET OF LINE. WHALE WAS 

DISENTANGLED BY FISHING VESSEL WITH OBSERVER 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 4 20 

WA/OR/CA SABLEFISH POT 

FISHERY HUMBOLDT CA SI (PRORATE) 

ONBOARD. UNKNOWN IF FULLY DISENTANGLED, THUS 

ASSIGNED AS A PRORATED SERIOUS INJURY. NEED 

ADDITIONAL INFO FROM OBSERVER PROGRAM. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

THRASHING WHALE SEEN AT DISTANCE WITH TWO BUOYS 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

AND 6-8 CAUDAL PEDUNCLE WRAPS, NOT RESIGHTED. 

CONFIGURATION AND SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT SI 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 4 20 INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) UNKNOWN. PHOTOS. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

SWIMMING WHALE WITH TWO BUOYS, ONE ORANGE AND 

ONE RED WITH DUNGENESS CRAB TAG, ON LEFT SIDE OF 

BODY, ORANGE COLORED LINE. POSSIBLE LEFT PECTORAL 

WRAP, FLOAT AND LINE DRAPED OVER BODY. ANIMAL 

APPARENTLY SELF-RELEASED FROM GEAR WAS SEEN 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 5 8 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

SWIMMING GEAR-FREE BY FAST RAFT TEAM. GEAR 

ORIGINALLY SET IN MONTEREY BAY AREA IN LATE MARCH. NSI L10 0 Y N 

ENTANGLED WHALE SWIMMING SOUTH, LUNGING AT 

SURFACE. BUOY, HEAVY LINE FROM A CRAB POT SYSTEM 

WRAPPED AROUND BOTH SIDES OF THE WHALE?S FLUKES. 

WHALE DISENTANLGEMENT TEAM INTERVENED AND WAS 

ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH WHALE AND RETRIEVE ENTANGLING 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 5 10 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

GEAR. ANIMAL LAST SEEN ALIVE, FREE OF GEAR, IN GOOD 

BODY CONDITION. NSI L3 0 Y N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 5 12 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

GREEN AND ORANGE LINES OVER BODY AND FLUKES. 2 

BUOYS ASSOCIATED WITH GEAR. LAST SEEN ALIVE, LIKELY 

WITH REMAINING TRAILING GEAR. GEAR WAS POSITIVELYIDENTIFIED AND MATCHED GEAR THAT WAS INVOLVED IN 

APRIL 11, 2016 ENTANGLEMENT IN SAME AREA. ABOUT 50 

FT OF LINE AND A RED BUOY WAS REMOVED BY THE 

REPORTING PARTY AND THEN THE WHALE DOVE AND 

SWAM OFF. LINE WAS STILL VISIBLE AROUND THE TAIL, IN 

ADDITION TO AN ORANGE BUOY. FINAL GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. ( 

SI 

PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 5 17 

WA/OR/CA SABLEFISH POT 

FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI 

ALERT WHALE WITH GOOD BODY CONDITION WAS 

ENTANGLED IN VERTICAL LINE, HIGH ON THE TAIL STOCK 

WITH SABLEFISH POT/TRAP GEAR AND THREE POLY BALLS 

(ONE ORANGE, ONE BLUE, AND ONE WHITE) AND A HIGH 

FLYER (20 FT, ALUMINUM POLE WITH FLAG AND PHOTO 

SENSITIVE LIGHT WITH 3/4" LINE. WHALE WAS DESCRIBED 

AS SOMETIMES BEING VERTICAL IN THE WATER WHEN 

SURFACING TO BREATHE. EVIDENCE THAT THE WHALE WAS 

ANCHORED IN PLACE. PHOTO EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE 

GEAR WAS ~ 40 FEET BEHIND THE WHALE. 

DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT BY CREW OF FISHING VESSEL. 

SOME GEAR REMAINED ON ANIMAL AFTER 

DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT. WHALE DESCRIBED AS 

SWIMMING OFF QUICKLY AFTER SOME GEAR WAS 

REMOVED. ( 

SI 

PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 5 17 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE BOBBING NEAR SURFACE, 2 YELLOW BUOYS 

ASSOCIATED. NO DETAILS ON GEAR CONFIGURATION. ( 

SI 

PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 5 22 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

BLUE LINE COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT CORNER OF MOUTH, 

DOWN RIGHT SIDE OF BODY, 4 BUOYS TOTAL; RESIGHTING 

COMMENT: 100 FEET OF BLUE LINE, 3/4 TO 1 INCH LINE, 

TRAILING BEHIND WHALE, BELIEVED TO ORIGINATE FROM 

MOUTH; 4 BUOYS, 3 ORANGE, 1 WHITE; PURPLE TAG OF 

UNKNOWN SHAPE NOTED FROM PHOTOS ON BUOY. 

BREACHING AND PECTORAL FIN SLAPPING, SUBMERGING 

ALL GEAR WHEN DIVING. GEAR CONFIGURATION 

UNKNOWN. WHALE RESIGHTED ON 5/24, STILL ENTANGLED. 

NO DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT. ( 

SI 

PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2016 

2016 

5 

5 

22 

27 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

MONTEREY 

SAN MATEO 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE TRAILING 2 BUOYS (1 ORANGE, 1 GREEN AND 

WHITE) APPROX. 10 FT. BEHIND FLUKES. ENTANGLEMENT 

BELIEVED TO INVOLVE FLUKES BUT COULD NOT BE 

CONFIRMED. WHALE WAS TRAVELING SLOWLY AND DID 

NOT SHOW FLUKES WHEN DIVING, BUT ALL VISIBLE GEAR 

WAS SUBMERGED WHEN WHALE DOVE. BUOYS DESCRIBED 

BY REPORTING PARTY AS CRAB POT BUOYS, BUT THE 

IDENTITY OF THE FISHERY COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. NO 

PHOTOS AND NO DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT. 

SAILBOAT REPORTED ANIMAL WITH RED / ORANGE BUOY 

BEING TRAILED 10 FT. BEHIND A HUMPBACK WHALE. NO 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS AVAILABLE. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 1 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) SONOMA CA SI (PRORATE) 

FISHING VESSEL OFF BODEGA BAY REPORTED WHALE 

ENTANGLED WITH THREE BUOYS CLOSE TO BODY AND TAIL. 

WHALE RESIGHTED 4 DAYS LATER IN SAME VICINITY AT THE 

SURFACE, NOT DIVING UNTIL A VESSEL APPROACHED. 

WHALE DRAGGED BUOYS UNDERWATER UPON DIVING. 

WHALE WAS SEEN AGAIN OFF SAN DIEGO ON 7/2/2016 AND 

7/3/2016, STILL ENTANGLED AND SPYHOPPING, TOWING 60-

70 FT OF LINE, PLUS BUOYS. CONFIRMED DUNGENESS CRAB 

POT TRAP (CA) FROM PHOTOS. SEVERITY AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2016 

2016 

6 

6 

1 

2 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SANTA BARBARA 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE OFF SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, FEEDING WITH OTHER 

WHALES, REPORTED TO BE DRAGGING 3 BUOYS. PHOTOS 

APPARENTLY AVAILABLE. NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS. 

WHALE-WATCHING VESSEL REPORTED WHALE WITH BLUE 

LINE (MULTIPLE WRAPS) BEHIND BLOWHOLE AND BEHIND 

DORSAL, 2 YELLOW BULLET BUOYS ON RIGHT SIDE. 

AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. 

PHOTOS TAKEN, INCLUDING FLUKE-ID. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 4 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI 

MULTIPLE TIGHT WRAPS AT BASE OF LEFT PECTORAL 

FLIPPER, LINE HANGING DOWN TO TRAP (NOT SEEN), 2 

BUOYS: 1 CLOSE TO TIGHT WRAP (WITH DUNGENESS CRAB 

BUOY TAG POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED, AS SEEN ON VIDEO, 

SECOND BUOY ~5 FEET ABOVE (TRAILER BUOY) ; LINE SCAR 

BY DORSAL FIN. NO DISENTANGLEMENT ATTEMPT WAS 

MADE, THOUGH FASTRAFT TEAM WAS ABLE TO ASSESS 

ANIMAL AND TAKE VIDEO / PHOTOS. DESIGNATED L2 

SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO CONSTRICTING WRAPS. SI L2 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2016 

2016 

6 

6 

8 

9 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SANTA CRUZ 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

REPORT FROM PERSON IN KAYAK WHO ENCOUNTERED 

WHALE TRAILING ORANGE AND WHITE BUOY 10 FEET 

BEHIND WHALE. BUOY SUBMERGED WHEN WHALE DOVE. 

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING, RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH, 

DRAPED OVER BODY, SOMETIMES OVER DORSAL FIN. NET 

EXITING MOUTH AND TRAILING. NO WRAPS. ANIMAL 

BREACHING. ANIMAL IN APPARENT GOOD HEALTH WITH 

MINIMAL AMOUNT OF GEAR. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

NSI 

L10 

L3 

0.75 

0 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

LINE DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN TAILSTOCK, TRAILING 3 BUOYS. 

THE ANIMAL HAD SIGNIFICANT SCARRING AROUND THE 

TAIL STOCK AND ROPE INJURIES ON THE ANTERIOR EDGES 

OF BOTH SIDES OF THE FLUKE, THE ROPE WRAP WAS 

AROUND THE TAIL STOCK AND THERE WAS ALSO A 

PERPENDICULAR ROPE WRAP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 

FLUKE WHICH WAS DEEP INTO THE BLUBBER/FLESH. 

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AND SERIOUS INJURY 

UNDER CATEGORY L2. FISHERY POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED 

THROUGH TAG NUMBERS. FISHERMAN HAD SET APPROX. 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 12 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) 

VANCOUVER 

ISLAND 

BRITISH 

COLUMBIA SI 

500 TRAPS IN BODEGA BAY, CA AREA BETWEEN MARCH 31 

AND JUNE 1 OF 2016. SI L2 1 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

RED AND WHITE BUOYS (2 TOTAL BUOYS) TRAILING 

ALONGSIDE BODY. LENGTH OF LINE, AMOUNT OF GEAR AND 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. FAST RAFT SENT TO SEARCH SI 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 12 INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) FOR WHALE, NOT RELOCATED. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

CAME INTO LOS ANGELES HARBOR ON THE BOW OF A 

LARGE SHIP. WORKING LOCATION AND LIMITED TIME FOR 

SAMPLING BEFORE ANIMAL WAS TOWED OUT OF THE 

HARBOR PREVENTED US FROM PREFORMING FULL 

NECROPY. SHIP TRACKER DATA SHOWS A REDUCTION IN 

SPEED AND A 360ø MANEUVER MIGHT INDICATE THE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 14 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD ANIMAL WAS STRUCK AT 34ø 26' 52.5" N, 125ø 23' 01.0" W. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

EMACIATED WHALE SWIMMING WITH 2 UNIQUE SETS OF 

CA DUNGENESS CRAB POT GEAR THROUGH MOUTH. THE 

GEAR REPRESENTS TWO SEPARATE VESSELS' BUOYS AND 

ROPES. CONFIRMED FROM TAG NUMBERS. FAST RAFT TEAM 

WAS ABLE TO ATTACH TELEMETRY TO WHALE, BUT 

DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT DID NOT OCCUR BECAUSE 

BOAT WAS NOT HOLDING AIR. DESIGNATED SERIOUS INJURY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 17 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI 

BECAUSE OF EMACIATED CONDITION, WHICH IMPLIES THAT 

GEAR IN MOUTH HAS INTERFERED WITH FEEDING FOR 

SOME TIME. SI L3 1 Y Y 

AN 87' USCG VESSEL STRUCK A 25-30' HUMPBACK WHALE 

ON ITS MIDSECTION WITH THE BOW WHILE TRAVELING AT 

10-12 KNOTS. THE WHALE WAS OBSERVED 10 FEET IN 

FRONT OF THE CUTTER BEFORE THE COLLISION TOOK PLACE. 

NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL AND THE ANIMAL 

WAS AT THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AFTER THE COLLISION. 

THE ANIMAL WAS OBSERVED FOR A PERIOD OF 10 MINUTES 

POST COLLISION, FOLLOWING THE COLLISION THE ANIMAL 

DOVE FOR 2 MINUTES AND THEN OBSERVED AT THE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 23 VESSEL STRIKE CLALLAM WA SI SURFACE. SI L6A 1 N Y 

WHALE SWIMMING AND DIVING, TRAILING 2 SETS OF 

YELLOW/WHITE/ORANGE BUOYS ABOUT 5 FEET BEHIND THE 

BLOWHOLE AND TRAILING LINE 100 FEET BEHIND ANIMAL. 

AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 6 24 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN MATEO CA SI (PRORATE) 

NARRATIVE SAYS PHOTOS WERE TAKEN, BUT THAT SPECIES 

ID COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED, CHECK WITH LONG BEACH 

OFFICE. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

WHALE TRAILING YELLOW AND BLUE CRAB BUOY AND 30 

FEET OF LINE. FISHERY IDENTIFIED FROM BUOY TAG. NO 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 7 5 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT, WHALE NOT RELOCATED. 

AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

9.7 METER MALE WITH EVIDENCE OF HEMORRHAGING AND 

EDEMA INTERNALLY. DORSAL AND LATERAL PROCESS 

FRACTURES TO CERVICAL VERTEBRAE C1-C3. NECROPSY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 7 6 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD DONE BY THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

10.9 METER FEMALE HUMPBACK. PHOTOS SHOW GOOD 

BODY CONDITION. MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF CAUDAL SKULL 

WITH SHARDS ON BONE LOOSE IN NECROTIC TISSUE. 

NECROPSIED BY THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER. FINDINGS 

CONSISTENT WITH BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA DUE TO VESSEL 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 7 24 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD STRIKE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

1 MILE WEST OF OCEANO DUNES. WHALE STAYING AT 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

SURFACE, DRAGGING 4 OR 5 BUOYS IN LINE, 30 FEET OR 

MORE BEHIND WHALE, BLUE ROPE ON HEAD OF WHALE. 

AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. NO SI 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 1 INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI (PRORATE) RESIGHTS. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

PHOTOS SHOW WHALE WITH BLUE LINE THROUGH MOUTH, 

CONSTRICTING AROUND LEFT FLIPPER, WITH RED/PINK 

LACERATIONS. TWO BUOYS WITH LENGTH OF LINE IN 

EXCESS OF WHALE TRAILING. MULTIPLE RESIGHTS OF 

WHALE THROUGH 12/8/2016. PARTIAL DISENTANGLEMENT 

ON 9/5/2016 BUT ANIMAL STILL TRAILED GEAR. PHOTOS ON 

9/14 SHOW LINE STILL WRAPPED AROUND LEFT FLIPPER, 

WITH DEEPER LACERATIONS THAN ORIGINAL 8/6 PHOTOS. 

FINAL PHOTOS OF WHALE ON 12/8 SHOW DISCOLORED 

DORAL SURFACE OF WHALE, GRAYISH, WITH BIOLOGICAL 

GROWTH (DIATOMS?). HEALTH DECLINE AND 

CONSTRICTING NATURE OF ENTANGLEMENT AND 

DETERIORATING CONDITION WARRANTS SERIOUS INJURY. 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 6 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) ORANGE CA SI 

ANIMAL SEEN MONTHS LATER, WITHOUT GEAR. ON 

4/20/2017, THIS SAME WHALE, WELL-KNOWN BY THE NAME 

'SCARLETT' LOCALLY, WAS FOUND DEAD IN ORANGE 

COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. DEAD L2 1 Y Y 

RED/ORANGE LINE COMING OUT OF ANTERIOR BASE OF 

MOUTH AND WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND BASE OF RIGHT 

FLIPPER. TRAILING LINE WITH 2 BUOYS, LINE LENGTH 

APPEARS ROUGHLY 2X - 3X LENGTH OF WHALE. GEAR 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 9 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI 

POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED BY BUOY/TAG NUMBER. NO 

ATTEMPT AT DISENTANGLEMENT. SI L2 1 Y Y 

LINE AROUND BODY BEHIND BLOWHOLE. TRAILING ONE 

BUOY APPROX. 20 FT BEHIND WHALE. BUOY SUBMERGES 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY WHEN WHALE DIVES. CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT OF SI 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 12 INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) GEAR UNKNOWN. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2016 

2016 

8 

8 

16 

16 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

MONTEREY 

SAN FRANCISCO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI (PRORATE) 

EMACIATED WHALE WITH DISCOLORED GRAY SKIN AND 

APPARENT DIATOM GROWTH, TRAILING TWO BUOYS AND 

20 FT. OF LINE. FISHERY CONFIRMED VIA BUOY TAG. 

CONDITION OF WHALE WARRANTS SERIOUS INJURY 

DESIGNATION. AMOUNT OF GEAR AND CONFIGURATION 

UNKNOWN, BUT LIKELY HAS INTERFERED WITH FEEDING, 

WHICH SUGGESTS INGESTION OF GEAR. 

WHALE SEEN 8 MI ENE OF SOUTH FARALLON ISLAND WITH 

LINE AND A SINGLE BUOY TRAILING BEHIND IT. NO 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS OR PHOTOS. AMOUNT AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. 

SI 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

1 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 24 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

TRAILING 2 WHITE BUOYS WITH BLACK TOPS (10 FEET 

APART) AND 1 YELLOW BUOY, 100 FT BEHIND WHALE, 

BUOYS FOULED, CDFW DUNGENESS CRAB TRAP TAG. 

CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT OF GEAR UNKNOWN. 

ANIMAL LAST SEEN SWIMMING WITH ENTANGLEMENT. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

2 MILES OFF MORRO ROCK. ORANGE/BROWN LINE WITH 

ORANGE FLOAT TRAILING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF BODY, BUT 

VERY CLOSE TO BODY, BUOY NEAR RIGHT PECTORAL 

FLIPPER; GEAR IS POSSIBLY ATTACHED TO LEFT SIDE, 

DRAPED OVER BACK AND FLOATING ON RIGHT SIDE. 

MOVING AND FEEDING WITH SOCIAL GROUP OF 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 24 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI (PRORATE) 

HUMPBACKS, DIVING. ANIMAL RESIGHTED THROUGH 8/26. 

PHOTOS AND VIDEO REVIEWED. AMOUNT AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

ONE RED POLYBALL (STILL INFLATED) BEING TRAILED A FEW 

YARDS BEHIND TAIL OF WHALE. NO PHOTOS. AMOUNT AND SI 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 24 INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE) CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

WHALE NEAR SE FARALLON ISLAND WITH LARGE BUOY 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 8 27 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN FRANCISCO CA SI (PRORATE) 

TRAILING 30 FEET BEHIND WRAPS ON TAIL. AMOUNT AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. NO PHOTOS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2016 

2016 

8 

8 

28 

28 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

ACTIVE, DIVING WHALE, TRAVELING WITH OTHER WHALES, 

TRAILING A SINGLE ORANGE BUOY APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET 

BEHIND WHALE. PHOTOS REVIEWED. UNKNOWN AMOUNT 

AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR. 

WHALE SEEN SWIMMING AND DIVING WITH A SINGLE 

WRAP OF BLUE LINE APPROXIMATELY 2-3 FEET BEHIND 

BLOWHOLES. FLUKES SHOW EVIDENCE OF WHITE 

SCARRING, POSSIBLY RELATED TO THIS ENTANGLEMENT OR 

POSSIBLY OLDER. ANIMAL OTHERWISE APPEARS HEALTHY. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED. AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF 

GEAR UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 9 16 VESSEL STRIKE TILLAMOOK OR DEAD 

CAUDAL HALF OF PEDUNCLE MISSING; BASED ON DAMAGE 

TO CAUDAL VERTEBRA, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CUT OFF BY 

PROPELLER; HOWEVER, UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER DAMAGE 

OCCURRED PRE- OR POST-MORTEM; ALL INTERNAL ORGANS 

EXPELLED FROM DECOMPOSITION.; ONLY VENTRAL SIDE OF 

WHALE COULD BE EXAMINED. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 9 17 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI 

CALIFORNIA SPOT PRAWN TRAP GEAR; BLUE STEEL LINE 

AROUND ONE PECTORAL FLIPPER AND 4 ORANGE POLY 

BALLS. RESIGHTED OFF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ON 

10/4/2016 YELLOW ROPE AROUND MIDSECTION AND A "4-

INCH LACERATION", THOUGH THE LOCATION OF THE 

LACERATION IS NOT PROVIDED. PHOTOS DO NOT SHOW 

LACERATION AND SHOW APPARENT MARINE GROWTH ON 

ROPES. INTERVIEW WITH FISHERMAN INDICATES THAT ONE 

OF THE BUOYS IS FROM A SET MADE AT THE END OF 

AUGUST WEST OF SAN MATEO IN 100 FATHOMS OF WATER, 

WITH APPROXIMATELY 120 FATHOMS OF LINE. FISHERMAN 

RECOVERED HIS GEAR AND ASSUMES THAT ALL THAT 

REMAINS ON WHALE IS LINES AND BUOYS. DESIGNATED AS 

A SERIOUS INJURY. UNKNOWN AMOUNT AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR REMAIN ON ANIMAL. SI L10 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 9 25 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MARIN CA SI (PRORATE) 

COAST GUARD REPORTED WHALE WITH "CRAB POTS AND 

LINES". WHALE TOWING 2 ORANGE BUOYS, 1 WHITE BUOY, 

TRAILING 10 FEET BEHIND DORSAL FIN, CLOSE TO FLUKES. 

WHALE WAS ABLE TO FLUKE UP AND DIVE. UNSUCCESSFUL 

SEARCH FOR WHALE, AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF 

GEAR UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 9 26 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MARIN CA SI (PRORATE) 

AERIAL PHOTO OF HUMPBACK WHALE, "POSSIBLY 

ANCHORED" AND "HANGING NEAR SURFACE", WITH 

PECTORAL FLIPPERS FLAIRED OUT, TOWING APPROX. 150 

FT. OF LINE AND 4 ORANGE POLYBALLS. NEAR PT. REYES. 

GEAR AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 10 9 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN FRANCISCO CA SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE TOWING ONE LARGE ORANGE POLYBALL AND ONE 

SMALLER WHITE POLYBALL NEAR MID-BODY. SEEN AMONG 

A GROUP OF 30+ FEEDING WHALES. ANIMAL WAS DIVING. 

PHOTOS SHOW WHALE BETWEEN OBSERVER AND 

POLYBALLS, SO GEAR IS OBSCURED BY DORSAL SURFACE OF 

WHALE, BUT OTHERWISE CLEARLY SEEN. CONFIGURATION 

AND AMOUNT OF GEAR UNKNOWN. NO RESIGHTS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 10 12 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI 

LINE AND 4 BUOYS (3 ORANGE, 1 WHITE). LINE COMES OUT 

OF MOUTH ON BOTH SIDES OF WHALE (SEEN FROM DRONE 

FOOTAGE) AND WRAPS AROUND HEAD OF WHALE 

POSTERIOR TO BLOWHOLES. LINE APPEARS CONSTRICTING 

WITH VISIBLE INDENTATION ON DORSAL SURFACE OF BODY. 

RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER APPEARS TO BE PINNED TO BODY. 

DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM MADE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT 

TO REMOVE GEAR. WHALE SEEN DIVING NORMALLY. 

UNDERWATER VIDEO OF ANIMAL TOO MURKY TO ASSESS 

SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT. TRAILING LINE DOES NOT 

EXCEED LENGTH OF WHALE. DESIGNATED AS SERIOUS 

INJURY UNDER CATEGORY L2 BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF 

CONSTRICTING GEAR. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA 

AND A. HENRY. SI L2 1 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 10 21 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI 

WHALE IDENTIFIED AS 'COMET' WITH EITHER GILLNET OR 

BRAIDED NET AROUND FLUKES, BUT PEDUNCLE APPEARS 

FREE OF GEAR. MARINE GROWTH ON GEAR MAKES IT 

UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT NET IS MONOFILAMENT OR 

BRAIDED. ANIMAL DIVING AND SWIMMING NORMALLY. 

WHALE RESIGHTED OFF LOS ANGELES LATER THAT WEEK. 

BARNACLE GROWTH ON FLUKES APPEARS TO BE 

CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONTINUED ATTACHMENT OF NET 

ON FLUKES. GEAR ORIGIN UNKNOWN. PHOTOS DO NOT 

SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF CONSTRICTING GEAR OR 

LACERATIONS ON FLUKES. NON-SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO 

LIMITED DRAPED GEAR ON FLUKES. NSI L3 0 N N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 10 26 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA NSI 

PHOTOGRAPH OF MONOFILAMENT LINE OVER FLUKES, LINE 

IS TAUGHT. WHALE WATCH SURVEY. ANIMAL RE-SIGHTED 

AND PHOTOGRAPHED LATER THAT DAY AND LINE IS NO 

LONGER VISIBLE. APPARENT SELF-RELEASE. ANIMAL WAS 

SEEN FEEDING. ORIGINAL AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION 

OF LINE UNKNOWN. NSI L10 0 N N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 11 26 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MEXICO MEXICO SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE TOWING CRAB POT, 3 BUOYS AND 100 METERS OF 

ROPE NEAR CABO SAN LUCAS. NO PHOTOS, BUT DRAWING 

OF WHALE PROVIDED, SHOWING RELATIVE LOCATION OF 

GEAR WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER. SELFRELEASE OF GEAR THAT WAS COLLECTED, UNCERTAIN IF 

WHALE SHED ALL GEAR. PHOTOS SHOW GEAR RECOVERED 

FROM WHALE AND POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED FROM LICENSE 

TAG NUMBER. GEAR ORIGINALLY SET IN SPRING 2017 NEAR 

SAN FRANCISCO. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 12 3 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SONOMA CA SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE TOWING ROPE AND 4 BUOYS, 2 BUOYS NEAR HEAD, 

2 NEAR FLUKES. ANIMAL SEEN NEAR BODEGA BAY, CA, 

THRASHING AT SURFACE, 'LOOKS EXHAUSTED'. TWO 

TRAILING BUOYS ARE BICOLOR (ORANGE/YELLOW AND 

RED). LEADING BUOYS ARE WHITE WITH LONGITUDINAL RED 

BAR. BUOYS LOOK RELATIVELY FRESH AND UNFOULED. 

AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 12 8 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) SONOMA CA NSI 

WHALE WRAPPED AROUND MOUTH AND LEFT SIDE NEAR 

BODEGA BAY DISENTANGLED FROM LINE AND 10 BUOYS BY 

COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. WHALE WAS BLEEDING, 

FISHERMEN DESCRIBED GEAR AS CUTTING INTO WHALE. 

FISHERMEN SPENT 4 HRS REMOVING ALL GEAR FROM 

WHALE. WHALE SWAM AROUND AFTER RELEASE FROM 

GEAR. FISHERY POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED FROM TRAP TAG. 

THIS RECORD IS CONSIDERED SEPARATE FROM THE 

12/3/2016 RECORD IN SAME REGION BECAUSE OF THE 

DIFFERENCE IN NUMBER AND COLOR OF BUOYS 

ASSOCIATED WITH ENTANGLEMENT. WHALE APPEARED 

HEALTHY WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF A HEALTH DECLINE. NONSERIOUS INJURY DUE TO REMOVAL OF ALL GEAR AND 

APPARENT HEALTH OF ANIMAL. NSI L2 0 N N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2016 12 13 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MEXICO MEXICO NSI 

BAJA CALIFORNIA WHALE WATCH COMPANY REPORTED 

WHALE ENTANGLED IN 100 FT OF ROPE AND 3 ASSOCIATED 

BUOYS. UNDERWATER PHOTO SHOWS LINE TRAILING BACK 

FROM WHALE'S MIDSECTION, APPARENTLY ON THE 

VENTRUM BECAUSE ORIGIN OF LINE IS NOT VISIBLE FROM 

DORSAL PERSPECTIVE OF PHOTO. PECTORAL FLIPPERS, 

FLUKES, AND PEDUNCLE APPEAR FREE OF GEAR. WHALE 

APPEARS ROBUST AND HEALTHY FROM PHOTOS. FISHERY 

POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED FROM TRAP TAG AFTER GEAR WAS 

REMOVED AND COLLECTED FROM WHALE. WHALE DID NOT 

SHOW ANY APPARENT INJURIES POST-RELEASE. ALL GEAR 

APPARENTLY REMOVED. BUOYS APPEAR WEATHERED AND 

NOT NEW. NSI L10 0 N N 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 1 6 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(RECREATIONAL) MEXICO MEXICO SI 

SAN BLAS, MEXICO (21.525, -105.286). WHALE DESCRIBED 

AS WEAK AND EMACIATED WITH HIGH CYAMID LOAD HAD 

MULTIPLE WRAPS ENTANGLED AROUND FLUKES AND A 

BROKEN POT. ONLY ONE PHOTO OF WHALE FROM BEHIND 

DOES NOT SHOW GEAR BUT SHOWS A GRAYISH 

COLORATION TO SKIN. DRAWING OF ENTANGLEMENTS 

DEPICTS MULTIPLE WRAPS AROUND FLUKES AND 

PEDUNCLE. COMPLETE GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN 

AND DETERMINED TO BE A SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO 

DOCUMENTED HEALTH DECLINE. GEAR TRACED TO OWNER 

VIA BUOY INFORMATION TO CALIFORNIA RECREATIONAL 

DUNGENESS POT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SET IN CENTRAL 

CALIFORNIA WATERS ON 11/5/2016 (APPROX POSITION = 

33.54, -122.54. CRAB TRAP WAS LOST ON THAT 1ST DAY 

(11/5/2016). DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM REMOVED ALL GEAR 

FROM WHALE. SI L10 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

TOWING 100 FEET GREEN LINE, TRAILING SIDE OF BODY, 2 

FLOATS, 1 RED, 1 WHITE. GEAR POSITIVIELY IDENTIFIED AS 

CALIFORNIA DUNGENESS CRAB POT GEAR AFTER 

DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM CUT AND REMOVED LINE AND 

BUOYS BEHIND THE MOUTH. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT 

PERHAPS 30 FEET OF LINE REMAINED ON ANIMAL AFTER 

DISENTANGLEMENT MISSION. LINE APPEARED TO BE 

COMING OUT OF LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH. NO LINE VISIBLE ON 

THE LEFT PECTORAL OR FLUKE. LINE WAS INITIALLY DRAPED 

OVER THE BACK OF THE WHALE BUT HAD SLID OFF DURING 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 4 17 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

DISENTANGLEMENT ENCOUNTER. CONFIGURATION OF 

REMAINING GEAR UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

SWIMMING WHALE WITH ORANGE LINE ACROSS LEFT SIDE 

OF BODY. GEAR CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 6 17 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

UNKNOWN. WHALE NOT SEEN AGAIN, ONLY ONE PHOTO 

REVIEWED, SHOWS A SINGLE LINE ON LEFT SIDE OF ANIMAL. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

2 BUOYS ON RIGHT SIDE TRAILING BEHIND THE FLUKE, LINE 

(LIGHT OR WHITE) APPEARS TO BE RUNNING UNDERNEATH 

THE BODY FROM THE RIGHT PECTORAL FIN AND/OR 

UNDERNEATH THE HEAD OVER THE RIGHT SIDE OF FLUKES 

(AS NOTED FROM PHOTO/VIDEO); ADDITONAL SCARRING 

FROM OLD ENTANGLEMENT ON PEDUNCLE. GEAR FISHERY 

SOURCE CONFIRMED BY FISHERMAN VIA PHOTOS OF BUOYS 

AND TRAP NUMBERS. THE ENTANGLING GEAR HAD BEEN 

SET IN HALF MOON BAY. PREVIOUS SIGHTING OF THIS 

WHALE, KNOWN AS 'TRAINWRECK' WAS ON 5/22/2017 AND 

WAS NOT ENTANGLED AT THAT TIME. FINAL OUTCOME 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 6 18 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

UNKNOWN, FULL CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT OF GEAR 

UNKNOWN. NO VISIBLE INJURIES OTHER THAN OLD 

SCARRING NEAR PEDUNCLE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

BLUE LINE BEHIND DORSAL FIN, CUTTING INTO ANIMAL. NO 

BUOYS VISIBLE. GEAR AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION 

UNKNOWN. SERIOUS INJURY UNDER L2 BECAUSE OF 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY CONSTRICTING WRAP ENTANGLEMENT. ANIMAL APPEARED 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 6 23 INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI TO BE LUNGE FEEDING. SI L2 1 Y Y 

WHALE STRUGGLING AT SURFACE AND ANCHORED IN 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 6 25 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI 

PLACE, NOT RAISING ITS FLUKES OUT OF THE WATER AT ALL. 

NO GEAR VISIBLE, BUT APPARENT THAT WHALE IS 

ANCHORED BY SOMETHING. VIDEO / PHOTO REVIEWED BY J. 

CARRETTA. SI L2 1 N Y 

CITIZEN TOOK PHOTO OF PLEASURE BOAT HITTING WHALE 

BELOW GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. EXTENT OF INJURIES 

UNKNOWN, SPEED OF VESSEL UNKNOWN, BUT PROBABLY IN 

EXCESS OF 10KTS BASED ON PHOTO. APPEARS VESSEL IS 

APPROXIMATELY SAME SIZE AS WHALE. 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 6 28 VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA SI 

http://www.gulfster.com/Daily/2017PictureGallery/humpback-whale-golden-gate/index.html SI L6B 0.2 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

WHALE WITH LINE WRAPPED AROUND AND CUTTING INTO 

ANIMAL MIDWAY BETWEEN FLUKES AND DORSAL HUMP. 

DEEP AND EXTENSIVELY-WOUNDED AREA IS HEAVILY 

COVERED IN BARNACLES, INDICATING THE GEAR HAS BEEN 

ON THE WHALE FOR SOME TIME. TRAILING AT LEAST TWO 

BUOYS. WHALE DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM REMOVED MOST 

GEAR ON 7/29/2017 IN SOUTHERN CA WATERS. WHALE 

WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SEEN, GEAR-FREE, SWIMMING AND 

TAIL-SLAPPING ON 7/30/2017 OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 

WHALE APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH WITH EXCEPTION 

OF ENTANGLEMENT INJURY, WHICH APPEARS PINK IN 

COLOR. GIVEN SEVERITY OF INJURY, SURVIVAL OF WHALE IS 

UNCERTAIN. FISHERY POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED FROM 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 7 2 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(WASHINGTON) NA WA SI 

RECOVERED GEAR TAG. PHOTOS / VIDEO REVIEWED BY J. 

CARRETTA. SI L5A 1 Y Y 

ENTANGLEMENT INVOLVED 25 FT JUVENILE HUMPBACK 

WHALE TRAILING 400 YARDS OF LINE. SEVERAL SETS OF 

FIXED FISHING GEAR WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL FLUKES, 

THE PECTORAL FINS, AND THE MOUTH. WHALE INITIALLY 

ENTANGLED IN SABLEFISH ANCHOR GEAR AND THEN 

DRAGGED THAT GEAR THROUGH SHRIMP GEAR, SO TWO 

FISHERIES WERE INVOLVED. THE GEAR HAD ANCHORED THE 

WHALE IN PLACE AND ANIMAL WAS UNABLE TO LIFT ITS 

FLUKES. DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM WORKED WITH LOCAL 

FISHERMEN IN A CAREFULLY PLANNED OPERATION TO HAUL 

UP SOME OF THE HEAVY GEAR WEIGHING DOWN THE TAIL. 

THAT CREATED ENOUGH SLACK TO LET THE WHALE 

SURFACE, ALLOWING THE TEAM TO MAKE THE NECESSARY 

CUTS TO REMOVE ALL THE ENTANGLING GEAR FROM THE 

WHALE. SHORT VIDEO POST-RELEASE SHOWS WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 7 13 

WA/OR/CA SABLEFISH POT 

FISHERY AND CA/OR COONSTRIPE 

SHRIMP POT DEL NORTE CA SI 

SWIMMING SLOWLY AT SURFACE. APPARENT BODY 

CONDITION APPEARS HEALTY FROM PHOTOS. DESIGNATED 

AS A NON-SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO INTERVENTION AND NSI L2 0 Y N 

THICK BLUE LINE DEEPLY EMBEDDED BEHIND BLOWHOLE 

AND A WRAP OF LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER, CONNECTING TO 

MOUTH. THE EMBEDDED LINE HAS CUT INTO THE BLUBBER 

LAYER OF THE WHALE. LINE AROUND LEFT FLIPPER HAS AN XSHAPED CONFIGURATION AROUND BASE OF FLIPPER, 

INDICATING A FIRM WRAP. ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS AGITATE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 7 23 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI 

AND BREACHING, WITH TAIL SLAPPING BEHAVIOR. ANIMAL 

RESIGHTED 8/19/2017, STILL ENTANGLED. NO 

DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. 

CARRETTA SI L2 1 Y Y 

TWO LINES; ONE ACROSS OR JUST IN FRONT OF BLOW HOLE, 

ONE CLOSE BEHIND THE BLOWHOLE ON HEAD; SIGNIFICANT 

ABRASIONS NOTED ON UNDERSIDE OF TAIL STOCK AND 

LEADING EDGE OF THE FLUKE. WHALE WAS EMACIATED. 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 8 23 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI 

GEAR AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN, BUT 

SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO APPARENT HEALTH DECLINE OF 

WHALE. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI L10 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

ENTANGLEMENT INVOLVED THE RIGHT FLIPPER (OR SOME 

OTHER ANCHOR POINT FORWARD ON THE RIGHT SIDE) AND 

THE TAIL, WITH LINE TRAILING TO TWO WHITE BUOYS 

ABOUT 50 TO 100' BEHIND THE WHALE. LINE WAS ALSO 

OBSERVED DESCENDING TOWARDS THE SEAFLOOR. EST -

3/8" LINE - LIGHT COLOR; DESCRIPTION DEEMED SPECIFIC 

AND DETAILED ENOUGH, COMING FROM A PROFESSIONAL 

MARINER, TO WARRANT CONFIRMATION EVEN THOUGH 

PHOTO IS OF LOW QUALITY AND DOES NOT PROVIDE 

EVIDENCE OF ENTANGLEMENT. SINGLE PHOTO REVIEWED 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 8 23 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION COOS OR SI (PRORATE) 

BY J. CARRETTA, WHICH DOES NOT SHOW ENOUGH OF 

WHALE OR CONTEXT FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENT. GEAR 

AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

VIDEO SHOWS MOTIONLESS WHALE WITH HIGH CYAMID 

LOAD. LINE COMING OUT OF RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH AND 

ANOTHER PIECE ON RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER. DEEP 

LACERATION ON HEAD OF WHALE JUST ANTERIOR TO 

BLOWHOLE AND ANOTHER DEEP LACERATION ON THE 

RIGHT FLIPPER. GEAR RECOVERED BY MEMBERS OF THE 

PUBLIC AND EVENTUALLY IDENTIFIED AS WASHINGTON 

STATE TRIBAL DUNGENESS POT GEAR. SURVIVAL OF WHALE 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 9 3 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT 

WASHINGTON TRIBAL SAN DIEGO CA SI 

DOUBTFUL BASED ON HEALTH DECLINE OBSERVED. VIDEO 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI L5A 1 N Y 

DISTANT PHOTOS OF BREACHING HUMPBACK SHOW 

BLUE/GREEN LINE UNDERNEATH BASE OF LEFT PECTORAL 

FLIPPER AND THROUGH BOTH SIDES OF MOUTH. NO FLOATS 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 9 20 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE) 

/ BUOYS SEEN TRAILING. ANIMAL APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD 

HEALTH. GEAR AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

LINE ACROSS BACK IN FRONT OF DORSAL FIN, STARTING TO 

BECOME EMBEDDED. RECENT PHOTO OF WHALE FROM 9/4 

SHOWS WHALE WITHOUT ENTANGLEMENT, SO THIS IS A 

RELATIVELY RECENT ENTANGLEMENT. THERE ARE TWO 

LINES TRAILING BEHIND THE FLUKES ? ONE GOES ABOUT 

2/3RDS BODY LENGTH BACK AND IS RUNNING FREE, THE 

OTHER ALMOST EXACTLY THE WIDTH OF THE FLUKES WITH 

TWO OBJECTS ATTACHED ONE OF WHICH IS LIKELY A BULLET 

BUOY AT THE END AND THE OTHER IS FLATTENED AND 

?FISHES? IN THE CURRENT. THE LATTER MAY BE A WAD OF 

LINE AROUND ANOTHER BUOY. THE TWO LINES ARE FAIRLY 

SEPARATED BUT TWIST CLOSE TO THE FLUKES AND 

PROBABLY ARE TWISTED UNDER THE BODY. BECAUSE TWO 

LINES WERE DETECTED TRAILING THE ANIMAL IT IS 

THOUGHT THAT THERE IS NO TRAP ATTACHED. EVIDENCE OF 

LINE EMBEDDING IN WHALE WARRANTS A SERIOUS INJURY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY UNDER CATEGORY L2.

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 10 2 INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI THE LINE OVER THE BACK IS NOT THAT TIGHT. (SLIDE SI L2 1 Y Y 

WELL-MARKED WHALE INITIALLY SEEN WITH GREEEN 

GILLNET AROUND ROSTRUM AND THROUGH MOUTH NEAR 

SAN JUAN ISLAND. WHALE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES 

THEREAFTER, AS LATE AS DECEMBER 2017. 

DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM APPROACHED WHALE AND TOOK 

PHOTOS AND VIDEO AND COULD NOT FIND ANY 

REMAINING GILLNET. ANIMAL IS THOUGHT TO HAVE SELFRELEASED FROM GEAR. ORIGINAL GEAR CONFIGURATION 

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 10 6 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA SI (PRORATE) AND AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN. NSI L10 0 Y N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

ORANGE LINE AROUND ITS TORSO FORWARD OF ITS 

DORSAL FIN, ORANGE AND GREEN LINE REPORTED TO 

PEGGY BY FISHERMAN, TRAILING 40-50 FEET ON LINE 

BEHIND, NO BUOYS. ANIMAL SELF-RELEASED, APPROACHED 

AND PHOTOGRAPHED / VIDEO BY P. STAPP. VIDEO SHOWS 

WHALE FREE OF GEAR AND WITHOUT APPARENT INJURY, IN UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY THE COMPANY OF ANOTHER HUMPBACK. HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 11 25 INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) NSI L10 0 Y N 

ANCHORED WITH BODY WRAP, ANIMAL NOT FLUKING. AT 

LEAST TWO WRAPS AROUND CAUDAL PEDUNCLE AND LINES 

EXTENDING TOWARDS FLIPPERS LOW ON BOTH SIDES OF 

BODY. ONE GREEN LINE AND 1 RED LINE CLEARLY RUNNING 

FROM TANGLE OF BUOYS OVER BODY TOWARD 

HEAD/MOUTH. GEAR SHIFTS AS WHALE SURFACES; 2 WHITE 

BULLET BUOYS WITH GREEN ENDS PLUS LIGHT BLUE BUOY 

TAG- LICENSE NUMBER USED TO CONFIRM FISHERY. 5 

BUOYS TOTAL AND A TANGLE OF LINES. AT LEAST 3 SETS DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY INVOLVED. NO DISENTANGLEMENT ATTEMPT. HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 12 6 (CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI SI L2 1 Y Y 

ANIMAL REPORTED LIVE ON BEACH ROCKS WITH BLOOD 

COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY. THE 

ANIMAL HAD BRUISING IN THE THORACIC AREA WHERE 

THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF HUMAN INTERACTION, THOUGHT 

TO BE A METAL CABLE OF SOME KIND, THAT FRACTURED 

THE VERTEBRA IN THAT AREA. USED CRITERIA L5A DUE TO 

EVIDENCE OF BLOOD COMING FROM BODY. MINKE WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 6 6 MARINE DEBRIS MENDOCINO CA SI DEAD L5A 1 N Y 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH BEING 

SHOT THROUGH LEFT SKULL; EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE ON 

LEFT DORSAL THORAX AND LEFT FLIPPER; RIGHT SIDE OF 

WHALE COULD NOT BE EXAMINED (HEAVY EQUIPMENT 

MINKE WHALE CA-OR-WA 2017 5 28 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD REQUIRED) DEAD NA 1 N Y 

HARASSED MALNUTRITION, TRAUMA, FULL BLACKCOAT, 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE - PLACED BACK IN WATER BY PUBLIC 

WITH TOWEL, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, SUNKEN EYES. NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 1 27 HARASSMENT MARIN CA NSI NSI P9 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 2 10 MARINE DEBRIS UNKNOWN CA NSI 

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT, PREVIOUS 

ENTANGLEMENT INFECTION. ANIMAL WAS POLE SYRINGED. 

THERE WAS AN EXAMINATION OF THE WOUND ON THE 

NECK. THERE WAS THOUGHT TO BE A DEEPLY IMBEDDED 

ENTANGLEMENT. SEVERAL INCISIONS WERE MADE TO 

LOCATE THE ENTANGLEMENT. NO ENTANGLEMENT WAS 

FOUND AND THE WOUND WAS SCRUBBED WITH BETADINE. 

PREVIOUS TAG WAS FOUND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TAG 

AGAIN. ANIMAL WAS PREVIOUSLY ENTANGLED AND 

DISENTANGLED ON 11/10/2011 AT THE SAME LOCATION. 

NSI P7B 0 N N 

HARASSMENT, MALNUTRITION. NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 2 28 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA NSI NSI P9 0 N N 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE AND DOGS, EMACIATED, MATERNAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 3 21 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI SEPARATION. SI P14 1 N Y 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE AND DOGS, EMACIATED, MATERNAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 3 27 HARASSMENT SANTA CRUZ CA NSI SEPARATION. SI P14 1 N Y 

AN ELEPHANT SEAL WAS CAUGHT AND KILLED BY TRAWL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 5 4 AK BSAI FLATFISH TRAWL OFFSHORE AK DEAD GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NYLON NETTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND UPPER BODY, 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 6 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI DISENTANGLED ON SITE. NSI P7B, P8A 0 Y N 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

2013 

2013 

2013 

9 

9 

10 

15 

30 

12 

AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL 

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 

VESSEL STRIKE 

OFFSHORE 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN FRANCISCO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

LIVE ELEPHANT SEAL BROUGHT ON BOARD, UNIFORM DARK 

COLORATION WITH DARK WHISKERS. HAD A PINK TAG ON 

HIND FLIPPERS #N854. RELEASED ALIVE. 

ENTRAINMENT DIRECT OBSERVATION. THE ANIMAL WAS 

DISCOVERED IN DIABLO CANON POWER PLANT INTAKE 

STRUCTURE FOREBAY. THE SEAL WAS HEALTHY AND 

APPEARED UNINJURED. IT WAS EVALUATED AND HELD 

OVERNIGHT BEFORE BEING RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY. 

SKULL IN MANY PIECES WITH HEMORRHAGE IN TISSUES 

OVER TOP OF CRANIUM. 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

P4 

P9 

NA 

0 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

2013 

2013 

10 

10 

21 

24 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN MATEO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

HARD WHITE PLASTIC ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. 

ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED DURING PHYSICAL RESTRAINT 

IN THE FIELD DURING SRO RESCUE, NOT TAGGED. 

BLACK 1/4 INCH PACKING STRAP ENTANGLED AROUND 

NECK, CUTTING IN ABOUT 4 INCHES VENTRALLY. FIELD 

SEDATION USED DURING SRO RESCUE, IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

ON BEACH. SPECIMENS COLLECTED. 

NSI 

NSI 

P8A, P7B 

P8A, P7B 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

2013 

2013 

10 

11 

31 

7 

MARINE DEBRIS 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SAN MATEO 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. ANIMAL SIGHTED 

DURING ANO NUEVO ISLAND SEA LION CAPTURES. 

ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED DURING PHYSICAL RESTRAINT 

ON THE FIELD, NOT TAGGED. 

PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. DISENTANGLED ON 

SCENE AND GREASE MARK APPLIED IN FIELD DURING SRO 

RESCUE. 

NSI 

NSI 

P8A, P7B 

P8A, P7B 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 11 13 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI 

ANIMAL WAS HOOKED NOT ENTANGLED. UNABLE TO 

DETERMINE IF HOOKED IN THE MOUTH OR INGESTED. 

ANIMAL WAS STRUGGLING AND FOR THE SAFETY OF THE 

VESSEL AND THE ANIMAL, WE CUT THE LINE. THE ENTIRE 

INTERACTION LASTED 1-2 MINUTES. UNABLE TO DEHOOK 

FOR SAFETY REASONS. CUT THE LINE BELOW THE WEIGHT, 

LEAVING THE HOOK, APPROX. 9 METERS OF MONO WITH 

THE LIGHTSTICK ATTACHED. APPROX. 37 43 N AND 129 59 

W. SI P5A 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

2013 

2013 

11 

12 

19 

1 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

OFFSHORE 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DECOMPOSITION AND 

APPEARED TO BE FAIRLY FRESH. ANIMALS HEAD WAS 

SHREDDED UP WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE FRESH WOUNDS. 

IT CAME UP IN THE NET DEAD. MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED BY 

PROPELLER, BUT CAUSE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. 

WHITE PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. DISENTANGLED 

ON SITE. NOT ABLE TO BE GREASE MARKED OR TAGGED. 

ENTANGLEMENT CUT ON DORSAL SIDE BUT TOO EMBEDDED 

TO BE FULLY REMOVED. 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

P8A 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 2 26 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI 

FULL BLACKCOAT, MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT, SHIVERING, NO 

TEETH. HARASSED. NSI P9 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 3 HARASSMENT SANTA CRUZ CA NSI 

LETHARGIC, NOT MOVING WHEN APPROACHED BY DOGS 

AND PEOPLE, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. HARASSED. NSI P9 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 9 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC. TAR ON DORSUM, 2 PATCHES 

RIGHT CRUDAL AND RIGHT DORSAL/LAST RIB. SI P1 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 14 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, TAR ON RIGHT SIDE. SI P1 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 14 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI 

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, HARASSED BY PEOPLE - POURING 

WATER. HARASSED/ OIL/TAR EXTERNAL EXAM SI P1 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 18 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI EMACIATED, OIL / TAR. SI P1 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 19 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI EMACIATED ANIMAL HARASSED BY DOGS ON BEACH NSI P9 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 20 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI EMACIATED, LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2014 

2014 

3 

3 

21 

30 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

MONTEREY 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. 

EMACIATED, TAR ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND ON LEFT SIDE OF 

BACK. OIL/TAR. 

SI 

SI 

P1 

P1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 31 MARINE DEBRIS SONOMA CA SI 

BLACK RUBBER CORD AROUND NECK. DISENTANGLED AND 

TAGGED ON BEACH. GOOD BODY WEIGHT, MOLTING. NSI P7B 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2014 

2014 

2014 

4 

4 

4 

3 

5 

7 

OIL / TAR 

HARASSMENT 

HARASSMENT 

MONTEREY 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN MATEO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

NSI 

NSI 

EMACIATED AND ACTIVE. OIL / TAR 

EMACIATED ANIMAL ON BEACH TOUCHED/HANDLED BY 

MEMBERS OF PUBLIC 

EMACIATED ANIMAL ON BEACH TOUCHED/HANDLED BY 

MEMBERS OF PUBLIC 

SI 

NSI 

NSI 

P1 

P9 

P10 

1 

0 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2014 

2014 

4 

4 

8 

13 

OIL / TAR 

MARINE DEBRIS 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN MATEO 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. 

WHITE PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT EMBEDDED IN 

NECK. STRAP REMOVED DURING RECSUE EFFORT. 

SI 

NSI 

P1 

P7B 

1 

0 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 29 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

2014 

2014 

7 

9 

24 

21 

SHOOTING 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

CLATSOP 

OFFSHORE 

OR 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

MULTIPLE SHOTS 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

CALIFORNIA 

2014 

2015 

11 

2 

14 

3 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

NSI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL HOOKED IN MOUTH/LIP, ANIMAL ALONGSIDE 

VESSEL, HOOK REMOVED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO GEAR 

REMAINING ON ANIMAL, NO BLEEDING OR VISIBLE INJURY. 

ANIMAL IN RIGOR MORTIS BROUGHT UP IN NET. ANIMAL 

CONDITION (NO DECOMPOSITION EVIDENT) EVIDENCE OF 

DROWNING. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P5C 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 23 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI 

PEOPLE DRAGGING THE SEAL UP AND DOWN THE BEACH. 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2 

2 

4 

28 

28 

4 

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA 

HARASSMENT 

OIL / TAR 

SAN DIEGO 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN MATEO 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

HUMAN KILLED SEAL BY THROWING LARGE ROCK ON ITS 

HEAD MULTIPLE TIMES. 

BAD LOCATION, HARASSED BY DOGS, GOOD BODY WEIGHT 

AND CONDITION, PINK GUMS, VOCAL, FULL BLACK COAT. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. CONSIDERED A 

DEPENDENT ANIMAL RELEASED ALONE AND THUS 

CONSIDERED A SERIOUS INJURY. 

EMACIATED, TAR PATCHES ON RIGHT REAR FLIPPERS. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

NA 

P14 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 4 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI 

EMACIATED. LARGE AMOUNT OF TAR ON LEFT SIDE OF 

NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 24 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI 

THIN AND LETHARGIC. TAR ON NECK AND SIDE IN MULTIPLE 

SPOTS (LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE) ABOUT 1.5X1.5 INCHES WIDE. 

PEOPLE ON THE BEACH WERE PETTING THE SEAL. TREATED 

AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 

LI 

25 

MITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE WA DEAD 

ANIMAL HAULED UP DEAD IN LONGLINE SABLEFISH GEAR. 

OBSERVER PROGRAM. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 22 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI 

SMALL PUNCTURE ON RIGHT VENTRAL MANDIBLE. ANIMAL 

COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON VENTRAL 

THORAX, VENTRAL CHIN, AND ON FLIPPER. TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 23 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE WA DEAD SMALL ELEPHANT SEAL DROWNED IN THE NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN 

ON HEAD AND FLANKS. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF THE 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. DIED IN REHAB 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

23 

24 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

UNDERWEIGHT, FRESH TAR ON BODY, BLOODY HIND END, 

LETHARGIC. TAR SAMPLED AT SLO AS PART OF SANTA 

BARBARA OIL SPILL. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON VENTRUM, 

SHOULDERS BILATERALLY, HIND FLIPPERS AND RIGHT 

LATERAL ABDOMEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB DUE TO SEVERE CATARACTS. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

24 

25 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SWOLLEN RECTAL AREA. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING 

SEEN ON HIND FLIPPER AND VENTRUM. ANIMAL WAS 

COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

VENTRUM, HIND FLIPPERS, AND TAIL. THIN AND 

DEHYDRATED. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

THIN, DEHYDRATED. SMALL LACERATIONS ON HEAD ABOVE 

RIGHT EYE AND MUZZLE. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

FACE, NECK, CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND HIND FLIPPERS. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI DEAD NA 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

6 

7 

6 

21 

OIL / TAR 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE 

SANTA BARBARA 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

SI 

DEAD 

2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON DORSAL AND VENTRAL 

ABDOMEN. UNDERSIDE OF BOTH FRONT AND REAR 

FLIPPERS. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH 

OIL SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

NECROPSY REVEALED COMPLEX MANDIBULAR FRACTURE. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. OBSERVER PROGRAM. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2015 

10 

10 

1 

23 

MARINE DEBRIS 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

SAN MATEO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK CUTTING INTO THE 

VENTRAL SIDE AND LOOSE ON THE BACK OF THE NECK. 

REMOVED IN FIELD WITHOUT SEDATION. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

NSI 

DEAD 

P7B 

NA 

0 

1 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 12 7 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

DISENTANGLED ON THE BEACH FROM A ROPE AROUND 

NECK, WOUND BLED SLIGHTLY AFTER DISENTANGLEMENT. NSI P7B 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2015 

2016 

12 

1 

30 

22 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

OFFSHORE 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

NSI 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL DISTENTANGLED FROM WHITE PACKING BAND ON 

SITE. NO INFORMATION ON ANIMAL'S CONDITION. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NA 

P7B 

1 

0 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA BREEDING 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

1 

1 

2 

4 

24 

30 

21 

10 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HARASSMENT 

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

SAN LUIS OBISPO 

SAN MATEO 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

NSI 

DEAD 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED FROM WHITE PACKING STRAP 

CONSTRICTING BODY; ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE. 

WEANED PUP BEING HARASSED BY PUBLIC. RELOCATED TO 

ANO NUEVO. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

NSI 

NSI 

DEAD 

NA 

P7B 

P9 

NA 

1 

0 

0 

1 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

4 

5 

27 

24 

MARINE DEBRIS 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

MONTEREY 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

SI 

DEAD 

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, MULTIPLE MINOR SKIN WOUNDS 

WITH FEW ABSCESSES, HARSH LUNG SOUNDS, MULTIPLE 

SMALL CORNEAL OPACITIES NOTED BILATERALLY. PIECE OF 

WHITE PLASTIC TUBE FOUND IN STOMACH DURING POSTMORTEM EXAM. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

P2 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2016 

2016 

2017 

6 

11 

2 

16 

5 

3 

SHOOTING 

MARINE DEBRIS 

HARASSMENT S 

NA 

SAN MATEO 

AN LUIS OBISPO 

OR 

CA 

CA 

DEAD 

SI 

SI 

EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD AND AT THORAX AND 

SCAPULAE AREA; SMALL PELLET-LIKE HOLES IN HEAD AND 

ONE IN ORBITAL BONE. 

ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS HAVING EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION, ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED MATERIAL. 

DISENTANGLED / RELEASED ON SITE. 

PUBLIC WAS TOUCHING AND HARASSING A PUP. PICKED UP 

TREATED AND RELEASED BY REHAB FACILITY. 

DEAD 

NSI 

SI 

NA 

P7B 

P14 

1 

0 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 2 23 HARASSMENT MARIN CA SI PUBLIC HARASSING A MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT PUP. SI P14 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 2 26 HARASSMENT SAN MATEO CA SI PUBLIC HARASSING A MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT PUP. SI P14 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 3 27 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR ON IT BEING 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE. SI P9 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

3 

4 

4 

4 

30 

2 

10 

11 

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 

MARINE DEBRIS S 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

LOS ANGELES 

AN LUIS OBISPO 

MONTEREY 

ORANGE 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH THREE FISH HOOKS IN CHIN AND 

REAR FLIPPER. 

PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED IN THE FIELD WITHOUT SEDATION. ANIMAL 

LEFT AT SITE, NO FURTHER DETAILS ON EXTENT OF INJURY. 

CONSERVATIVELY ASSIGNED AS A SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO 

LACK OF DETAILS ON INJURY SEVERITY. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR ON IT BEING 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR ON IT BEING 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE. 

SI 

SI 

SI 

SI 

P5B 

P7B 

P9 

P9 

1 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2017 

2017 

2017 

2017 

4 

4 

4 

4 

12 

12 

14 

14 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

HARASSMENT 

ORANGE 

ORANGE 

ORANGE 

SONOMA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR ON IT BEING 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR ON IT BEING 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE. 

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR ON IT BEING 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE. 

ANIMAL IN GOOD BODY CONDITION RELOCATED BECAUSE 

OF HARASSMENT BY PEOPLE AND DOGS. 

SI 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

P9 

P9 

P9 

P9 

1 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 4 19 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ORANGE PAINT ON DORSUM. SI P9 1 N Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2017 

2017 

2017 

4 

5 

5 

25 

4 

26 

OIL / TAR 

OIL / TAR 

HARASSMENT 

ORANGE 

ORANGE 

MARIN 

CA 

CA 

CA 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH OIL AND TAR PATCHES AND 

PUNCTURE WOUND ON NECK. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR ON FACE AND 

ABDOMEN. 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE AND DOGS. RELOCATED TO A 

DIFFERENT BEACH. 

SI 

SI 

NSI 

P9 

P9 

P9 

1 

1 

0 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA 

2017 

2017 

6 

6 

9 

14 

OIL / TAR 

MS CATCHER VESSELS MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

ORANGE 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

WA 

SI 

DEAD 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR PATCHES ON BODY. 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

SI 

DEAD 

P9 

NA 

1 

1 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 6 18 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

ANIMAL IN GOOD BODY CONDITION RELOCATED BECAUSE 

OF HEAVY LEVEL OF HARASSMENT BY PEOPLE. NSI P9 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 7 18 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI 

ANIMAL IN GOOD BODY CONDITION RELOCATED BECAUSE 

OF HEAVY LEVEL OF HARASSMENT BY PEOPLE. NSI P9 0 N N 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 8 13 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD CLEAR PROPELLER STRIKE WOUNDS ON SIDE OF ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 11 14 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY NA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 11 17 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

NA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

CALIFORNIA 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 

2017 

2014 

2014 

12 

5 

5 

11 

12 

12 

FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

NA 

LINCOLN 

LINCOLN 

CA 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

TWO FUR SEALS WERE FOUND DEAD AND ENTANGLED IN A 

MASSIVE WAD OF BLUE GREEN TRAWL NET. THIS IS FUR 

SEAL ONE OF TWO. 

TWO FUR SEALS WERE FOUND DEAD AND ENTANGLED IN A 

MASSIVE WAD OF BLUE GREEN TRAWL NET. THIS IS FUR 

SEAL ONE OF TWO. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 

2014 

2014 

2016 

5 

12 

10 

21 

3 

23 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

OIL / TAR 

AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL 

CLATSOP 

MONTEREY 

NA 

OR 

CA 

OR 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

A FUR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD AND A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. A NET WAS RECOVERED, BUT NO 

INFORMATION ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THE NET WAS 

REPORTED. THE REPORTING PARTY INDICATED THE 

MORTALITY WAS FISHERIES RELATED. 

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, NON-RESPONSIVE TO HUMAN 

CONTACT, AND ALERT. TAR SPOT ON LEFT SIDE. MATERNAL 

SEPARATION, PNEUMONIA, OIL. 

A NORTHERN FUR SEAL WAS CAUGHT AND KILLED IN TRAWL 

GEAR. 

DEAD 

SI 

DEAD 

NA 

P1 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2016 12 3 DOG ATTACK SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD PUP NECROPSIED, CAUSE OF DEATH DETERMINED TO BE 

CANINE ATTACK. DEAD P9 1 N Y 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2017 8 18 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI 

SEAL BOMB USED AS DETERRENT TO ANIMAL FEEDING ON 

CATCH. VISIBLE SIGNS OF INJURY. OBSERVER PROGRAM. SI P9 1 N Y 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2017 3 4 TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) CLATSOP OR DEAD 

CARCASS WITH SECTION OF BOTTOM TRAWL NET 

(CONFIRMED) AROUND THE FUR SEAL'S NECK (3-STRAND 

POLYPROPYLENE). DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2017 3 8 TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) LINCOLN OR DEAD ONE OF TWO JUVENILES FOUND ENTANGLED IN GREEN 

TRAWL NET MATERIAL. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 

EASTERN PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2017 3 8 TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) LINCOLN OR DEAD ONE OF TWO JUVENILES FOUND ENTANGLED IN GREEN 

TRAWL NET MATERIAL. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 11 25 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2013 

2014 

2016 

2016 

11 

1 

4 

9 

25 

3 

10 

30 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

UNKNOWN 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

CA 

OR 

OR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

OBSERVER PROGRAM 

EXTENSIVE FOOTROPE ROLLER MARKS ON ANIMAL; FLUKE 

EDGES AND PART OF PECTORALS CUT OFF; BROKEN RIBS; 

VARIOUS HEMORRHAGIC AREAS; COPIOUS AMOUNT OF 

CLEAR PINK FLUID IN BRAIN CASE; THE DOLPHIN HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION 

ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2017 1 10 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2017 11 12 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 8 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR DEAD 

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MIDWATER TRAWL, DORSAL FIN 

SNAGGED ON NET MESH ANTERIOR TO MARINE MAMMAL 

EXCLUDER DEVICE. ANIMAL BROUGHT ON BOARD, SEXED 

AND PHOTOGRAPHED AND DISPOSED OVERBOARD. TRAWL 

NET WAS OUTFITTED WITH ACOUSTIC PINGERS AND 

CAMERA. DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 8 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR NSI 

ONE OF TWO ANIMALS CAUGHT INSIDE MIDWATER TRAWL 

AND SEEN TO ESCAPE NET. VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS THAT 

ENTRAPMENT WAS LESS THAN 30 SECONDS AND THAT 

ANIMALS CONTINUED TO VOCALIZE BEFORE EXITING THE 

MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. NSI S7B 0 N N 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 8 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR NSI 

ONE OF TWO ANIMALS CAUGHT INSIDE MIDWATER TRAWL 

AND SEEN TO ESCAPE NET. VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS THAT 

ENTRAPMENT WAS LESS THAN 30 SECONDS AND THAT 

ANIMALS CONTINUED TO VOCALIZE BEFORE EXITING THE 

MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. NSI S7B 0 N N 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 9 14 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD 

ONE OF THREE ANIMALS KILLED IN A RESEARCH TRAWL 

OUTFITTED WITH A MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 9 14 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD 

ONE OF THREE ANIMALS KILLED IN A RESEARCH TRAWL 

OUTFITTED WITH A MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2013 

2014 

2014 

9 

3 

5 

14 

26 

14 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

VESSEL STRIKE 

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL 

OFFSHORE 

SAN JUAN 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

WA 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

ONE OF THREE ANIMALS KILLED IN A RESEARCH TRAWL 

OUTFITTED WITH A MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. 

THIS ANIMAL HAD A LARGE LACERATION THAT APPEARED 

TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A PROPELLER STRIKE. A 

NECROPSY ON THE ANIMAL REVEALED INTERNAL BRUISING, 

SEVERAL FRACTURED VERTEBRAE, AND A SKULL FRACTURE 

ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. 

KILLED IN GEAR 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

CA-OR-WA 

2014 

2014 

2014 

6 

6 

6 

1 

21 

21 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

WA 

WA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

OFF POINT SUR, CALIFORNIA, A PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN WAS CAUGHT IN A COBB MIDWATER TRAWL. 

DOLPHIN WAS DEAD WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE INJURIES. 

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL 

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL 

DEAD 

DEAD 

DEAD 

NA 

NA 

NA 

1 

1 

1 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD 

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD 

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD 

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD 

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2015 8 26 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD 

TAKE OCCURRED DURING THE SECOND SURFACE TRAWL OF 

THE NIGHT AT APPROX. 200M BOTTOM DEPTH. WEATHER 

WAS VERY CALM AND THE MOON WAS BRIGHT (1/3 PHASE). 

TOW WAS 30 MINUTES AND DOLPHIN WAS FIRST NOTED 

UPON RETRIEVAL OF THE NET. THE DOLPHIN WAS CAUGHT 

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE GRID ON THE MARINE MAMMAL 

EXCLUDER DEVICE BY ITS LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER AND WAS 

DEAD UPON PULLING THE NET UP ONTO THE BOAT. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2015 8 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD 1 OF 2 ANIMALS KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2015 8 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD 2 OF 2 ANIMALS KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 5 15 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED IN A MIDWATER TRAWL. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 7 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD 

ONE OF SEVEN PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED ONE OF SEVEN PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 7 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED ONE OF SEVEN PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 7 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED ONE OF SEVEN PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 7 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED ONE OF SEVEN PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 7 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED ONE OF SEVEN PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 7 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED ONE OF SEVEN PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 7 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 7 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA ALIVE 

IN ADDITION TO THE 7 DEAD DOLPHINS RETRIEVED DEAD 

FROM THIS TRAWL ON 7/18/2016, AN 8TH ANIMAL WAS 

SEEN VIA VIDEO CAMERA ATTACHED TO NET ESCAPING 

ALIVE THROUGH THE MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. 

CONDITION OF ANIMAL UNKNOWN UPON ESCAPE AND 

BASED ON DEAD CONDITION OF 7 ASSOCIATED ANIMALS 

THAT WERE TRAPPED FOR A SUFFICIENT DURATION TO 

RESULT IN DEATH, THIS IS BEING ASSIGNED AS A SERIOUS 

INJURY DUE TO UNKNOWN EFFECTS OF CAPTURE 

MYOPATHY. SI S7B 1 N Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DORSAL FIN AND FLIPPER TIPS CUT OFF. HEMORRAGHING 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2017 5 12 GILLNET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD AND HEAVY BRUISING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2017 5 30 TRAWL OFFSHORE WA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2017 NA NA CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

ANIMAL HAD GOOD BODY CONDITION; UTERUS RUPTURED 

AND BRUISED; FETUS SUBSTANTIALLY HEMORRHAGED; 

MUCH HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT ANIMAL; A LOT OF 

BLOODY FOAM IN TRACHEA AND BRONCHI (THIS IS 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INDICATIVE OF DROWNING); LOWER LEFT FRONT TOOTH 

RISSO'S DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 4 19 INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD GONE. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

FISHERY INTERACTION: DORSAL FIN HAS BEEN CLEANLY CUT 

OFF, FLUKES AT THE PEDUNCLE HAVE BEEN CLEANLY CUT 

OFF EXPOSING BONE (MINIMUM TOTAL BODY LENGTH AT 

THIS POINT = 267.9 CM). ANIMAL WAS IN ADVANCED 

DECOMPOSITION AND HAD BEEN SCAVENGED, OTHER 

POSSIBLE MARKINGS ARE CBD. SEX ID PER GENETICS. 

RISSO'S DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 1 21 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD 

MUTILATION / CUTTING OFF OF BODY PARTS CONSISTENT 

WITH HOW ANIMALS ARE REMOVED FROM GILLNETS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

MODERATELY DECOMPOSED, MILDLY BLOATED WITH 

SLOUGHING SKIN. JAWS APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY 

SEPARATED. THE CARCASS APPEARED TO HAVE AN 

"INDENT" ON THE BODY JUST BEHIND THE THROAT 

GROOVES ON THE RIGHT VENTRAL SURFACE. THERE WAS 

NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF HEMORRHAGING IN THE 

SURROUNDING SURFACE TISSUE (SEE PHOTOS). RIGHT 

FLIPPER WAS SNAPPED IN HALF. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF 

HEMORRHAGING OR BLOOD IN THE BONE OR 

SURROUNDING TISSUE OF THE FLIPPER (SEE PHOTO). LACK 

OF HEMORRHAGING SUGGESTS THAT THIS WAS A POSTSEI WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 8 12 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD MORTEM VESSEL COLLISION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

SHORT-FINNED PILOT 

WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 1 5 

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD 

OBSERVER PROGRAM, ALSO RECORDED AS A SELFREPORTED CASE BY VESSEL CAPTAIN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

SHORT-FINNED PILOT CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET OBSERVER PROGRAM WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 1 19 FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD DEAD NA 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

FRESH DEAD ANIMAL WITH RIGHT FLIPPER AND RIGHT 

FLUKE SEVERED; VARIOUS GASHES, CUTS (SOME PARALLEL), 

AND ABRASIONS ON HEAD AND BODY; BLOWHOLE 

REDDENED AND SWOLLEN; HEMORRHAGE ALL ALONG 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY MANDIBLES; SEVERE INFESTATION OF EMBEDDED AND 

STRIPED DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2015 11 6 INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD ENCYSTED PARASITES IN COLON. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

GAFF INJURY ON PEDUNCLE; ROSTRUM BROKEN; "TEAR" IN 

TISSUE AT MELON/ROSTRUM JUNCTION; LUNGS FILLED 

WITH SAND, HIGHLY INFLATED, AND VERY FRIABLE; A 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOODY FLUID IN THORACIC 

CAVITY; CREPITUS AROUND KIDNEYS; FAIRLY HEAVY 

STRIPED DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 1 30 GILLNET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD PARASITE LOAD. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

LUNGS HIGHLY INFLATED AND HEMORRHAGED; 

INDENTATIONS WITH 3-CM SPACING DORSALLY; A 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOODY FLUID IN THORACIC AND 

STRIPED DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 1 30 GILLNET FISHERY CLATSOP OR SI ABDOMINAL CAVITIES. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

GAFF INJURY AT PEDUNCLE; BLOWHOLE BLOODY; DARK RED 

FLUID IN THORACIC CAVITY; A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 

CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID IN BRAINCASE; HEAVY LOAD OF 

LUNG PARASITES; CREPITUS ENCASED THE KIDNEYS; 

STRIPED DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2016 2 1 GILLNET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD ADRENALS ABNORMAL. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

MASSIVE BRUISING AND HEMORRHAGE WITH LINE MARKS; 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY RIGHT LOWER JAW BROKEN; RIB MARKS ON RIGHT LUNG; 

STRIPED DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2017 2 25 INTERACTION TILLAMOOK OR DEAD THROAT CUT FROM FLIPPER TO FLIPPER. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

CAUGHT IN FORENET, THE CREW REMOVED AND RELEASED 

OVER THE STERN. SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE ANIMAL WAS CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER REMOVED FROM WATER AND WAS ON DECK. UNIDENTIFIED DOLPHIN NA 2016 10 1 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR SI SI S4 1 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED DOLPHIN 

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID 

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID 

NA 

NA 

NA 

2017 

2013 

2014 

8 

6 

10 

2 

3 

15 

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY 

SHOOTING 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY 

VENTURA 

CLATSOP 

OFFSHORE 

CA 

OR 

CA 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

TAIL WRAPPED IN LINE OF A SPOT PRAWN TRAP. NO 

NECROPSY, NO FURTHER DETAILS. 

BULLET HOLES AT VENTRAL THORAX AND NECK WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; LOWER JAW BROKEN; UPPER 

JAW MISSING 

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION HOOKED IN LIP IN LOWER MOUTH. 

LEADER WAS CUT AND HOOK AND SHORT SECTION OF LINE 

REMAINED ON ANIMAL. 

DEAD 

DEAD 

SI 

NA 

NA 

P5B 

1 

1 

1 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2015 7 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD 

SUSPECTED SHOOTING; MUCH OF THE CARCASS WAS 

FURLESS; NUMEROUS SUSPICIOUS HOLES ALONG LEFT SIDE 

OF BODY WITH POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; THE 

ANIMAL HAD GOOD TO EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y 

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2015 12 4 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI 

HOOKED IN LIP (LOWER RIGHT, ALONG WITH A FISH 

INITIALLY) BY 18/0 OFFSET FLAT CIRCLE HOOK (4.8MM 

DIAMETER). ANIMAL WAS STRUGGLING AS IT WAS PULLED 

AND HELD BEHIND THE VESSEL. LINE CUT: HOOK AND 2M 

MONOFILAMENT LEADER LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P5B, P6 1 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2015 12 7 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI 

HOOKED IN LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER BY 18/0 OFFSET FLAT 

CIRCLE HOOK (4.8MM DIAMETER). ANIMAL WAS 

STRUGGLING AS IT WAS PULLED TOWARD THE VESSEL. LINE 

CUT: HOOK, 2M MONOFILAMENT LEADER, AND LIGHT STICK 

LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P6 1 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2015 9 21 

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR DEAD 

KILLED IN GEAR. WEATHER TOO ROUGH TO DETERMINE 

SPECIES. OBSERVER PROGRAM. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2015 12 2 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI 

HOOKED IN MOUTH AREA (PART NOT SPECIFIED, ALTHOUGH 

HOOK ATTACHMENT SEEN, SO INGESTION UNLIKELY) BY 

18/0 OFFSET FLAT CIRCLE HOOK (4.8MM DIAMETER). THE 

ANIMAL WAS BEING PULLED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE 

VESSEL WHEN THE LINE BROKE WHERE HOOK ATTACHED: 

HOOK LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P5A 1 Y Y 
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Serious Serious 

Injury Injury Count Count 

Initial Injury Final Injury Criteria Proration Against Against 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State Assessment Comments Assessment Code Value LOF PBR 

HOOKED IN CHEEK (LEFT) BY 18/0 OFFSET FLAT CIRCLE HOOK 

(4.8MM DIAMETER). ANIMAL WAS STRUGGLING AS IT WAS 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2015 12 5 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI 

PULLED AND HELD BEHIND THE VESSEL. LINE CUT: HOOK 

AND 1M MONOFILAMENT LEADER LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P6 1 Y Y 

HOOKED IN UNKNOWN BODY LOCATION (POSSIBLY THE 

HEAD OR MOUTH) BY 18/0 OFFSET FLAT CIRCLE HOOK 

(4.8MM DIAMETER). AS THE ANIMAL WAS BEING BROUGHT 

CLOSER TO THE VESSEL, THE BRANCHLINE SLID OFF THE 

MAINLINE, WHICH WAS BROKEN: HOOK, 5.6 

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET MONOFILAMENT LEADER, 45G AND 75G WEIGHT, AND 12M 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2015 12 6 FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI BRANCHLINE LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P6 1 Y Y 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2016 11 8 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2016 11 8 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2016 11 8 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2016 11 12 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2016 11 12 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2016 11 12 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER ANIMAL BRIEFLY ENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2016 11 13 TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 0 N N 

SEA LION ENTANGLED IN GEAR BEFORE RETURNING TO SEA 

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2013 3 4 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI WITHOUT TRAILING GEAR. NSI P7B 0 N N 

REPORTEDLY HAD NET WRAPPED AROUND TAIL; 10-20 FEET 

OF MATERIAL TRAILING BELOW; SEVERAL FIST-SIZED WHITE 

BUOYS ATTACHED SPENDING ALL TIME AT SURFACE NOT 

BLOWING MUCH. LATER REPORTED OFFSHORE OF 3310 SI 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2013 8 23 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CURRY OR SI (PRORATE) NESIKA BEACH ROAD 42.50 -124.42 (PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

NA 

NA 

2014 

2014 

3 

4 

4 

16 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

TILLAMOOK 

CURRY 

OR 

OR 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

REPORTED BY COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN, A 25' 

"HUMPBACK" WHALE WITH "KING CRAB" RED POLY BUOY 

WRAPPED AROUND TAIL AND TRAILING BUOY ATTACHED TO 

HEAD; FISHERMAN TRIED TO CUT LINE WITH KNIFE ON END 

OF POLE BUT THE WHALE WAS TOO ACTIVE; WAS 

SWIMMING AND DIVING, HEADING IN SOUTHWARD 

DIRECTION, SEA STATE DETERIORATING WTH APPROACHING 

STORM SYSTEM. SPECIES ID NOT CONFIRMED. 

REPORTED ENTANGLED WHALE TRAILING GEAR JUST 

OUTSIDE BROOKINGS HARBOR. NO DETAILS ON GEAR TYPE 

OR SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2014 6 5 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT ORANGE CA DEAD 

1 MI OFF SAN CLEMENTE. SUSPECTED LOBSTER TRAP 

ENTANGLEMENT, COULDN'T READ LICENSE NUMBERS; DEAD 

FLOATING WHALE. DEAD NA 1 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

NA 

NA 

2014 

2015 

9 

3 

26 

1 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SANTA CRUZ 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

DEAD 

2 "MOSSY" BOUYS, 1 WHITE, 1 UNKNOWN COLOR. AMOUNT 

AND CONFIGURATION OF ATTACHED GEAR UNKNOWN. 

PHOTOS OF LINE RUNNING FROM MOUTH AREA, NO BUOYS 

OR MARKINGS, ANIMAL DEAD AND CARCASS IN POOR 

OVERALL CONDITION; LIKELY A GRAY WHALE GIVEN 

SIZE/TIMING/LOCATIONAPPARENT MORPHOLOGY, BUT 

RECORDED AS UNIDENTIFIED. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

DEAD 

L10 

NA 

0.75 

1 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

NA 

NA 

2015 

2015 

5 

5 

3 

9 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

MONTEREY 

MENDOCINO 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE REPORTED WITH 'TAIL WRAP' AND TWO BUOYS: 

WHITE AND YELLOW/ORANGE. 

WHALE TOWING THREE ORANGE FOAM BUOYS AND ROPE. 

GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 
 

Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2013-2017. 

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State 

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments 

Final Injury 

Assessment 

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code 

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value 

Count 

Against 

LOF 

Count 

Against 

PBR 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

NA 

NA 

2015 

2015 

5 

8 

28 

25 

GILLNET FISHERY 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SANTA BARBARA 

LOS ANGELES 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE REPORTED BY SAILING VESSEL AS ENTANGLED IN 

GILLNET / WEBBING NEAR TAIL, WITH 'LOTS OF BUOYS'. 

TWO BUOYS WERE ORANGE-COLORED. WHALE BEHAVIOR 

REPORTED AS THRASHING HARD. NO PHOTOS. THOUGHT TO 

BE EITHER HUMPBACK OR GRAY WHALE. 

WHALE PULLING TWO BUOYS, SEEMED LIKE LINE ON TAIL; 

CONFIRMED FROM DIRECT CONVERSATION AND DETAILS 

PROVIDED BY DIVER. NO PHOTOS. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

NA 

NA 

2015 

2015 

8 

9 

27 

27 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

GILLNET FISHERY 

SANTA BARBARA 

VENTURA 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

TWO SMALL TORPEDO BUOYS TRAILED 40 FT BEHIND 

WHALE, BUOY COLORS ARE ORANGLE, YELLOW, AND RED, 

LINE DESCRIBE AS BLUE SPECTRA 1/8 OR 1/4 INCH, 

RESIGHTED LATER WITH LINE THROUGH MOUTH WITH FULL 

WRAP AROUND BODY; WHALE ROLLING AND BREACHING. 

GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. CANNOT TELL IF GEAR 

IS LOOSE OR CONSTRICTING. NO PHOTOS. 

GILLNET WRAPPED AROUND AND COVERING MOST OF TAIL 

WITH LINE AND NETTING TRAILING 40 FEET BEHIND WHALE ; 

BLUE (LEAD) AND WHITE (FLOAT) LINES AND NETTING 

BETWEEN. NO PHOTOS, UNKNOWN GEAR CONFIGURATION 

OR ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRICTING / NON-CONSTRICTING 

GEAR POSSIBLE. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

NA 

NA 

2015 

2015 

11 

11 

7 

21 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

MARIN 

SANTA BARBARA 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE TRAILING LINE AND A BUOY CLOSE TO BODY SEEN 

DURING CA DEP. OF FISH AND WILDLIFE OVERFLIGHT. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. POSSIBLE HUMPBACK. 

MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED SEEING A WHALE WITH 

LINE AND A BUOY WRAPPED AROUND BODY. NO PHOTOS. 

GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 11 27 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) 

RED/ORANGE BULLET SHAPED BUOY TRAILING BEHIND THE 

WHALE AT THE SURFACE; REPORT THAT WHALE STUCK ON 

CRAB NET; CIRCLED AROUND TO GET A BETTER LOOK BUT 

LOST IT. NO PHOTOS. GEAR TYPE CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. 

UNKNOWN GEAR CONFIGURATION. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

NA 

NA 

2016 

2016 

4 

5 

28 

13 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

SAN FRANCISCO 

MONTEREY 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

WHALE SWIMMING NORTH WITH 2 BUOYS TRAILING, 

COULD NOT TELL WHERE ON WHALE THE ENTANGLEMENT 

WAS. 

WHALE INITIALLY SEEN DRAGGING A BLUE BUOY OFF JULIA 

PFEIFFER BURNS STATE PARK, TRAVELING NORTH WITH 

OTHER WHALES. DESCRIBED AS BIG BLUE PLASTIC BUOY 

STUCK TO WHALE'S SIDE. AMOUNT OF GEAR AND 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. PHOTOS INCONCLUSIVE FOR 

SPECIES ID. PROBABLE SUBSEQUENT RESIGHTS IN 

MONTEREY BAY THE NEXT DAY, UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

DESCRIBED AS DRAGGING BLUE OBJECT. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2016 5 15 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN MATEO CA SI (PRORATE) 

NORTHBOUND WHALE TRAILING TWO CRAB BOUYS ABOUT 

50-70 FT. BEHIND - UNKNOWN WHERE ON WHALE - 1 BUOY 

ORANGE AND THE OTHER SMALLER AND WHITE ABOUT 5 

FEET FROM ORANGE BUOY. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 

NA 

NA 

2016 

2016 

5 

9 

23 

28 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION 

MONTEREY 

MARIN 

CA 

CA 

SI (PRORATE) 

SI (PRORATE) 

UNKNOWN VESSEL REPORTED ENTANGLEMENT IN 'CRAB 

GEAR' TO USCG. NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS AVAILABLE. 

WHALE NOT MOVING, WITH ASSOCIATED LINE AND 

ORANGE BUOY. IN SAME AREA AS 9/26/2016 HUMPBACK 

WHALE THAT WAS NOT MOVING AND TOWING 4 ORANGE 

POLYBALLS. AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF GEAR 

UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

SI 

(PRORATE) 

L10 

L10 

0.75 

0.75 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wilkinson, Dan Lawson, Justin Viezbicke, and Jason Jannot. 2019. Sources of 

Human-related Injury and Mortality for U.S. Pacific West Coast Marine Mammal 

Stock Assessments, 201-2017. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical 

Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-616.