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doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-554

SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY AND

MORTALITY FOR U.S. PACIFIC WEST COAST MARINE 

MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS, 2010-2014

James V. Carretta, Marcia M. Muto, Sarah Wilkin,

Justin Greenman, Kristin Wilkinson, Monica DeAngelis,

Justin Viezbicke,and Jason Jannot
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NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-554

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Penny S. Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce

Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, Administrator

National Marine Fisheries Service

Eileen Sobeck, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS

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1Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA 92037

2National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA 98115

3NMFS Office of Protected Resources, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 

4NMFS Office of Protected Resources, NOAA, Long Beach, CA 90802

5NMFS Office of Protected Resources, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98115

6Fishery Resource and Monitoring Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98115

MARCH 2016

SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY AND

MORTALITY FOR U.S. PACIFIC WEST COAST MARINE

MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS, 2010-2014

James V. Carretta1, Marcia M. Muto2, Sarah Wilkin3, 

Justin Greenman4, Kristin Wilkinson5, Monica DeAngelis4,

Justin Viezbicke4, and Jason Jannot6
SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY AND MORTALITY FOR U.S. PACIFIC 

WEST COAST MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS, 2010-2014.

James V. Carretta1, Marcia M. Muto2, Sarah Wilkin3, Justin Greenman4, Kristin Wilkinson5, 

Monica DeAngelis4, Justin Viezbicke4, Dan Lawson4, and Jason Jannot6

Summary

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

Service (NMFS) 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 humancaused injury and mortality levels in the context of potential biological removal (PBR) levels 

calculated under the MMPA (Wade1998). 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 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 historic 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 2010-2014, for those species 

evaluated in Pacific region marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) (Carretta et al.

2015a). Mortality records, while included in this report, were obviously not evaluated for SI/NSI 

status. 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 records, including cases 

from 2007 through 2009, are published in previous reports (Carretta et al. 2013a, 2014, 2015b).

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

researchers, and fishery observer programs. Stranding data includes 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 power plant water intake 

entrainment. 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 (Allen and Angliss 2014) 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).

1Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA 92037. 

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National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA 98115. 

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 NMFS Office of Protected Resources, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring MD 20910. 

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Protected Resources Division, NMFS West Coast Region, NOAA, Long Beach, CA, 90802. 

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

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Fishery Resource and Monitoring Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98115. 

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Methods

 The assessment of marine mammals for signs of human interaction, whether alive or 

dead, 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 the causes of death and injury in marine mammals, and thorough 

examination of carcasses in challenging environments is often difficult or impossible. 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 new SI criteria. Animals whose initial reporting condition was ‘dead’ were not 

evaluated for SI and these records are included in NMFS stranding databases, bycatch reports 

(Carretta and Enriquez 2009a, 2009b, 2010, 2012a, 2012b; Jannot et al. 2011; Breiwick 2013), 

human-caused mortality sections of SARs, and 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 661 records 

where an animal’s initial condition was ‘dead’) include 817 injury records from 2010 to 2014. 

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 allows evaluation of fishery-specific risk to marine mammals, 

even though the pinniped was released back into the wild with non-serious 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. Special 

cases involve injured pinnipeds transferred to public display facilities (aquaria) or U.S. Navy 

marine mammal programs following treatment, because their survival in the wild is questionable. 

In these cases, 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 and the primary cause of death is 

unknown, we have reported a combined cause in tabular and descriptive summaries.

Prorating of serious injuries (large whales only)

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

the ability to resight 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 

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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 decisionmaking 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 where sufficient detail is available on the severity of the injury, other SI codes are applied. 

If a 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

 A total of 1,480 human-related injury (n=819) and mortality (n=661) records are 

summarized by anthropogenic source in Table 1 and Appendix 4. Approximately 80% of all 

injury and mortality records represent opportunistic reports of beach strandings and at-sea 

sightings. Only 255 records represent systematic observations, either fishery observer programs 

(n=161), monitored research-related activities (n=43), or removals of pinnipeds from the 

Bonneville Dam area under MMPA Section 120 (n=51). Pinnipeds (n=1,180) were most 

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

cetaceans (n=164), and large whales (n=136) (Tables 3-6). Animals initially encountered alive 

accounted for 819 records, which were evaluated and assigned SI/NSI determinations, including 

712 pinnipeds, 101 large whales, and 6 small cetaceans (Tables 7a-c). 

The primary causes of pinniped injury and mortality were shootings (n=204), hook and 

line fishery interactions (n=180), and entrainment into power plant water intakes (n=120) (Tables 

3 and 6, Appendix 4). Pinniped injury and mortality records included California sea lions 

(Zalophus californianus) (n=819), harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) (n=254), northern elephant seals 

(Mirounga angustirostris) (n=62), Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) (n=16), 

northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) (n=10), unidentified pinnipeds (n=9), unidentified sea 

lions (n=6), unidentified otariids (n=3), and unidentified seals (n=1) (Table 2). Approximately 

one-third (n=234) of pinniped injury cases involved human intervention and treatment, either in 

the field or through capture and subsequent care at a rehabilitation facility. For those pinnipeds 

treated at rehabilitation facilities and subsequently released, it is assumed that they survived 

following treatment. Therefore their final injury assessments were NSI. 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=29), while others were sent to public display facilities (n=7) because their existing 

post-treatment condition made survival in the wild unlikely or they were individuals targeted for 

removal to protect endangered salmon. Of the 1,180 pinniped injury and mortality records, 628 

(53%) died as a result of their injuries. An additional 252 (21%) pinniped cases were assigned as 

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

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

the ability to track the outcome of every injury case. 

 A total of 136 large whale injury and mortality records were reviewed (Tables 2 and 4). 

Of these, 35 were dead and the remaining 101 records were assessed for NSI/SI (Table 7b). 

Vessel strikes were the most common form of injury and mortality to blue (Balaenoptera 

musculus), fin (B. physalus), and Bryde’s (B. edeni) whales. Gray whales were most commonly 

observed entangled in gear of unknown origin, though most of these records likely were pot/trap 

fisheries, based on remaining gray whale records for which specific fisheries could be identified. 

Entanglement in pot/trap fisheries was the most common source of injury to humpback whales 

(Megaptera novaeangliae) (Table 6). Large whale records included gray (n=55), humpback 

(n=44), unidentified large whales (n=15), fin (n=10), sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) (n=5), 

blue (n=3), minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) (n=3), and Bryde’s whale (n=1), with vessel 

strikes and entanglement-related injuries as the most common causes of SI and mortality (Tables 

2 and 6). Of 101 large whales evaluated for NSI/SI, 85 cases were fishery-related entanglements, 

13 cases involved vessel strikes, and 3 cases involved entanglement in marine debris. Only a 

small fraction of large whale injury cases (n=23) involved human intervention to remove gear. 

This reflects that many entangled whales are seen only once and that adverse weather conditions 

often prohibit safe disentanglement attempts. Ten large whale records that were initially 

designated as SI resulted in a final injury status of NSI, as a result of successful disentanglement 

efforts or the animal becoming free of gear over time (Table 7b). Eighty-two other large whale 

records with initial SI designations retained final injury designations of SI and 6 whales were 

later found dead (Table 7b). One gray whale initially seen in July 2009 with constricting gillnet 

and rope cutting into its caudal peduncle was assigned an SI status and was resighted in 2010 and 

2011, still entangled. This whale was resighted 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=6) because most were initially reported as dead (n=158). Mortality in gillnets, trawls, and 

unidentified net fisheries accounted for approximately 75% of small cetacean records (n=116), 

with about one-third of those (n=36) derived from systematic observer programs. Researchrelated entanglements of small cetaceans in scientific trawls or nets accounted for 33 records, 

most involving Pacific white-sided dolphins (n=30), with one event for the following species: 

bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), and long-beaked 

common dolphin (Delphinus capensis). Small cetaceans assessed for injury severity included 

Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) (n=4), harbor porpoise (Phocoena 

phocoena) (n=1), and long-beaked common dolphin (n=1) (Table 2). Of the 6 small cetacean 

records assessed for injuries, 1 animal died, 3 were considered non-serious injuries, and the 

remaining 2 records were determined to be serious injuries (Table 7c). A marine mammal 

excluder device on a scientific trawl allowed two Pacific white-sided dolphin to escape without 

serious injuries, and one harbor porpoise was released from a research net without serious 

injuries. Four deaths of long-beaked common dolphins were documented in 2011, as a result of 

exposure to underwater detonation exercises (Danil and St. Leger 2011). 

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 

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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. 2016). 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 causes and recognize that some cases may be 

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

Many 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 net, pot, and trap fisheries are likely greater 

than the number of observations because derelict gear can entangle 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. 

A small percentage of pinnipeds died in rehabilitation facilities after an initial injury 

assessment of NSI. The typical cause of death was 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 

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, Van Helker, and the Pacific Scientific Review Group for reviewing our serious injury 

cases. Van Helker also provided critical reviews of the manuscript. 

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

SHOOTING

NUMBER

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT

GILLNET FISHERY

MARINE DEBRIS

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

VESSEL STRIKE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

HUMAN−INDUCED ABANDONMENT

HARASSMENT

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK AND LINE

OIL / TAR

FISHERY INTERACTION

CRAB POT FISHERY

HARRASSMENT

CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE

DOG ATTACK

AT−SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL

CAR COLLISION

SHOT

GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL

204

183

120

106

 97

 72

 71

 68

 58

 54

 54

 51

 43

 34

 24

 22

 20

 17

 16

 14

 14

 12

 12

 10

 10

 9

 8

 8

 7

14

26

34

41

48

53

58

62

66

70

73

77

80

82

84

85

87

88

89

90

91

91

92

93

94

94

95

95

96

Table 1 (page 1 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality to marine mammals, 2010−2014.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

NORTHERN WASHINGTON MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL

NUMBER

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL

UNDERWATER DETONATION EXERCISES

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER TRAWL

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY

STAB WOUNDS

TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN)

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION

COD POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

ELECTRIC SHOCK

ENTRAPMENT

NON−FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

OPEN ACCESS FIXED GEAR HOOK AND LINE

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER TRAWL

AQUACULTURE FACILITY ENTANGLEMENT

GAFF INJURY

HARASSMENT/DOG ATTACK

HARPOON

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH POT FISHERY

LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL BOTTOM TRAWL

LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL HOOK AND LINE

NORTHERN WASHINGTON OCEAN TROLL FISHERY, TRIBAL

PACIFIC WHITING TRAWL FISHERY

SEAL BOMB

SHOOTING/GILLNET FISHERY

SHOOTING/HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY/SHOOTING

6

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 96

 96

 97

 97

 97

 97

 98

 98

 98

 98

 98

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Table 1 (page 2 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality to marine mammals, 2010−2014.

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CAPTIVITY

BLUE WHALE 0

DEAD

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN 0

NSI

BRYDE'S WHALE 0

SI

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 7

SI (PRORATE)

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONG−BEAKED 0

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORT−BEAKED 0

DALL'S PORPOISE 0

FIN WHALE 0

GRAY WHALE 0

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 0

HARBOR PORPOISE 0

HARBOR SEAL 0

HUMPBACK WHALE 0

MINKE WHALE 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 0

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 0

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN 0

PACIFIC WHITE−SIDED DOLPHIN 0

RISSO'S DOLPHIN 0

SHORT−FINNED PILOT WHALE 0

SPERM WHALE 0

STRIPED DOLPHIN 0

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID 0

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED 0

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION 0

UNIDENTIFIED SEAL 0

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 0

2

6

1

426

47

24

1

9

15

11

41

160

10

1

20

7

6

28

3

2

2

1

2

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

205

0

0

0

0

6

2

1

53

10

1

24

2

0

2

0

0

2

0

0

1

5

0

0

0

0

0

181

0

0

0

1

22

3

0

41

7

0

18

1

0

2

0

0

1

0

1

7

0

1

10

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

0

0

0

17

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

Table 2. Final serious injury and mortality designations by species, 2010−2014.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

SHOOTING

NUMBER

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT

MARINE DEBRIS

GILLNET FISHERY

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

HUMAN−INDUCED ABANDONMENT

VESSEL STRIKE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

HARASSMENT

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK AND LINE

OIL / TAR

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

HARRASSMENT

CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE

DOG ATTACK

FISHERY INTERACTION

AT−SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL

CAR COLLISION

SHOT

204

180

120

 90

 73

 53

 52

 51

 35

 34

 33

 31

 24

 20

 17

 15

 14

 12

 12

 11

 10

 10

 9

 8

 8

17

33

43

50

57

61

65

70

73

76

78

81

83

85

86

87

89

90

91

92

92

93

94

95

95

Table 3 (page 1 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of pinnipeds, 2010−2014.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL

NUMBER

NORTHERN WASHINGTON MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER TRAWL

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY

STAB WOUNDS

TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN)

ELECTRIC SHOCK

ENTRAPMENT

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER TRAWL

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION

AQUACULTURE FACILITY ENTANGLEMENT

CRAB POT FISHERY

GAFF INJURY

HARASSMENT/DOG ATTACK

LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL BOTTOM TRAWL

LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL HOOK AND LINE

NON−FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

NORTHERN WASHINGTON OCEAN TROLL FISHERY, TRIBAL

PACIFIC WHITING TRAWL FISHERY

SEAL BOMB

SHOOTING/GILLNET FISHERY

SHOOTING/HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY/SHOOTING

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

7

6

4

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 96

 97

 97

 97

 97

 98

 98

 98

 98

 98

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

100

100

100

100

100

100

Table 3 (page 2 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of pinnipeds, 2010−2014.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

NUMBER

VESSEL STRIKE

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

CRAB POT FISHERY

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY

GILLNET FISHERY

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

MARINE DEBRIS

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

COD POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

OPEN ACCESS FIXED GEAR HOOK AND LINE

HARPOON

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH POT FISHERY

TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR

31

31

21

13

10

 8

 4

 4

 4

 3

 2

 2

 1

 1

 1

 23

 46

 61

 71

 78

 84

 87

 90

 93

 95

 96

 98

 99

 99

100

Table 4. Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of large whales, 2010−2014.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

NUMBER

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

GILLNET FISHERY

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

FISHERY INTERACTION

UNDERWATER DETONATION EXERCISES

VESSEL STRIKE

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

MARINE DEBRIS

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL

NON−FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION

36

33

26

25

20

 5

 4

 4

 3

 3

 2

 1

 1

 1

 22

 42

 58

 73

 85

 88

 91

 93

 95

 97

 98

 99

 99

100

Table 5. Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of small cetaceans, 2010−2014.

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SPECIES

BLUE WHALE

SOURCE OF INJURY/MORTALITY

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

NUMBER OF RECORDS

BRYDE'S WHALE

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

SHORT−FINNED PILOT WHALE

SPERM WHALE

STRIPED DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

VESSEL STRIKE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

VESSEL STRIKE

SHOOTING

GILLNET FISHERY

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

VESSEL STRIKE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

MARINE DEBRIS

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT

CRAB POT FISHERY

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

MARINE DEBRIS

FISHERY INTERACTION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

AT−SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK AND LINE

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

 3

 2

 1

163

 18

 22

 1

 9

 15

 8

 16

 48

 9

 1

 13

 3

 6

 30

 2

 2

 2

 1

 1

 3

 5

 1

 8

Table 6. Leading causes of observed human−caused injury and mortality by species, 2010−2014.

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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. 

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

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

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

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

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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

NSI 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 

7

P6

Gear attached in any manner to freeswimming animal with potential8

SI

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

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

Case specific not covered by any other 

criteria 

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

SI by foreign 

object or body cavity exposure

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

- Age or age class (e.g., calf, juvenile, 

adult)

- Sex

- Size of animal

- Overall health (e.g., nutritional 

status, body condition, pre-existing 

disease state, pre-existing injuries)

- Behavior during and/or after injurycausing interaction (e.g., listlessness)

- Reproductive status (e.g., pregnant, 

lactating, has dependant pup)

- Natural history (e.g., small home 

range, large home range)

- Location of injury (e.g., mouth, 

head, body, flipper/fin, internal)

- Size of injury

- Duration of injury (e.g., single event, 

repeated, chronic)

- Depth of injury (e.g., superficial or 

to the bone, penetrating muscle or 

organs)

- Cleanliness of injury (e.g., 

compression, tearing)

- Environmental condition (e.g., 

individuals out of their normal 

habitat, environmental stressors)

- Social stressors (e.g., social structure 

of species, separation of social 

individuals from the group, 

mother/pup separation)

- Cumulative effects of repeated 

exposures

- Compounding effects of multiple 

injuries obtained during a single 

event

- Availability of data on multiple 

sequential events involving the same 

individual over time

- Susceptibility of the species to 

capture myopathy (some sensitive, 

others robust, some unknown)

- Ability of rehabilitated animal to be 

released

- Relative effect of blood loss on 

different species

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, 

anchored, entrapment)

- Amount and size of gear(e.g., size, 

length and number of lines; number 

of buoys, traps or anchors; volume 

of netting; material of gear) 

- Entanglement constriction (e.g., 

tight, loose, multiple wraps)

- Habitat where animal is located 

(e.g., an animal with trailing gear in 

areas of dense gear or an area with 

vegetation or on shore is more likely 

to risk snagging the gear and 

becoming anchored)

- Entanglement duration

- Existence, type and amount of any 

trailing gear

- Method of handling the animal 

during disentanglement

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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

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 

: 0.20

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. 

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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.

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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

Case specific 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

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.

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S6 

Gear attached to free-swimming animal 

with potential7

SI

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 

 

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

Case specific not covered by any other 

criteria

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

SI by foreign object 

or body cavity exposure 

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). 

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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

- Age or age class (e.g., calf, juvenile, 

adult)

- Sex

- Size of animal

- Overall health (e.g., nutritional 

status, body condition, pre-existing 

disease state, pre-existing injuries)

- Behavior during and/or after injurycausing interaction (e.g., dorsal 

arching, listlessness)

- Reproductive status (e.g., pregnant, 

lactating, has dependant calf)

- Natural history (e.g., indigenous, 

migratory)

- Location of injury (e.g., mouth, 

head, body, fin, tail, internal)

- Size of injury

- Duration of injury (e.g., single event, 

repeated, chronic)

- Depth of injury (e.g., superficial or 

to the bone, penetrating muscle or 

organs)

- Cleanliness of injury (e.g., 

compression, tearing) 

- Environmental condition (e.g., 

individuals out of their normal 

habitat, climate stressors)

- Social stressors (e.g., social structure 

of species, separation of social 

individuals from the group, cow/calf 

separation)

- Cumulative effects of repeated 

exposures

- Compounding effects of multiple 

injuries obtained during a single 

event

- Availability of data on multiple 

sequential events involving the same 

individual over time

- Susceptibility of the species to 

capture myopathy (spinner dolphins 

and porpoises notoriously sensitive; 

bottlenose dolphins robust; many

others fall in between, with some 

unknown)

- Ability of rehabilitated animal to be 

released

- Relative effect of blood loss on 

different species

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)

- Amount and size of gear (e.g., size, length and number of 

branches of line; number of buoys, traps or anchors; volume 

of netting)

- Entanglement constriction (e.g., tight, loose, multiple wraps)

- Habitat where animal is located (e.g., an animal with trailing 

gear areas of dense gear or an area with vegetation is more 

likely to risk snagging the gear and becoming anchored)

- Entanglement duration

- Existence, type and amount of any trailing gear

- Method of handling the animal during disentanglement

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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 EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 8 4 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

REPORT FROM CAPTAIN OF STRIKING A WHALE. 

WHALEWATCH VESSEL COLLIDED WITH FREE-SWIMMING 

ANIMAL; REPORT IS OF ANIMAL STRUCK MID-BODY, 

DIVING FOLLOWING STRIKE, NO BLOOD OBSERVED IN 

WATER AND ANIMAL NOT RESIGHTED. VESSEL SIZE 

ASSUMED IN EXCESS OF 65 FT. AND SPEED UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L7A 0.56 0 1

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 8 25 VESSEL STRIKE SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD

MULTIPLE FRAGMENTS OF VERTEBRAE AND RIBS IN 

ABDOMINAL CAVITY DEAD NA NA 0 1

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 10 2 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD

BROKEN BONES AND HEMORRHAGE CONSISTENT WITH 

VESSEL STRIKE DEAD NA NA 0 1

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA OFFSHORE 2010 11 13

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CALIFORNIA COASTAL 2010 12 19 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ADVANCED STATE OF DECOMPOSITION. DEEP, WIDE 

LACERATIONS THAT WERE EVENLY SPACED ALONG 

PEDUNCLE IN COMBINATION WITH WIDE IMPRESSION ON 

PECTORAL IS SUGGESTIVE OF ENTANGLEMENT IN THICK 

LINE/ROPE. IDENTIFIED AS COASTAL STOCK ANIMAL VIA 

GENETICS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CALIFORNIA COASTAL 2012 2 22 NON-FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DOLPHIN WAS FOUND FLOATING UNDER U.S. NAVY 

MARINE MAMMAL PROGRAM'S DOLPHIN PEN DOCK, 

OUTSIDE OF THEIR DOLPHIN ENCLOSURES. IT IS THOUGHT 

THAT THE ANIMAL MAY HAVE BECOME ENTRAPPED, 

EITHER INITIALLY ENTANGLED OR COULD NOT FIND ITS 

WAY OUT OF NET CURTAIN. IDENTIFIED AS COASTAL 

STOCK ANIMAL VIA GENETICS. DEAD NA NA NA 1

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN NA 2012 10 16 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD ANIMAL CAUGHT IN SEA OTTER RESEARCH NET. DEAD NA NA 0 1

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CALIFORNIA COASTAL 2013 2 25 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CLEAR MULTIFILAMENT ROPE IMPRESSIONS ON THE 

ROSTRUM, MELON, AXILLA AND BODY. ANIMAL 

IDENTIFIED AS COASTAL STOCK VIA GENETICS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA OFFSHORE 2014 1 3

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

SELF-REPORTED BY VESSEL CAPTAIN. NO DETAILS OTHER 

THAN KILLED. ASSUMED TO BE PART OF OFFSHORE 

CA/OR/WA STOCK BASED ON TYPICAL FISHING LOCATIONS 

FOR THIS FISHERY. DEAD NA NA 1 1

BRYDE'S WHALE

EASTERN TROPICAL 

PACIFIC 2010 11 25 VESSEL STRIKE MASON WA SI

SIGHTED ALIVE ON 11/25/10. ANIMAL INJURED AND NOT 

SURFACING NORMALLY. EXTERNAL EVIDENCE OF 

PROPELLER MARKS. WASHED UP DEAD ON 12/4/10 AND 

TOWED FOR NECROPSY ON 12/6/10. DETERMINED TO BE 

ONE OR MORE VESSEL STRIKES. DEAD L11 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 1 4 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLET FRAGMENTS IN SKULL DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 1 6 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLETS FOUND DURING NECROPSY DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 1 9 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 1 12 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

PACKING BAND OR MONOFILAMENT WRAPPED AROUND 

LOWER NECK SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 1 12 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 1 23 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI

BOAT COLLISION, MULTIPLE LACERATIONS, BROKEN 

BONES, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P15 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 1 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 1 27 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLE IN HEAD DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 7 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLET FOUND DURING NECROPSY DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 8 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 9 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLET FOUND IN BRAIN CAVITY DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 10 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLETS FOUND IN DORSAL MUSCLE DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 11 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE CA SI

RUBBER BAND AROUND NECK, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 13 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLET FRAGMENTS FOUND IN MUSCLE DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 14 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLETS FOUND IN BRAIN DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 14 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET-LIKE LACERATIONS AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE OF 

ANIMAL, DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

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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. 2010 2 15 VESSEL STRIKE DEL NORTE CA SI

PROPELLER WOUNDS ON ANIMAL, TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P15 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 22 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLETS CONFIRMED VIA RADIOGRAPH DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 2 23 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET HOLE AND SHRAPNEL FOUND DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 9 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 9 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 9 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 9 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 9 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 12 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET FRAGMENT IN BRAIN CAVITY DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 16

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

ANIMAL STUCK IN CODEND, STILL ALIVE, DUMPED ON 

DECK, THEN WENT QUICKLY OFF STERN RAMP AND SWAM 

AWAY NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 17 VESSEL STRIKE SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD

VESSEL CREW FELT THE IMPACT OF THE SEA LION AND 

OBSERVED THE SINKING CARCASS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 24 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD SHRAPNEL FOUND ON RADIOGRAPH DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 25 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

GILLNET AROUND HEAD THROUGH CORNERS OF MOUTH, 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 25 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

PACKING BAND ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, CUTTING 

INTO BLUBBER AND MUSCLE; OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES 

BETWEEN MAY AND JULY SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 25 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

BULLET TIP FOUND IN ABSCESS ON LEFT CHEEK. SMALL 

HOLE IN FOREHEAD. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 26

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 29 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FISH HOOK IN BACK. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 30

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 30

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 31 CAR COLLISION SAN DIEGO CA SI EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT, ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

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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. 2010 3 31 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 3 31 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 1 SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

MULTIPLE PELLETS IN SKULL, LEFT EYE. ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

FISH HOOK. RIGHT REAR FLIPPER. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 3 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE CA SI

VOMITED UP PLASTIC MATERIAL, NO DETAILS ON FINAL 

OUTCOME SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 3 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 6 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 7

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 8

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 8

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 8

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 9

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 9 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FRESH DEAD, ENTERED SCREEN BAY DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 9 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ENTANGLEMENT WOUNDS AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE OF 

ANIMAL. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 10 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOKS IN LOWER LIP AND LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 12 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 15

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

DETERRENCE USED. A SEA LION WAS FEEDING ON CATCH 

NEAR THE HAULING STATION. AS SOON AS THE CAPTAIN 

SAW IT, HE TOLD THE DECKHAND TO FIRE A GUN TO 

SCARE IT OFF. THE SEA LION HAD MOVED TO THE STERN 

AND THE DECKHAND FIRED TWO SHOTS NEAR IT AND IT 

LEFT. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 17 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GREEN NET ENTANGLED AROUND NECK WITH SEVERAL 

FEET OF NET TRAILING. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH. ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 18 VESSEL STRIKE KING WA SI

ANIMAL DIED DURING OVERNIGHT OBSERVATION. BLUNT 

FORCE TRAUMA, CRUSHED STERNUM DEAD P15 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

SILVER COLORED FISHING LURE STUCK IN MOUTH WITH 

LONG LEADER ATTACHED SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FISH HOOK IN MOUTH. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 21 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA SI PLASTIC PACKAGING STRAP, ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 23

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 23 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET FRAGMENT EMBEDDED IN NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 25

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 25

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 25

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 26

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

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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. 2010 4 26

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 26 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 4 28 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL DIED DURING TRANSPORTATION TO REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 1

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR SI

SEA-LION CAME UP HOOKED TO A GANGION AFTER 

ATTEMPTING TO EAT A BLACK COD - CREW CUT-OFF 

GANGION AND SEA-LION LETHARGICALLY SWAM AWAY 

WITH HOOK AND LEFTOVER BLACKCOD IN ITS MOUTH SI P5A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 2 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD OBVIOUS BULLET HOLE IN ABDOMEN DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 4 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 4 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 5 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI LINE WRAPPED AROUND NECK. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

FLY FISH HOOK RIGHT SIDE OF BODY, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 6 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 6 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 6 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 8 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK AND LACERATIONS FROM 

ENTANGLEMENT. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 9 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN GILLNET AROUND NECK, CUTTING INTO SKIN 1 CM 

DEEP. ANIMAL DISENTANGLED, RELOCATED NSI P7B NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 10 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

OBSERVED SWIMMING WITH 12" ORANGE AND SILVER 

SALMON FLASHER HANGING FROM MOUTH SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 10 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI BULLET FRAGMENT IN CHEST. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 11 DOG ATTACK SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD NO DETAILS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 11 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

BULLET LODGED IN VERTEBRAL COLUMN. ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 12 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI ANIMAL DISENTANGLED, RELOCATED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 12 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI ANIMAL DISENTANGLED, RELOCATED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS ON BODY AND FLIPPERS. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK RESULTING IN DEEP 

LACERATION. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 14 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

THICK BLACK RUBBER BAND AROUND NECK. ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FRESH DEAD DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK, CUTTING INTO TISSUE. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 15

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT CUTTING INTO NECK. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 15 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING WRAPPED AROUND 

NECK 2X AND THROUGH MOUTH. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

8 FISHHOOKS ON BODY AND FLIPPERS. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

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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. 2010 5 20 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

PLASTIC PACKING BAND HAD BEEN CUTTING INTO NECK; 

ANIMAL WAS HERDED WITH CROWDER BOARDS AND 

DISENTANGLED WITH KNIFE AT END OF POLE; BRIEFLY 

WENT TO WATER THEN RETURNED TO BEACH; WAS VERY 

THIN; REMAINED ON BEACH REST OF DAY. CATEGORIZED 

AS SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF BODY CONDITION. SI P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 21 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 21 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NET/LINE EMBEDDED IN NECK. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 25 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NET/LINE AROUND NECK. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 26 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 26 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH, 3 FISH HOOKS IN ESOPHAGUS. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 29

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 29

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISH HOOKS IN FRONT AND REAR FLIPPERS. LURE AND 

WEIGHT HANGING FROM MOUTH. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 31 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK IN TONGUE WITH LINE ATTACHED, ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 31 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISHING LINE, HOOK, AND WEIGHT IN MOUTH. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 5 31 SHOOTING TILLAMOOK OR DEAD BUCKSHOT PELLETS RECOVERED DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 2

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 2

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 2

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 2

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 4

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 5

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

HOOKS AND LINE WRAPPED AROUND REAR FLIPPERS. 

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED, RELEASED AT SITE NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 8 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ROPE AROUND NECK DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 9 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET FRAGMENT COLLECTED, SKULL BLOWN AWAY DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 9 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN NET ENTANGLED AROUND NECK AND HEAD. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 10 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI FISH HOOK IN MOUTH. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 10 STAB WOUNDS LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. KNIFE LACERATION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

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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. 2010 6 12 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

XRAY, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 12 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD HOLE IN ANIMAL, ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FISHING LINE, ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

FISH HOOK IN UPPER CHEST. DISENTANGLED, RELEASED 

AT SITE NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 15 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

BULLET HOLE RIGHT SIDE OF NECK, FISH HOOK AND LINE 

IN MOUTH DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOKS ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 18

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI FISH HOOK IN LEFT FLANK, RELEASED AT SITE NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

LARGE SALMON FLASHER REPORTEDLY HANGING FROM 

MOUTH SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FISH HOOKS. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI FISH HOOKS IN FRONT AND REAR FLIPPERS. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 6 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK AND IN MOUTH. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 7 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 7 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY CLATSOP OR SI FISHING LURE ATTACHED TO HEAD, THROAT SI P5B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 7 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 7 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE GOING DOWN THROAT. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 7 16 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD EYE WITNESSES SAW BOAT HIT SEA LION DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 7 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT UPPER LIP INSIDE MOUTH AND 

LOWER LEFT LIP INSIDE MOUTH, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 7 21 BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 7 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

HOOK IN LEFT HIND FLIPPER, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 8 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

FISHING LINE & HOOKS: RIGHT LOWER LIP, ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 8 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. CAUSE OF DEATH = FISH HOOK 

PERFORATION OF ESOPHAGUS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 8 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

FISHING HOOK, LURE & LINE IN MOUTH. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 8 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 8 20 SHOOTING SONOMA CA DEAD BULLET/PELLET FOUND AT BASE OF SKULL DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 8 25 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 8 30 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 9 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 9 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

GUNSHOT/PELLET IN MUSCLE AROUND SPINE. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 15 HARASSMENT SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

APPROX. 8 INCH DART EMBEDDED IN FOREHEAD, NOT 

CAPTURED SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 15 SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 18

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 20 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET HOLE IN NECK DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 24

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

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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. 2010 9 26 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 9 29 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

BULLET FOUND IN MESENTERY; APPEARS TO BE A .22 

GAUGE, ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 1 STAB WOUNDS SAN DIEGO CA SI

WOUNDS FROM A FISHING GAFF INJURY. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 3 SHOOTING MARIN CA SI

FOREIGN OBJECT VENTRAL TO C4-C5 VERTEBRAE ON 

RADIOGRAPHS, NOT REMOVED. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 5 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 6 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

WIDE BLACK STIFF RUBBER BELT AROUND NECK. 

DISENTANGLED, ANIMAL RELEASED AT SITE NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 10 MARINE DEBRIS HUMBOLDT CA SI

PLASTIC BAND 21.5 IN LONG AND 1/8 IN WIDE AROUND 

NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 11

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 11

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 12 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR SI

SMALL BULLET HOLES (POSSIBLY FROM A .22 GUN) WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING ON RIGHT ABDOMEN; 

THORACIC AREA HEMORRHAGE. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 12 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD SMALL BULLET HOLES IN ABDOMEN DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 12 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET PRESENT AROUND NECK AND MISCELLANEOUS 

MONOFILAMENT PRESENT ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM, RELEASED AT SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 24

LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL BOTTOM 

TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 10 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD ENTERED SCREEN BAY THROUGH INTAKE TUNNEL DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 3 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 5 SHOOTING TILLAMOOK OR DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 6 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 11 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 16

LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA SI

HOOKED SEA LION BROUGHT UP CLOSE ENOUGH SO THE 

CAPTAIN COULD CUT THE GANGION AND RELEASE 

ANIMAL. ANIMAL STAYED AROUND THE BOAT FLOATING 

IN PLACE FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN DOVE DOWN UNDER 

WATER AGAIN. ONLY THE HOOK WAS LEFT IN THE SEA 

LIONS MOUTH. SI P5A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 19 SHOOTING ORANGE CA SI

LINEAR LACERATION, LIKELY GAFF; 2 0.22 CALIBER 

BULLETS FOUND IN TISSUE, ONE BRASS AND ONE LEAD. 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 21 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD

MULTIPLE PELLETS AND A LARGE CALIBER BULLET 

FRAGMENT WERE FOUND IN HEAD DURING NECROPSY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 23 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 24

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

SEVERE ENTANGLEMENT INJURY AROUND NECK; 

EVIDENCE OF OLD (HEALED) ENTANGLEMENT INJURY 

CAUSING SKULL DEFORMATION. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 25 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM, ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

FISHING HOOK IN LOWER RIGHT LIP. ANIMAL TAKEN TO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 11 26 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

PELLETS FROM BB GUN IN SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND 

SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF THE LEFT SHOULDER; 3 SMALL 

PATCHES OF OIL ON RIGHT ABDOMEN; ANIMAL OBSERVED 

IN VICINITY OF OIL / TAR. ANIMAL TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P9 NA 0 0

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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. 2010 11 27 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM, RELEASED AT SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 12 8 SHOOTING MARIN CA SI

GUNSHOT - HEAD, LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND MUZZLE. 

ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY CAPTIVITY P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 12 23 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

NYLON LINE EMBEDDED IN LIP; SOURCE 

(FISHERY/DEBRIS?) UNKNOWN SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2010 12 29

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 2 12

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

LIVE SEA LION CAUGHT IN CODEND AND DUMPED 

OVERBOARD, NO APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 2 24 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

CA SEA LION (ONE OF THREE ANIMALS) WAS TEARING AT 

THE NET TRYING TO PULL OUT GILLED FISH. THE SKIPPER 

SHOT A COUPLE OF WARNING ROUNDS NEAR THE SEA 

LIONS WITH A .22 RIFLE AND THEY LEFT. THEY RETURNED 

LATER WHILE WATCH WAS BEINGS SORTED AND SWAM 

ALONGSIDE THE BOAT. THIS IS STANDARD--THERE IS 

OFTEN A GROUP OF THEM FOLLOWING THE BOAT, 

FEEDING ON DISCARDS NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 2 24 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

CA SEA LION (ONE OF THREE ANIMALS) WAS TEARING AT 

THE NET TRYING TO PULL OUT GILLED FISH. THE SKIPPER 

SHOT A COUPLE OF WARNING ROUNDS NEAR THE SEA 

LIONS WITH A .22 RIFLE AND THEY LEFT. THEY RETURNED 

LATER WHILE WATCH WAS BEINGS SORTED AND SWAM 

ALONGSIDE THE BOAT. THIS IS STANDARD--THERE IS 

OFTEN A GROUP OF THEM FOLLOWING THE BOAT, 

FEEDING ON DISCARDS NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 2 24 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

CA SEA LION (ONE OF THREE ANIMALS) WAS TEARING AT 

THE NET TRYING TO PULL OUT GILLED FISH. THE SKIPPER 

SHOT A COUPLE OF WARNING ROUNDS NEAR THE SEA 

LIONS WITH A .22 RIFLE AND THEY LEFT. THEY RETURNED 

LATER WHILE WATCH WAS BEINGS SORTED AND SWAM 

ALONGSIDE THE BOAT. THIS IS STANDARD--THERE IS 

OFTEN A GROUP OF THEM FOLLOWING THE BOAT, 

FEEDING ON DISCARDS NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 2 24 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

PLASTIC BAND WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND NECK AND 

CUTTING DEEPLY INTO TISSUE; ANIMAL WENT BACK INTO 

WATER AFTER BEING APPROACHED CLOSELY BY PASSERSBY SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 2 25 SEAL BOMB LOS ANGELES CA SI

DISLOCATED LOWER JAW. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHABILITATION. FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 2 28 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK, CONSTRICTING. 

ANIMAL LETHARGIC, TRANSFERRED TO REHABILITATION. 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 8 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

SEA LION WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD ALIVE IN THE NET 

WHILE HAULING BACK. CREW DUMPED THE BAG AND GOT 

OUT OF THE WAY AND THE SEA LION EXITED DOWN THE 

STERN RAMP UNHARMED. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 12 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI YELLOW 'POLY' FISHING NET AROUND NECK SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 13 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND NECK SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI FISHING LINE AROUND NECK SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 21 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET EMBEDDED IN NECK, TRANSFERRED TO 

REHABILITATION CENTER. NO NOTES ON FINAL OUTCOME 

IN REHAB. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM (ONE OF TWO 

ANIMALS THAT DIED IN HAUL) DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM (ONE OF TWO 

ANIMALS THAT DIED IN HAUL) DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

LIVE CALIFORNIA SEA LION DUMPED FROM NET. SPRAYED 

IT WITH DECK HOSES IN ORDER TO GET IT TO SAFELY EXIT 

TRAWL ALLEY. SEA LION EXITED BOAT VIA TRAWL ALLEY 

RAMP UNHARMED. NSI P4 NA 0 0

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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. 2011 4 1

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

DECKHAND FIRED ONE SHOT FROM A RIFLE NEAR THE SEA 

LION TO DETER IT FROM PREYING ON HOOKED FISH. NSI NA NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN NOSTRIL. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHABILITATION FACILITY SI P5B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 10 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI ANIMAL RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER SYSTEM NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 11 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

ANIMAL BECAME TRAPPED AND WAS HAULED ON BOARD. 

THE SEA LION LEFT THE BOAT ON ITS OWN AFTER IT WAS 

RELEASED. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 12 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 15 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

CAUGHT IN NET, UPON RELEASE OF BAG, WENT STRAIGHT 

OVER STARBOARD RAIL. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI HUGE LURE IN MOUTH, BROKEN JAW. SI P5A, P10 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI THIN ANIMAL. FISHING LINE REMOVED FROM NECK SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 18 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN ANIMAL. FISH HOOKS EMBEDDED UNDER LEFT EYE, 

RIGHT LIP, LEFT AND RIGHT FLIPPERS; GUMBALL ABSCESS 

LOWER LEFT MUZZLE SI P5B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 20

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 21

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 21 CAR COLLISION MONTEREY CA DEAD HIT BY CAR DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 21 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SAN ONOFRE DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 24 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE CHANNEL DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 1 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD CARCASS IN COOLING WATER SYSTEM OF POWER PLANT DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA NSI LIVE ANIMAL RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER INTAKE NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 4 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

ENTANGLED IN GREEN GILL NET AROUND NECK; SEVERAL 

LACERATIONS THROUGH BLUBBER INTO MUSCLE LAYER. 

ANIMAL DIED DURING TRANSPORTATION TO REHAB. DEAD P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 6 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

ANIMAL BOARDED VESSEL. EARS, WHISKERS, DOG SNOUT, 

LARGE. ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNHARMED. NSI NA NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 8 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI PLASTIC PACKING BAND CUTTING INTO NECK SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 10

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 13

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM (ONE OF TWO 

ANIMALS THAT DIED IN HAUL) DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 13

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM (ONE OF TWO 

ANIMALS THAT DIED IN HAUL) DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 14 SHOOTING ALAMEDA CA SI

RADIOGRAPHS DURING POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION 

SHOWED ~30 PELLETS OF DIFFERENT SIZES IN THE HEAD. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER, 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, AND RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER, ANIMAL 

TRANSFERRED TO REHABILITATION, FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 18 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 29 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION. 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 31 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

ENTANGLED WITH FISHING NET ON FACE AND NECK, 

POSSIBLE CUT UNDER CHIN, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. RELEASED AT PT REYES NAT. SEASHORE 

ON 6/13/11. FOUND DEAD AT RODEO BEACH ON 7/6/11. DEAD P8A NA 1 1

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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. 2011 5 31 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 1 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE WA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 3 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 7 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI MALNUTRITION, GILLNET LACERATION AROUND NECK SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 10 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY COOS OR SI

ORANGE/SILVER FLASHER WITH 1.5 FEET OF LINE 

ATTACHED TO MOUTH SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 13 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 13 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI FISHING LURE IN BACK. ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 15 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

LETHARGIC, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, MILDLY 

CONGESTED, ABRASION ON CHIN, UNRESPONSIVE TO 

CARS, BAD LOCATION - TRAFFIC HAZARD. RADIOGRAPHS 

SHOWED BUCKSHOT FRAGMENTS IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER 

AND RIGHT REAR FLIPPER. SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 17 MARINE DEBRIS CLALLAM WA SI

SEA LION HAULED OUT WITH WHITE PLASTIC BAND OR 

FISHING LINE CUTTING INTO NECK. CUT WAS TOO DEEP TO 

DISCERN MATERIAL TYPE SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 17 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD HEAD BLOWN AWAY DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 20 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL, DARK GREEN NYLON NET 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK AND HEAD, ENTANGLEMENT 

WAS LOOSE AND NOT CUTTING INTO THE SKIN OF THE 

ANIMAL. ALERT, ACTIVE, OPTED TO DISENTANGLE AND 

RELEASE AT SITE. ANIMAL INSTANTLY RETURNED TO 

OCEAN. NSI NA NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 21 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUND 

INJURIES DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 27

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO 

REHABILITATION. FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 27 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD ANIMAL CAUGHT IN SCREEN BAY AT POWER PLANT DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 28 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN ANIMAL WITH OLD GILLNET SCAR AROUND NECK; 

LACERATION ALONG JAWLINE BELOW LEFT EYE; 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON LEFT CHIN. ANIMAL 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB, FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 28

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 29 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK. ANIMAL SENT 

TO REHAB, FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 6 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 8 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

PINK MONOFILAMENT ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

SKIN BROKEN, 1 IN DEEP; MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 9 MARINE DEBRIS CLALLAM WA DEAD

CAN OF SPRAY AEROSOL FOUND IN THROAT OF SEA LION, 

BASED ON DEPTH IN THROAT AND CONDITION OF CAN 

SUSPECT HUMAN INTERACTION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 14 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILL NET INJURY CIRCUMFERENTIAL 1-2 CM WIDE BY 1-2 

CM DEEP DORSALLY; ACTIVE ONLY TO TOUCH; THIN 

ANIMAL. TAKEN TO REHAB FACILITY, FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 17 SHOOTING GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD BULLET FRAGMENT FOUND ON RADIOGRAPH DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 20

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

ANIMAL RELEASED ALIVE FROM GILLNET, NO TRAILING 

GEAR NSI P7B NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 25 MARINE DEBRIS VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED FROM 'NETTING', TAKEN TO 

REHAB CENTER NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 28 TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) CLALLAM WA DEAD TRIBAL FISHERY DEAD NA NA NA 1

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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. 2011 8 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

LARGE SILVER SALMON FLASHER STUCK TO MOUTH; 

ANIMAL APPEARS SOMEWHAT THIN, FLOATING 

GENERALLY MOTIONLESS AT SURFACE SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 3 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

NECROPSY RESULTS FOUND MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS; 

REMOVED 2 BULLETS AND 1 PELLET. DEAD P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 8 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 9 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 16 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 16 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

ENTANGLED IN PINK MONOFILAMENT GILL NET AROUND 

NECK AND BODY. DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 16 SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

ON BEACH OVERNIGHT, GOOD BODY CONDITION, 

LETHARGIC. SMALL OOZING WOUND ON BACK. DIED IN 

REHAB. NECROPSY FINDINGS: TRAUMA. GUNSHOT. 

PNEUMONIA DEAD P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 17 MARINE DEBRIS COOS OR SI

APPEARS TO HAVE SEVERAL WRAPS OF LIGHT COLORED 

MATERIAL AROUND NECK, CUTTING INTO FLESH, DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT; REPORTED AS "TUNA CABLE", REPORTED 

AGAIN ON 8/20, SWIMMING UNDER DOCK SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 17 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

TEMPERATURE 99.0 F; FISH HOOK IN LEFT CHEEK; 

MULTIPLE PUNCTURE WOUNDS CONSISTENT WITH 

GUNSHOT; FIRM NODULE LEFT LATERAL/VENTRAL NECK. 

NO DETAILS GIVEN AS TO FINAL OUTCOME. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 22

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 27 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 1 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

GUNSHOT RIGHT SHOULDER; RESPIRATION LABORED AND 

INCREASED; ABDOMEN DISTENDED; NOT USING REAR 

FLIPPERS. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 4 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

LETHARGIC, PUNCTURE NEAR SPINE, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. GUNSHOT ON DORSAL SIDE OF ANIMAL, 

BULLET FRAGMENTS WERE COLLECTED. ANIMAL WAS 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 6 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

ONE INDIVIDUAL ENTANGLED IN GEAR AND RELEASED 

ALIVE. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 9 MARINE DEBRIS DOUGLAS OR SI

INFECTED WOUND CAUSED BY IMBEDDED BAND AROUND 

LOWER PORTION ON NECK, LARGE FLAP OF FLESH 

HANGING FREE UNDER THE NECK (~1 FOOT LONG), IT 

APPEARS TO BE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME LIFTING IT'S 

HEAD AND WALKING BUT IS VERY ACTIVE; WAS GONE 

NEXT DAY SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 9 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

A MALE CALIFORNIA SEA LION WAS ACCIDENTALLY 

CAPTURED AND DROWNED IN A SURFACE TRAWL FOR 

JUVENILE SALMON AS PART OF JUVENILE SALMON OCEAN 

SURVEY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 11 GILLNET FISHERY SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND NECK, 

BLEEDING, EMACIATED SI

P1 AND 

P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

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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. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOLANO CA NSI

SEA LION WAS ENTANGLED AT THE SURFACE OF A 

RESEARCH NET, TAKING CHINOOK SALMON FROM THE 

NET. AFTER BEING RELEASED, THE SEA LION WAS 

OBSERVED SWIMMING AROUND THE BOAT AND 

APPEARED UNHARMED NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 15 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOLANO CA NSI

A SEA LION BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE NET DURING A 

STURGEON TAGGING PROJECT. SEA LION WAS RELEASED 

FROM THE NET WHEN BROUGHT TO THE STERN OF THE 

BOAT WITHOUT HAVING TO CUT THE NET, THE NET WAS 

ONLY WRAPPED ONCE AROUND THE SEA LION. THE SEA 

LION IMMEDIATELY SWAM AWAY AND APPEARED TO BE 

IN GOOD CONDITION. THE SEA LION WAS OBSERVED 

TAKING CHINOOK SALMON FROM THE NET. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 15 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOLANO CA NSI

SEA LION BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE NET AND WAS 

DISENTANGLED AFTER 5 MINUTES. HE WAS REMOVED 

FAIRLY EASILY WITHOUT HAVING TO CUT THE NET. THE 

SEA LION APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND 

IMMEDIATELY SWAM AWAY AFTER BEING RELEASED. THE 

SEA LION WAS OBSERVED TAKING CHINOOK SALMON 

FROM THE NET. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 15 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

BOTH EYES MISSING, THIN. METAL FRAGMENTS IN EYE 

SOCKET SUGGEST GUNSHOT TRAUMA. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 17 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 18 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

LETHARGIC, WEAK, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. 

RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED BULLET FRAGMENT IN DORSAL 

ASPECT OF LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, REMOVED DURING POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 20 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOLANO CA DEAD DROWNED IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH NET DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 21 MARINE DEBRIS SONOMA CA SI

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, SUSPECTED FORMER 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK; EUTHANIZED IN REHAB, 

LEPTOSPIROSIS, CHRONIC DOMOIC ACID DEAD P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 25 CAR COLLISION MONTEREY CA SI

HIT BY A CAR AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAD TRAUMA, JAW 

INJURY, BLEEDING FROM MOUTH AND GURGLING. 

EUTHANIZED. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 25 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

VERY THIN; WARM TO TOUCH; NOT MOVING FROM HIP 

REGION DOWN; BLEEDING FROM LEFT EAR; RIGHT EAR 

RED; MINOR ABRASIONS ON REAR FLIPPERS. NECROPSIED. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 28 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR DEAD

A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL ROPE-LIKE MARKS ON 

FOREFLIPPER AND VENTRAL ABDOMEN. ANIMAL WAS 

EMACIATED; MUSCLE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 28 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

APPEARS TO BE BLIND IN RIGHT EYE; 4 SHOTS BETWEEN 

EYES, ONE CLOSE TO RIGHT EYE, TWO OVER NOSE, SCRAPE 

ON UNDERSIDE OF RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER TIP; RAW EDGE 

ON RIGHT REAR FLIPPER DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 1 SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI

BULLET BEHIND LEFT EYE, UNALIGNED JAW, AND GOOD 

BODY CONDITION DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 4 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

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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. 2011 10 4 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

LETHARGIC, GOOD BODY CONDITION, MULTIPLE SMALL 

ROUND WOUNDS ON FACE. RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED 

GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD, PELLET REMOVED FROM RIGHT 

SIDE OF FACE. TEMPORARILY HOUSED 11/3-23/11 AT LML 

FOR COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT. RADIOGRAPHS & MRI 

SHOWED GAS BUBBLES IN CEREBELLUM & CEREBRUM. SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 7 CAR COLLISION MONTEREY CA DEAD

MIDDLE OF ROAD, HIT BY CAR, DEAD WHEN RESCUE TEAM 

ARRIVED DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 7 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

EMACIATED; SEVERE CUT UNDER JAW FROM GILL NET; 

LEFT EYE INJURED; BREATHING THROUGH LACERATION SI P1 NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 13 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ACTIVE SUB-ADULT WITH FISHING NET DEEPLY CUTTING 

INTO NECK SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 14 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD VERTEBRA DISLOCATED WITH ASSOCIATED NECROSIS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 17 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 23

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 23

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 23

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 29 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 31 SHOOTING SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

SEIZURES, GOOD BODY WEIGHT, GUNSHOT TO SPINE, 

EUTHANIZED. NECROPSY PERFORMED. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 8

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LOOSE FISHING LINE ENTANGLEMENT AROUND THE NECK 

NOT CUTTING INTO SKIN, LETHARGIC, COUGHING, MILDLY 

UNDERWEIGHT SI P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 14 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

FEMALE WAS ENTANGLED IN NET WHEN IT CAME 

ABOARD. ONCE SHE WAS FREE SHE JUMPED RIGHT BACK 

INTO THE OCEAN ON STARBOARD SIDE. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 15 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 15 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR DEAD ROPE LIKE MARKS ON LEFT VENTRAL PELVIC REGION DEAD NA NA 0 1

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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. 2011 11 17 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA SI

ANIMAL THIN BUT ALERT WHEN FIRST OBSERVED ABSCESS 

ON DORSAL HINDQUARTERS (NEAR BULLET HOLE); EDEMA 

IN ABDOMINAL WALL; SCROTUM AND VENTRAL HIND 

LIMB AREA SWOLLEN; TUMORS BETWEEN KIDNEYS; LEFT 

KIDNEY HIGHLY COMPROMISED; PANCREAS-ASSOC. 

TUMORS ALSO PRESENT; LUNGS ABNORMAL DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 19 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 5 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA DEAD

OLD ENTANGLEMENT SCAR AROUND NECK. PINK SCAR ON 

FLIPPER. ANIMAL LEFT ON BEACH, FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 17

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 18 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 18 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET FOUND IN SKULL DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 19 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 19 VESSEL STRIKE PACIFIC WA DEAD PROPELLER MARKS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 30

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 3 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTRAINMENT DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 5 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK. TRANSFERRED 

TO REHAB FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. ROTOTAG 

NUMBER 17883 NSI NA NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 9 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 9 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 9 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR SI

SHOTGUN PELLET FOUND AT RIGHT VENTRAL MANDIBLE, 

METAL SHARD FOUND AT LEFT LOWER EYELID; THREE 

LARGE TUMORS LOCATED BETWEEN KIDNEYS, DIED ON 

1/11/2012. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 9 SHOOTING GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

GUNSHOT TRACKING THROUGH RIGHT SIDE ORF HEAD, 

HYOID, BROKEN BONE, PERFORATED ESOPHAGUS, AND 

SHARDS OF BULLET FOUND BEHIND RIGHT EAR. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 12

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 13

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 13 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

BULLETS #1 AND #2, BOTH TRACKING IN FROM RIGHT SIDE 

OF THE HEAD AND INTO THE SKULL. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 15 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

EUTHANIZED IN REHABILITATION FACILITY. NECROPSY 

PERFORMED DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 18

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 18

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

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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. 2012 1 19

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 19

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 23 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD

TRACKING WOUND ENTERING INTO THORACIC CAVITY 

AND INTO LUNGS, FOUND BULLET IN LEFT LOBE OF 

LUNGS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN; FISHING LINE AND HOOKS IN MOUTH; FISHING LINE 

UNDER RIGHT REAR FLIPPER; MUCOUS MEMBRANES 

WHITE. TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. 

TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG 26132. NSI P5A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 28 SHOOTING THURSTON WA DEAD

RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED TWO BULLETS IN SKULL, BOTH 

FOUND UPON INTERNAL EXAMINATION OF SKULLL. TWO 

TRACKING GUNSHOT WOUNDS FROM DORSAL SIDE OF 

HEAD AND NECK. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

REPEATEDLY CLIMBED ABOARD VESSEL. SMALL JUVENILE 

SEA LION. CREW THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SICK SO THEY 

BROUGHT IT BACK TO HARBOR. ANIMAL WAS 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY. NSI NA NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 2

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 4 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

SMALL BULLET HOLE AT RIGHT ANTERIOR FLIPPER; HEAD 

GONE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 5 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION. ANIMAL ENTERED 

THROUGH INTAKE TUNNEL DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 5 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION. ANIMAL ENTERED 

THROUGH INTAKE TUNNEL DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 10

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 10

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 11 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

XRAY SHOWED ONE 22-CALIBER BULLET FROM RIFLE. 

REMOVED FROM LEFT FRONT SHOULDER BLADE.; THIN, 

INJURED LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. 6 IN LONG X 3 IN WIDE 

WOUND. GUNSHOT WOUND FOUND IN XRAY. TAGGED 

WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #20373 PRIOR TO RELEASE 

FROM REHAB FACILITY NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN; FISH HOOKS - ONE LEFT SHOULDER, TWO IN 

MOUTH; WOUND LOWER ABDOMEN; WOUND CENTER OF 

SHOULDERS; MUCOUS MEMBRANES PALE AND WHITE. 

TAGGED AND RELEASED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #26148 

FOLLOWING TREATMENT AT REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 15 GILLNET FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

LINEAR CREASE MARKS OVER VENTRAL PELVIC REGION, 

GASH IN RIGHT AXILLARY, SUGGESTIVE OF FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 15 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHABILITATION FACILITY. XRAY 

SHOWED FIVE BUCKSHOTS FROM SHOTGUN. BULLETS 

GRAZED EYE AND FOUND INSIDE HEAD CAVITY. ONE 

REMOVED DURING NECROPSY.; GOOD WEIGHT. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 20 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

TEMPERATURE 102.1 F; FIRM NODULES ON CAUDAL 

ABDOMEN; SKIN LESIONS; BUMPS AND HOLE CONSISTENT 

WITH PELLET/GUNSHOT; BLIND RIGHT EYE; CONGESTED. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY, TAGGED 

WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #26149 NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 26 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EXAM OF SKULL, ONE BULLET 

FOUND, ENTERING LEFT ABOVE AND SLIGHTLY ANTERIOR 

TO LEFT EAR PINNAE. BULLET TRACKS THROUGH SKULL 

AND BRAIN CAVITY DEAD NA NA 0 1

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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. 2012 2 29 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB FACILITY AND DIED. THIN; 

DEEP WOUND CIRCUMFERENTIAL WITH BLEEDING 

CAUSED BY FISHING LINE; RUSTY FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER; COUGHING; SEVERE RESPIRATORY 

DISTRESS; CAUSE OF DEATH HUMAN INTERACTION, 

FISHING LINE ENTANGLEMENT, HOOK. DEAD P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 1 SHOOTING KING WA DEAD

EXTERNAL AND LIMITED INTERNAL EXAM FOUND BULLET 

FRAGMENT LODGE IN LOWER JAW, ENTRY WOUND JUST 

IN FRONT OF RIGHT EAR. STOMACH HAD PARTIALLY 

DIGESTED FISH. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 2 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

TRACKING WOUND BEHIND THE EAR FOUND BULLET JUST 

OUTSIDE THE RIGHT SIDE BACK OF SKULL. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 8

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING CABLE AND HOOK IN MOUTH. REMOVED BY 

TEAM AND RELEASED AT SITE. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 9 MARINE DEBRIS SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

YELLOW PACKING STRAP EMBEDDED IN NECK, GOOD 

BODY CONDITION, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED. FIRST OBSERVED ENTANGLED IN JULY 

2011. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 12

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 12 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET FRAGMENT AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ORANGE 

ROTOTAG #26259. NSI P7B NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 13 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN; MULTIPLE PUNCTURES-LEFT FLIPPER/SHOULDERCHARACTERISTIC OF PELLETS/BULLETS INTRUSION; LEFT 

REAR FLIPPER CUTS DORSALLY AND VENTRALLY; MUCOUS 

MEMBRANES PALE. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED. ORANGE ROTOTAG #26151 APPLIED. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 15 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET FRAGMENT AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG 

# 17890 NSI P7B NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM, RELEASED ALIVE TO BEACH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 24 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

SEA LION CAUGHT IN CODEND. CREW PULLED ZIPPER AND 

ANIMAL JUMPED OUT ON DECK AND THEN CLIMBED OVER 

PORT RAIL BACK INTO WATER. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 24 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM, RELEASED ALIVE TO BEACH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 25 HARASSMENT DEL NORTE CA NSI

ANIMAL PREVIOUSLY TAGGED (ORANGE ROTOTAG 27261 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER), RESTRANDED AND WAS BEING FED 

BY PUBLIC. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY 

FACILITY. CAPTIVITY P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN, DEHYDRATED. FIVE FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM 

STOMACH AREA. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #20386. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 1 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI

PACKING STRAP AND FISH LINE CIRCUMFERENTIAL 

WOUND AROUND NECK - 3 CM DEEPLY EMBEDDED. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. 

TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #26279. NSI P8A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 2 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND HEAD NEAR EARS. NO DETAILS 

ON TYPE OF MATERIAL. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P8A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 4 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

CAUGHT IN CODEND - PROBABLY CAUGHT DURING 

HAULBACK; VERY LIVELY - GOT ITSELF FREE OF THE NET 

VERY QUICKLY, AND EXITED STERN NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 7 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET ENTRANCE/EXIT HOLES IN HEAD. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 9 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 12 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 12 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN, DEHYDRATED. SWOLLEN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. RIFLE 

BULLET IN RIGHT HIP JOINT. FOUND DURING XRAY. 

EXTRACTED BULLET. FISH HOOK IN CHEST. ANIMAL 

RELEASED AND TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #20423. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 15 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. RELEASED TO BEACH WITHOUT INJURIES. 

PHOTOS TAKEN. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 19 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 20 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

PREGNANT; PRESUMPTIVE DOMOIC ACID TOXICOSIS. 

EXTREMELY LETHARGIC. ON MAY 4, 2012 XRAY SHOWED 

PELLETS FROM SHOTGUN IN CHEST AREA. TREATED IN 

REHAB, TAGGED AND RELEASED WITH ROTOTAG #20410. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 25 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 NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 25 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET COLLECTED FROM STOMACH DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 29 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 30 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 4 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD SHOT IN HEAD (BULLET COLLECTED). DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 4 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

BULLET LODGED IN LEFT PARIETAL; SKULL COMPLETELY 

EXPOSED; MANDIBLES GONE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 5 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ANIMAL ENTERED SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION 

THROUGH INTAKE TUNNEL DEAD NA NA 0 1

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Assessment Comments

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Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

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Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

XRAY SHOWED THAT ANIMAL SWALLOWED LARGE 

FISHING HOOK. THIN, DEHYDRATED. XRAY SHOWED 

INTERNAL DAMAGE. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY COLUMBIA OR SI

FISHING LURE HOOKED IN MOUTH, FINAL DISPOSITION 

UNKNOWN. SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 7 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

MARINE DEBRIS; PACKING BAND, HAS TIGHT LIGATURE 

AROUND NECK FROM APPARENT PLASTIC PACKING BAND; 

ANIMAL IS QUITE ROBUST, APPEARS TO BE CHRONIC 

INJURY. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 10 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE EMBEDDED AROUND NECK. THIN, 

DEHYDRATED. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB AND DIED. 

EMBEDDED FISHING LINE WITH BACTERIAL MYOSITIS. DEAD P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT FLIPPER WITH ASSOCIATED ABSCESS, 

ANIMAL DEHYDRATED. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ORANGE 

ROTOTAG LEFT FRONT FLIPPER # 22313. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. RELEASED TO BEACH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 14 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

CAUGHT IN NET ON HAULBACK - NOT HARMED, EXITED 

STERN NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 15 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

CAUGHT DURING HAULBACK - WAS VERY CONFUSED BUT 

OTHERWISE UNHARMED; EXITED OVER PORT RAIL NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS FOUND IN XRAY. 2 INTERNAL AND 

1 ON SIDE. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #20430. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 16 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 16 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 20 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

WAS BROUGHT ABOARD VESSEL IN CODEND, RELEASED 

ON DECK, AND QUICKLY ESCAPED OVERBOARD. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 21 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

SALMON LURE HOOKED IN MOUTH, ANIMAL BARELY 

BREATHING. ANIMAL DIED DURING TRANSPORT TO REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 30 SHOOTING CLALLAM WA DEAD

BULLET HOLE AND TRACKING WOUND ADJACENT TO 

RIGHT EYE, BLOOD COMING OUT OF WOUND. DID NOT 

PERFORM COMPLETE NECROPSY. ANIMAL VERY HEALTHY 

BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 1 MARINE DEBRIS COOS OR SI

MARINE DEBRIS, LINE OR ROPE AROUND NECK/BODY; 

CUTTING IN A BIT, SOME SCARRING; LOOKS LIKE NATURAL 

FIBER, BRAIDED ROPE. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 1 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; CLEARLY 

SHOT IN NECK THREE TIMES, WITH ONE BULLET TRACK 

GOING THROUGH PERICARDIUM; EYES BLOOD-FILLED; 

HEMORRHAGE ON HEAD, BODY, AND SOME ORGANS; 

BLOODY FLUID IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 3 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; OBVIOUS 

BULLET HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE 

THROUGH BODY AND VARIOUS ORGANS; SUBSTANTIAL 

BLOOD IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; SOME 

INTESTINES IN THORACIC CAVITY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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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. 2012 6 4 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA NSI

SHALLOW CIRCUMFERENTIAL PACKING STRAP INJURY 

AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #26257. NSI P8A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 5 MARINE DEBRIS COOS OR SI

MARINE DEBRIS, WIRE OR OTHER MATERIAL WRAPPED 

TIGHTLY AROUND NECK. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 7 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK, ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED WITH ROTOTAG 

#17918. NSI P8A NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 10 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; CLEAR BULLET 

HOLES AND TRACKS WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING 

IN NECK AND BODY; SOME FISH BONES AND A 

SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF BLOOD ENCOUNTERED IN 

ESOPHAGUS DURING HEAD REMOVAL. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 24 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA NSI

CA SEA LION HOOKED IN THE LIP DURING SHARK 

LONGLINE SURVEY AND BROUGHT TO THE VESSEL. 

BECAUSE IT WAS VERY ACTIVE, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE 

CREW AND SCIENTISTS, THE ANIMAL WAS NOT RAISED 

OUT OF THE WATER ON THE SHARK CRADLE TO REMOVE 

THE HOOK. RATHER A LONG HANDLED CUTTER WAS USED 

TO CUT THE LEADER AS CLOSE TO THE ANIMAL AS 

POSSIBLE, WITHIN LESS THAN ONE FOOT FROM THE 

HOOK. THE SEA LION SWAM AWAY VIGOROUSLY. THE 

HOOKS USED ARE NOT STAINLESS AND THE EYE WILL 

LIKELY RUST OUT WITHIN DAYS DROPPING THE LEADER IF 

THE HOOK DOES NOT FALL OUT FIRST. NSI P5B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 28 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT CUT INTO NECK OF EMACIATED ANIMAL. 

TAKEN TO REHAB FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P8A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 30

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

SIGNS OF HUMAN INTERACTION: SKULL CUT OFF OF 

CARCASS. ANIMAL APPEARED IN EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION (BASED ON EXTERNAL EXAM - VERY FAT, LOTS 

OF BLUBBER, FAT LEACHING FROM CARCASS). DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

EMACIATED ANIMAL; FIRM OBSTRUCTION AROUND 

LARYNX; RAPID RESPIRATION; PULMONARY PARASITISM; 

FISH HOOK IN STOMACH; PELLET IN NECK; AZOTEMIA, 

CLINICAL FINDING (POSSIBLE LEPTOSPIROSIS); CAUSE OF 

DEATH = ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE WITH ABSCESS. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB. DEAD P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 5 MARINE DEBRIS COOS OR SI

MARINE DEBRIS, LARGE BAND OF PLASTIC AROUND NECK. 

NO FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOKS IN FRONT FLIPPER, UNDERWEIGHT, 

DEHYDRATED, CAUSE OF DEATH= STARVATION; SEVERE 

PARASITIC INFESTATION. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB CENTER. DEAD P5C NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 20 SHOOTING CURRY OR DEAD

PHOTOGRAPHED AND ASSESSED BY VOLUNTEER: 

MULTIPLE SMALL HOLES (10 AT LEAST) TO THE FRONT 

RIGHT SIDE OF BODY. LOOKED HEALTHY WITH A GOOD 

FAT LAYER. APPEARS TO HAVE MULTIPLE PUNCTURE 

WOUNDS WITH EMBEDDED SHOTGUN FRAGMENTS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 21 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

CHRONIC CIRCUMFERENTIAL GILL NET INJURY WITH 

MYOSITIS AND SCAR FORMATION. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 22 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET, INTERNAL BLEEDING. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB. DEAD P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 23 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

2-3 CM VENTRALLY X 2-3 CM DEEP GILL NET LACERATION 

AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB, ORANGE ROTOTAG #26272. NSI P8A NA 1 0

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Assessment Comments

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Assessment

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Injury 

Criteria 

Code

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Injury 

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Count 

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LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 25 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 29 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 29 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND FACE AND NECK, PINK GUMS. 

1.5 INCHES CUT ON BACK OF NECK, MILDLY 

UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. NSI P8A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 31 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

HOOKS IN MOUTH AND FLIPPERS. ANIMAL TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY WITH ROTOTAG #17927 NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 31 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR NSI

HEALING PROPELLER WOUND ON DORSAL MID-BACK. 

ROBUST ANIMAL VERY ACTIVE AND ALERT IN SURF, 

DEPARTED BEACH SAME DAY. NSI P15 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 8 3 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILL NET ENTANGLEMENT VENTRALLY 1 CM DEEP AND 2 

CM WIDE AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB, TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG #26278. NSI P8A NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 8 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS: PULMONARY PARASITISM; 

GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITISM; CHRONIC FISHING LINE 

ENTANGLEMENT WITH LACERATION. ANIMAL DIED 

DURING TRANSPORT. DEAD P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 8 27

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

LIVE ANIMAL PULLED UP WITH CATCH IN THE NET. 

ANIMAL DEPARTED VESSEL ON ITS OWN, NO TRAILING 

GEAR. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 8 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, NO CAPTIVE FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 2 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

EMACIATED, RIGHT EYE INJURY, BAD LOCATION - TRAFFIC 

HAZARD. WE RECOVERED A VERY SMALL FRAGMENT OF 

SHOT WHEN WE EXTRACTED THE CANINE ROOTS AT 

SURGERY; SEE DISPOSITION & COLLECTED REPORTS. 

RELEASED FROM REHABILITATION FACILITY. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 2 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLE 

ON LEFT ABDOMINAL LATERAL SIDE AND A LARGER HOLE 

IN LEFT VENTRAL THORAX, WITH HEMORRHAGE 

THROUGHOUT MUCH OF ANIMAL. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 3 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

TEMPERATURE 103 F; INCREASED RESPIRATION; MUCOUS 

MEMBRANES PALE; SINGLE KNOTTED FISH LINE (COULD BE 

GILL NET) AROUND NECK 2 CM WIDE AND 0.5 CM DEEP. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P8A NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 4 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL HAD GOOD BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLES IN 

BODY AND ONE THROUGH LIVER WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; NECK SWOLLEN AND HEMORRHAGED; 

VENTRAL MANDIBLE AND AROUND TRACHEA 

BRUISED/HEMORRHAGED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 9 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

LETHARGIC, EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY, BULLETS 

REMOVED FROM BACK AND NECK ON POST-MORTEM. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 9 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD

SEVERAL GASH MARKS/INDENTATIONS ON BODY AND 

FLIPPERS; THREE BROKEN RIBS ASSOC. W/RUBBED HOLE IN 

LEFT DIAPHRAGM; MUCH PUS-LIKE BLOOD IN THORACIC 

CAVITY; FOAM AND MUCUS/INFECTION IN LEFT LUNG; 

STOMACH DETACHED FROM SMALL INTESTINES DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 10 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

RESTRAND; ORANGE ROTOTAG RFF #19981; OLD GILL NET 

SCAR AROUND NECK; NOTCH ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 

HIGH WHITE CELL COUNT. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB WITH NEW TAG #26283 (OLD TAG BARELY 

READABLE). SI P1 NA 1 1

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Assessment Comments

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Assessment

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Injury 

Criteria 

Code

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Injury 

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Value

Count 

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LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 11 SHOOTING KITSAP WA DEAD

SHOT PELLETS WOUNDS IN HEAD AND NECK IN ADDITION 

TO PENETRATING WOUND TO ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND 

INTESTINES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF ASSOCIATED 

ABDOMINAL CAVITY FLUID. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

TREBLE HOOK ON LEFT FOREFLIPPER. TAKEN TO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED WITH ROTOTAG #17938. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL FOUND IN POWER PLANT INTAKE SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 20 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN, LETHARGIC. IN SAME AREA FOR THREE DAYS. 

BUCKSHOT GUNSHOT WOUND FOUND DURING 

NECROPSY. EUTHANIZED IN REHABILITATION FACILITY. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 20 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

BULLET HOLES, TRACKS, AND ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE 

IN NECK AND BODY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 24

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD

ANIMAL FOUND WITH ROPE TIED AROUND BODY BELOW 

PECTORAL FLIPPERS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 29 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS RESULTING IN PARALYSIS. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 1 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA DEAD

7CM ORANGE ACOUSTIC TAG WRAPPED IN GAUZE BY A 

RUBBER BAND AND A 2 CM WIRE WAS RECOVERED FROM 

ITS STOMACH. THE ACOUSTIC TAG WAS FROM THE 

STOMACH OF A CHINOOK SALMON TAGGED AT THE 

BALLARD LOCKS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 2 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

CAUGHT IN NET AND DUMPED OUT ALONG WITH CATCH 

ON DECK. IT THEN WENT INTO THE STARBOARD LIVE TANK 

FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND GOT OUT AND ESCAPED 

DOWN THE STERN RAMP UNHARMED. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 4

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 4 MARINE DEBRIS SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

EMBEDDED ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, MILDLY 

UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY 

AND RELEASED. NSI P8A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 5 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 5 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

ADULT MALE WITH LARGE WOUND ON RIGHT SIDE OF 

FACE. MISSING RIGHT EYE. OTHERWISE GOOD BODY 

CONDITION. XRAY SHOWED BUCKSHOT ON SIDE OF FACE 

AND CHEST. ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED WITH 

ORANGE ROTOTAG #20446. DESIGNATED SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE MISSING EYE MAY INTERFERE WITH ABILITY TO 

FORAGE. SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 10

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 13

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 13 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

GILL NET EMBEDDED AROUND NECK, REMOVED ON 

PLATFORM AND RELEASED. NSI P8A NA 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 19

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 21 SHOOTING/GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILL NET AT BASE OF NECK. CAUSE OF DEATH = GILLNET 

INJURY; GUNSHOT; UROABDOMEN, RUPTURED BLADDER, 

CYSTITIS; PARAPHIMOSIS. DEAD P9 NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 31 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

SEA LION CAUGHT IN CODEND, NET DUMPED ON DECK 

WITH FISH. SEA LION ESCAPED OVER VESSEL SIDE WITH 

NO APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 3

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 4

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 4 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

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Assessment Comments

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Assessment

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Injury 

Criteria 

Code

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Injury 

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Count 

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LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

ABSCESS ON BACK, EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY, TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG 

#22388. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 18 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI

TEMPERATURE 100.8 F; ABRASIONS RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 

BILATERAL ABRASIONS AROUND EYES AND NOSE; 

ABDOMEN DISTENDED; PLASTIC TIE AROUND NECK MILD 

SKIN INDENTATION. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY, TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG 

#26306. NSI P8A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 20 SHOOTING ORANGE CA SI

CIRCULAR WOUND ON LEFT THORAX, CONSISTENT WITH 

OTHER KNOWN BULLET ENTRY WOUNDS. ANIMAL 

HYPOTHERMIC, OPEN-MOUTH BREATHING. EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 26 SHOOTING LANE OR DEAD

TWO SMALL PUNCTURE WOUNDS AT LOWER LEFT 

ABDOMEN - APPEAR TO BE BULLET WOUNDS DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 12 11

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 12 13 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL WASHED BACK OUT TO SEA PRIOR TO NECROPSY; 

WASHED ASHORE AGAIN AT 1ST AVENUE IN SEASIDE, OR 

ON 1/2/13; CLEAR BULLET HOLES IN RIGHT ABDOMEN 

W/ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE; INTESTINES VERY TWISTED; 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 12 27 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL HAD GOOD TO EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; 

SUBSTANTIAL PROPELLER CUT MARKS ALONG LEFT 

LATERAL SIDE OF BODY WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING, BEGINNING AT LEFT SCAPULA; A LOT OF 

BLOOD IN THORACIC CAVITY AND PERICARDIUM DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 2 MARINE DEBRIS

TIP OF WEST 

JETTY CA SI

PLASTIC BAG AROUND NECK, WAS OFF WHEN WE 

ARRIVED ON SCENE. MALNUTRITION, HYPOGLYCEMIC. SI P8A, P7B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 3 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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

CLEARLY SHOT ANTERIORLY AND EXITED AT PELVIC AREA 

SHATTERING LEFT PELVIC BONE; INTESTINES TWISTED; 

LEFT KIDNEY LARGE A LITTLE SWOLLEN AND HAD CLEAR 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS; VARIOUS TISSUES/ORGANS 

HEMORRHAGED; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL 

CAVITIES. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 1 19 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

SEA LION BECAME ENTANGLED IN CODEND AND NET WAS 

EMPTIED ON DECK. SEA LION WAS COAXED OFF OF VESSEL 

WITH HOSES, EXITED WITH NO APPARENT INJURY. NSI P4 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 15 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

SEA LION FEEDING ON CATCH HAULED ON BOARD WITH 

NET. ANIMAL JUMPED OVERBOARD AFTER NET WAS 

OPENED ON DECK, NO APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 NA 0 0

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Assessment Comments

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Assessment

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Injury 

Criteria 

Code

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Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 16 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

SEA LION FEEDING ON CATCH HAULED ON BOARD WITH 

NET. ANIMAL EXITED VIA TRAWL RAMP AFTER NET WAS 

OPENED ON DECK, NO APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

BOATING 

LOADING DOCK CA NSI

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, HYPERTHERMIC, SEIZURING, 

FISH HOOK LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, SMALL WOUND ON CHIN 

AND NOSE NSI P5D NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 20 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES WA DEAD

THREE BULLETS RECOVERED FROM HEADLESS, 

DECOMPOSED ANIMAL. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 23 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

SEVERE WOUND AROUND NECK FROM GILL NET, 

OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION. CONSTRICTING INJURY 

WITHOUT INTERVENTION. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 23 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI WHITE FISHING LINE EMBEDDED AROUND NECK. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 27 CAR COLLISION LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

RECEIVED CALL FROM CIMWI VOLUNTEER WHO WORKS 

FOR CALTRANS. FOUND CSL APPARENTLY HIT BY VEHICLE 

ON PCH. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHERMAN ACCIDENTALLY HOOKED PUP ON FISHING 

LINE, FISHING HOOK AND LINE IN MOUTH. ANIMAL TAKEN 

TO VETERINARIAN FOR TREATMENT. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 53RD STREET CA NSI

MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION FISHING LINE LOOSE 

AROUND NECK. NOT CLEAR IF ANIMAL CONDITION IS 

RELATED TO FISHING LINE. NSI P8B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 2 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR SI

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. DEAD P15 NA 0 1

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

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 12 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA DEAD

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 NATURAL CAUSES). DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE IN LEFT EYE BUT CAME OUT IN THE NETTING 

AS HE WAS COLLECTED. EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED PUP. 

NO DETAILS GIVEN ON FINAL OUTCOME. SI P7B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 13

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 1 1

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 16 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA DEAD INGESTED GARBAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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

PLASTIC BAG AROUND ANIMALS NECK, SMALL WOUNDS 

ON FLIPPERS. SI P8A NA 0 1

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

SOMETHING TIGHTLY WRAPPED AROUND NECK, PLASTIC 

PACKING BAND? SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 17 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES WA DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET/SHOTGUN PELLET 

HOLES THROUGH SKULL WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA NSI

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. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 19 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION AND BLUBBER 

LAYER; ANIMAL SHOT IN DORSAL BACK WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; LEFT KIDNEY TREMENDOUSLY 

HEMORRHAGED MEDIALLY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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Assessment Comments

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Assessment

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Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

MALNUTRITION; FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND TAG, 

NO SIGN OF BODY ENTANGLEMENT. NSI P8B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

MALNUTRITION; SWOLLEN JAW; FISH HOOKS DEEPLY 

EMBEDDED IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER AND LEFT SIDE OF 

MOUTH. SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 21 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES WA SI THIN ANIMAL; SHOTGUN PELLETS FOUND IN HEAD. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 21 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

SEVERAL 0.5 CM-DIAMETER HOLES IN NECK AND BODY 

WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT ANIMAL; MUZZLE 

APPEARED SWOLLEN. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 23 DOG ATTACK ORANGE CA SI

SEA LION WAS ATTACKED BY A DOG ON THE BEACH AND 

SUSTAINED FATAL INJURY. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 25 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL WAS THIN; BULLET/SHOTGUN PELLET 

FRAGMENTS IN JAW MUSCLE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 26

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

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. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 26 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA SI

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL CUT LOOSE FROM POSSIBLE 

FISHING LINE. SI P7B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOK IN LIP. SI P1, P5B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH AND TAR ON BODY. THIN, 

DEHYDRATED. SI P1, P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY NA CA NSI

FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM LEFT REAR FLIPPER AND 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 4 DOG ATTACK SAN DIEGO CA SI

DOG BITE. LIFE GUARDS REPORTED SEEING THE ANIMAL 

BEING BITTEN BY A DOG. LOW GLUCOSE, WOUND FRONT 

RIGHT FLIPPER, TAR ON FACE. SI NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 5 GILLNET FISHERY NA CA SI

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 P1, P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 5 HARASSMENT ORANGE CA NSI

MALNOURISHED 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. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY NA CA SI

MALNUTRITION; FISH HOOK FELL OUT IN TRANSIT BUT 

STILL A HOLE IN LIP ON RIGHT SIDE. SI P1, P5C NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

THIN PUP. HOOK IN FRONT LEFT FLIPPER. FISHING HOOK 

IN FRONT LEFT FLIPPER WAS REMOVED. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 6 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI FISHING LINE INJURY AROUND NECK, LOW GLUCOSE. NSI P7B NA 0 0

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Injury 

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Code

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Injury 

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Value

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LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI FISH HOOK IN RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER REMOVED. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 8 CAR COLLISION VENTURA CA SI

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. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 10 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD FISH HOOK IN MOUTH & LEFT REAR FLIPPER. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE ENTANGLEMENT AROUND HEAD, MISSING 

RIGHT EAR, DISORIENTED,LETHARGIC, SUSPECT DOMOIC 

ACID TOXICOSIS. SI P7B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 15 SHOOTING COLUMBIA OR DEAD

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN 

PELLETS IN BODY WITH ASSOCIATED HOLES AND 

HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 16 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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 16 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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION TILLAMOOK OR SI

SEVERAL WITNESSES DESCRIBED STAINLESS STEEL 

TRAWLING WIRE AROUND NECK; CUTTING THROUGH 

BLUBBER AND MUSCLE. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 18 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

MALNUTRITION. GILL NET INJURY-CIRCUMFERENTIAL CUT 

AROUND NECK. SI P1 NA 1 1

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 20TH STREET CA SI EMACIATED, FISH HOOK REAR FLIPPER AND ABOVE EYE. SI P5B NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 27 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

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. NSI P4 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY COOS OR SI

APPARENTLY SWALLOWED BAITED FISHING HOOKS WITH 

LINE ATTACHED. SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 28 SHOOTING VENTURA CA DEAD POSITIVE METAL DETECTOR SCAN OF ABDOMINAL AREA. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 29 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

THIN, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER REMOVED DURING REHAB. NSI P5C NA 0 0

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 NA NA 1

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 NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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Assessment Comments

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Assessment

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Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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 NA NA 1

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 NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 30 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN 

PELLETS AND BULLET FRAGMENTS AT HEAD AND NECK 

WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA NSI

MALNUTRITION, HARASSED. MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT, 

LETHARGIC, HARASSED- CHASED BY PEOPLE. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 6 HARASSMENT SAN FRANCISCO CA NSI

HARASSED MALNUTRITION LETHARGIC, EMACIATED, 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE OFF DOCK INTO WATER BUT 

RETURNED. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

FISHING HOOK IN FRONT LEFT FLIPPER OF SLIGHTLY 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL REMOVED DURING REHAB NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 8 ELECTRIC SHOCK CLATSOP OR DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 8 ELECTRIC SHOCK CLATSOP OR DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 9 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI GILLNET WOUND AROUND NECK, UNDERWEIGHT. SI P1, P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI FISHING HOOK IN LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH. SI P5A NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY NEWPORT CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH LOW GLUCOSE, FISH HOOK 

IN RIGHT LOWER LIP, RESTRAND. SI P5B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 17 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 18 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO WA DEAD

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SUSPICIOUS 

BALD PATCH WITH HOLE AND ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE IN 

BACK; BULLET FOUND IN SIDE OF ANIMAL. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 20 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI GUNSHOT WOUND THROUGH LEFT SIDE OF JAW. SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 21 SHOOTING MULTNOMAH OR DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

EMACIATED ANIMAL HAD FISHING LINE HANGING OUT OF 

MOUTH. HOOK WAS REMOVED FROM ANIMAL'S 

STOMACH. DEAD P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 24 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI MARINE DEBRIS WRAPPED AROUND NECK. SI P8A NA 0 1

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Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 25 SHOOTING CLACKAMAS OR DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 29 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

EMACIATED AND DEHYDRATED ANIMAL WITH FISHING 

LINE AROUND NECK, VETS REMOVED AND CLEANED. 

ENERGETIC WHEN HANDLED BUT LETHARGIC ON BEACH. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 29 VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT ANIMAL WAS HIT BY A LARGE 

RACING SAILBOAT. BACK BROKEN IN TWO. PICKED UP 

CARCASS FROM BOAT. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

CALL RECEIVED OF AN EMACIATED SEA LION WITH A FISH 

HOOK IN MOUTH IN A DRAINAGE CANAL. ANIMAL 

TRANSPORTED TO REHAB FACILITY. NSI P1, P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 5 31 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI FISHING LINE WOUND AROUND NECK, UNDERWEIGHT. SI P1, P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOK IN LOWER MANDIBLE. TREATED AT 

FACILITY, STARTED FEEDING IMMEDIATELY. NSI P5A NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

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. NSI P1, P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 5 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

EMACIATED ANIMAL FOUND THAT HAD BLACK PLASTIC IN 

ITS STOMACH. DEAD P1 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 27 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH HEALED ENTANGLEMENT 

SCAR, RESTRAND TO SBMMC, ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED 

DURING ORIGINAL ADMISSION TO SBMMC. TRANSFERRED 

TO SLO 8/1/13 FOR CONTINUED REHABILITATION. NSI P2 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 27

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

CRAB POT (RUBBER BAND) ENTANGLEMENT AROUND 

NECK. SRO RESCUE. NSI P8A NA 1 0

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

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 13 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MALNUTRITION, ENTANGLEMENT. TRANSFERRED FROM 

SBMMC. NSI P1, P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 16 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

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

PEOPLE APPROACHING, JAW DOES NOT CLOSE, 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 19 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD

FULL UME SAMPLES COLLECTED. SHOT BY HIGH POWERED 

RIFLE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 21 SHOOTING SANTA BARBARA CA SI

TRAUMA(FLIPPER), GUNSHOT, MALNUTRITION, ABSCESS, 

TRANSFERRED TO SLO 8/1/13 FOR CONTINUED 

REHABILITATION. NSI P9 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 31 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

APPARENT GUN SHOT ENTRY WOUND CONFIRMED WITH 

XRAY. DEAD P12 NA 0 1

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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. 2013 7 31 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NET ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

SRO RESCUE. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 8 14 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA DEAD KIDNEY AND BOWEL WERE PIERCED BY BULLET 6 TIMES. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 8 15 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA DEAD

ANIMAL FOUND ON BEACH WITH DART IN RIGHT 

SHOULDER AND ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NET. DEAD NA NA 1 1

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 1 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES; GOOD BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 5 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA DEAD

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, TRAUMA TO REAR FLIPPERS 

WITH BONE EXPOSED. PELLET SEEN IN BACK ON X-RAY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 13 SHOOTING SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 13 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE, BULLET HOLES; OK BODY 

CONDITION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 16 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI UNDERWEIGHT, GILL NET WOUND AROUND NECK. SI P1, P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 16 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES HEMORRHAGE; OK BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 19 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES; OK BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 20 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE AND BULLET HOLES BROKEN 

BONES; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 23 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

MULTIPLE 2MM PELLETS IDENTIFIED IN THORACIC CAVITY, 

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

PELLETS RETAINED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 27 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

PROPELLER WOUNDS ACROSS BACK ON DORSAL SIDE. 

MONOFILAMENT ENTANGLEMENT SCARS AROUND THE 

NECK. NECROPSY REVEALED BULLET WOUNDS. BULLETS 

AND BUCKSHOT. DEAD P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 1 GILLNET FISHERY NA CA SI

SEVERE GILL NET ENTANGLEMENT; DEEP GILL NET 

LACERATION, CIRCUMFERENTIAL. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 4 GILLNET FISHERY NEWPORT CA SI UNDERWEIGHT, GILL NET WOUND AROUND NECK. SI P1, P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 10 SHOOTING NA CA SI

HYPOTHERMIC; THIN; PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON UPPER 

BACK SHOULDER AREA WITH PUS DRAINING; BULLET 

EMBEDDED IN TIGHT ELBOW JOINT; RESPIRATION 

SHALLOW. SI P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 11 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA DEAD RADIOGRAPH REVEALED GUNSHOT EVIDENCE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 15 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

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 NA 1 1

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 31 SHOOTING SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD GUNSHOT CONFIRMED WITH X-RAYS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 1

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 17 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA NSI

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT: WHITE RUBBER BAND 

FITTED LOOSELY AROUND NECK. DISENTANGLED AND 

TAGGED IN THE FIELD DURING RESCUE. GOOD BODY 

WEIGHT AND CONDITION. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 20

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

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. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 28

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

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Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 12 4 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA 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. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 12 5

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. THIS ANIMAL WAS 

MONITORED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS STARTING IN LATE 

OCTOBER. RESCUE ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 12 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

ONE INCH DEEP WOUND ENCIRCLING NECK WITH 

MONOFILAMENT LINE. ANIMAL SLIGHTLY UNDERWEIGHT. 

THERE WERE TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO 

CAPTURE FOR TREATMENT. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 1 3 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE CA SI

WOUND AROUND NECK FROM NET/LINE. EMACIATED, 

DEHYDRATED SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 1 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK AND LINE 

UNDER RIGHT FLIPPER SI P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 1 21 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

LETHARGIC, UNDERWEIGHT, WOUND ON LOWER BACK. 

BULLET FOUND DURING NECROPSY IN THE DIAPHRAGM 

WITH AN ENTRANCE POINT IN THE PUBIS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 1 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT WOUND AROUND NECK FROM 

MONOFILAMENT NET. ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK CAUSING A HALF 

INCH DEEP LACERATION. THIN, DEHYDRATED, SWOLLEN 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

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. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 12 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

FOUND FLOATING DEAD IN WATER INTAKE SYSTEM. 

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

53
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 3 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT AROUND HEAD AND NECK, CUTS 

TO HEAD AND NECK, TREMBLING, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 19 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD PROPELLER WOUNDS ON FRESHLY DEAD ANIMAL DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 20 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

UNRESPONSIVE, LABORED BREATHING, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 21 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET ENTRAPMENT AROUND SKULL CUTTING INTO 

NECK AT LEVEL OF LARYNEX; COUGHING; CONGESTION. 

ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 22 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

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 P9 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 24 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET CUTTING INTO NECK AND 

MOUTH. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 25 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT NET 

AROUND NECK AND MOUTH REMOVED, ANIMAL 

TRANSPORTED TO THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER, FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P7B NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 27 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI

LETHARGIC, UNDERWEIGHT, THICK OIL COAT ON HEAD 

AND HINDQUARTERS, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB AND 

CLEANED, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI HOOK IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER NSI P5D NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 1 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, PHOTO 

REVIEWED, MATERIAL NOT VISIBLE. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI MALNOURISHED, HOOK THROUGH TONGUE SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 4 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

RUBBER BELT AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN TO REHAB, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 0 1

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

MALNOURISHED 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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 6 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL MISSING BOTH EYES. 

RADIOGRAPH REVEALED BULLET IN HEAD. SI P12 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

HYPERTHERMIC ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN SHOULDER. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5C NA 0 1

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 10 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GILLNET WOUND AROUND NECK, ANIMAL CAPTURED AND 

TREATED, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

MALNOURISHED ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN SHOULDER. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5C NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

MALNOURISHED AND CONGESTED ANIMAL WITH FISH 

HOOK IN RIGHT REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5C NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

MALNOURISHED AND DEHYRDRATED ANIMAL WITH FISH 

HOOK IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN SI P5C NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 12 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

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

MALNUTRITION SI P1 NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 13 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, LOOKS 

LIKE WHITE PACKING BAND OR LARGE ZIP TIE. PHOTO 

REVIEWED. SI P8A NA 0 1

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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 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK ON RIGHT SIDE OF 

MOUTH AND FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

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. SI P5B NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 13 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA NA 1 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOK IN LEFT GUM. ANIMAL TREATED IN REHAB, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 16 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO HEAD; PNEUMONIA; 

MALNUTRITION. TREATED IN REHAB, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P12 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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

THIN AND DEHYDRATED. FISH HOOK IN LEFT CORNER OF 

MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 19 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA SI

PLASTIC ZIPLOC BAG AROUND NECK REMOVED ON SITE. 

ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND OTHERWISE IN GOOD BODY 

CONDTION. NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI FISH HOOK IN MOUTH SI P5A NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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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 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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LACERATION ON L FRONT FLIPPER WITH A FISH HOOK 

UNDERWEIGHT SI P5C NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOK IN MOUTH LEFT EAR, LEFT 

REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5C NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA 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. SI P5C NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

DEEP FISHING LINE CUTS AROUND SKULL; PROLAPSED 

AND ULCERATED RECTUM; CONGESTED. SENT TO REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 NA 0 1

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. MALNOURISHED 

AND DEEP CUT FROM FISHING LINE. FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 28 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLETS RETRIEVED DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 28 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES IN SKULL AND BODY DEAD NA NA 0 1

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

EMACIATED AND LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH OIL/TAR ON 

BODY SI P1 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

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, HEALTH FAILURE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 1 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI SEVERE GILL NET INJURY; MALNUTRITION. SI P1 NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 1 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

GOOD BODY CONDITION, MONOFILAMENT NET 

ENTANGLEMENT NSI P1 NA 0 0

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

LARGE PELLET RECOVERED FROM SKULL, ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 1

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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 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 MALNOURISHED AND INJURED 

LEFT EYE External Exam NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 11 MARINE DEBRIS SAN JUAN WA SI

CONSTRICTING INJURY AROUND NECK, MATERIAL NOT 

VISIBLE IN PHOTO. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 11 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA ALIVE

EXTREMELY LETHARGIC, SWOLLEN RIGHT EYE, WOUNDS 

ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. BULLETS FOUND IN 

NECROPSY.Exam and Necropsy DEAD P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 11 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA DEAD BULLET HOLE / INJURY IN BACK DEAD P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

FISH HOOKS IN CHEST AND NECK. RELOCATED AND 

RELEASED 5/18/14. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 19 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES, EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM THIN ANIMAL BY REHAB 

CENTER, NO DETAILS ON LOCATION OF HOOKS. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL WAS IN GOOD BODY CONDITION BUT HAD A 

FISHING GAFF PIERCING THROUGH HIS SKIN ABOVE HIS 

LEFT HIP. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 23 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH, REMOVED AT REHAB FACILITY, 

ANIMAL RELEASED. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 26 ENTRAPMENT SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD DROWNED. WAS TRAPPED UNDER POOL GRATE. DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. NET REMOVED AND WOUND 

CLEANED AT REHAB FACILITY NSI P7B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

FURTHER DETAILS. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

FURTHER DETAILS. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

FURTHER DETAILS. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 31 SHOOTING CLACKAMAS OR DEAD BULLET HOLES, HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 31 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

GILLNET INJURY, EXPOSED TRACHEAL THYROID 

CARTILAGE. POLICE REMOVED THE FISHING LINE FROM 

AROUND THE ANIMAL'S NECK. ONCE DONE THEY 

RELEASED THE ANIMAL. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 6 6 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD

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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 6 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LARGE FISHHOOK AND LINE, NO DETAILS, OTHER THAN 

ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB. NSI P5C NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 6 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

FISH HOOK IN LEFT LIP, PNEUMONIA, GI TRACT 

INFECTIONS, QUARTS OF PUS REMOVED. SENT TO REHAB, 

FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 6 23 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD OBVIOUS BULLET HOLES DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 2 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA SI

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. SI P2 NA 0 1

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Assessment Comments

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Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA 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. SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 23 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING HOOK EMBEDDED IN NECK WITH LINE. SENT TO 

REHAB, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 25 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL WITH NETTING AROUND NECK. REHAB, FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

3 FISH HOOKS,MOUTH, FRONT AND REAR FLIPPER. 

ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 6

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA SI

A FEMALE CA SEA LION GOT CAUGHT ON A HOOK AND 

HAD TO HAVE THE GANGION CUT. LOCATION OF HOOK IN 

MOUTH NOT DETAILED. SI P5A NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

HAULED OUT WITH A SILVER COLORED SALMON FLASHER 

HANGING FROM IT'S MOUTH. SI P2 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 23 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

KILLED IN GEAR (DESCRIBED AS DEAD IN COMMENTS AND 

CATEGORIZED AS 'ENTANGLED IN GEAR', WHICH IS 

USUALLY RESERVED FOR ANIMALS RELEASED ALIVE) DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 26 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD PROPELLER STRIKE TO HEAD, DEEP GASH. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 1 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET HOLES, HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE COMING FROM MOUTH. MEMBERS OF 

PUBLIC REPORTEDLY PULLING ON LINE. HOOKS IN 

THROAT FOUND ON X-RAY. SI P2 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 8 SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD TWO BULLET ENTRY WOUNDS ON RIGHT SHOULDER AREA. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 9 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD

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 

LATERAL SKULL AREA. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 15 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN AND EXTREMELY LETHARGIC, VETS LISTENED TO THE 

LUNGS AND THEY SOUNDED POOR. FOUND BULLETS AND 

YELLOWISH FLUID IN ABDOMEN X RAY. SI P12 NA 0 1

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 SHOOTING CURRY OR DEAD

MULTIPLE HEAD AND TORSO GUNSHOT WOUNDS, PELLETS 

COLLECTED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN; ACTIVE ONLY TO TOUCH; HYPOTHERMIC; HEALING 

OLD GILL NET INJURY; INJURY ON LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

MALNUTRITION. SI P1 NA 1 1

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CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 SHOOTING VENTURA CA SI

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 21 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

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. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 27

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 3 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 7 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN, APPEARED TO BE BLIND; ANIMAL WAS DARTED. XRAYED, FOUND BUCKSHOT IN THE FACE AND BODY. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FOUR PRONGED BARBED FISHING HOOK WITH A 10" LURE 

ATTACHED HOOKED IN ANIMALS RT CORNER OF MOUTH. 

HAD MONOFILAMENT ATTACHED TO LURE SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 10 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LEFT EYE APPEARS TO BE BLIND. VERY THIN/LETHARGIC 

DURING RESCUE. BUCKSHOT FOUND IN CRANIAL AREA 

DURING X-RAYS. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 13 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI

CONSTRICTING INJURY AROUND TORSO AND LOWER 

NECK, APPEARS TO BE ROPE. PHOTO REVIEWED. SI P8A NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 18 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

XRAYS TAKEN SHOWED BULLET TRACK. BUCK SHOT IN 

ABDOMEN AND 2 BULLETS IN BACK. SI P12 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LINE AROUND NECK AT CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR 

MARINA. DARTED WITH TRANQUILIZER, LINE 

REMOVED,TRANQUILIZER REVERSED AND CSL RELEASED. NSI P7B NA 0 0

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 NA 1 1

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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 NA 1 1

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 NA 1 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 23 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

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

STARTING TO FUSE NOT GIVING SUFFICIENT RANGE OF 

MOTION. EUTHANIZED DUE TO POOR PROGNOSIS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 26 GAFF INJURY SAN DIEGO CA SI

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. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GOOD BODY CONDITION, ALERT. HAD MONOFILAMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK WITH HALF OF ITS NECK 

LACERATED. ANIMAL WAS DARTED. NO DETAILS ON 

OUTCOME. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 27

CATCHER PROCESSOR 

MIDWATER TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD KILLED IN GEAR DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 29

CATCHER PROCESSOR 

MIDWATER TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD KILLED IN GEAR DEAD NA NA NA 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 3

CATCHER PROCESSOR 

MIDWATER TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD KILLED IN GEAR DEAD NA NA NA 1

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 NA 1 1

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 NA 1 1

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 NA 1 1

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH, WOUNDS ON 

ABDOMEN. TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

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 DUE AT TIME OF RESCUE TO BEING 

EMBEDDED). SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 19 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

MATERIAL UNKNOWN. PHOTO REVIEWED. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GOOD BODY CONDITION, FISHING LINE EMBEDDED 

AROUND THE NECK. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 25 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES, HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

FISH HOOK ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND SIDE OF BODY, 

UNDERWEIGHT. NSI P5B NA 0 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 1 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

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. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 12 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI LACERATION AROUND NECK, EMACIATED. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 23 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN, DEHYDRATED, SWOLLEN RIGHT SHOULDER. XRAYS 

SHOWED BULLET IN LEFT SHOULDER. SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 24 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

UNKNOWN MATERIAL. PHOTO REVIEWED. SI P8A NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 25 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

SHOT IN HEAD, PELLET HOLES, BROKEN BONES, 

HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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Injury 

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Injury 

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Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 25 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

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 SI P12 NA 0 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

FISH HOOK REMOVED FROM LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; THIN; 

MALNUTRITION. NSI P5C NA 0 0

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 1 18 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FLUKES CUT OFF DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 1 20 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD MISSING FLUKE, CUT OFF DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 2 18 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

10 EVENLY-SPACED DIAGONAL SCARS ON LEFT SIDE, 

CUTTING SLIGHTLY INTO BLUBBER DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 2 19 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FLUKE MISSING DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 4 16 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD TAIL STOCK CUT OFF DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 6 21 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD PEDUNCLE CLEANLY CUT DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 7 17UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD SEVERAL KNIFE SLASHES ON BODY DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 7 19 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CROSS-HATCH INDENTATIONS ALONG RIGHT AND LEFT 

LATERAL ASPECTS OF BODY. LINE INDENTATIONS ALONG 

THE DORSAL FIN. BROKEN TEETH IN THE JAW. DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 9 5CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2010 11 19CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 1 11 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

NET AND ROPE IMPRESSIONS AROUND HEAD, JAWS, AND 

PEDUNCLE. DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 3 4UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 3 4UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 3 4UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 3 7UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 4 10 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA DEAD CHEETOS BAG LODGED IN ESOPHAGUS DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 5 12CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD ENTANGLED IN 8.5 INCH MESH NET DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 6 11 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

FLUKES WERE CLEANLY CUT OFF. CUT ON TAIL END 

APPEARS TO BE FROM NETTING (ENTANGLEMENT). DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 7 8UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD FRESH DEAD, GAFF MARK IN CORNER OF MOUTH DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 7 14UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD CUT HALF WAY THROUGH DORSAL FIN DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 7 23UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD RED ROPE TIED AROUND BASE OF FLUKE DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 9 1 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

MIRROR IMAGE LACERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES ON 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE INDICATE ENTANGLEMENT DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 9 9UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD

PUNCTURES & GOUGES ON HEAD, RED BLUBBER/MISSING 

SKIN ON SIDES OF PEDUNCLE, CLEAN CUT ACROSS 

PEDUNCLE ANTERIOR TO FLUKES DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 9 17 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 9 28 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 11 4CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

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COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 3 12 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

FLUKES CUTOFF; CUT MADE 34 CM BEHIND ANAL 

OPENING. DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 4 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON BEACH, TAKEN TO SEA WORLD, DIED IN 

REHAB. FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT FLUKE. 

SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO FLUKE.; CAUSE OF DEATH: 

LACERATION OF ARTERY IN TAIL FLUKE; SEVERE CHRONIC 

AND ACTIVE LINE INJURY WITH VASCULAR LACERATION 

AND EXSANGUINATION. MILD PERIPORTAL HEPATITIS. DEAD S8A NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 7 30UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD LINE MARKS AROUND ROSTRUM/MOUTH DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 8 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD FISHING LINE AROUND FLUKES DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 8 10UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD LINE WRAPPED AROUND PEDUNCLE AND TAIL DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 8 11UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD

3RD STRANDING IN THIS AREA IN 3 DAYS. NO DETAILS 

GIVEN. DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 12 17 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEVERED FLUKES. DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 2 15UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT LINE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 3UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA DEAD ANIMAL CUT IN HALF. DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 13 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD LEFT FLUKE CLEANLY CUT OFF. DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 15UNIDENTIFIED 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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 4 21 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

SMALL BOAT COLLISION: 4 PARALLEL PROPELLER SCARS 

ON THE POSTERIOR PART OF ANIMAL ALONG THE RIGHT 

SIDE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 5 10 GILLNET FISHERY 0.5 MI N OF PIER CA DEAD FLUKE CUT OFF, NET MARKS ON ANIMAL. DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 5 10 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

CALL RECEIVED OF DEAD DOLPHIN MISSING TAIL. CIMWI 

VOLUNTEER FOUND FRESH DEAD DOLPHIN WITH 

TAIL/FLUKE CLEARLY SEVERED. DEAD NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 7 9 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

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 NA NA 1 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 10 22 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

FRESHLY DEAD ANIMAL RECOVERED FROM FISH 

RESEARCHER WHO FOUND CARCASS WRAPPED IN 4" 

STRETCH MESH MONOFILAMENT GILLNET USED FOR 

WHITE SEA BASS ASSESSMENTS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014 6 1 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

SEVERAL IMPRESSIONS AND LACERATIONS INDICATIVE OF 

ENTANGLEMENT NOTED DURING NECROPSY. ALSO 

EVIDENCE OF PAST ENTANGLEMENT (HEALED SCARS). DEAD NA NA 0 1

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COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014

6 11 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

FLUKES SEVERED, CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CASES OF NET 

ENTANGLED ANIMALS THAT HAVE BODY PARTS CUT OFF 

TO FACILITATE REMOVAL FROM A NET DEAD NA NA

01

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014

71 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

FRESHLY DEAD DOLPHIN WITH SEVERED FLUKES AND 

NET/ROPE MARKS. DEAD NA NA

01

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014

9 11

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD

FRESH DEAD, CAUSE OF DEATH LISTED AS 

DECOMPRESSION OR 'THE BENDS', CONSISTENT WITH 

DROWNING. NO EXTERNAL INJURIES. DEAD NA NA

01

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2010

9 18

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2010

9 18

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2010 12

5

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2011 10 14CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2011 12

4

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2012

1 17

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2012

1 17

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2012 11

5

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2012 11

6

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2012 11

6

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA

11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2013

33 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA

11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2013 11

6

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2013 11

8

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA

11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2013 11 21CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA

11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2013 11 24CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2013 11 27CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2013 12 10CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2014

1 14

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2014

1 17

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2014

1 15

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

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 NA

11

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 NA

11

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 NA

11

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA/OR/WA 2014 12 17CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

DALL'S PORPOISE CA/OR/WA 2014 11 10

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA11

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 20109 16 VESSEL STRIKE ALAMEDA CA DEAD

ANIMAL BROUGHT INTO PORT OF OAKLAND IMPINGED 

ON BOW OF SHIP DEAD NA NA

01

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 20109 20 VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD BROKEN VERTEBRAE, LINEAR LACERATION DEAD NA NA01

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FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 7 31

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MARIN CA SI

ORANGE/REDDISH LINE WRAPPED IN SEVERAL LAYERS 

BEHIND THE BLOWHOLE THAT HAD CUT DEEP INTO THE 

FLESH. ENTANGLEMENT LOOKED VERY TIGHT, WRAPPED 

LINE ABOUT 20 MM THICK WITH MANY TURNS. IT LOOKED 

LIKE THE WRAP IN TOTAL WAS A 200 MM THICK BUNDLE 

OF LINE. NO RESIGHTS, NO RELEASE, FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI L2 1 0 1

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 11 19 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

FRACTURES ALONG 4 METER LENGTH OF VERTEBRAL 

COLUMN AND SIGNIFICANT MUSCLE HEMORRHAGE 

SURROUNDING THIS AREA INDICATE ANTE-MORTEM SHIP 

STRIKE. CARCASS SUNK 5 MILES OFF LA JOLLA AS PART OF 

WHALE FALL STUDY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 2012 6 21 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD

FRACTURED RIBS, VERTEBRAE. NECROPSY PERFORMED BY 

THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER AND NATIONAL PARK 

SERVICE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 2012 12 3 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

NECROPSY SUMMARY DIAGNOSIS: THE ANIMAL APPEARS 

TO HAVE SUCCUMBED AN INJURY CONSISTENT WITH AN 

IMPACT TRAUMA ALONG ITS LEFT DORSAL BODY BY A 

LARGE OBJECT (SHIP STRIKE) RESULTING IN SEVERE 

MUSCULOSKELETAL TRAUMA AND SUBSEQUENT 

NECROSIS OF THE TISSUES. DEAD NA NA 0 1

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 2013 2 26 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

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 BACK OUT TO SEA. DEAD NA NA 0 1

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 2013 4 13 VESSEL STRIKE KING WA DEAD

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). DEAD NA NA 0 1

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 2013 6 13 VESSEL STRIKE GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

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 NA NA 0 1

FIN WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE VENTURA CA DEAD

CALL RECEIVED FROM NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTYPORT 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 NA NA 0 1

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GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 2 1 HARPOON HUMBOLDT CA DEAD

40 CENTIMETER LONG HARPOON & 8 CENTIMETER LONG 

BROKEN TOGGLE HEAD FROM 2ND HARPOON EMBEDDED 

IN LEFT LATERAL/DORSAL SIDE JUST BELOW DORSAL 

HUMP, HARPOON ATTACHED TO 10 METERS OF ROPE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 2 16 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL WITH PROPELLER-LIKE 

WOUNDS TO DORSUM.

SI 

(PRORATE) L11 0.52 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 3 5

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

TOWING ORANGE/WHITE BUOY; AMOUNT OF 

ASSOCIATED GEAR UNKNOWN. UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY. 

NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NO RESIGHTINGS 

REPORTED; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI L10 0.75 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 3 12 VESSEL STRIKE SANTA BARBARA CA SI

21 METER SAILBOAT UNDERWAY AT 13 KTS COLLIDED 

WITH FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL; WHALE BREACHED 

SHORTLY AFTER COLLISION; NO BLOOD OBSERVED IN 

WATER; MINOR DAMAGE TO LOWER PORTION OF BOAT'S 

KEEL; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI L6A 1 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 4 16 CRAB POT FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

ENTANGLED IN CRAB POT LINES, LENGTH OF GEAR 

UNKNOWN. DEAD NA NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 5 7 CRAB POT FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI (PRORATE) ENTANGLED IN 3 CRAB POTS, WHALE NOT RELOCATED.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 5 11 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN GILLNET; 

ANIMAL FIRST OBSERVED INSIDE DANA POINT HARBOR ON 

5/11/10; ANIMAL SUCCESSFULLY DISENTANGLED ON 

5/12/10 & SWAM OUT OF HARBOR; ANIMAL OBSERVED 

ALIVE IN SURF ZONE FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON 5/14/10 OFF 

DOHENY STATE BEACH BEFORE WASHING UP DEAD ON 

BEACH. DEAD NA NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2010 8 17 CRAB POT FISHERY MENDOCINO CA SI

1.5 OFFSHORE NAVARRO RIVER: CRAB POT LINE SPIRALED 

AROUND ANIMAL FROM HEAD TO FLUKES, TRAILING 20 

FEET OF LINE ATTACHED TO CRAB POT; PECTORAL FIN 

SEVERED, ONLY NECROTIC TISSUE REMAINING. FREESWIMMING, BREACHING, MAKING SHALLOW DIVES; 

SUCCESSFUL DISENTANGLEMENT. INJURY DESIGNATED AS 

SERIOUS DUE TO MISSING PECTORAL FIN. SI L2 1 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 1 22 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

PLEASURE SAILBOAT COLLIDED WITH FREE-SWIMMING 

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DOVE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING 

CONTACT & WAS NOT RESIGHTED; NO BLOOD OBSERVED 

IN WATER; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. VESSEL SIZE 

ASSUMED LESS THAN 65 FT. AND SPEED UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L7B 0.14 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 2 12 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

PRIVATE RECREATIONAL VESSEL COLLIDED WITH FREESWIMMING ANIMAL; ANIMAL BREACHED JUST PRIOR TO 

CONTACT, BOUNCING OFF SIDE OF VESSEL; DOVE 

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CONTACT & WAS NOT 

RESIGHTED; NO BLOOD OBSERVED IN WATER; FINAL 

STATUS UNKNOWN; SKIN SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM 

VESSEL AND GENETICALLY IDENTIFIED AS A FEMALE GRAY 

WHALE. VESSEL SIZE ASSUMED LESS THAN 65 FT AND 

SPEED UNKNOWN

SI 

(PRORATE) L7B 0.14 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 4 18 VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD CRUSHED MANDIBLE DEAD NA NA 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 6 11 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE INTO THE THORAX, BLOOD CLOTS 

AROUND LUNGS. LESIONS INDICATE MASSIVE TRAUMA. 

DUE TO CARCASS POSITION, THE SKELETON COULD NOT 

BE COMPLETELY EXAMINED (LYING ON BACK, TOP OF 

SKULL IN SAND) DEAD NA NA 0 1

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GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 7 13

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

ANIMAL HAS BEEN IN AREA FOR ~5 WEEKS, OBSERVED 

FEEDING; THIS WAS FIRST OBSERVATION OF 

ENTANGLEMENT; GRAY LINE WITH BLACK AND WHITE 

FLOAT WRAPPED AROUND FLUKE/PEDUNCLE AREA, 

TRAILING LINE, 2 LACERATIONS IN THE FLUKE AREA, ONE 

DEEP ONE AT THE BASE AND ONE ON ONE OF THE BLADES 

CAUSING THE TIP TO CURL; ANIMAL OBSERVED 

ENTANGLED IN THE MORNING BUT AT 1330 OBSERVED 

WITHOUT ENTANGLEMENT; SHED GEAR ON ITS OWN; 

GEAR-FREE BUT INJURED SI L2 1 0 1

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N 

PACIFIC/PCFG 2011 7 27

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA NSI

INDICATIONS OF OLD HEALED ENTANGLEMENT SCAR ON 

FLUKE. OPEN ULCER/ LESIONS ON ABDOMEN OF 

UNKNOWN ORIGIN. NSI L5B 0 0 0

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 8 25 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PETERSBURG AK SI

ENTANGLED IN 50 LBS. HEAVY MONOFILAMENT WEBBING, 

CORK LINE, AND LEAD LINE, AS WELL AS OVER 200 LBS. OF 

BULL KELP ATTACHED TO GEAR; COMPLETELY 

DISENTANGLED; LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES HAD 

SIGNIFICANT CUTS AND ABRASIONS; OVERALL BODY 

CONDITION WAS POOR; MASSIVE INFESTATION OF WHALE 

LICE AND BARNACLES; ANIMAL VERY EMACIATED AND 

LACKED ANY VISIBLE SIGNS OF RECENT FEEDING; 

OBSERVED THE DAY AFTER DISENTANGLEMENT 

SWIMMING VERY SLOWLY. HEALTH DECLINE DUE TO 

CONSTRICTING AND WEIGHTED ENTANGLEMENT. SI L2 1 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 8 25

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

ONE WHITE "CRAB POT" BUOY NEXT TO BODY BY LEFT 

PECTORAL FIN; FLOAT STAYED NEXT TO BODY AND DID 

NOT CHANGE POSITION; ANIMAL REMAINED IN SAME 

POSITION - POSSIBLY ANCHORED; ONLY OBSERVED FOR ~2 

MIN; NOT RESIGHTED, NO RESCUE, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT. SI L2 1 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 9 27

COD POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT KODIAK AK SI

ENTANGLED IN COD POT GEAR; 3-5 WRAPS OF LINE 

AROUND PEDUNCLE AND WHALE IMMOBILIZED; 2-3 

WRAPS OF FLOATING POLY BUOY LINES WRAPPED CLOSE 

TO FLUKES, SINGLE WRAP OF POT LINE AROUND 

PEDUNCLE EXTENDED DOWN TO THE POT AT AN ANGLE; 

FLUKES IMMOBILIZED; COMPLETELY DISENTANGLED 

AFTER 2 HRS AND OBSERVED SWIMMING SLOWLY. NONSERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE WHALE'S CONDITION WAS 

REPORTED AS GOOD AND ALL GEAR REMOVED. NSI L2 NA 1 0

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 1 17

COD POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT ALEUTIANS EAST AK SI (PRORATE)

A 40' WHALE WAS CAUGHT IN COD POT GEAR NEAR 

UNIMAK PASS. LINES WERE CUT BY BOAT CREW AND 

BUOYS WERE RECOVERED, HOWEVER, THE POT AND SOME 

LINE REMAINED IN THE WATER. ANY LINE POSSIBLY 

REMAINING ON ANIMAL THOUGHT TO BE MINIMAL. GRAY 

WHALE DETERMINATION MADE FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE 

QUESTIONING BY LOCAL MARINE MAMMAL BIOLOGIST. 

DETERMINATION: PRORATE AT L10 BECAUSE GEAR 

POSSIBLY REMAINS ON ANIMAL. SI L10 0.75 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 1 22 MARINE DEBRIS PACIFIC WA DEAD

POSSIBLE ENTANGLEMENT, DEEP CABLE-LIKE 

INDENTATION AROUND GENITAL AREA. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 1 28

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

TOWING TWO ORANGE BUOYS AND AT LEAST 150 FT OF 

LINE; UNKNOWN FISHERY, REPORTED AS POSSIBLE 

GILLNET; NO RESPONSE EFFORT. UNKNOWN IF 

ENTANGLEMENT IS CONSTRICTING OR NOT.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 0 1

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GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 3 24 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET GEAR AROUND PEDUNCLE; RESPONSE EFFORT 

RESULTED IN SUCCESSFUL DISENTANGLEMENT WITH >100 

FT OF PINK GILLNET REMOVED FROM ANIMAL, BUT 

ANIMAL SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVED DEAD ON 03/27 

(FLOATING, SKIN SAMPLE TAKEN, NO NECROPSY). NET 

REMOVED ON 03/24 FOUND TO CONTAIN ONE DEAD CA 

SEA LION AND THREE DEAD SHARKS. DEAD L2 NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 3 28

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

LINE DEEPLY EMBEDDED AROUND TAIL STOCK AND UNDER 

FLUKE; ~45 FEET OF ROPE WITH HAND CARVED BUOY; 

ANIMAL SUCCESSFULLY DISENTANGLED AND ALL GEAR 

RECOVERED. CONDITION OF ANIMAL INDICATED THAT 

ANIMAL IS LIKELY TO SURVIVE. NSI L2 NA 0 0

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 4 17

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

GRAY WHALE REPORTED ENTANGLED WITH 

APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET OF LINE TRAILING. FOUR 

SPONGEX BULLET BUOYS LIE ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 

ANIMAL. ENTANGLEMENT INVOLVES THE MOUTH, A 

WRAP OVER THE HEAD, AND THE LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER. 

ENTANGLEMENT APPEARS RECENT. PARTIALLY 

DISENTANGLED 5/3/12 BY FISHERMEN. UNKNOWN 

AMOUNT OF GEAR REMAINED ON WHALE.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 4 21

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD

ROPE LIKE MARKS ON CAUDAL PEDUNCLE. ROPE 

IMPRESSION ON PECTORAL FIN. PHOTOS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 4 28

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MENDOCINO CA SI (PRORATE)

SMALL GRAY WHALE OFF FORT BRAGG CA, IN COMPANY 

OF TWO OTHER ANIMALS, TRAILING TWO BUOYS.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 5 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE WATCH VESSEL NOTICED FROM IMAGES TAKEN 

THAT A GRAY WHALE OBSERVED EARLIER IN THE DAY WAS 

ACTUALLY ENTANGLED. A SMALL GAUGE LINE, LIKELY 

FROM RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH GOES OVER THE ANIMAL'S 

BACK, AND OVER BLOWHOLES, TO LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH. 

NO BUOYS OR TRAILING LINE WERE OBSERVED. ANIMAL IN 

FAIR CONDITION. ANIMAL SIGHTED NEXT DAY BY WHALE 

WATCH VESSEL. CONFIRMED MOUTH ENTANGLEMENT, 

APPEARS TO BE STRAPPING MATERIAL. UNKNOWN IF 

GEAR IS CONSTRICTING.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 8 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY HUMBOLDT CA SI

DEEP CUTS FROM ROPE AROUND PEDUNCLE AND 

LACERATIONS AT FLUKE NOTCH AND LATERAL EDGE OF 

FLUKE. GEAR COLLECTED AND IDENTIFIED AS DUNGENESS 

CRAB POT GEAR. ANIMAL ENTIRELY FREED OF GEAR BUT 

CONDITION OF ANIMAL IS FAIR AND SLIGHTLY 

EMACIATED. DEEP CUTS (~ 2 INCHES) FROM THE ROPE 

AROUND THE PEDUNCLE REMAINED. GEAR WAS 

RECOVERED. RESULTS OF ENTANGLEMENT MAY STILL BE 

LIFE THREATENING SI L2 1 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 11 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY MARIN CA SI

LOOP BETWEEN CRAB POTS AND WEIGHTED LINE CAUGHT 

IN WHALE'S MOUTH; ENTANGLING GEAR STUCK IN ROCKS; 

ANIMAL ANCHORED WITH SMALL RADIUS OF MOVEMENT 

FOR 4 DAYS; SUCCESSFULLY DISENTANGLED. GEAR WAS 

COLLECTED. NSI L2 NA 1 0

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 13

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED THROUGH MOUTH IN AT LEAST TWO 

SETS OF SUSPECTED POT GEAR THAT THAT HANG BELOW. 

ANIMAL ANCHORED WITH A SHORT SCOPE IN 28 FEET OF 

WATER TO SUSPECTED POTS. BUNDLE OF GEAR, 

INCLUDING 4 BUOYS LIE UNDER ANIMAL. ANIMAL HAVING 

SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING TO SURFACE. ANIMAL 

EVENTUALLY DISENTANGLED, BUT RESULTS OF 

ENTANGLEMENT MAY STILL BE LIFE-THREATENING. SI L2 NA 0 1

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GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 6 16 GILLNET FISHERY

VALDEZCORDOVA AK SI

GRAY WHALE IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND ENTANGLED IN 

GEAR. THRASHING AT SURFACE AND MOVING AT 4-5 

KNOTS. NO WOUNDS OR CHAFING WAS OBSERVED. 

GILLNET, CORKLINE (AT LEAST 12 FLOATS), AND LEADLINE 

OBSERVED OVER ANIMAL'S ROSTRUM, BODY, AND 

TAILSTOCK. BOTH PECTORAL FLIPPERS APPEARED PINNED 

TO BODY. ANIMAL LATER APPEARED TIRED AND WAS 

SWIMMING AT 2 KNOTS. IT WAS NOT RELOCATED. 

ASSIGNED L2 SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE GEAR APPEARS TO 

BE CONSTRICTING MOVEMENT OF WHALE. SI L2 1 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 8 22 GILLNET FISHERY

VALDEZCORDOVA AK SI (PRORATE)

A FISHING NET WAS OBSERVED BEING TRAILED FROM A 

GRAY WHALE'S BACK. PHOTOS APPARENTLY AVAILABLE, 

BUT HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. 

EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 8 31

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

FIRST DETECTED NEAR SAN DIEGO. GRAY WHALE 

REPORTED ENTANGLED WITH SMALL GAUGE, DARKCOLORED LINE, DEEPLY EMBEDDED AROUND ITS TAIL 

STOCK. LITTLE GEAR TRAILS. ENTANGLEMENT WAS ONCE 

MORE EXTENSIVE AS INDICATED BY SCARS ON THE 

ANIMAL'S BODY. ANIMAL IN VERY POOR CONDITION - 

EMACIATED, SCARRED AND A HEAVY LOAD OF CYAMID 

AMPHIPODS. BLACK LINE AROUND PEDUNCLE, 20 FT 

TRAILING; OBSERVED OFF SAN DIEGO ON 8/31, 

COMPLETELY DISENTANGLED OFF LOS ANGELES 9/6, 

STRANDED DEAD 9/14/12 DEAD L2 1 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 10 13 GILLNET FISHERY MENDOCINO CA SI

MACKERRICHER STATE PARK, JUST OUTSIDE THE SURF 

ZONE.WHALE REPORTED WITH ROPE AROUND THE 

PEDUNCLE WHICH WASN'T SEEN IN PHOTOGRAPHS BUT 

PHOTOS DID SHOW GREEN GILLNET WITH CUTS TO THE 

HEAD; ANIMAL DISAPPEARED AND FINAL STATUS IS 

UNKNOWN. CUTS TO HEAD INDICATE CONSTRICTING 

GEAR. SI L2 1 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 1 10

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE)

GRAY WHALE SWIMMING EAST TOWARDS WHISKEY CREEK 

SLOWLY FOR 30 MINUTES SAID TO BE ENTANGLED IN 

ROPE AND BUOYS. ANIMAL NOT RELOCATED, SEVERITY OF 

ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN. SI L10 0.75 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 2 3

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

LINE ENTANGLEMENT DESCRIBED AS "POT GEAR" WITH A 

SINGLE WHITE BUOY TRAILING. NOT RESIGHTED. SI L10 0.75 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 8

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE)

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 REGION. NO RESIGHTS OF THE ANIMAL HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED. SI L10 0.75 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 22

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT COOS OR SI

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 MOTIONLESS.

SI L2 1 1 1

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GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 28

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

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 OF CONSTRICTING 

ENTANGLEMENT. SI L2 1 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 4 13

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE)

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 PLASTIC FLOAT IN THE MIDDLE. SIGHTED, UNABLE 

TO ATTACH RESCUE LINE. SI L10 0.75 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 4 18 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA NSI

RESCUE TEAM FOUND GEAR THAT ANIMAL HAD SHED. 

GEAR IDENTITY CONFIRMED BY CDFW USING BUOY 

NUMBER. NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS. NSI L3 NA 0 0

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 5 6 CRAB POT FISHERY CURRY OR SI (PRORATE)

REPORTEDLY HAD CRAB BUOY AND 20 FEET OF LINE 

TRAILING BEHIND IT WAS REPORTEDLY ENTANGLED IN 

CRAB GEAR SWIMMING WITHIN 1 MILE OF SHORE; FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI L10 0.75 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 6 25 GILLNET FISHERY HUMBOLDT CA 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. DEAD NA NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 6 25

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT MARIN CA DEAD

ENTANGLEMENT FOUND WRAPPED THROUGH MOUTH 

AND ON FLUKES. DEAD NA NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N 

PACIFIC/PCFG 2013 6 27 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY CURRY OR DEAD

ENTANGLED TO GEAR AT PEDUNCLE AND RIGHT 

PECTORAL; CRAB POT TAG NUMBER IDENTIFIED AS 

DUNGENESS CRAB POT GEAR. DEAD NA NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 7 16 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY MARIN CA DEAD

CDFW TAG ID IDENTIFIED TO DUNGENESS CRAB 

FISHERMAN; ENTANGLEMENT WAS IN LINE AND BUOYS 

ONLY (NO POT/TRAP); DEAD STRANDING. DEAD NA NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N 

PACIFIC/PCFG 2013 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

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. 

BASED ON SIZE OF IMPACT, IDENTIFIED AS VESSEL STRIKE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N 

PACIFIC/PCFG 2013 9 4 TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR CLALLAM WA NSI

GRAY WHALE, CONFIRMED (KNOWN PCFG, CASCADIA 

#819). SEVERAL SIGHTINGS AND THE ANIMAL WAS 

ULTIMATELY DISENTANGLED BY DFO AND PARKS CANADA. NSI L3 NA 0 0

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 10 23

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 1 5

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLEMENT ON HEAD OF WHALE, INCLUDED FLOAT. 

NO DETAILS ON SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT SI L10 0.75 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 4 15

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED IN UNSPECIFIED GEAR. NO DETAILS ON GEAR 

TYPE OR SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT. SI L10 0.75 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 5 27

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT CURRY OR SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED GRAY WHALE WAS SIGHTED GOLD BEACH 

RESIDENT, 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, THUS 

ASSIGNED L10 INSTEAD OF L3 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

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GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N 

PACIFIC/PCFG 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 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 7 24

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

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. FREESWIMMING; 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 0 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 9 2 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

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. SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF REMAINING 

GEAR ON ANIMAL SI L2 NA 1 1

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 9 11

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED WITH YELLOW POLYLINE AND A COUPLE OF 

FLOATS TRAILING BEHIND. THRASHING INDICATES RECENT 

ENTANGLEMENT; ANIMAL IN DISTRESS; ANIMAL NOT 

RESIGHTED, POSSIBLY LIFE-THREATNING. SI L10 0.75 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2010 1 16 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD NA NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2010 6 14 GILLNET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD HEAD ENTANGLED IN NETTING. DEAD NA NA 1 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 1 25 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING ENTANGLEMENT; AROUND NECK BUT NOT 

EMBEDDED; 2 HOOKS IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER ON DORSAL 

AND ONE VENTRAL, TRANSFERRED TO REHABILITATION 

CENTER, FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P7B NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 5 6 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA DEAD

ENTANGLED AROUND SHOULDERS WITH BALLOON 

RIBBON, ADVANCED DECOMPOSITION - RIBBON DID NOT 

PENETRATE SKIN. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 6 9 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

WHITE BALLOON STRING AROUND NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB. DEAD P8A NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 6 18 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN GREEN TWINE / NETTING. 

NETTING HAD BARNACLES ON IT, INDICATIVE OF GHOST 

NETTING / MARINE DEBRIS. SI P8A NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 7 1 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD NO DETAILS GIVEN. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 7 18 GILLNET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

CUTS ON ANIMAL SUGGESTIVE OF ENTANGLING NET 

FISHERY INTERACTION. DEAD NA NA 1 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 5 25 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SONOMA CA SI

DARK GREEN ENTANGLEMENT AROUND LOWER 

NECK/UPPER SHOULDER AREA - NOT EMBEDDED, 

EMACIATED. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. NSI P8A NA 0 0

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 5 29 BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA CLATSOP OR DEAD

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE AT AXILLA AND PELVIC 

AREAS; SOME ORGAN HEMORRHAGING; BLOOD IN 

THORACIC CAVITY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 8 GILLNET FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR NSI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED AROUND NECK IN BLUE NET, NO 

OBVIOUS INJURIES, ANIMAL QUICKLY RETURNED TO 

OCEAN AFTER DISENTANGLEMENT. NSI P7B NA 0 0

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GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 9 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

ORANGE PLASTIC LINE WRAPPED TIRGHTLY AOUND 

THORAX AT SHOULDERS,WAS DISENTANGLED BY 

VOLUNTEERS; ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND RESPONSIVE 

THROUGHOUT, MADE ITS WAY BACK OUT TO WATER; NO 

FURTHER REPORTS RECEIVED; APPEARS THIN IN PHOTOS. SI P1, P7B NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 18 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CLEAR PLASTIC PIECE 2 X 8 INCHES IN SIZE RECOVERED 

FROM STOMACH AND ESOPHAGUS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 19 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

BULLET HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING IN 

BODY. LEFT LUNG DAMAGED BY BULLET, BLOOD IN 

THORACIC, ABDOMINAL, AND PERICARDIAL CAVITIES, 

INTESTINES VERY TWISTED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 28 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

ENTANGLEMENT IN GREEN TRAWL NET WITH SIGNIFICANT 

TRAUMA AROUND NECK, ALSO FOUND STYROFOAM IN 

STOMACH. DETAILED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EXAM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2013 6 28 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

BLUE TWINE GILLNET WITH STRETCH MESH LENGTH OF 

15.5 CM FOUND WRAPPED AROUND NECK. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2010 1 4

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

CARCASS; POSSIBLE ENTANGLEMENT INJURIES ON LOWER 

JAW WITH CORRESPONDING HEMORRHAGE; INTERNAL 

EVIDENCE OF DROWNING. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2010 2 23 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS. GOOD BODY CONDITION. TWO ENTANGLEMENT 

SCARS ON TAILSTOCK WITH HEMORRHAGE UNDERNEATH. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2010 7 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; LINE MARKS ON FLIPPERS AND ALONG RIGHT 

SIDE; RIB MARKS ON LUNGS; BLOODY FOAM FROM 

BLOWHOLE; BLOOD IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2010 7 10 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; FISHING LINE/NET MARKS ON FIN AND FLUKE 

EDGES; BLOOD IN PERICARDIUM AND THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2010 10 17 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CALF CARCASS FOUND ON BEACH 2 DAYS AFTER 

LACTATING ADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE STRANDED 

APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH. TWO LINE SCARS 

AROUND HEAD AT GAPE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2010 10 21 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; NUMEROUS ENTANGLEMENT SCARS, 

IMPRESSIONS AND LACERATIONS, WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE

N CALIFORNIA/S 

OREGON 2011 1 2 VESSEL STRIKE LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; RIGHT LOBE OF FLUKE CUT OFF CLEANLY; OTHER 

LACERATIONS INDICATE PROPELLER WOUNDS DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE MONTEREY 2011 1 27 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MONTEREY CA NSI

HARBOR PORPOISE BECAME ENTANGLED IN SEABIRD 

RESEARCH NET DURING RETRIEVAL. ANIMAL WAS 

IMMEDIATELY FREED OF NET AND SPENT LESS THAN 2 

MINUTES ENTANGLED. PORPOISE SWAM AWAY 

STRONGLY. NSI S7B NA 0 0

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2011 5 5 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SUBSTANTIAL FOAM IN TRACHEA; SEROUS 

FLUID IN PLEURAL CAVITY; THORACIC ORGANS BRUISED; 

EXTERNAL MARKS (NET?) AND RUBBED AREAS. EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2011 5 14 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SUBSTANTIAL BLOODY FOAM FROM BLOWHOLE 

AND IN TRACHEA; INDENTATIONS ALONG PEDUNCLE AND 

MARKS NEAR FLIPPERS DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2011 5 27

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; MANY PARALLEL CUTS ACROSS ANIMAL, 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING . UPPER JAW TIP BROKEN. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2011 6 3

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; MANY PARALLEL CUTS ACROSS ANIMAL, 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2011 9 8

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

CARCASS; SMALL CUTS ON PEDUNCLE; TRAUMA TO HEAD; 

FOAM IN LUNGS, ANIMAL VERY THIN WITH REDUCED 

MUSCLE MASS; LOWER SMALL INTESTINES SEEMED 

DECOMPOSED, ALMOST NECROTIC; URINE BLOODY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2011 9 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; DORSAL FIN CUT OFF; GROOVED MARKS ON 

DORSAL PEDUNCLE; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; PERFORATED ULCER IN 

DUODENUM; SOME ORGANS AND LEFT SIDE OF BODY 

HEMORRHAGED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2012 1 16 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; LINEAR 

INDENTATIONS ALONG DORSAL PEDUNCLE; LOTS OF 

FOAM IN RIGHT LUNG; RIB MARK BRUISING ON LUNGS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2012 2 3 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; LINEAR MARKS ALONG DORSAL PEDUNCLE; 

HEMORRHAGE ON HEAD, NECK, AND VARIOUS AREAS OF 

BODY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2012 3 7

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; SEVERE LINEAR GASHES ON LEFT SIDE OF 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE; PARTIALLY SEVERED LEFT LOBE OF 

FLUKE FLACCID, APPEARS NECROTIC. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2012 3 24

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KING WA DEAD

CARCASS; CIRCULAR LINEAR IMPRESSION AT SNOUT; LEFT 

UPPER JAW AND LOWER JAW MISSING, BUT INJURY 

MOSTLY HEALED; ANIMAL THIN; FROTH FROM MOUTH DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2012 6 5

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; GOOD TO EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; THREE 

GASHES ON PEDUNCLE; POSSIBLE GASHES ON FLUKE; 

RUBBED AREAS ON HEAD; TEETH IN LOWER JAW 

DISPLACED; HEMORRHAGE ON HEAD AND LEFT MIDTHORAX; LUNGS DENSE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2012 6 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; RUBBED AREAS AND HEMORRHAGE ON 

VARIOUS AREAS OF HEAD AND BODY; ODD (KNIFE?) CUTS 

AND DIAGONAL, FINE-LINED, LINEAR-PATTERNED AREA ON 

BODY; LEFT LUNG HEAVY AND PALE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2012 8 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SERIES OF NONPARALLEL CUTS AND TWO GASHES ON BODY; BLOOD IN 

EYES AND FROM BLOWHOLE; HEMORRHAGE ON HEAD 

AND SIDES OF BODY; FOAM IN LUNGS AND TRACHEA; 

BLOOD IN ABDOMEN; MILK IN STOMACH AND 

ESOPHAGUS DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2012 10 31 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN FREE-FLOATING GILLNET DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2012 10 31 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; TAIL STOCK/FLUKE SEVERED; WHITE FROTH 

FROM BLOWHOLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR IMPRESSIONS 

LEADING INTO DEEP LACERATION ON RIGHT FLIPPER; 

RIGHT EYE PERFORATED AND PENETRATING LACERATION 

APPROXIMATELY 3 CM BELOW EYE; MULTIPLE NET 

IMPRESSIONS, ESPECIALLY ON HEAD, FLIPPER, AND 

DORSAL SURFACE; FOUR PENETRATING (LIKELY GAFF) 

WOUNDS; PARTIALLY DIGESTED FISH IN STOMACH; 

FOUND NEAR FREE-FLOATING GILLNET DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2012 11 1 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD CARCASS; OBSERVED ENTANGLEMENT IN GILLNET FISHERY DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2012 11 3 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; MONOFILAMENT LINE MARKS AROUND JAW, 

ROSTRUM, AND HEAD; TRAILING EDGE OF LEFT PECTORAL 

FIN SHEARED OFF; WRAP MARK AROUND DORSAL FIN TIP 

AND LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES; FROTH FROM BLOWHOLE DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2012 11 5 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; SLICE OF SKIN MISSING ON LEFT POSTERIOR 

SIDE OF FLIPPER (SIMILAR TO THREE OTHER RECENT 

PORPOISE STRANDINGS); VERY FAINT V-SHAPED 

IMPRESSION ON ROSTRUM; POSSIBLE NEW 

INDENTATIONS IN BOTH FLUKE AND FLIPPER; HEALED 

SCARS ON TAIL STOCK DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2012 11 6 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ISLAND WA DEAD

CARCASS; NECROPSY PHOTOS SHOW LINE IMPRESSIONS 

WAPPING AROUND HEAD AND TAIL STOCK. TWO LINES 

COME TO A "V" SHAPE FROM A SINGLE POINT ON THE 

LEADING EDGE AND ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE 

PECTORAL FIN. ANOTHER IMPRESSION WRAPS AROUND 

THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE FLUKES. OBVIOUS SIGNS OF 

FISHERIES INTERACTION BASED ON EXTERNAL AND 

INTERNAL OBSERVATION. A REGURGITATED FISH WAS 

FOUND IN THE ESOPHAGUS INDICATIVE OF STRESS AT THE 

TIME OF DEATH. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2013 4 21

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA 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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2013 4 29

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE

SAN FRANCISCO 

RUSSIAN RIVER 2013 6 5 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

SCAVENGING AROUND HEAD AND MOUTH; DISTENDED 

ABDOMEN; SUSPECT FISHERIES INTERACTION DUE TO 

LINEAR CUTS ON PEDUNCLE TYPICAL OF MONOFILAMENT; 

FULL TERM FETUS DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE MORRO BAY 2013 7 11 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT; FOUND FULLY 

ENCLOSED IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH BLOOD AROUND FLUKE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON/WA COAST 2013 8 11

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE MORRO BAY 2013 8 30 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTANGLEMENT SCAR. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA 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 NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2014 1 3 FISHERY INTERACTION JEFFERSON WA DEAD

A DEAD HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND. A NECROPSY 

REVEALED IMPRESSIONS CONSISTENT WITH NET 

ENTANGLEMENT ON THE ANIMAL. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE

N OREGON / WA 

COAST 2014 5 16 FISHERY INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

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 RELATED MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE 

SUPPORTS THIS CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS 

UNKNOWN DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE

N OREGON / WA 

COAST 2014 5 16 FISHERY INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

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 

MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA NA 1 1

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HARBOR PORPOISE

N OREGON / WA 

COAST 2014 5 19 FISHERY INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

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 RELATED MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE 

SUPPORTS THIS CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS 

UNKNOWN DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR PORPOISE

SAN FRANCISCO 

RUSSIAN RIVER 2014 7 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN MATEO CA 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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE

N CALIFORNIA / S 

OREGON 2014 8 28 VESSEL STRIKE COOS OR DEAD

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 NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE WA INLAND WATERS 2014 9 21 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ISLAND WA DEAD

MONOFILAMENT IMPRESSIONS AROUND THE HEAD AND 

ROSTRUM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR PORPOISE

N OREGON / WA 

COAST 2014 11 5 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 NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2010 1 17 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

CARCASS; PENETRATING TRACKING WOUND IN NECK; 

LOTS OF HEMORRHAGING; BONE FRAGMENTS NEAR 

TRACKING WOUND; STOMACH FULL OF FISH DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 1 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MARIN CA DEAD

HOOK WITH 116 CENTIMETERS OF ATTACHED LINE & 

SINKERS IN PYLORUS; PERITONITIS; GASTRITIS DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 1 25 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTRAINMENT DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 1 26

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

PUP AND MOTHER SEPARATED DUE TO PUBLIC INTRUSION 

OF BEACH ROOKERY. ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB. NSI P14 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2010 1 26 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD SEAL FOUND IN DERELICT NET DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2010 2 19 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD MUMMIFIED/SKELETAL SEAL FOUND IN DERELICT GILLNET DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 2 20

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

PUP AND MOTHER SEPARATED DUE TO PUBLIC INTRUSION 

OF BEACH ROOKERY. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 3 12 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE CA SI

VOMITED PLASTIC WRAPPER. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P2 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 3 18 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTRAINMENT DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 3 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

ADULT WITH PUP FOUND IN COOLING STATION WATER 

SYSTEM, PUP RELEASED TO BEACH. SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 3 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ADULT WAS GOING TO BE RELEASED, BUT DIED IN 

TRANSIT TO SAN ONOFRE BEACH. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 3 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI IMMEDIATELY RELEASED AT SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 3 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI IMMEDIATELY RELEASED AT SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 3 30

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 4 5

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

PUBLIC NETTED PUP. IN NET ALONGSIDE DOCK WHEN 

RESPONDERS ARRIVED. ANIMAL RELOCATED. UNKNOWN 

IF PUP REUNITED WITH MOTHER. SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 4 8 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL 

RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 4 9

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 4 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

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HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 4 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 4 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

HARBOR SEAL HAD A FISHING LURE IN LEFT FLIPPER WITH 

MONOFILAMENT LINE, A PIECE OF A LOBSTER TRAP AND A 

HOLDFAST FROM KELP. ONCE THESE ITEMS WERE 

SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED THE ANIMAL WAS RELEASED ON 

SITE. THE ANIMAL WAS IN GOOD BODY CONDITION. NSI P5C NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 4 19

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MARIN CA SI

PUP SEPARATED FROM MOTHER,TRANSPORTED AWAY 

FROM BEACH BY MEMBERS OF PUBLIC, DIED DURING 

TRANSPORT BACK TO BEACH DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 4 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM, IMMEDIATELY RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2010 5 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD CARCASS; FISH HOOK AT BASE OF STOMACH DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 6 5

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 6 30

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

WOUNDS FROM LINE EMBEDDED IN NECK (LINE NOT 

PRESENT) DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 7 3 STAB WOUNDS SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD

SHORT METAL SHANK SPEAR WAS LODGED SIDEWAYS IN 

THE ANIMAL WITH ABOUT 18" OF CABLE HANGING OUT 

OF THE ANIMAL DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2010 7 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY KITSAP WA SI

LIVE PUP (ATTENDED BY FEMALE) WITH MONOFILAMENT 

LINE AROUND ITS NECK; ATTEMPTED TO CAPTURE USING 

SAFE BOAT BUT ANIMAL WENT INTO WATER. SI P8A NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2010 8 2 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD MUMMIFIED SKELETAL SEAL FOUND IN GHOST NET DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2010 8 16 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

OBVIOUS PROPELLER WOUNDS ON FACE AND UPPER 

BODY, INCLUDING 3-CM LACERATION ON LEFT VENTRAL 

NECK AREA, 3.5 CM DEEP; 8.5-CM LACERATIONS 

THROUGH LOWER MANDIBLE, ACROSS ROSTRUM, AND 

INTO UPPER PALATE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2010 8 23 SHOOTING MASON WA DEAD

BULLET FOUND IN SKULL; TRACK THROUGH RIGHT EYE 

SOCKET AND INTO NASAL CAVITY; BULLET FRAGMENTS 

SEEN IN RIGHT NASAL CAVITY VIA RADIOGRAPHS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2010 8 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY WHATCOM WA DEAD

FRESH DEAD PUP, BLEEDING FROM NOSE AND MOUTH, 

FOUND IN FISHING NET; DROWNED DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 8 29 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2010 9 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY KING WA SI

FOUR FISH HOOKS IN ANIMAL (ONE ABOVE LEFT EYE, TWO 

IN LOWER LIP, AND ONE IN FORE FLIPPER) AND 

LACERATIONS ON HIND FLIPPERS; ANIMAL CAPTURED, 

HOOKS REMOVED, AND RELEASED; ALL HOOKS EASY TO 

REMOVE EXCEPT IN FLIPPER. NSI P5C NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 9 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2010 9 7 SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD CARCASS; TRACKING WOUND THROUGH SKULL DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2010 9 10

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

TRIBAL OBSERVER PROGRAM

DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2010 9 10

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

TRIBAL OBSERVER PROGRAM

DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2010 9 10

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

TRIBAL OBSERVER PROGRAM

DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 9 15

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

DEEP ENTANGLEMENT-LIKE LACERATIONS AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2010 9 28 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

ENTRY WOUND THROUGH RIGHT EYE; BULLET RETRIEVED 

FROM LEFT SIDE OF BACK OF SKULL, PROBABLE EXIT 

WOUND DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2010 11 11 SHOOTING TILLAMOOK OR SI

TWO CLEAR (BULLET) POINTS OF ENTRY INTO HEAD, EACH 

0.4 CM IN DIAMETER, WITH ASSOCIATED TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE, CLOTTED BLOOD, AND BROKEN BONES 

(E.G. BULLA AND MASTOID PROCESS); EUTHANIZED AT 

SITE DEAD P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 12 3 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 12 4 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2010 12 21 NON-FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT THURSTON WA DEAD

REPORTED BY DIVE TEAM WHILE CUTTING PILINGS 

UNDERWATER AS PART OF THE DNR WOODARD BAY 

RESTORATION PROJECT. THE SEAL WAS ENTANGLED IN A 

LINE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A BUOY MARKING A 

BROKEN PILE. THE BUOY AND LINE WERE ATTACHED. DEAD NA NA NA 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2010 12 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 3 22 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA SI

LIVE ANIMAL WITH ROPE OR LINE AROUND NECK AND TOP 

OF HEAD. SI P8A NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 4 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 4 21 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL CAPTURED AND 

RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 4 25 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD NECROPSY PERFORMED DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 4 29

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MONTEREY CA SI

VERY YOUNG PUP (1-2 INCH UMBILICUS PRESENT) 

ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM BEACH BY MEMBER OF THE 

PUBLIC. BROUGHT TO REHABILITATION CENTER. SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 5 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; ANIMAL CAPTURED; HOOK 

REMOVED, AND RELEASED NSI P5C NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 5 29

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MENDOCINO CA SI

DEPENDENT PUP ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM BEACH. DIED 

DURING TRANSPORT BACK TO BEACH. DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 5 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR SI

TREMBLING NOTED INITIALLY; CONVULSIONS AND 

VOMITING REPORTED JUST PRIOR TO DEATH; FISH HOOK 

WITH LURE AND LINE HAD PERFORATED INTESTINES; 

SUBSTANTIAL HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT DEAD P2 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 6 4 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 6 7 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 6 12 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

SEAL ENTANGLED IN GREEN MONOFILAMENT GILLNET. 

LACERATIONS AROUND NECK. NETTING REMOVED AND 

ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN. SI P8A NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 7 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

EXTREMELY THIN AND LETHARGIC. UNABLE TO LIFT HEAD 

AND OFFERED NO RESISTANCE WHEN PICKED UP. XRAY 

SHOWED FISH HOOK IN LOWER GI TRACT. TAKEN TO 

REHAB FACILITY. FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P2 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 7 9 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; PROPELLER CUTS 

AT LEFT AXILLA AND LEFT ANKLE; TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGING AROUND NECK, PROPELLER CUTS, AND 

PELVIC AREA DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 7 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY WHATCOM WA DEAD CARCASS FOUND WITH HOOK THROUGH LIP DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 7 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN POWER PLANT COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 8 1 DOG ATTACK LINCOLN OR SI LIVE PUP REPORTEDLY ATTACKED BY THREE DOGS DEAD P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 8 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

CARCASS; CAUGHT ON HOOK OF IPHC (INTERNATIONAL 

PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION) LONGLINE GEAR DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 8 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY KING WA DEAD

CARCASS; PIECE OF FISHING LINE AND REMNANT OF HOOK 

FOUND IN LARGE INTESTINES DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 8 29 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER PLANT STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 8 30 VESSEL STRIKE SKAGIT WA DEAD

CARCASS; CRESCENT-SHAPED GASH IN LEFT SIDE BELOW 

RIBS WITH INTERNAL ORGANS PROTRUDING, AS WELL AS 

GASH ON SIDE OF HEAD CAUSED BY SMALL BOAT 

PROPELLER; LEFT EYE GONE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY KING WA NSI FISH HOOK IN FACE NSI P5B NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 8 SHOOTING ISLAND WA DEAD

CARCASS; GOOD BODY CONDITION; BULLET WOUND (30 

MM X 20 MM) BEHIND LEFT EAR OPENING; EXIT WOUND 

(70 MM X 70 MM) 4.5 CM BELOW AND TO RIGHT OF 

RIGHT EAR; THIRD HOLE (40 MM) 27 MM DIRECTLY 

BELOW RIGHT EAR; NO BULLETS OR FRAGMENTS FOUND. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 9 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER PLANT STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2011 9 12 SHOOTING THURSTON WA DEAD

CARCASS; TRACKING WOUND ON LEFT SIDE OF TOP OF 

SKULL WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING; TOP OF SKULL 

SHATTERED AND HEMORRHAGING IN BRAIN TISSUE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 14

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN JUAN WA SI

PHOTO OF LIVE PUP SHOWED SOME FISHING GEAR 

ATTACHED TO ITS REAR FLIPPERS; ANIMAL NEVER 

LOCATED SO UNABLE TO EXAMINE. GEAR MAY IMPEDE 

ABILITY TO FEED AND TRAVEL. SI P6 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 19 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL KING WA NSI

LIVE ENTANGLEMENT IN TRIBAL FISHING NET; ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED AND RELEASED NSI P7B NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 9 23

PACIFIC WHITING TRAWL 

FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; BROUGHT IN WITH CARGO OF WHITING 

FISHING VESSEL; APPEARED TO HAVE DIED IN TRAWL NET 

OR IN CARGO HULL DEAD NA NA NA 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 9 25 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER PLANT STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 29 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER PLANT STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 10 14 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ADULT HARBOR SEAL WITH FISHING NET DEEPLY CUTTING 

INTO NECK. SI P8A NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 10 16 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. CAPTURED AND DIED DURING TRANSPORT TO 

RELEASE SITE DEAD P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 10 25 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SMALL BULLET HOLE WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING IN ABDOMEN; INTESTINES TIGHTLY 

TWISTED; LOTS OF FLUID IN ABDOMINAL AND THORACIC 

CAVITIES DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NET; CIRCULAR 

HOLE ON LEFT DORSAL SIDE OF THORACIC AREA (LIKELY 

GAFF RATHER THAN BULLET HOLE), WITH ABDOMEN CUT 

OPEN. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2011 11 1 GILLNET FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN APPROXIMATELY 36-FT 

MONOFILAMENT NET WITH LEAD LINE ATTACHED AND 

TWINE THAT WAS USED TO REPAIR HOLES IN THE NET. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 11 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2011 11 20 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL MASON WA DEAD REPORTED TO NOAA BY TRIBE AS KILLED IN GILLNET DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 11 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 1 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM. ANIMAL RELEASED AT BEACH 

WITH NO INJURIES. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2012 1 6 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

CARCASS; RADIOGRAPH SHOWED BULLET IN HEAD AND 

COMPOUND SKULL FRACTURE; MARKED HEMORRHAGE IN 

BRAIN CAVITY; STOMACH HAD PARTIALLY DIGESTED FISH DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 1 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 2 2 HARASSMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNWEANED PUP SEPARATED FROM MOTHER BY DOGS 

NOT UNDER CONTROL OF OWNER. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB CENTER. DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 2 4 SHOOTING LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; LIKELY GUNSHOT WOUND TO ORBITAL AREA OF 

LEFT EYE--SHATTERED ETHMOID, LACRIMAL, AND 

ZYGOMATIC BONES DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 2 6 HARASSMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNWEANED PUP SEPARATED FROM MOTHER BY DOGS 

NOT UNDER CONTROL OF OWNER. ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHABILITATION CENTER. TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG 

# 17896 SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 2 11 HARASSMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNWEANED PUP SEPARATED FROM MOTHER BY DOGS 

NOT UNDER CONTROL OF OWNER. ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHABILITATION CENTER. TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG 

# 17897 SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 2 24 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 3 3 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 3 10 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; BULLET HOLES AND TRACKS WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 4 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY KING WA DEAD CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT LINE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 3 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI

HARASSED, ILLEGAL PICK-UP, TRANSFERRED TO REHAB 

FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 5 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. RELEASED TO BEACH WITHOUT INJURIES. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 13 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

HARASSED; ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; 3 

INCH LONG WET UMBILICUS PRESENT; GOOD BODY 

CONDITION; NON-RESPONSIVE, NOT VOCAL, SHIVERING; 

ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, WHERE IT 

DIED DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 4 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; FISHING LINE FOUND IN INTESTINE OF ANIMAL; 

PERITONITIS AND BUNCHED UP INTESTINE AT LOCATION 

OF FISHING LINE OBSTRUCTION DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. RELEASED TO BEACH WITHOUT INJURIES. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 24 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL FOUND IN POWER PLANT INTAKE SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 5 12 HARASSMENT DEL NORTE CA NSI

ILLEGAL PICK UP BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC, WHO WAS 

INSTRUCTED TO RETURN IT TO WHERE IT WAS FOUND; 

ILLEGAL PICK UP AND RELOCATION BY ANOTHER COUPLE, 

WHO CALLED IT IN AS A STRANDING; TAGGED WITH 

ORANGE ROTOTAG #7553 NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 5 19 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SHOT IN NECK/SCAPULAE AREAS; EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION; UTERUS DISTENDED; MILK IN 

MAMMARY GLANDS DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 5 21 CAR COLLISION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; CAUSE OF DEATH APPEARS TO BE TRAUMA 

FROM SMALL-WHEELED VEHICLE; LEFT EYE BULGING; 

TONGUE BITTEN; ABRASIONS ALL ALONG VENTRAL SIDE, 

HAIR RUBBED OFF IN 4-CM-WIDE, 51-CM-LONG STRIPE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 5 23 VESSEL STRIKE DEL NORTE CA SI

BOAT STRIKE CAUSING SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA, LABORED 

BREATHING, AND BILATERAL MAXILLARY FRACTURES; 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA DEAD P15 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 6 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

MEMBER OF PUBLIC SCOOPED ANIMAL OUT OF WATER 

WITH NET, REMOVED FISHING HOOK, LINE, AND WEIGHT 

AND THREW THEM BACK INTO WATER, AND PLACED 

ANIMAL ON DOCK; MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT, ACTIVE, 

ALERT; SMALL ABRASION ON LOWER LIP; TRANSFERRED 

TO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P5C NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 6 15 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 6 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA, EYES CLEAR AND ALERT, SHAKING; 

DIED OVERNIGHT; FOUND APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES OF 

FISHING LINE IN STOMACH; POSSIBLY ATTACKED BY DOG 

WHILE STILL ALIVE DEAD P2, P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 6 18 SHOOTING ISLAND WA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT TO HEAD, JUST BEHIND EYES; BULLET 

EXITED ON OTHER SIDE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 6 18 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; TWO BULLET HOLES IN NECK WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; ABDOMINAL ORGANS HEMORRHAGED; 

BRUISING ALONG DORSAL SPINE; GOUGE MARK ON RIGHT 

VENTRAL HIND FLIPPER DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 7 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. RELEASED TO BEACH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 7 8

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SKAGIT WA SI

PUBLIC USE OF BEACH SEPARATED MOTHER AND PUP; 

PUP DIED DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 7 13 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 7 15

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

FISHERMAN SELF REPORT. EXACT DATE NOT GIVEN, THUS 

MID-MONTH (DAY=15) IS USED. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 7 15

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

OCEAN TROLL FISHERY, TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

FISHERMAN SELF REPORT. EXACT DATE NOT GIVEN, THUS 

MID-MONTH (DAY=15) IS USED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 8 1 DOG ATTACK SNOHOMISH WA SI

LIVE PUP HAD SEVERAL PUNCTURE WOUNDS FROM DOG 

ATTACK; TRANSFERRED TO REHAB AND DIED DEAD P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 8 1 DOG ATTACK SNOHOMISH WA SI

LIVE PUP HAD 5 PUNCTURE WOUNDS (2 ON LEFT HIP, 2 ON 

RIGHT HIP, AND A DEEP ONE ON LEFT LATERAL SIDE) 

FROM DOG ATTACK; TRANSFERRED TO REHAB AND DIED DEAD P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 8 11 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

PUP SUCKED INTO INTAKE VALVE OF IDLING, LARGE, 

COMMERCIAL CATAMARAN; DECAPITATED CARCASS HAD 

SEMICIRCULAR LACERATIONS ON THORAX DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 8 12 SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; ADULT FEMALE WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT 

WOUNDS. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 8 14 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; CLEAR ENTRANCE/EXIT BULLET HOLES IN BODY 

WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE AND THREE BROKEN 

RIBS DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2012 8 18 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; ONE OF FOUR PUPS CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILLNET DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2012 8 18 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; ONE OF FOUR PUPS CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILLNET DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2012 8 18 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; ONE OF FOUR PUPS CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILLNET DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2012 8 18 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; ONE OF FOUR PUPS CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILLNET DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2012 8 20 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

CARCASS; TRACKING WOUND; MARKED HEMORRHAGE 

FROM ENTRY WOUND IN FRONT OF LEFT EAR TO BEHIND 

LEFT EYE, WHERE PELLET WAS LODGED IN SKULL DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2012 8 20 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD

PUP OBSERVED STRUCK BY VESSEL; CARCASS FOUND ON 

BEACH NEXT DAY WITH TWO, LARGE, PARALLEL 

(CRESCENT-SHAPED), PENETRATING LACERATIONS--

TRANSVERSE TO THE RIGHT DORSAL SIDE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 8 21 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA SI

SEVERAL GASHES ON STOMACH; LETHARGIC, ALLOWING 

PEOPLE TO APPROACH; DIED IN REHAB DEAD P15 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 9 2 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; VERY GOOD BODY CONDITION; DISTINCT 

BULLET HOLE AT LEFT DORSAL NASAL AREA AND EXIT 

WOUND AT PALATE; EXTENSIVE TRAUMA ALONG ENTIRE 

LEFT SIDE AND ON RIGHT VENTRAL SURFACE, PROBABLY 

DUE TO A SECOND BULLET DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 9 4 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

DEAD PUP WITH TWO SYMMETRICAL CUTS ACROSS 

ABDOMEN CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER WOUNDS; 

MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES ASSOCIATED WITH EXTERNAL 

WOUNDS; LACERATIONS OF HEART, RIGHT LUNG, SPLEEN, 

AND LIVER; HEMORRHAGE OF RIGHT ADRENAL AND LEFT 

KIDNEY DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 9 6 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD CARCASS; CLEAR BULLET HOLE IN NECK; SKULL SHATTERED DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 9 8 VESSEL STRIKE JEFFERSON WA DEAD

CARCASS; TWO DEEP LACERATIONS APPROXIMATELY 12 

INCHES APART; ANTERIOR LACERATION SEVERED RIBS, 

LUNG, AND LIVER ON RIGHT SIDE; POSTERIOR 

LACERATION SEVERED LUMBAR SPINE, SPINAL CORD, AND 

COLON DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 9 15 DOG ATTACK WHATCOM WA SI

LIVE PUP WITH BITE WOUNDS DIED DURING EXAM; 

MALNUTRITION COMPLICATED BY BITE WOUNDS WAS 

SUSPECTED CAUSE OF DEATH DEAD P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 9 18 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD

DEAD PUP WITH CURVED WOUNDS AND IMPRESSIONS 

CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER INJURIES DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 9 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD ANIMAL FOUND IN POWER PLANT INTAKE SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 9 22

SHOOTING/HOOK AND LINE 

FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; ANIMAL VERY THIN; THREE FISH HOOKS LOOSE 

IN STOMACH; SHOTGUN PELLETS IN LEFT NOSE; 

SUBSTANTIAL HOLE IN LEFT ORBITAL BONE, WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGE AROUND 

BOTH EYE SOCKETS AND SIDES OF NOSE; SUSPICIOUS 

HOLE MIDWAY ALONG BLADDER DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 9 24 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 9 26 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; PENETRATING WOUND ON LEFT CHEEK, 

APPROXIMATELY 3 CM BELOW EYE, WITH TRACKING 

WOUND INTO UPPER CHEEK DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 4 GILLNET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

CARCASS; DIAMOND-SHAPED PATTERN IMPRINTED ON 

PELT; HISTOPATHOLOGY CONFIRMED PULMONARY 

HEMORRHAGE AND CONGESTION. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 10 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; TWO FISH HOOKS WITH FISHING LINE FOUND IN 

STOMACH; NO INDICATION OF INFECTION IN STOMACH; 

LINEAR LACERATION INSIDE MOUTH, POSSIBLY FROM 

INGESTED FISH HOOKS DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 15

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

FISHERMAN SELF REPORT. EXACT DATE NOT GIVEN, THUS 

MID-MONTH (DAY=15) IS USED. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 15

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

FISHERMAN SELF REPORT. EXACT DATE NOT GIVEN, THUS 

MID-MONTH (DAY=15) IS USED. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 10 17 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. RELEASED ALIVE TO BEACH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 25 VESSEL STRIKE WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; GOOD BODY CONDITION; FLESH MISSING FROM 

SKULL, ENDING IN CONCISE LINE BEHIND SKULL; TOP OF 

SKULL INTACT WITH BROKEN SHARD COVERING BOTTOM 

HALF OF BRAIN; LEFT HIP/UPPER LEG BONE PROTRUDING 

FROM BODY DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2012 11 4 SHOOTING LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD; ENTRY WOUND 

JUST VENTRAL AND CAUDAL TO RIGHT LOWER JAW; EXIT 

WOUND AT LOWER LEFT JAW; FRACTURED DENTARY DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 2 7 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 2 25

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT 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 NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 9

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT HUMBOLDT CA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; ILLEGAL PICK UP BY PUBLIC WHO 

KEPT IT IN BATHTUB FOR UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF 

TIME; FEVER, MALNOURISHED; VOLUNTEERS PUT PUP 

BACK WHERE IT WAS FOUND; WHEN MOTHER DID NOT 

RETURN, PUP WAS TRANSFERRED TO REHAB SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 12

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; BROUGHT TO LIFEGUARDS; 

THIN, DEHYDRATED SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 12

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MONTEREY CA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; HARASSED; 

WRAPPED IN TOWEL AND MOVED TOWARD PARKING LOT 

BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC; LANUGO COAT; 3-INCH FRESH 

PINK UMBILICUS; EMACIATED SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 3 17 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 3 19 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA 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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 3 24 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

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 NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 6

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MONTEREY CA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; HARASSED; 

PICKED UP BY PUBLIC, WRAPPED IN TOWEL, AND PLACED 

ELSEWHERE ON BEACH; EMACIATED SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 6 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 4 10 SHOOTING COWLITZ WA DEAD

X-RAY REVEALED BULLET AND POSSIBLE FRAGMENTS IN 

PELVIC AREA, BULLET/PELLET FRAGMENTS IN SKULL DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 4 17 SHOOTING CLATSTOP OR DEAD

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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 5 20 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

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 NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA 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 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N 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 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 6 9 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA NSI

HARASSMENT; REPORTS THAT MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE 

PUTTING PUP BACK IN WATER; NO SIGN OF FEMALE 

ATTENDING PUP; NUMEROUS PEOPLE AND DOGS PRESENT NSI P9 NA 0 0

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HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 6 25 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI DOG BITES, NO OTHER DETAILS PROVIDED. SI P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 6 27

AQUACULTURE FACILITY 

ENTANGLEMENT MASON WA DEAD

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 DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 7 1

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT THURSTON WA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; PUP WAS 

FREQUENTLY HAULING OUT NEAR BOATS BUT FEMALE 

WAS COMING AT NIGHT TO FEED IT SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 1

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MASON WA SI

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 PREMATURITY SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 4

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT JEFFERSON WA SI

ILLEGAL PICKUP; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC REFUSED TO 

RETURN NEWBORN PUP TO BEACH; MATERNAL 

SEPARATION SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 7 9 DOG ATTACK PIERCE WA NSI

ATTACKED ON PUBLIC BEACH BY OFF-LEASH DOG; PUP 

HAD A COUPLE OF SMALL PUNCTURES ON LEFT HIND 

FLIPPER; SLIGHTLY THIN, WITH WHITE STUB OF 

UMBILICUS; RELOCATED TO GERTRUDE ISLAND NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 7 13 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA NSI

HARASSMENT; MEMBER OF PUBLIC SEEN CLIMBING OUT 

TO TOUCH SEAL PUP NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 7 15 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA NSI

HARASSMENT; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE TOUCHING 

AND PICKING UP PUP; PUP WAS GIVEN FLUIDS NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 7 16

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT KITSAP WA NSI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE 

REPORTED HARASSING PUP ON BEACH AND NOT 

ALLOWING IT TO REST; UMBILICUS PRESENT; RELOCATED 

TO REHAB SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 7 17

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; REPORTS OF PUBLIC HARASSING 

PUP OVER 2.5 DAYS; RELOCATED TO REHAB SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 21

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT JEFFERSON WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; REPORTS THAT PUP WAS 

ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND HANDLED BY PUBLIC, MOVED 

FROM ROCK JETTY TO SHORE; UMBILICUS ATTACHED SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 7 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE WAS REMOVED FROM ANIMAL'S TORSO; 

LACERATION ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BODY CUTTING 

INTO MUSCLE ABOVE THE FRONT RIGHT FLIPPER NSI P7B, P8A NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA SI

PUP REPORTED HIT BY A BOAT AND RESCUED FROM A 

GROUP OF TEENAGERS ATTEMPTING TO BEAT IT WITH 

OARS. SI P15 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 7 31

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT PIERCE WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; PUP BORN ON DOCK AT BUSY 

BAY; MOTHER NEVER RETURNED; RELOCATED TO 

GERTRUDE ISLAND HARBOR SEAL HAULOUT; EAGLE 

OBSERVED SCAVENGING ON IT NEXT TO DOCK DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 8 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 3

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT KING COUNTY WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; BOATERS HARASSED PUP; PUP 

WAS ABANDONED; ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB; 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 3

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT KITSAP WA SI

PUP EUTHANIZED DUE TO ABANDONMENT AND 

INFECTION, BUT HARASSMENT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED 

TO ABANDONMENT DEAD P14 NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 8 3

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT 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 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 8 3 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLES; 

HEMORRHAGE; BROKEN BONES DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 4 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL KITSAP WA DEAD

CREASES AROUND NOSE INDICATIVE OF ENTANGLEMENT; 

LEFT EYE BULGING SLIGHTLY; BLOOD AROUND NOSE AND 

MOUTH; CAUSE OF DEATH = PROBABLE ENTANGLEMENT DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 5 SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; FRESH DEAD; APPEARED HEALTHY; FOUND 

BULLET HOLE BUT NO BULLET DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 7 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

HARASSMENT BY MEMBERS OF PUBLIC AND DOGS; THIN, 

DEHYDRATED SEAL WAS TRANSFERRED TO REHAB, 

TREATED, AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL S 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 MIDBACK 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 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 9

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT CLALLAM WA SI

REPORTS OF MEMBERS OF PUBLIC PICKING UP, 

HANDLING, APPROACHING, AND THROWING ROCKS AT 

SEAL PUP; WEANED PUP WITH ALL TEETH ERUPTED DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 23

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

CARCASS; HEAD HAD BEEN CUT OFF WITH SHARP 

INSTRUMENT; GOOD BODY CONDITION; RED FROTH IN 

TRACHEA. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 8 28 MARINE DEBRIS MASON WA DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 30

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SKAGIT WA SI

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 SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 9 9 SHOOTING DOUGLAS OR DEAD

ARROW RETRIEVED FROM CARCASS BY NOAA 

ENFORCEMENT AGENT DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 9 15 VESSEL STRIKE WHATCOM WA DEAD

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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 9 21

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT WHATCOM WA SI

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 DEAD P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 2 DOG ATTACK JEFFERSON WA SI

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 P9 NA 0 1

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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 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA 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 DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

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 NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N 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 NA NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 16 HARASSMENT/DOG ATTACK 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 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 10 18 CAR COLLISION MONTEREY CA DEAD

SECOND-HAND REPORT OF ANIMAL STRUCK BY CAR, 

PARTS COLLECTED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 11 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

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 SITE NSI P7B NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 11 22 SHOOTING CURRY OR DEAD

WOUND TO FACE AND DAMAGE TO ORBIT STRONGLY 

SUGGEST GUNSHOT DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2013 12 1 VESSEL STRIKE LINCOLN OR DEAD

LIKELY VESSEL STRIKE OR SHOOTING; FIVE BROKEN RIBS 

WITH HEMORRHAGE DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 12 9 ENTRAPMENT SNOHOMISH WA DEAD FOUND IN TRIBAL HATCHERY CONTAINMENT AREA DEAD NA NA NA 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2013 12 10 HARASSMENT KITSAP WA SI

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 SI P4 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2013 12 24 MARINE DEBRIS THURSTON WA DEAD FOUND WRAPPED IN ANCHOR LINE OF A BUOY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 1 26 FISHERY INTERACTION HUMBOLDT CA DEAD HARBOR SEAL CARCASS WITH HEAD CUT OFF DEAD NA NA NA 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 2

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 4

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MONTEREY CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 7

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MARIN CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2014 4 8 SHOT LANE OR DEAD

A SUBADULT HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A 

GUNSHOT WOUND. A BULLET FRAGMENT WAS FOUND IN 

THE ANIMAL'S NECK. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 15

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MONTEREY CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 19

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MARIN CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 4 25 FISHERY INTERACTION WHATCOM WA DEAD

A MUMMIFIED / SKELETONIZED HARBOR SEAL WAS 

FOUND ENTANGLED IN DERELICT GILLNET GEAR. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 25

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2014 5 3 SHOT CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET HOLES 

IN ITS BODY AND EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGING. A 

NECROPSY WAS CONDUCTED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2014 5 14 SHOT CLATSOP OR DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 5 14 MARINE DEBRIS SAN JUAN WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL WAS REPORTED TO BE ENTANGLED IN 

WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PACKING BAND. SI P8A NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 5 23 MARINE DEBRIS SAN JUAN WA SI

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 P8A NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 5 26 FISHERY INTERACTION MONTEREY CA DEAD

 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 

IRRITATED. ROPE AROUND NECK EXTERNAL EXAM DEAD NA NA NA 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 5 30 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES SI P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 6 2 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES SI P9 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 6 12 HARRASSMENT PIERCE WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND 

REMOVED FROM THE BEACH FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD 

OF TIME. THE ANIMAL WAS RETURNED TO THE BEACH, 

BUT FOUND DEAD LATER THAT DAY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 6 23 HARRASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE HARRASSED 

BY BOATERS, KIDS, AND DOGS. THE ANIMAL EVENTUALLY 

DIED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 6 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

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. SI P8A NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 3 HARRASSMENT JEFFERSON WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPEATEDLY HAULING OUT IN 

AREAS WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PEOPLE OVER 

SEVERAL DAYS AND WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP. THE PUP 

WAS RELOCATED TO A REMOTE BEACH. SI P14 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 6 HARRASSMENT 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 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2014 7 9 HARRASSMENT JEFFERSON WA 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 NSI NA NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 11 HARRASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 13 HARRASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 16 HARRASSMENT SKAGIT WA NSI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTEDLY WET WITH A HOSE 

WHILE HAULED OUT ON A PRIVATE BEACH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 17 HARRASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE HARRASSED 

BY PEOPLE AND DOGS WHILE IT WAS HAULED OUT ON A 

BEACH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2014 7 22 HARRASSMENT PIERCE WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND FED 

BY A HUMAN OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS. THE 

ANIMAL EVENTUALLY DIED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 22 HARRASSMENT 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 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 23 HARRASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL S PUGET SOUND 2014 7 25 HARRASSMENT PIERCE WA NSI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE ILLEGALLY 

PICKED UP. NSI P9 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2014 8 8 HARRASSMENT 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 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 8 19 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 NA 1 1

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HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 8 19 FISHERY INTERACTION KITSAP WA 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. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2014 8 26 SHOT CLATSOP OR DEAD

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 NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 8 26 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 NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 3 FISHERY INTERACTION KITSAP WA SI

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. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 10 SHOT 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 NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2014 9 20 SHOT CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET 

HOLES AND HEAVY HEMORRHAGING. A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

HARBOR SEAL

WA N INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 29 FISHERY INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD IN DERELICT GILLNET 

GEAR. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 10 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

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 SI P8A NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2014 11 25 SHOT CLATSOP OR DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HARBOR SEAL OR/WA COAST 2014 12 2 SHOT CLALLAM WA DEAD

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 NA NA 0 1

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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 SELFREPORTING 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 NA 0 0

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 5 13 CRAB POT FISHERY JEFFERSON WA SI

JUVENILE HUMPBACK WHALE ENTANGLED FROM HEAD TO 

FLUKES IN CRAB POT GEAR WITH ORANGE FLOATS SW OF 

DESTRUCTION ISLAND. VIDEO OF DISENTANGLEMENT 

ATTEMPT SHOWS WHALE TO BE RELATIVELY IMMOBILE 

AND UNABLE TO SWIM AND SURFACE NORMALLY, GEAR 

CONSTRICTING. DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM WAS ABLE TO 

REMOVE SOME GEAR FROM BODY AND FLUKES, BUT GEAR 

REMAINED ON FLIPPER. RADIO BEACON ATTACHED TO 

REMAINING GEAR TO ASSIST IN RELOCATING WHALE FOR 

ADDITIONAL DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT. WHALE NOT 

RELOCATED. GEAR CONFIRMED BY WDFW AS WA 

COASTAL CRAB POT / TRAP GEAR. SI L2 1 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 6 19 CRAB POT FISHERY CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE)

35-40 FT. HUMPBACK WHALE WITH A YELLOW CRAB POT 

TRAILING BEHIND THE ANIMAL. ANIMAL OBSERVED FOR 

15 MINUTES AND MOVING IN A NW DIRECTION AT 2 

KNOTS.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 7 25 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD

CARCASS WITH PROPELLER WOUNDS OBSERVED 

FLOATING. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 8 2 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN FISH NETTING WRAPPED AROUND THE MID 

SECTION OF THE ANIMAL, CUTTING INTO THE FLESH. 

REPORT CAME IN FROM A DIVE BOAT BUT A FISHERMAN 

SAID THERE WAS SUPPOSEDLY SOME BLUE LINE TOO. THE 

ENTANGLEMENT DID NOT SEEM TO BE AFFECTING THE 

WHALE’S ABILITY TO SWIM OR DIVE. NO RESPONSE 

EFFORT ATTEMPTED. EVIDENCE OF CONSTRICTING GEAR 

TIGHTLY WRAPPED AROUND ANIMAL. SI L2 1 0 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 8 16 CRAB POT FISHERY LINCOLN OR DEAD

MULTIPLE CRAB BUOYS ATTACHED TO TAIL AND IT 

APPEARED TO BE ANCHORED BY THEM. CARCASS 

PHOTOGRAPHED. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 8 17 CRAB POT FISHERY MENDOCINO CA SI (PRORATE)

LINES & BUOYS EXTENDING FROM CAUDAL PEDUNCLE; 

SIGHTING REPORTED BY U.S. COAST GUARD HELICOPTER 

CREW.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 8 23

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION HUMBOLDT CA SI

ADULT HUMPBACK WHALE WITH AT LEAST 3 TIGHT 

WRAPS OF MODERATE GAUGE, GREEN LINE AROUND 

MIDBODY. NO BUOYS OR LINE SEEN TRAILING. ANIMAL 

HAS LINE SCAR FORWARD ACROSS BODY BEHIND 

BLOWHOLES. OVERALL CONDITION OF THE ANIMAL IS 

GOOD. NOT EMACIATED AND NO HEAVY CYAMID LOAD. SI L2 1 0 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 8 24

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

HUMPBACK WHALE TRAILING RED LINE SEEN DRAPED 

OVER ITS FLUKES. ENTANGLEMENT LIKELY ORIGINATES 

FROM MOUTH OR FLIPPER(S). NO BUOYS REPORTED.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 0 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 8 31 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY COOS OR DEAD

CARCASS INITIALLY SEEN OFFSHORE, MULTIPLE YELLOW 

AND RED FLOATS ATTACHED. GEAR WAS IDENTIFIED AS 

OREGON DUNGENESS CRAB FISHERY GEAR FROM BUOY 

NUMBERS AFTER ANIMAL CAME ASHORE. DEAD NA NA 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 5 8 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ANIMAL STRUCK JUST FORWARD OF THE DORSAL FIN. 

ONLY 20 FT OF THE ANIMAL REMAINED AFTER THE 

PROPELLER CUT THE HEAD, PECTORAL FINS AND 

THORACIC CAVITY AWAY DEAD NA NA 0 1

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HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 5 10

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

3/8" GREEN LINE WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT PECTORAL FIN 

AT INSERTION; NO BODY WRAPS OBSERVED; 3 BUOYS 

INVOLVED IN ENTANGLEMENT; LINE TRAILS TO ~1 FT PAST 

FLUKES ENDING IN EITHER LOOP OR BITTER ENDS; GOOD 

BODY CONDITION (DARK SKIN, NO CYAMIDS); WHEEZY 

BLOWS; WITH OTHER ANIMALS; FEEDING, APPROACHING 

BOAT (CURIOUS); PARTIAL SELF-RELEASE; 2 BUOYS 

OBSERVED WITH 12-15 FT OF LINE FREE-FLOATING, NOT 

COLLECTED. NO CONFIRMATION THAT WHALE SHED ALL 

GEAR.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 5 12 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR NSI

A 38' SAILBOAT PARTICIPATING IN A RACE WAS STRUCK BY 

A BREACHING WHALE. RIGGING AND MAST WAS 

DAMAGED AND SKIN WAS LEFT BEHIND. SIZE OF WHALE 

ESTIMATED AT 30 FT. VESSEL WAS TRAVELLING 

APPROXIMATELY 9 KTS NSI L6C 0 0 0

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 7 16

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI (PRORATE)

APPROX. 40' HUMPBACK WHALE WITH ROPES AND "CRAB 

POTS" WRAPPED AROUND THE FLUKES. ANIMAL ACTIVE 

AND SWIMMING NORTH, NO RESIGHT, NO RESPONSE

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 8 14 CRAB POT FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

REPORTED TO USCG VIA WDFW SMALL WHALE 

ENTANGLED IN CRAB POTS WITH TWO OTHER WHALES 

SWIMMING AROUND. LAT 46 52 .417 LONG 124 32.453. 

JUVENILE TRAILING CRAB POTS - BELIEVED IT COULD NOT 

TRAVEL MUCH IF AT ALL. NO COLOR OF THE FLOATS OR 

WHERE ON THE BODY THEY WERE LOCATED. PHOTOS DO 

NOT SHOW GEAR BUT CONFIRM SPECIES. SI L2 1 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 8 20 CRAB POT FISHERY SNOHOMISH WA SI (PRORATE)

TRAILING A RED AND WHITE BOUY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE 

AND DID NOT SEE ANY LINES WRAPPED AROUND THE 

BODY. HEADED SOUTH WHEN LAST SIGHTED. GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. POSSESSION BAR, 

MUKILTEO, WA.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 8 25 CRAB POT FISHERY SAN JUAN WA SI (PRORATE)

ORIGINALLY SIGHTED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ON JULY 31, 

2011 WITH A RECREATIONAL CRAB POT GEAR LINE AND 

BUOY TRAILING 15-25 FEET BEHIND THE ANIMAL. HAD 

BEEN SEEN IN ACTIVE PASS AND OFF POINT ROBERTS 

BEFORE THIS SIGHTING. ANIMAL WAS REPORTED AS 

DETERIORATING IN CONDITION. SEEN ON AUGUST 25TH 

IN FALSE BAY OFF THE WEST SIDE OF SAN JUAN ISLAND. 

DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT UNSUCCESSFUL. SERIOUS 

INJURY PRORATE VALUE OF 1 DUE TO DETERIORATING 

CONDITION

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 1 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 10 1

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED IN "CRAB POTS"; ANIMAL HEADING SSE AT A 

FEW KNOTS; NO RESIGHTS, NO RESPONSE; FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2012 5 13

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

DIVE BOAT REPORTED A 25-FOOT HUMPBACK WHALE 

ENTANGLED IN LINE WITH A OBLONG ORANGE BUOY 

TRAILING 10 - 15 FEET BEHIND THE ANIMAL. ANIMAL IS 

MOBILE AND HEADING TOWARDS NW. INJURIES AT BASE 

OF CAUDAL PEDUNCLE AND ALONG LEADING EDGE OF 

FLUKES; INJURIES LOOK OLDER WITH SOME GROWTH ON 

TIP OF FLUKE; LONG ORANGE BUOY ON 10-15 FT OF LINE 

TRAILING; RESIGHTED 5/14 AND 5/15; NO RESPONSE 

ATTEMPTED

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2012 6 9

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

SUBADULT, 35-FOOT, HUMPBACK WHALE REPORTED BY 

MULTIPLE PARTIES LATE IN THE DAY ENTANGLED IN 

APPROXIMATELY 1/2", YELLOW LINE AROUND TAIL AND 

PECTORAL FLIPPERS NO BUOYS WERE OBSERVED AND NO 

INDICATION OF ANIMAL'S CONDITION. ANIMAL HEADING 

WEST IN HEAVY SEA STATE.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 0 1

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HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2012 7 12 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR SI (PRORATE)

REPORTED TO HAVE LINES WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL 

WITH SEVERAL BUOYS. FISHERMAN ON SCENE CUT ALL 

BOUYS AND AS MUCH LINE AS POSSIBLE FROM THE 

ANIMAL WHILE IT "REMAINED COMPLACENT AT THE 

SURFACE." SOME LINE WAS NOT REMOVED FROM THE 

WHALE FROM THE TAIL AREA AND WAS REPORTED AS 

BEING "EXHAUSTED BUT HEALTHY." AFTER 

DISENTANGLMENT THE WHALE STARTED MOVING 

SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. NO CONFIRMATION THAT ALL 

GEAR WAS REMOVED, GEAR CONFIGURATION UKNOWN. 

NEAR NETARTS, OR. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2013 6 10 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD

LATER EXAM OF BONES FOUND NO DAMAGE TO SKULL 

BUT TRAUMA TO VERTEBRAE AND PERHAPS RIBS IN AREA 

BEHIND SKULL, BROKEN BACK; SIGNIFICANT PARASITE 

LOAD; FRACTURED BOD OF TWO VERTEBRAE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 4 27 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

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 CONSIDERED LIFETHREATENING. NSI L2 1 1 0

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 5 1 CRAB POT FISHERY 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 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 5 6 CRAB POT FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

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 

WHERE WHALE WAS ENCOUNTERED APPROXIMATELY ONE 

WEEK PRIOR. NSI L2 NA 1 0

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 5 6

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

DRAGGING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GEAR OFF PISMO 

BEACH; HEADING SLOWLY NORTH; POSSIBLY LIFE 

THREATENING; NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE POSSIBLE DUE 

TO WEATHER. SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 0 1

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HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 5 22 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 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 NA 1 1

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 NA 1 0

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 NA 0 1

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 0 1

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 SELFREPORTING 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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 8 28 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

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 

ANIMAL, RESIGHTED GEAR FREE. NSI L3 NA 1 0

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HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 9 12

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

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.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 9 13 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

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? NSI L3 NA 1 0

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 1 1

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 1 1

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 NA 1 0

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 1 1

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 0 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 10 11

LIMITED ENTRY 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 NA 1 1

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HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 10 12 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI

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 MOBILITY WHEN OBSERVED. DEAD L5A NA 0 1

HUMPBACK WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 10 24 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI

ENTANGLED AROUND CAUDAL PEDUNCLE WITH 

WAVERIDER BUOY; CAUGHT IN BUNGEE BETWEEN 10 FT 

CHAIN AND LINE THAT RUNS TO 300 LB ANCHOR; 

SUCCESSFULLY DISENTANGLED 10/29/14. NSI L3 NA 0 0

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 1 1

MINKE WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 4 17 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) ROPE & NETTING AROUND HEAD AREA SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

MINKE WHALE CA/OR/WA 2011 12 18

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT 

TRAILING GEAR. NSI L3 NA 0 0

MINKE WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 6 6 MARINE DEBRIS MENDOCINO CA SI

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. DEAD L5A NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 2 2 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA SI

SEAL REPORTED ALIVE ON THE BEACH IN DISTRESS ON 

2/2/10. WDFW RESPONDED, BULLET FOUND IN LOWER 

BRAIN CAVITY. DEAD P9 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 2 2 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET FOUND IN BRAIN CAVITY DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 2 28

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SANTA CRUZ CA SI

ILLEGAL REMOVAL FROM BEACH. PUP FOUND IN A 

LAUNDRY ROOM ON A DOG BED, TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED. SI P14 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 3 31 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT VENTURA CA DEAD FOUND IN POWER STATION'S INTAKE TAKE DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 5 8

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA SI

TANGLED IN GROUNDLINE. STRUGGLED FREE AS ANIMAL 

NEARED THE SURFACE. SWAM AWAY SLOWLY, ANIMAL 

SEEN TO TAKE A BREATH AT THE SURFACE. SOME 

SCRATCHES ON THE TORSO FROM THE LINE. DESIGNATED 

AS SERIOUS INJURY AS AMOUNT OF TIME ENTANGLED 

UNDERWATER IS UNKNOWN. SI P7B NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 5 9 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI

PLASTIC LODGED IN THROAT. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 8 26 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 10 6 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

WIDE BLACK FLEXIBLE RUBBER BAND/BELT 1 1/4" WIDE X 

32" LONG X 1/4 CM THICK) WRAPPED AROUND NECK. 

GOOD BODY CONDITION, ENTANGLEMENT WAS SLIPPED 

OVER HEAD WITHOUT CUTTING BAND. DISENTANGLED BY 

VETERINARIAN RESEARCH TEAM NSI P7B NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2010 10 22 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2011 1 20 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 1/2" ROPE NETTING AROUND 

NECK. DISENTANGLED, IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON SITE. NSI P7B NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2011 3 21 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2011 3 25 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

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NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2011 4 3 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAN MATEO CA DEAD ANIMAL DIED UNDER ANAESTHESIA DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2011 4 8 OIL / TAR ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR ON MUZZLE AND EYE. 

TAKEN INTO REHAB CENTER FOR TREATMENT SI P9 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2011 6 26 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE WA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2011 7 19

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2011 11 8 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

ENTANGLED WITH GREEN PACKING STRAP AROUND NECK, 

MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT. VETERINARY STAFF 

DISENTANGLED AND IMMEDIATELY RELEASED AT 

STRANDING SITE SI P1, P7B NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 1 1 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

A BULLET HOLE WITH ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE AT 

STERNUM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 1 10 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, DISENTANGLED ON SITE.; 

ORIGINALLY OBSERVED ENTANGLED 11/16/2009 NSI P7B NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 2 21 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

BULLET HOLES IN HEAD AND BODY WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE AT NECK, 

FLIPPERS, AND BETWEEN DORSAL SCAPULAE; INTESTINES 

TWISTED; HEART SEEMED SMALL AND HAD A RIP ACROSS 

RIGHT VENTRICLE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 3 26 OIL / TAR ORANGE CA SI

MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION, TAR ON RIGHT SIDE OF 

FACE. TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. 

TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG #22335. NSI P9 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 6 12 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CLEAR ENTRANCE AND EXIT BULLET HOLES WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING IN BODY; GAFF CUT ON 

ABDOMEN; HEAD GONE; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES. DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 7 3 VESSEL STRIKE DEL NORTE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, LACERATION ON LEFT SHOULDER FROM 

POSSIBLE BOAT STRIKE, UNDERWEIGHT, BLEEDING FROM 

NOSE. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #7529. NSI P9 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 7 25 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. TWO BULLET HOLES WITH 

ASSOCIATED TRACKS AND HEMORRHAGE IN NECK; 

HEMORRHAGE AT RIGHT LATERAL JAW, RIGHT LUNG, AND 

KIDNEYS, SIGNIFICANT BLOOD IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY. DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 9 6

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2012 10 12 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 1 27 HARASSMENT MARIN CA NSI

HARASSED MALNUTRITION, TRAUMA, FULL BLACKCOAT, 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE - PLACED BACK IN WATER BY PUBLIC 

WITH TOWEL, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, SUNKEN 

EYES. NSI P9 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 2 10 MARINE DEBRIS NA 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 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 2 28 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA NSI HARASSMENT, MALNUTRITION. NSI P9 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 3 21

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MONTEREY CA SI

HARASSED BY PEOPLE AND DOGS, EMACIATED, 

MATERNAL SEPARATION. SI P14 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 3 27

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

HARASSED BY PEOPLE AND DOGS, EMACIATED, 

MATERNAL SEPARATION. SI P14 NA 0 1

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NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 6 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

NYLON NETTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND UPPER BODY, 

DISENTANGLED ON SITE. NSI P7B, P8A NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 9 15 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

LIVE ELEPHANT SEAL BROUGHT ON BOARD, UNIFORM 

DARK COLORATION WITH DARK WHISKERS. HAD A PINK 

TAG ON HIND FLIPPERS #N854. RELEASED ALIVE. NSI P4 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 9 30 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI

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. NSI P9 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 10 12 VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

SKULL IN MANY PIECES WITH HEMORRHAGE IN TISSUES 

OVER TOP OF CRANIUM. DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 10 21 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

HARD WHITE PLASTIC ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. 

ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED DURING PHYSICAL RESTRAINT 

IN THE FIELD DURING SRO RESCUE, NOT TAGGED. NSI P8A, P7B NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 10 24 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

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 P8A, P7B NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 10 31 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. ANIMAL SIGHTED 

DURING ANO NUEVO ISLAND SEA LION CAPTURES. 

ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED DURING PHYSICAL RESTRAINT 

ON THE FIELD, NOT TAGGED. NSI P8A, P7B NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 11 7 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. DISENTANGLED ON 

SCENE AND GREASE MARK APPLIED IN FIELD DURING SRO 

RESCUE. NSI P8A, P7B NA 0 0

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.

STOPPED THE VESSEL AS SOON AS ANIMAL BECAME 

VISIBLE AND BROUGHT THE ANIMAL CLOSER TO THE BOAT 

TO GET A PHOTO AND ATTEMPT TO DEHOOK. ANIMAL 

WAS STRUGGLING AND FOR THE SAFETY OF THE VESSEL 

AND THE ANIMAL, WE CUT THE LINE. THE ENTIRE 

INTERACTION LASTED FOR 1-2 MINUTES. UNABLE TO 

DEHOOK FOR SAFETY REASONS. CUT THE LINE BELOW THE 

WEIGHT, LEAVING THE HOOK, APPROX. 9 M MONO WITH 

THE LIGHTSTICK ATTACHED. APPROX. 37 43 N AND 129 59 

W. SI P5A NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 11 19 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2013 12 1 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

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. SI P8A NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 2 26 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI

FULL BLACKCOAT, MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT, SHIVERING, NO 

TEETH. HARASSED. NSI P9 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 14 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, TAR ON RIGHT SIDE. SI P1 NA 0 1

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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 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 18 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI EMACIATED, OIL / TAR. SI P1 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 19 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI EMACIATED ANIMAL HARASSED BY DOGS ON BEACH NSI P9 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 20 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI EMACIATED, LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 21 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 30 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

EMACIATED, TAR ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND ON LEFT SIDE OF 

BACK. OIL/TAR. SI P1 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 3 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI EMACIATED AND ACTIVE. OIL / TAR SI P1 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 5 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI

EMACIATED ANIMAL ON BEACH TOUCHED/HANDLED BY 

MEMBERS OF PUBLIC NSI P9 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 7 HARASSMENT SAN MATEO CA NSI

EMACIATED ANIMAL ON BEACH TOUCHED/HANDLED BY 

MEMBERS OF PUBLIC NSI P10 NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 8 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 13 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

WHITE PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT EMBEDDED IN 

NECK. STRAP REMOVED DURING RECSUE EFFORT. NSI P7B NA 0 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 29 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2014 7 24 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD MULTIPLE SHOTS DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2014 9 21

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

CALIFORNIA 

BREEDING 2014 11 14

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW 

SET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA NSI

ANIMAL HOOKED IN MOUTH/LIP, ANIMAL ALONGSIDE 

VESSEL, HOOK REMOVED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO GEAR 

REMAINING ON ANIMAL, NO BLEEDING OR VISIBLE 

INJURY. NSI P5C NA 0 0

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN NORTH 

PACIFIC / CALIFORNIA 2011 4 8 TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; PLASTIC PACKING BAND CUTTING INTO NECK; 

OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO SKIN, BLUBBER, AND MUSCLE; 

ENTANGLED IN GREENISH TRAWL NET DEAD NA NA NA 1

NORTHERN FUR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 6 22 TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; GREEN MULTIFILAMENT NET (LIKELY FROM 

TRAWL NET) WRAPPED AROUND NECK DEAD NA NA NA 1

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN NORTH 

PACIFIC / CALIFORNIA 2012 5 6

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION; DEEP LACERATION TO 

VENTRAL SIDE OF NECK DUE TO NET/FISHING LINE NO 

LONGER ON ANIMAL. TAKEN TO REHAB FACILITY, TREATED 

AND RELEASED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #22371. NSI P8A NA 0 0

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN NORTH 

PACIFIC / CALIFORNIA 2012 5 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD

CARCASS DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN FUR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 6 14

UNIDENTIFIED NET 

FISHERY/SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; GREEN NET AROUND NECK WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; BULLET HOLES (POSSIBLY ENTRANCE/EXIT) 

NEAR BOTH SCAPULAE, WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE DEAD NA NA 0 1

NORTHERN FUR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 7 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR SI

LIVE ANIMAL, ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR, RESCUED BY 

TUNA FISHERMEN; TRANSFERRED TO REHAB AND 

RELEASED THE NEXT DAY NSI P7B NA 0 0

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN NORTH 

PACIFIC / CALIFORNIA 2014 5 12 FISHERY INTERACTION LINCOLN OR 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. DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN NORTH 

PACIFIC / CALIFORNIA 2014 5 12 FISHERY INTERACTION LINCOLN OR 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. DEAD NA NA 1 1

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NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN NORTH 

PACIFIC / CALIFORNIA 2014 5 21 FISHERY INTERACTION CLATSOP OR 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. DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN NORTH 

PACIFIC / CALIFORNIA 2014 12 3 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, NON-RESPONSIVE TO HUMAN 

CONTACT, AND ALERT. TAR SPOT ON LEFT SIDE. 

MATERNAL SEPARATION, PNEUMONIA, OIL. SI P1 NA 0 1

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2010 12 6

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2012 1 8

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2013 11 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2013 11 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2014 1 3

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2010 4 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, TRAWL BROUGHT 

ON DECK, ANIMAL RELEASED AT SEA. SERIOUS INJURY S4 

BECAUSE ANIMAL WAS REMOVED FROM WATER AND 

BROUGHT ON DECK. SI S4 NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2010 4 25 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, CARCASS 

DISPOSED AT SEA DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2010 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MENDOCINO CA DEAD

ANIMAL BECAME ENTANGLED IN COD END OF MIDWATER TRAWL AFTER THE SET WHEN THE NET WAS BEING 

BROUGHT ABOARD THE VESSEL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 4 3 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, CARCASS 

DISPOSED AT SEA DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2012 6 28 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR DEAD ONE OF THREE ANIMALS CAUGHT IN A RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2012 6 28 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR DEAD ONE OF THREE ANIMALS CAUGHT IN A RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2012 6 28 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR DEAD ONE OF THREE ANIMALS CAUGHT IN A RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2012 6 29 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA SI

NET WAS BEING HAULED ABOARD WHEN AN ANIMAL WAS 

OBSERVED WITH ITS TAIL FLUKE CAUGHT BETWEEN BARS 

OF MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. ANIMAL WAS 

TURNED TO RELEASE TAIL FLUKE AND RELEASED DOWN 

TRAWL RAMP. ANIMAL WAS OBSERVED TO BE 

SWIMMING IN WATER AFTER RELEASE. S4 SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE ANIMAL WAS REMOVED FROM WATER, 

BROUGHT ON DECK (TRAWL RAMP). SI S4 NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2012 8 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, CARCASS 

DISPOSED AT SEA DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2012 8 24 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF TWO PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

A MIDWATER TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2012 8 24 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF TWO PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN 

A MIDWATER TRAWL DEAD NA NA 0 1

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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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 0

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2014 3 26 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

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. DEAD NA NA 0 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2014 5 14 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED IN GEAR DEAD NA NA 1 1

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2014 6 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

OFF POINT SUR, CALIFORNIA, A PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN WAS CAUGHT IN A COBB MIDWATER TRAWL. 

DOLPHIN WAS DEAD WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE INJURIES. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

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 NA 0 1

RISSO'S DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2010 1 22

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA DEAD MULTIPLE PARALLEL LACERATIONS DEAD NA NA 0 1

RISSO'S DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 9 29

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

RISSO'S DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2013 4 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

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 INDICATIVE OF DROWNING); LOWER 

LEFT FRONT TOOTH GONE. DEAD NA NA 0 1

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 NA 1 1

SHORT-FINNED PILOT 

WHALE CA/OR/WA 2014 1 19

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

98
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Injury 

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PBR

SPERM WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 4 7

OPEN ACCESS FIXED GEAR HOOK 

AND LINE PACIFIC NW OR NSI

ONE OF TWO SPERM WHALES FEEDING ON CATCH OFF 

THE GROUNDLINE OF AN OA SABLEFISH VESSEL. VESSEL 

USED AIR HORN TO TRY AND DETER. DETERRENCE WAS 

NOT SUCCESSFUL. NSI L3 NA 0 0

SPERM WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 4 7

OPEN ACCESS FIXED GEAR HOOK 

AND LINE PACIFIC NW OR NSI

ONE OF TWO SPERM WHALES FEEDING ON CATCH OFF 

THE GROUNDLINE OF AN OA SABLEFISH VESSEL. VESSEL 

USED AIR HORN TO TRY AND DETER. DETERRENCE WAS 

NOT SUCCESSFUL. NSI L3 NA 0 0

SPERM WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 12 5

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA SI

ONE OF TWO WHALES ENTANGLED IN A SWORDFISH DRIFT 

GILLNET. ONE WHALE WAS DEAD. FISHERY OBSERVER 

INDICATED THAT THE SECOND WHALE WAS RELEASED 

WITH NETTING AND PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. PHOTOS OF 

THE INJURED WHALE SHOW AN ANIMAL ON ITS SIDE, NOT 

IN A NORMAL BREATHING OR SWIMMING POSTURE. SI L2 1 1 1

SPERM WHALE CA/OR/WA 2010 12 5

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD

ONE OF TWO WHALES ENTANGLED IN A SWORDFISH DRIFT 

GILLNET. ONE WHALE WAS DEAD. FISHERY OBSERVER 

INDICATED THAT THE SECOND WHALE WAS RELEASED 

WITH NETTING AND PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. PHOTOS OF 

THE INJURED WHALE SHOW AN ANIMAL ON ITS SIDE, NOT 

IN A NORMAL BREATHING OR SWIMMING POSTURE. DEAD NA NA 1 1

SPERM WHALE CA/OR/WA 2012 1 21 VESSEL STRIKE PACIFIC WA DEAD

SKULL SEVERELY FRACTURED; BACK APPEARED TO BE 

BROKEN; HEMORRHAGE AT HEAD AND RIGHT SCAPULA. DEAD NA NA 0 1

STRIPED DOLPHIN CA/OR/WA 2011 3 12

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS CUT OPEN ALONG DORSUM, SMALL CUTS AT 

AXILLA AND PECTORAL FLIPPER DEAD NA NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2010 5 29 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2013 6 3 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

BULLET HOLES AT VENTRAL THORAX AND NECK WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; LOWER JAW BROKEN; UPPER 

JAW MISSING DEAD NA NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2014 10 15

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW 

SET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION HOOKED IN LIP IN LOWER 

MOUTH. LEADER WAS CUT AND HOOK AND SHORT 

SECTION OF LINE REMAINED ON ANIMAL. SI P5B NA 1 1

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2010 1 16 MARINE DEBRIS NA NA SI LIVE ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN LIGHT COLORED ROPE SI P6 NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2010 4 7

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

SHOTS FIRED NEAR PINNIPED TO DETER IT FROM FEEDING 

ON CATCH. NSI P9 NA 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2010 6 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ANIMAL ENTRAINED IN CIRCULATING WATER SCREEN BAY 

(ENTERED THROUGH INTAKE TUNNEL) DEAD NA NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2010 7 16 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY NA NA SI

REPORT OF LIVE ANIMAL WITH NET AROUND ITS HEAD 

AND NECK SI P8A NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2010 8 5 BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA NA NA SI

SEA LION BLUDGEONED AT SEA BY RECREATIONAL 

FISHERMEN SI P9 NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2010 9 2 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY NA NA SI

LIVE SEAL ENTANGLED IN NET; RELEASED BY PUBLIC 

BEFORE RESPONDERS ARRIVED SI P7B NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2012 6 3 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR SI

LIVE ANIMAL (POSSIBLY FUR SEAL) WITH BLUE/GREEN 

FISHING NET WRAPPED AROUND ITS MID-SECTION SI P6 NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2012 6 5 MARINE DEBRIS LANE OR SI

YOUNG, LIVE ANIMAL (POSSIBLY SEA LION) WITH A ROPE 

AND WHITE SIGN WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND ITS NECK SI P8A NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2012 8 24 CRAB POT FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

LIVE ANIMAL, SWIMMING JUST OFFSHORE, ENTANGLED IN 

CRAB GEAR (BUOY AND LINE VISIBLE) SI P6 NA 1 1

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2010 6 5

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

DETERRENCE USED. THE CAPTAIN SPOTTED A SEA LION 

OFF THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL WHILE HAULING 

LONGLINE GEAR AND QUICKLY FIRED A SHOT AT IT TO 

SCARE IT AWAY. I BRIEFLY CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THE 

ANIMAL AS IT LEFT. I DID NOT COME BACK. NSI P9 NA 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2011 4 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA NA 1 1

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2011 5 2

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA NSI

DETERRENCE USED. DURING HAULBACK OF SABLEFISH 

LONGLINE, ONE OF THE CREW SPOTTED A SEA LION AND 

FIRED A SHOT AT IT TO SCARE IT AWAY. NSI P9 NA 0 0

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UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2011 9 23

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

A SEA LION WAS FEEDING ON CATCH DURING RETRIEVAL 

OF LONGLINE GEAR. THE SKIPPER HAD ONE OF THE CREW 

THROW A BOMB AS A DETERRENCE. I ONLY BRIEFLY 

CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THE ANIMAL SWIMMING 

UNDERWATER AND COULD NOT TELL IF IT WAS A STELLER 

OR A CALIFORNIA SEA LION NSI P9 NA 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2011 9 23

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

THE SKIPPER SAW A SEA LION FEEDING ON CATCH DURING 

RETRIEVAL OF LONGLINE GEAR. I DID NOT GET A GOOD 

LOOK AT THE ANIMAL. ONE OF THE CREW THREW A SEAL 

BOMB AT IT AS A DETERRENCE. NSI P9 NA 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2013 3 4 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

SEA LION ENTANGLED IN GEAR BEFORE RETURNING TO 

SEA WITHOUT TRAILING GEAR. NSI P7B NA 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED SEAL NA 2011 12 15 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR SI

SEAL CAUGHT BY NET. CAME UP ALIVE AND BLEEDING 

FROM CHEST. CREW YELLED AT IT AND SCARED IT OFF. 

INJURIES UNKNOWN SEVERITY. DESIGNATED AS SERIOUS 

INJURY BECAUSE OF VISIBLE BLOOD LOSS. SI P3, P7B NA 1 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2010 3 24

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SONOMA CA SI

TOWING 30 FEET OF TRAILING LINE & 2 GREEN & WHITE 

BUOYS; UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY. FREE-SWIMMING 

ENTANGLED WHALE REPORTED BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC; 

NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NO RESIGHTINGS 

REPORTED; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2010 3 29 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI

COMMERCIAL ISLAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT 

CATAMARAN VESSEL, 37 METERS LONG DOING 28 KNOTS, 

COLLIDED WITH FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL; NO BLOOD 

OBSERVED IN WATER; COLLISION DISLODGED VESSEL'S 

STARBOARD T-FOIL; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L6A 1 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2010 4 8

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MARIN CA SI (PRORATE)

ROPE WRAPPED AROUND CAUDAL PEDUNCLE; 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2010 5 2

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN ROPE. ANIMAL THRASHING AT 

SURFACE; NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NO RESIGHTINGS 

REPORTED; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2010 7 7

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL TOWING NET-LIKE MATERIAL; SIGHTING 

REPORTED BY OIL PLATFORM WORKERS, FREESWIMMING; NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NO 

RESIGHTINGS REPORTED; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2010 10 13

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

TOWING ORANGE BUOY. WHALE SIGHTED FROM SHORE 

USING BINOCULARS. APPEARED TO BE FREE-SWIMMING 

AND DIVING; NO RESIGHTS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2011 7 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ENTANGLED WHALE IN UNKNOWN 

GEAR SI L10 0.75 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2011 8 20

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SNOHOMISH WA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE TRAILING A RED AND WHITE BUOY OFF THE RIGHT 

SIDE. DID NOT SEE ANY LINES WRAPPED AROUND THE 

BODY.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2011 9 5

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

ENTANGLED LARGE WHALE ABOUT 6 NM NW OF YAQUINA 

BAY. IT WAS OBSERVED BY FISHERMAN WHO LOST SIGHT 

OF IT IN FOG AND INCREASINGLY CHOPPY SEAS; 

REPORTED SEEING A LARGE WHALE (FLUKES ABOUT 6-7 

FEET WIDE) WITH TWO BUOYS ATTACHED TO IT: ONE RED 

AND WHITE NEAR ANIMAL'S MID-SECTION AND ONE 

WHITISH CLOSER TO THE TAIL OR DORSAL "RIDGE" AREA; 

ANIMAL WAS SEEN DIVING (WITH FLUKES UP) AND THEN 

REAPPEARING JUST BELOW THE SURFACE.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 1 1

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UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2012 8 16 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI

CAPTAIN REPORT OF VESSEL STRIKE; CAPTAIN SAW 

SPOUTS AND TOOK VESSEL OFF AUTOPILOT TO ATTEMPT 

TO DIVERT AROUND THE WHALES; FELT A "NUDGE"; 

PASSENGER REPORTED SEEING THE WHALE POP UP AND 

RUN INTO THE SIDE OF THE VESSEL; 2ND OPERATOR SAW 

WHALE IN THE WAKE OF THE VESSEL BUT DID NOT 

OBSERVE ANY BLOOD IN THE WATER; DIVER 

EXAMINATION OF THE VESSEL HULL SHOWED NO SIGNS 

OF IMPACT OR DAMAGE. THIS WAS THE FERRY ROUTE 

BETWEEN CATALINA AND LONG BEACH, TYPICALLY 

VESSELS ARE >65FT AND TRAVEL IN EXCESS OF 10 KTS. SI L6A NA 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2013 8 23 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CURRY OR SI

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 NESIKA BEACH ROAD 42.50 -124.42 SI L10 0.75 0 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2014 3 4

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI

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 SI L10 0.75 1 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2014 4 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CURRY OR SI

REPORTED ENTANGLED WHALE TRAILING GEAR JUST 

OUTSIDE BROOKINGS HARBOR. NO DETAILS ON GEAR TYPE 

OR SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT SI L10 0.75 0 1

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 NA 1 1

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2014 9 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI (PRORATE)

2 "MOSSY" BOUYS, 1 WHITE, 1 UNKNOWN COLOR. 

AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF ATTACHED GEAR 

UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 NA 0 1

101