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James V. Carretta

2 Sarah M. Wilkin

3 Marcia M. Muto

4 Kristin Wilkinson

SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY

AND MORTALITY FOR U. S. PACIFIC WEST 

COAST MARINE MAMMAL STOCK 

ASSESSMENTS, 2007-2011

NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-514

1 Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Division

Southwest Fisheries Science Center

National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA

8901 La Jolla Shores Dr.

La Jolla, CA 92037

2 Protected Resources Division ,

Southwest Region

National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA

501 West Ocean Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90802

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Seattle, WA 98115

Protected Resources Division4

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National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA

7600 Sand Point Way, NE

Seattle, WA 98115
Sources of human-related injury and mortality for U.S. Pacific west coast 

marine mammal stock assessments, 2007-2011.

James V. Carretta1, Sarah M. Wilkin2, Marcia Muto3and Kristin Wilkinson4

Summary

The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), to document 

human-caused mortality, non-serious injury (NSI), and serious injury (SI) of marine mammals as 

part of assessing marine mammal stocks and to evaluate human-caused injury and mortality

levels in the context of potential biological removal (PBR) levels calculated under the MMPA 

(Wade 1998). NMFS defines SI as “any injury that will likely result in mortality.” While 

recognizing mortality is straightforward, distinguishing NSI from SI requires reliable data on 

injury severity and animal condition, often in challenging environments where thorough

examination of injuries is not possible. NMFS updated its SI designation and reporting process,

which uses 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 (NOAA 2012, Moore et al. 2013). 

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

cetaceans from 2007 to 2011, for marine mammal populations that occur in U.S. west coast

waters and which are evaluated in Pacific region marine mammal stock assessment reports 

(SARs) (Carretta et al. 2013). Mortality records, while included, were obviously not evaluated 

for SI/NSI status. Subsistence and directed takes are not reported here but are reported in SARs 

published by NMFS. 

Sources of injury data include strandings, disentanglement networks, and fishery observer 

programs. Stranding network data includes records of injured marine mammals at sea and 

ashore reported by the public, as well as researchers working in these same areas. Injury sources

include, but are not limited to, vessel strikes, gillnet entanglement, pot and trap gear 

entanglement, shootings, marine debris entanglement, research-related injuries/deaths, hook and 

line fishery interactions, and power plant water intake entrainment. This report covers the 5-year 

period of 2007 to 2011, which includes injury and mortality data used in preparation of draft 

2013 Pacific marine mammal stock assessments. 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 and not included in this report (Allen and Angliss 

 

1Marine Mammal and Sea TurtleDivision, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 8901 La Jolla Shores 

Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037.

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Protected Resources Division, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802.

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National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE. 

Seattle, WA 98115.

4

Protected Resources Division, Northwest Regional Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE. Seattle, WA 

98115.
2013). Injury determinations for Pacific region species/stocks in the central Pacific from Hawaii 

westward are also included in separate reports.

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, which often involve 

examination of carcasses in challenging environments that makes thorough examination 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 

Southwest, Northwest, and Alaska regional stranding networks. Those records with unequivocal

or probable 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 their records are 

included in NMFS stranding databases, bycatch reports (Breiwick in prep., Carretta and 

Enriquez 2009a, 2009b, 2010, 2012a, 2012b), 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 2012 and Appendices 1-3). Injury 

determinations include 803 records for the period 2007 to 2011. Both initial and final injury 

determinations are given for each record. For example, a pinniped entangled in a 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 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, injured pinnipeds 

frequently are caught in marine debris or fishing nets, and some of these animals also show 

evidence of gunshot wounds. In cases where multiple causes of injury or death were reported by 

stranding coordinators and the primary cause of death (i.e. gunshot or gillnet entanglement) is 

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

Prorating of serious injuries (large whales only)
Large whales may provide the opportunity to track outcomes of human-caused injuries, 

due to the ability to recognize and 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 is known, 

based on a review of historical large whale injury cases (NOAA 2012). For example, 25 large 

whale cases with vessel strike lacerations with known outcomes were reviewed and 13 (52%) 

resulted in a decline in health status or death of the animal (NOAA 2012). These data are used to 

inform decision-making on current vessel strike lacerations where the severity of the laceration 

(superficial versus deep) is unknown and the vessel’s size and speed are unknown. For these 

cases, SI is prorated by 0.52 to reflect the known outcomes of the 25 cases with vessel strike 

lacerations. For cases where sufficient detail is available on the severity of the vessel strike 

laceration, 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 1,488 human-related injury and mortality records are summarized by 

anthropogenic source in Table 1 and Appendix 4. Nearly 85% of all records represent 

opportunistic reports of animals stranded on beaches or at-sea sightings (Table 1 and Appendix 

4). Only 229 records were derived from systematic observations, either fishery observer 

programs (n=153) or monitored research-related activities (n=76). Approximately 45% (n=684) 

of all records involved animals initially found dead (Table 2). Pinnipeds (n=1,207) were most 

commonly injured or killed by human-related activities, followed by small cetaceans (n=163) 

and large whales (n=118) (Tables 3-5, respectively). Live animals accounted for 804 records,

which were evaluated and assigned SI/NSI determinations, including 714 pinnipeds, 80 large 

whales, and 10 small cetaceans. 

The primary causes of pinniped injury and mortality were recreational hook and line 

fishery interactions (n=318), shootings (n=194), and entrainment into power plant water intakes 

(n=175) (Tables 3 and 6, Appendix 4). Excluding animals initially found dead, pinniped injury 

records included California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) (n=597), harbor seals (Phoca 

vitulina) (n=76), northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) (n=27), Guadalupe fur seals

(Arctocephalus townsendi) (n=9), and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) (n=5) (Table 2). 

Most pinniped injury cases involved human intervention and treatment, either in the field or 

through capture and subsequent care at a rehabilitation facility. Many pinnipeds (n=264) were 

successfully treated and released from rehabilitation facilities, and it is assumed that they 

survived following treatment. Therefore their final injury assessments are NSI. 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=89), while others were sent to public 

display facilities (n=6) because their existing post-treatment condition made survival in the wild 

unlikely. Including the 89 euthanized pinnipeds, 265 died of their injuries. Pinniped records

lacking detail regarding whether the animal was released following rehabilitation facility care
were determined to be seriously injured (n=24). Initial NSI determinations were made for 158

pinnipeds, of these, 24 (15%) later died (Table 7a), which reflects that some pinniped injuries are 

misclassified because the severity of injuries are not fully realized until post-mortem 

examination (see Discussion). 

A total of 118 large whale injury and mortality records were reviewed (Table 4). Of 

these, 38 were dead and the remaining 80 records were assessed for NSI/SI. Vessel strikes were

the most common form of injury to gray, blue (Balaenoptera musculus), and fin whales

(Balaenoptera physalus), while entanglement in pot/trap fisheries was the most common source 

of injury to humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Table 6). Injured large whales 

included humpback whales (n=27), gray whales (n=23), unidentified whales (n=20), fin whales 

(n=4), minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) (n=2), sperm whale (Physeter 

macrocephalus) (n=2), Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) (n=1) and blue whale (n=1) (Table 

2), with vessel strikes and entanglement related injuries being the leading causes of SI and 

mortality (Table 6). Of 80 large whales evaluated for NSI/SI, 62 cases were fishery-related 

entanglements, 17 cases involved vessel strikes, and one involved entanglement in marine debris. 

Only a small fraction of the 62 entanglement cases (n=13) involved human intervention to 

remove gear. This reflects that many entangled whales are seen only once. Only one large 

whale record that was initially designated as SI resulted in a final injury status of NSI, as a result 

of successful disentanglement of the animal (a gray whale released from pot/trap gear). All other 

large whale records with initial SI designations retained final injury designations of SI (Table 

7b). Two whales initially designated as SI were later found dead: a Bryde’s whale with vessel 

strike injuries and a gray whale entangled in gillnet (Appendix 4). One gray whale seen in July 

of 2009 with constricting gillnet and rope cutting into its caudal peduncle was assigned a SI 

status and it was later learned that this animal has been resighted alive in 2010 and 2011, still 

entangled (Appendix 4). Given the initial sighting condition of this whale and evidence of 

protracted, lethal effects of entanglements on large whales in general (Cassoff et al. 2011), the SI 

determination was retained. 

Small cetaceans were rarely assessed for SI (n=10) because most were initially reported 

as dead (n=153). Mortality in gillnets and unidentified net fisheries accounted for most small 

cetacean records (n=85), with approximately half of all records derived from gillnet observer 

programs (n=43). Small cetacean injury records included Pacific white-sided dolphin

(Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) (n=5), harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) (n=2), bottlenose 

dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) (n=2) and unidentified dolphin (n=1) (Table 2). Entanglement 

related injuries were responsible for all small cetacean injuries, with research-related activities 

accounting for all the Pacific white-sided dolphin injuries. Human intervention resulted in one 

Pacific white-sided dolphin being freed from survey equipment without resulting serious injuries 

and one harbor porpoise with entanglement related serious injuries died during transport from the 

beach. All other initial SI designations of small cetaceans resulted in final designations of SI 

(Table 7c). 

Discussion

Most records of human-related marine mammal injuries and deaths represent 

opportunistic reports obtained through stranding networks and at-sea sightings. Stranding 

network data should be considered as a minimum measure of human-related injury and mortality 

because not all carcasses come ashore or are detected. Where evaluated, estimates of detection 
rates of cetacean carcasses are consistently quite low across different regions and species (<1% 

to 17%), highlighting that observed numbers are unrepresentative of true impacts (Kraus et al. 

2005, Perrin et al. 2011, Williams et al. 2011, Prado et al. 2013). Not all human-related impacts 

are considered here, 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 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 choose 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 injury and deaths. 

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

that cannot be associated with a particular fishery or in some cases originates outside of U.S. 

waters (3 northern fur seals were entangled dead in blue mesh netting of Chinese origin in 2009). 

Impacts of commercial fisheries that utilize nets, pots, and traps are likely to be greater than the 

number of observations because derelict gear can entangle animals for as long as it remains in 

the environment. Explicit examples include ghost netting that contained harbor seal carcasses of 

varying states of decomposition, demonstrating that the net had entangled animals over a long 

period of time.

A small percentage of pinniped records (15%) resulted in the death of the animal after an 

initial injury assessment of NSI. Nearly all of these animals died during treatment in 

rehabilitation facilities, with hook-related injuries that appeared superficial (hooks in flippers 

and/or lip). Post-mortem examinations often revealed causes of death that were unrelated to the 

visible injury. For example, a California sea lion with a hook in its back was found during 

necropsy to have sharp fragments of plastic in its stomach. Other cases involved embedded 

bullets found post-mortem, which were not suspected during initial examination of the animal. 

California sea lions with apparent non-serious human-related injuries were also later diagnosed 

to have died from acute domoic acid toxicity, a condition resulting from a diatom neurotoxin 

found in sea lion prey items such as anchovy (Scholin et al. 2000, Gulland et al. 2002).

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 Dee Allen (National 

Marine Mammal Laboratory), Allison Henry (Northeast Fisheries Science Center), and members 

of the Pacific Scientific Review Group for reviewing and discussing our serious injury cases. 

Jay Barlow, Kerri Danil, Jeff Moore, and Bill Perrin provided insightful comments and guidance 

on early drafts of this manuscript.

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Table 1. Number and percentages of documented cases of human-related injury or mortality by source for marine 

mammals from 2007 to 2011.

Source of human-related injury/mortality Number Percent of Total

HOOK & LINE FISHERY 319 21

SHOOTING 199 13

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 175 12

GILLNET FISHERY 148 10

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 99 6.7

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 84 5.6

VESSEL STRIKE 83 5.5

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY 72 4.8

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL 60 4

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 44 3

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 43 2.9

CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 14 0.94

MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION 13 0.87

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 13 0.87

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 9 0.61

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: TRIBAL FISHERY 8 0.54

RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT 8 0.54

STAB WOUNDS 8 0.54

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 7 0.47

HUMAN-INDUCED ABANDONMENT 7 0.47

CAR COLLISION 6 0.4

DOG ATTACK 5 0.34

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA: CLUBBING 4 0.27

UNDERWATER DETONATION EXERCISES 4 0.27

GAFF INJURY 3 0.2

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 3 0.2

RESEARCH LONGLINE HOOKING 3 0.2

BAIT BARGE NET ENTANGLEMENT 2 0.13

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 2 0.13

HARASSMENT 2 0.13

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION 2 0.13

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT 2 0.13

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT/NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 2 0.13

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT/RIVER SALMON GILLNET FISHERY 2 0.13

ROPE 2 0.13

SHOOTING/SPEARING 2 0.13

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT/VESSEL STRIKE 2 0.13

COD POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067

CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT/HOOK & LINE FISHERY 1 0.067

ENTRAPMENT 1 0.067

FIXED GEAR SABLEFISH FISHERY OBSERVER REPORT 1 0.067

HARPOON 1 0.067

HOOK & LINE FISHERY AND STAB WOUNDS 1 0.067

KNIFE WOUNDS 1 0.067

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT/HOOK & LINE FISHERY 1 0.067

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT/TRAWL NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067

NON-FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067

OIL SPILL 1 0.067

PACIFIC WHITING TRAWL FISHERY 1 0.067

RED KING CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067

RESEARCH 1 0.067

RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC LONGLINE 1 0.067

RESEARCH: SEA BOTTOM SURVEY EQUIPMENT 1 0.067

SALMON GILLNET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067

SALMON RESEARCH TRAWL 1 0.067

SALMON/STURGEON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ENTRAPMENT 1 0.067

SEAL BOMB 1 0.067

SHOOTING/MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067

SPRAY PAINTING 1 0.067

TAR 1 0.067

TRAWL FISHERY 1 0.067

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION / MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067

UNIDENTIFIED TRAWL FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 1 0.067
Table 2. Total number of human-related marine mammal injury and mortality records (n=1,488) 

by species and assessment category from 2007 to 2011. NSI=non-serious injury, SI=serious 

injury.

DEAD NSI SI SI (PRORATE)

BLUE WHALE 9 0 0 1

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN 2 0 2 0

BRYDE'S WHALE 0 0 1 0

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 334 128 469 0

FIN WHALE 7 0 3 1

GRAY WHALE 10 2 14 7

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 6 0 9 0

HARBOR PORPOISE 27 1 1 0

HARBOR SEAL 119 27 49 0

HUMPBACK WHALE 7 2 15 10

LONG-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN 43 0 0 0

MINKE WHALE 0 1 0 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 16 2 25 0

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 12 1 4 0

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN 10 0 0 0

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN 35 1 4 0

RISSO'S DOLPHIN 4 0 0 0

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN 26 0 0 0

SPERM WHALE 5 1 1 0

STRIPED DOLPHIN 1 0 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED COMMON DOLPHIN 4 0 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED DOLPHIN 1 1 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED 6 0 0 0

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 0 1 13 6

ALL SPECIES 684 168 610 26
Table 3. Sources of human-caused injury or mortality for pinnipeds from 2007 to 2011.

Source of human-caused injury/mortality Number of records

HOOK & LINE FISHERY 318

SHOOTING 194

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 175

GILLNET FISHERY 120

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 93

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY 71

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 39

VESSEL STRIKE 34

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL 24

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 18

MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION 10

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 10

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 9

STAB WOUNDS 8

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: TRIBAL FISHERY 7

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 7

HUMAN-INDUCED ABANDONMENT 7

RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT 7

CAR COLLISION 6

DOG ATTACK 5

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA: CLUBBING 4

GAFF INJURY 3

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 3

RESEARCH LONGLINE HOOKING 3

BAIT BARGE NET ENTANGLEMENT 2

HARASSMENT 2

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION 2

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT/NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 2

ROPE 2

SHOOTING/SPEARING 2

CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT/HOOK & LINE FISHERY 1

ENTRAPMENT 1

HOOK & LINE FISHERY AND STAB WOUNDS 1

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT 1

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT/HOOK & LINE FISHERY 1

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT/TRAWL NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1

NON-FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1

OIL SPILL 1

PACIFIC WHITING TRAWL FISHERY 1

RESEARCH 1

RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC LONGLINE 1

SALMON RESEARCH TRAWL 1

SALMON/STURGEON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ENTRAPMENT 1

SEAL BOMB 1

SHOOTING/MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 1

SPRAY PAINTING 1

TAR 1

TRAWL FISHERY 1

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION / MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 1

UNIDENTIFIED TRAWL FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 1
Table 4. Sources of human-caused injury and mortality for large whales from 2007 to 2011.

Source of human-caused injury/mortality Number of records

VESSEL STRIKE 46

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 17

CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 14

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 13

GILLNET FISHERY 7

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 6

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 4

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 2

MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION 2

COD POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: TRIBAL FISHERY 1

HARPOON 1

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT 1

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 1

RED KING CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT/VESSEL STRIKE 1
Table 5. Sources of human-caused injury and mortality for small cetaceans from 2007 to 2011.

Source of human-caused injury/mortality Number of records

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 41

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL 36

GILLNET FISHERY 21

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 17

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 5

SHOOTING 5

UNDERWATER DETONATION EXERCISES 4

VESSEL STRIKE 3

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT/RIVER SALMON GILLNET FISHERY 2

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY 1

FIXED GEAR SABLEFISH FISHERY OBSERVER REPORT 1

HOOK & LINE FISHERY 1

KNIFE WOUNDS 1

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT 1

MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION 1

RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT 1

RESEARCH: SEA BOTTOM SURVEY EQUIPMENT 1

SALMON GILLNET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 1

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT/VESSEL STRIKE 1
Table 6. Primary cause of injury or mortality by species/group from 2007 to 2011.

Species/Group Cause Number

ALL PINNIPEDS HOOK AND LINE FISHERY 318

ALL LARGE WHALES VESSEL STRIKE 46

ALL SMALL CETACEANS CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 41

BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE 10

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 1

BRYDE'S WHALE VESSEL STRIKE 1

CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY 283

FIN WHALE VESSEL STRIKE 8

GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE 14

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 9

HARBOR PORPOISE UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 9

HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT 62

HUMPBACK WHALE CRAB POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 10

LONG-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY 12

MINKE WHALE CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 1

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 15

NORTHERN FUR SEAL MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 5

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL 6

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL 30

RISSO'S DOLPHIN CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 2

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 23

SPERM WHALE CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY 2

STRIPED DOLPHIN UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 1

UNIDENTIFIED COMMON DOLPHIN UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT 2

UNIDENTIFIED DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY 2

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED VESSEL STRIKE 3

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION 7
Table 7a. Matrix of initial and final injury determinations for all pinniped records (n=1,207). 

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

Pinnipeds Final Injury Determination / Status

Initial 

Determination

CAPTIVITY DEAD NSI SI

DEAD 0 493 0 0

NSI 1 24 132 1

SI 5 241 213 97

Table 7b. Matrix of initial and final injury determinations for all large whale records (n=118). 

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

Large Whales Final Injury Determination / Status

Initial 

Determination

DEAD NSI SI SI (PRORATE)

DEAD 38 0 0 0

NSI 0 7 0 0

SI 2 1 39 5

SI (PRORATE) 0 0 0 26

Table 7c. Matrix of initial and final injury determinations for all small cetacean records 

(n=163). NSI=non-serious injury, SI=serious injury.

Small Cetaceans Final Injury Determination / Status

Initial 

Determination

DEAD NSI SI

DEAD 153 0 0

NSI 0 3 0

SI 1 0 6
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 1 28 1/28/2007 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

CONTAINER SHIP REPORTED STRIKING A 

WHALE DEAD

2007 9 8 9/8/2007 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD CARCASS FLOATING IN HARBOR DEAD

2007 9 13 9/13/2007 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE VENTURA CA DEAD

CARCASS; VERTEBRAL COLUMN SEVERED IN 

LUMBAR/CAUDAL REGION; LARGE HEMATOMA 

EXTENDING FROM DORSAL FIN TO PECTORAL 

FIN ON LEFT LATERAL SIDE DEAD

2007 9 19 9/19/2007 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD

CARCASS; CRANIAL RIBS, THORACIC 

VERTEBRAE & CAUDAL SKULL FRACTURED DEAD

2007 11 30 11/30/2007 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD CARCASS; SEVERED RIGHT PECTORAL FIN DEAD

2009 10 12 10/12/2009 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; FRACTURED VERTEBRAL 

BODIES, DORSAL & TRANSVERSE 

PROCESSES, & END PLATES; VERTEBRAE 

FRACTURED CAUDAL TO RIBS, NO 

FRACTURED RIBS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE & 

MUSCLE HEMORRHAGING IN AREA OF 

VERTEBRAL TRAUMA; CARCASS EXAMINED BY 

LONG MARINE LABORATORY, MOSS LANDING 

MARINE LABORATORIES, THE MARINE 

MAMMAL CENTER & OTHERS DEAD

2009 10 19 10/19/2009 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE MENDOCINO CA DEAD

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY VESSEL COLLIDED 

WITH FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL; MORTALITY; 

CARCASS WASHED ASHORE SOUTH OF 

MENDOCINO COAST BOTANICAL GARDENS ON 

20-OCT; TWO DEEP DIAGONAL PROPELLERLIKE CUTS ACROSS BACK & EXTENDING INTO 

VERTEBRAE & INTERVERTEBRAL DISKS; TWO 

FRACTURED POSTERIOR VERTEBRAE; 

CARCASS EXAMINED BY HSU-VM PERSONNEL DEAD

2010 8 4 8/4/2010 BLUE WHALE 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

2010 8 25 8/25/2010 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD

MULTIPLE FRAGMENTS OF VERTEBRAE AND 

RIBS IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY DEAD

2010 10 2 10/2/2010 BLUE WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD

BROKEN BONES AND HEMORRAGE 

CONSISTENT WITH VESSEL STRIKE DEAD

2008 2 17 2/17/2008 BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

LOBSTER TRAP 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

LOBSTER TRAP LINE; LINE WRAPPED AROUND 

BEAK 3X, THROUGH MOUTH & AROUND 

PECTORAL FIN. ANIMAL SWAM AWAY AFTER 

BEING DISENTANGLED BY LIFEGUARDS. 

ASSIGNED AS SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO IT 

BEING A SOCIAL ANIMAL SEPARATED FROM 

ITS GROUP AND NATURE OF ENTANGLEMENT 

(ANIMAL IMMOBILIZED FOR UNKNOWN TIME 

PERIOD). SI S14, S7B

2010 11 13 11/13/2010 BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 11 10 11/10/2009 BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

FIXED GEAR SABLEFISH 

FISHERY OBSERVER REPORT OFFSHORE WA SI

OBSERVER REPORTED BUOY LINE WRAPPED 

AROUND ANIMAL'S CAUDAL PEDUNCLE AND 

FLUKES. ANIMAL FREED AND SWAM AWAY 

BUT OBSERVER NOTED THAT LINE RESULTED 

IN SEVERAL WOUNDS TO ANIMAL. SI S7B, S14

2010 12 19 12/19/2010 BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2010 11 25 11/25/2010 BRYDE'S WHALE 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
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 1 1 1/1/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH LINE 

ATTACHED IN MOUTH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = 

LEPTOSPIROSIS) DEAD P5A

2007 1 2 1/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 1 2 1/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET COLLECTED FROM CARCASS DEAD

2007 1 9 1/9/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING THURSTON WA DEAD NECROPSY PERFORMED DEAD

2007 1 17 1/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 1 19 1/19/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD NECROPSY PERFORMED DEAD

2007 1 20 1/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 1 20 1/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GREEN MONOFILAMENT 

NETTING WRAPPED AROUND NECK, CUTTING 

INTO BOTH SIDES OF MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED. NSI P7B

2007 2 2 2/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BLACK RUBBER BAND 

CUTTING INTO NECK, EXPOSED SKIN. ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE. NSI P7B

2007 2 3 2/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 2 8 2/8/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 2 22 2/22/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

BACK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB) DEAD P9

2007 2 26 2/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK, CUTTING INTO SKIN & 

SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE ON RIGHT SIDE; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 3 6 3/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI PACKING BAND OR LINE AROUND NECK SI P8A

2007 3 6 3/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI PACKING BAND OR LINE AROUND NECK SI P8A

2007 3 7 3/7/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI THIN LINE AROUND NECK SI P8A

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 10 3/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 12 3/12/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 12 3/12/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE WRAPPED 

AROUND FRONT FLIPPER TAG; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF 

DEATH = NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEM ) DEAD P6

2007 3 12 3/12/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 3 16 3/16/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 3 16 3/16/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED FISHING LINE IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5A

2007 3 21 3/21/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI THICK BLACK BAND AROUND NECK SI P8A

2007 3 25 3/25/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN GUM; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 3 31 3/31/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; SERIES OF LARGE, FRESH, 

PARALLEL LACERATIONS EXTENDING FROM 

FRONT FLIPPERS DOWN LEFT ABDOMEN TO 

REAR FLIPPERS. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHABILITATION. DEAD P15

2007 4 6 4/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING OFFSHORE; PROPELLERLIKE WOUNDS TO ABDOMINAL AREA; 

INTERNAL ORGANS EXPOSED DEAD

2007 4 9 4/9/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

RIGHT CAUDAL LUMBAR AREA; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB) DEAD P9

2007 4 13 4/13/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING ORANGE CA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO BACK OF 

NECK DEAD

2007 4 17 4/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 4 18 4/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI LINE WRAPPED AROUND NECK SI P8A

2007 4 19 4/19/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI LINE WRAPPED AROUND NECK SI P8A

2007 4 20 4/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI LINE WRAPPED AROUND NECK SI P8A
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 4 21 4/21/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 4 21 4/21/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN NOSTRIL; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 4 28 4/28/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK & FISHING LURE 

IN LEFT UPPER LIP; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 4 30 4/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; RESCUE TEAM UNABLE TO 

CAPTURE ANIMAL; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2007 4 30 4/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN STOMACH; 

MORTALITY (CAUSE OF DEATH = FISH HOOK 

INGESTION RESULTING IN GASTRIC 

ULCERATION & BLEEDING) DEAD P2

2007 5 1 5/1/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 1 5/1/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 6 5/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

EMBEDDED IN NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON 

SITE) NSI P7B

2007 5 6 5/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PINK GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; ANIMAL DISENTANGLED & 

RELEASED ON SITE. NSI P7B

2007 5 6 5/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 5 9 5/9/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

PELVIC AREA; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB) DEAD P12

2007 5 11 5/11/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 11 5/11/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 12 5/12/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 5 13 5/13/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GREEN MONOFILAMENT 

NETTING AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 5 13 5/13/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

BACK. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD P9

2007 5 14 5/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 5 16 5/16/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 5 17 5/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 4 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 17 5/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 4 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 17 5/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 4 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 17 5/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 4 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 19 5/19/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK DEEPLY 

EMBEDDED IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 2 

CIGARETTE BUTTS BLOCKING PYLORUS; 

MORTALITY (DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF 

DEATH RELATED TO MARINE DEBRIS 

INGESTION) DEAD P2

2007 5 20 5/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT SIDE OF 

BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 5 20 5/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD

U.S. COAST GUARD VESSEL COLLIDED WITH 

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL; MORTALITY DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 5 21 5/21/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE IN MOUTH; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P2

2007 5 22 5/22/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2007 5 23 5/23/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 5 23 5/23/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 3 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 23 5/23/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 3 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 24 5/24/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 24 5/24/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 24 5/24/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LOWER LIP; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5B

2007 5 25 5/25/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 5 26 5/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

FACE, RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED 8 BUCKSHOT 

PELLETS IN FACE. NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P9

2007 5 26 5/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

HEAD; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB) DEAD P9

2007 5 26 5/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

HEAD, RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED 4 BULLETS IN 

SKULL; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB) DEAD P9

2007 5 26 5/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

EMBEDDED IN NECK, 0.5 INCH DIAMETER 

OPEN WOUND AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 5 27 5/27/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 27 5/27/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 27 5/27/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

FOREFLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 5 28 5/28/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 28 5/28/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 5 28 5/28/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS & 

ATTACHED LINE IN LIP AND BOTH FRONT 

FLIPPERS; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 5 28 5/28/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 5 30 5/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

CHEST; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED AT 

STRANDING SITE, BULLET RETRIEVED FROM 

CHEST DURING POST-MORTEM EXAM) DEAD P12

2007 5 31 5/31/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 6 1 6/1/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 6 2 6/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 6 2 6/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO BODY DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 6 2 6/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2007 6 2 6/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2007 6 2 6/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE COMING 

FROM MOUTH, RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 2 

FISH HOOKS, SWIVEL & SINKER IN STOMACH; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P2

2007 6 2 6/2/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 2 FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5A

2007 6 3 6/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 2 

PELLETS IN LEFT & RIGHT LOWER CHEEKS; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P9

2007 6 3 6/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LIP; 2ND FISH 

HOOK WITH ATTACHED LINE COMING FROM 

MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5A

2007 6 6 6/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 6 6 6/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN FLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE 

OF DEATH = UKNOWN) DEAD P5C

2007 6 8 6/8/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 6 8 6/8/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 6 8 6/8/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 6 10 6/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 6 10 6/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE COMING OUT 

OF MOUTH & WRAPPED AROUND FLIPPER 

TAG; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5A

2007 6 11 6/11/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY CLATSOP OR SI

SEA LION WITH FISHING NET WRAPPED TIGHT 

AROUND NECK. NO DISENTANGLEMENT 

ATTEMPT. SI P8A

2007 6 13 6/13/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 2 FISH HOOKS IN LOWER 

JAW, 2 FISH HOOKS ON VENTRUM; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 6 13 6/13/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

WHITISH BAND WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND 

LOWER NECK; APPEARED TO BE CUTTING 

INTO SKIN AND BLUBBER ON DORSAL 

ASPECT; ACTIVELY SWIMMING SI P8A

2007 6 14 6/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5A

2007 6 14 6/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE COMING 

FROM MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5A

2007 6 16 6/16/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

BACK OF SKULL BLOWN OUT, APPEARS TO 

HAVE BEEN SHOT DEAD

2007 6 18 6/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN BOTH 

CORNERS OF MOUTH & IN HINDQUARTERS; 

FISH HOOK IN STOMACH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = 

STARVATION) DEAD P2

2007 6 20 6/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE & SINKER EMBEDDED IN LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER & HIP; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 6 20 6/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD SKULL COLLECTED DEAD

2007 6 21 6/21/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

CHEST; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB) DEAD P12

2007 6 24 6/24/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION STAB WOUNDS LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS; SPEAR FROM SPEAR GUN IN 

CHEST DEAD

2007 6 27 6/27/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 6 30 6/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 6 30 6/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

CHEEK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, 

CAUSE OF DEATH = SEVERE PERITONITIS) DEAD P5B

2007 7 3 7/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 7 3 7/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN LEFT FRONT 

& REAR FLIPPERS; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = ACUTE 

DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY) DEAD P5C

2007 7 5 7/5/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 7 9 7/9/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN BODY; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 7 11 7/11/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 7 11 7/11/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; THICK WHITE STRAND OF 

NYLON NETTING CUTTING INTO NECK; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

DUE TO CHRONIC DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY) DEAD P8A

2007 7 14 7/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 7 14 7/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 7 14 7/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 7 14 7/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 7 14 7/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 7 15 7/15/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO JAW, 

RESULTING IN BROKEN JAW; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P10

2007 7 20 7/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 7 23 7/23/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT/HOOK & LINE 

FISHERY MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL PULLED OUT OF 

CRAB POT BY PRIVATE CITIZEN; FISHING 

LURE IN LIP; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO DOMOIC ACID 

TOXICITY) DEAD P7B

2007 7 24 7/24/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN FRONT 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 7 26 7/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

CORNER OF MOUTH; 2 FISH HOOKS IN 

STOMACH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = SEPTICEMIA) DEAD P2

2007 7 26 7/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH, 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, LEFT REAR FLIPPER & 

LEFT SIDE OF BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 7 27 7/27/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

HOOK & LINE FISHERY AND 

STAB WOUNDS ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 2 FISH HOOKS IN LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER, 1 FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER, 2 FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

REAR FLIPPER, 1 FISH HOOK IN ESOPHAGUS 

WITH ATTACHED LINE EXTENDING INTO 

STOMACH; KNIFE WOUNDS TO CHEST; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

DUE TO SEVERITY OF KNIFE WOUNDS) DEAD P12

2007 7 30 7/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD

CARCASS; SHOTGUN WAD EMBEDDED IN 

FLESH BEHIND EYEBALL DEAD

2007 7 30 7/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

BACK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB) DEAD P9

2007 7 30 7/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 8 5 8/5/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

HEAD; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, 

.22 CALIBER BULLET EXTRACTED FROM 

BRAIN) DEAD P9

2007 8 6 8/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 8 6 8/6/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT CLATSOP OR SI

LIVE ENTANGLED SEA LION REPORTED ON 

DOCK. NO DISTENGANGLEMENT EFFORT. SI P6

2007 8 8 8/8/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION STAB WOUNDS ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 3 INCH STAB WOUND TO 

RIGHT SHOULDER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH RELATED TO 

STAB WOUND) DEAD P9

2007 8 12 8/12/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT SIDE OF BODY; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 8 15 8/15/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 8 17 8/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BROKEN LOWER JAW; 

SUSPECTED 'SEAL BOMB' INJURY. MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P10

2007 8 18 8/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

1 OF 7 CARCASSES IN ABANDONED NET THAT 

BECAME SNAGGED ON OIL PLATFORM DEAD

2007 8 18 8/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

1 OF 7 CARCASSES IN ABANDONED NET THAT 

BECAME SNAGGED ON OIL PLATFORM DEAD

2007 8 18 8/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

1 OF 7 CARCASSES IN ABANDONED NET THAT 

BECAME SNAGGED ON OIL PLATFORM DEAD

2007 8 18 8/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

1 OF 7 CARCASSES IN ABANDONED NET THAT 

BECAME SNAGGED ON OIL PLATFORM DEAD

2007 8 18 8/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

1 OF 7 CARCASSES IN ABANDONED NET THAT 

BECAME SNAGGED ON OIL PLATFORM DEAD

2007 8 18 8/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

1 OF 7 CARCASSES IN ABANDONED NET THAT 

BECAME SNAGGED ON OIL PLATFORM DEAD

2007 8 18 8/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

1 OF 7 CARCASSES IN ABANDONED NET THAT 

BECAME SNAGGED ON OIL PLATFORM DEAD

2007 8 20 8/20/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CONTRA COSTA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 2 

PELLETS IN SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE ON 

BACK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO CHRONIC DOMOIC ACID 

TOXICITY) DEAD P9

2007 8 23 8/23/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN BACK; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 8 24 8/24/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 8 24 8/24/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED 

ON BEACH, NECROPSY REVEALED PELLET IN 

SOFT TISSUE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE, 

CAUSE OF DEATH = ACUTE DOMOIC ACID 

TOXICITY) DEAD P9

2007 8 31 8/31/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2007 9 7 9/7/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CONTRA COSTA CA DEAD CARCASS; BACK OF SKULL BLOWN APART DEAD

2007 9 10 9/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SONOMA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

SHOULDER, FRACTURING SCAPULA; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P10

2007 9 14 9/14/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO BODY DEAD

2007 9 16 9/16/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE 

OF DEATH = OSTEOMYELITIS [BONE 

INFECTION]) DEAD P5C

2007 9 18 9/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEFT 

GUM; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 9 26 9/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING VENTURA CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 9 28 9/28/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL TILLAMOOK OR DEAD DEAD SEA LION IN RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2007 9 29 9/29/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

MASS OF FISH HOOKS & LINE; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 10 1 10/1/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

LINE IS WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND NECK; 

SKIN IS BROKEN, PINK BLUBBER VISIBLE; 

ANIMAL OTHERWISE APPEARS ROBUST AND 

ALERT AND RESPONSIVE; REMOVAL OF LINE 

IS NOT DEEMED FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME SI P8A

2007 10 3 10/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT ORANGE CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 10 3 10/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 10 3 10/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 10 7 10/7/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN LOS ANGELES 

HARBOR; PROPELLER WOUNDS TO VENTRUM DEAD

2007 10 7 10/7/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA NSI

FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND FLIPPER 

TAG; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 10 8 10/8/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 10 9 10/9/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 10 10 10/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 10 11 10/11/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 10 12 10/12/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 10 12 10/12/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 10 12 10/12/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; OPEN GILLNET-LIKE WOUND 

ACROSS BACK ABOVE BOTH FRONT 

FLIPPERS; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB DUE TO CHRONIC DOMOIC ACID 

TOXICITY) DEAD P8A

2007 10 23 10/23/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GREEN MONOFILAMENT 

GILLNET FRAGMENT AROUND NECK; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P8A

2007 10 25 10/25/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 10 25 10/25/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK & FISHING LURE 

IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P2

2007 10 26 10/26/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 10 28 10/28/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; APPROXIMATELY 70 FISH 

HOOKS & FISHING LURES (COMBINED) IN 

MOUTH, ABDOMEN, ALL FLIPPERS, CHEST & 

EAR; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 10 28 10/28/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH & 

RIGHT REAR FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 10 29 10/29/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 11 3 11/3/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 11 10 11/10/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = UNKNOWN) DEAD P8A

2007 11 11 11/11/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 11 15 11/15/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 11 18 11/18/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA: 

CLUBBING VENTURA CA DEAD

CARCASS; HEAD INJURY; ANIMAL SEEN ALIVE 

PREVIOUS EVENING; FOUND DEAD WITH 

BLOOD PRESENT ON RIGHT EAR & MOUTH; 

LARGE BLOOD-STAINED ROCK FOUND NEXT 

TO CARCASS DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 11 19 11/19/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE IN MOUTH; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P2

2007 11 19 11/19/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

MONOFILAMENT WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND 

NECK; ANIMAL NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR 

DISENTANGLEMENT SI P8A

2007 11 27 11/27/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 12 17 12/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 12 17 12/17/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET-LIKE WOUNDS TO 

SHOULDER AREA; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P1

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

1 OF 12 SEA LION CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN 

ACTIVE MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DEAD

2008 1 3 1/3/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO MID 

DORSUM; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB, SINGLE BULLET EXTRACTED FROM 

SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE IN THORAX DURING 

NECROPSY) DEAD P9

2008 1 16 1/16/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS INGESTION SAN JOAQUIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN STOMACH; 

ANIMAL REGURGITATED PLASTIC BAG & FOAM 

SPONGE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P2

2008 1 16 1/16/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO MID 

DORSUM; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB, SINGLE BULLET EXTRACTED DORSAL 

TO THORACOLUMBAR VERETEBRAE DURING 

NECROPSY) DEAD P9

2008 1 20 1/20/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

BAIT BARGE NET 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA NSI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN PROTECTIVE NETTING 

ON BAIT BARGE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) . NSI P7B

2008 1 28 1/28/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; INNER TUBE BAND CUTTING 

INTO SHOULDER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 2 7 2/7/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 3 16 3/16/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

CHEST NEAR LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED TWO BULLETS; 

ONE BULLET FRAGMENTED INTO FOUR 

PIECES (ONE SMALL FRAGMENT ABOVE LEFT 

HUMERUS, TWO SMALL FRAGMENTS ON LEFT 

SIDE OF CERVICAL VERTEBRAE, ONE LARGE 

FRAGMENT TO RIGHT OF CERVICAL 

VERTEBRAE); SECOND INTACT BULLET 

LOCATED TO LEFT OF CAUDAL THORACIC 

VERTEBRAE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, INTACT BULLET 

EXTRACTED & ANIMAL RELEASED AFTER 30 

DAYS OF REHAB) NSI P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2008 3 28 3/28/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 3 29 3/29/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PACKING STRAP AROUND 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 4 2 4/2/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

LOWER BACK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB & EUTHANIZED DUE TO CHRONIC 

DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY; RADIOGRAPHS 

REVEALED BULLET DORSAL TO SPINE) DEAD P9

2008 4 4 4/4/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 4 7 4/7/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL WRAPPED IN 

FISHING LINE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 4 10 4/10/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

LOWER NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, DIED DURING SURGERY; SINGLE 

BULLET TO LEFT OF CERVICAL VERTEBRAE 

EXTRACTED DURING NECROPSY) DEAD P9

2008 4 12 4/12/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER, IN 

RIGHT HIP AREA & ON ABDOMEN; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 4 14 4/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

SALMON/STURGEON 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

ENTRAPMENT YOLO CA DEAD CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM CDFG FYKE TRAP DEAD

2008 4 16 4/16/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SUTTER CA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO BACK; FIELD 

NECROPSY REVEALED EXTENSIVE BLUBBER 

BRUISING (RED SHOT SPOTS, POSSIBLE BIRD 

SHOT FROM 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN) DEAD

2008 4 17 4/17/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 4 18 4/18/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 4 20 4/20/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 4 25 4/25/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT SIDE OF 

FACE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 4 26 4/26/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN RIGHT REAR FLIPPER; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 4 26 4/26/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

ABDOMEN; MORTALITY (DIED DURING 

TRANSPORT TO REHAB; 4 BULLETS 

EXTRACTED FROM ABDOMINAL FLUID, 1 

BULLET EXTRACTED FROM LEFT KIDNEY, 

DURING NECROPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

PERITONITIS DUE TO PERFORATING LESIONS 

CAUSED BY GUNSHOT) DEAD P12

2008 4 27 4/27/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 5 9 5/9/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET-LIKE WOUND TO 

NECK AREA; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P1

2008 5 10 5/10/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN LEFT EYE & 

MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 5 11 5/11/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; 6 FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P5C
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2008 5 14 5/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 5 14 5/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO BACK OF 

HEAD; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 3 SHOTGUN 

PELLETS IN SKULL DEAD

2008 5 16 5/16/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 5 17 5/17/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; NUMEROUS FISH HOOKS IN 

HIP AREA & OTHER PARTS OF BODY; 

MORTALITY (DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF 

DEATH = UNKNOWN) DEAD P5C

2008 5 18 5/18/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 5 21 5/21/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; MORTALITY 

(EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO UROGENITAL 

CARCINOMA) DEAD P5A

2008 5 23 5/23/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 5 24 5/24/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE EMBEDDED IN ESOPHAGUS 

AT LEVEL OF LUNGS; MORTALITY 

(EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO 

PERFORATION OF ESOPHAGUS BY FISH HOOK 

RESULTING IN SEVERE PYOTHORAX & 

PROBABLE SEPTICEMIA) DEAD P2

2008 5 28 5/28/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINES WRAPPED 

AROUND MOUTH & FLIPPERS; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = 

SEVERE BRONCHOINTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA) DEAD P6

2008 5 28 5/28/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO BLINDNESS, NECROPSY 

REVEALED SMALL BITS OF GREEN PLASTIC IN 

STOMACH) DEAD P9

2008 5 30 5/30/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN THROAT; MORTALITY (DIED 

IN REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = PERFORATED 

ULCER & PERITONITIS; NECROPSY REVEALED 

MULTIPLE SINGLE & TREBLE HOOKS IN 

STOMACH) DEAD P2

2008 6 1 6/1/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS IN 

MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 6 2 6/2/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE HANGING 

FROM MOUTH; MORTALITY (DIED IN REHAB, 

CAUSE OF DEATH = PYOTHORAX, 

PNEUMONIA, MYOSITIS) DEAD P2

2008 6 3 6/3/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 3 FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 6 6 6/6/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH, FISH 

HOOK WOUNDS ON RIGHT FOREFLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF 

DEATH = CHRONIC-ACTIVE BILATERAL 

PNEUMONIA) DEAD P5A

2008 6 8 6/8/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL CAPTURED, DISENTANGLED, & 

RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2008 6 9 6/9/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS IN 

BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 6 11 6/11/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION SAN MATEO CA DEAD

CARCASS; FIELD NECROPSY REVEALED 

PLASTIC ITEMS BLOCKING INTESTINE DEAD

2008 6 13 6/13/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING ORANGE CA DEAD

CARCASS; NECROPSY REVEALED GUNSHOT 

WOUND TO LEFT CERVICAL AREA WITH 

SECONDARY JUGULAR VEIN LACERATION & 

TERMINAL HEMORRHAGE DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2008 6 14 6/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL CAPTURED, DISENTANGLED & 

RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2008 6 14 6/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER & BOTH REAR FLIPPERS; 

MORTALITY (DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF 

DEATH = ACUTE GASTRIC MUCOSAL 

NECROSIS) DEAD P5C

2008 6 14 6/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT REAR 

FLIPPER & LEFT LOWER LIP; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 6 14 6/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN THROAT & 

REAR FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P2

2008 6 14 6/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL EVADED CAPTURE, 

LURE & LINE FELL OFF ANIMAL DURING 

CAPTURE ATTEMPT) NSI P5C

2008 6 15 6/15/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL RETRIEVED FROM NMFS 

RESEARCH VESSEL TRAWL & RELEASED; 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P4

2008 6 15 6/15/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL RETRIEVED FROM NMFS 

RESEARCH VESSEL TRAWL & RELEASED; 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P4

2008 6 15 6/15/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

LIVE ANIMAL RETRIEVED FROM NMFS 

RESEARCH VESSEL TRAWL & RELEASED; 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN DEAD

2008 6 17 6/17/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS IN 

MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 6 20 6/20/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB, RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED SINGLE 

SHOTGUN PELLET IN SOFT TISSUE OF 

MUZZLE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATED 

TRAUMA, CAUSE OF DEATH = SEVERE 

PNEUMONIA & PYOTHORAX OF UNKNOWN 

ETIOLOGY) DEAD P9

2008 6 21 6/21/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 6 21 6/21/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (DIED IN REHAB, 

NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK & FISHING 

LINE IN STOMACH, CAUSE OF DEATH = 

SEPTICEMIA) DEAD P2

2008 6 22 6/22/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA DEAD

CARCASS; FIELD NECROPSY REVEALED 

FISHING LURE ATTACHED TO STOMACH WALL DEAD

2008 7 5 7/5/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 7 7 7/7/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CLARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO CHRONIC 

DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY, NECROPSY 

REVEALED SINGLE SHOTGUN PELLET IN 

NECK) DEAD P9

2008 7 9 7/9/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 7 12 7/12/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE PROTRUDING 

FROM MOUTH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK 

LODGED IN PYLORUS ; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

HOOK INGESTION WITH PERFORATION & 

SEPTIC PERITONITIS) DEAD P2

2008 7 13 7/13/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

MUZZLE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUND) DEAD P9

2008 7 15 7/15/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

CARCASS; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT EYE; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = UNKNOWN DEAD P5B
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2008 7 19 7/19/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN FRANCISCO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO 

LEPTOSPIROSIS, NECROPSY REVEALED 

SEVERAL SHOTGUN PELLETS IN RIGHT SUBCUTIS AREA WITHIN BLUBBER LAYER AT BASE 

OF NECK) DEAD P9

2008 7 22 7/22/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

CORNER OF MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL CAPTURED, HOOK REMOVED & 

ANIMAL RELOCATED) NSI P5C

2008 7 28 7/28/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL HUMBOLDT CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 7 29 7/29/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH ; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO 

TRAUMA TO RIGHT HIND FLIPPER, ORIGIN OF 

TRAUMA UNKNOWN) DEAD P5A

2008 8 2 8/2/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = 

SHARK BITE, LEPTOSPIROSIS) DEAD P5A

2008 8 4 8/4/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED SINGLE 

BULLET IN SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE ON LEFT 

SIDE OF ABDOMEN; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

OCULAR TRAUMA OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, 

BOTH EYES RUPTURED) DEAD P12

2008 8 7 8/7/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO NECK & 

BACK DEAD

2008 8 9 8/9/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

AXILLARY AREA; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = PNEUMONIA, 

GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITISM) DEAD P5C

2008 8 12 8/12/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET-LIKE LACERATION 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P1

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 15 8/15/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE & SINKER IN BODY; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 8 21 8/21/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (NECROPSY 

REVEALED GUNSHOT PELLETS IN ORAL 

MUCOSA) DEAD P9

2008 8 28 8/28/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND HEAD & UPPER JAW; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

DISENTANGLED, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 8 31 8/31/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN NECK; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 9 2 9/2/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN FLIPPER; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 9 3 9/3/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE 

OF LOWER JAW; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO PNEUMONIA & 

OSTEOMYELITIS; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH 

HOOK IN STOMACH) DEAD P2
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2008 9 6 9/6/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC 

LONGLINE VENTURA CA NSI

LIVE ANIMAL HOOKED THROUGH LIP DURING 

NMFS LONGLINE RESEARCH CRUISE; ANIMAL 

RELEASED ALIVE BY CUTTING LEADER 

APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT ABOVE HOOK; FINAL 

STATUS OF ANIMAL UNKNOWN NSI P5B

2008 9 12 9/12/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

HEAD; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB, RADIOGRAPHS INDICATED LEAD 

FRAGMENTS IN HEAD) DEAD P9

2008 9 15 9/15/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC 

LONGLINE ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE ANIMAL HOOKED THROUGH LIP DURING 

NMFS LONGLINE RESEARCH CRUISE; ANIMAL 

RELEASED ALIVE BY CUTTING LEADER 

APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT ABOVE HOOK; FINAL 

STATUS OF ANIMAL UNKNOWN NSI P5B

2008 9 16 9/16/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD CARCASS; FISH HOOK IN FLIPPER DEAD P5D

2008 9 16 9/16/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO JAW; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB, 

NECROPSY REVEALED BULLET FRAGMENTS 

IN RIGHT SIDE OF JAW) DEAD P9

2008 9 21 9/21/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO LEFT 

FLIPPER AXILLARY AREA; FIELD NECROPSY 

REVEALED TWO BROKEN RIBS, BULLET 

LODGED IN RIB ON RIGHT SIDE OF BODY DEAD

2008 9 21 9/21/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO SIDE; FIELD 

NECROPSY REVEALED RIB WITH HOLE IN IT DEAD

2008 9 22 9/22/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND CHEST & FLIPPERS; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

DISENTANGLED, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 9 28 9/28/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SONOMA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

RIGHT EYE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB, RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED BULLET IN 

RIGHT EYE) DEAD P9

2008 10 3 10/3/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 10 6 10/6/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD

CARCASS; SHOTGUN-LIKE WOUNDS TO NECK 

& BACK DEAD

2008 10 7 10/7/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED 

ON BEACH, SHOTGUN-LIKE WOUND TO BACK DEAD P9

2008 10 16 10/16/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 10 23 10/23/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PACKING STRAP AROUND 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 10 25 10/25/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

DUE TO BLINDNESS; NECROPSY REVEALED 

FISH HOOK WITH ATTACHED LINE EMBEDDED 

IN TISSUE BEHIND ESOPHAGUS) DEAD P2

2008 10 26 10/26/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

NECROPSY REVEALED SUBCUTANEOUS 

HEMORRHAGE & BRUISING IN TEMPORALIS 

MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF SKULL; CAUSE OF 

DEATH PROBABLY RELATED TO SKULL 

TRAUMA OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN) DEAD P5A

2008 11 2 11/2/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD CARCASS; SHOTGUN WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2008 11 5 11/5/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO LEFT 

EYE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO UROGENITAL CARCINOMA, 

BULLET EXTRACTED FROM EYE DURING 

NECROPSY) DEAD P9

2008 11 6 11/6/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

SHOOTING/MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE WRAPPED 

AROUND NMFS TAG; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

HEAD & NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P9

2008 11 7 11/7/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2008 11 7 11/7/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 11 8 11/8/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 11 8 11/8/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 11 9 11/9/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

HEAD; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, 

NECROPSY REVEALED BULLET IN RIGHT 

TEMPORALIS MUSCLE, SKULL FRAGMENT IN 

BRAIN) DEAD P9

2008 11 11 11/11/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LINCOLN OR DEAD SHOTGUN PELLETS COLLECTED DEAD

2008 11 23 11/23/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 11 23 11/23/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED ON SITE & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 11 23 11/23/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN REAR 

FLIPPER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

CAUSE OF DEATH = INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS) DEAD P5D

2008 11 25 11/25/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 12 10 12/10/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION STAB WOUNDS SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL HAULED OUT ON DOCK WITH 

KNIFE BLADE PROTRUDING FROM BACK; NONFATAL INJURY (RESCUE PERSONNEL 

IMMOBILIZED ANIMAL, REMOVED KNIFE BLADE 

& TREATED ANIMAL ON SITE) SI P9

2008 12 13 12/13/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB, RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED BULLET 

TRACT ACROSS CRANIUM ) DEAD P9

2008 12 19 12/19/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

CHEST; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P12

2008 12 19 12/19/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED 

DURING TRANSPORT TO REHAB; COPPERCOVERED LARGE CALIBER BULLET 

FRAGMENT RETRIEVED FROM RIGHT 

MANDIBLE DURING NECROPSY) DEAD P9

2008 12 23 12/23/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN EYELID; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 12 27 12/27/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 12 31 12/31/2008 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER LIP; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE 

OF DEATH = VERMINOUS PNEUMONIA) DEAD P5C

2009 1 2 1/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH LINE 

ATTACHED IN MOUTH, SOME BLOOD INSIDE 

MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 1 4 1/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN TONGUE; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 1 8 1/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 1 15 1/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 1 17 1/17/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT REAR 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 1 18 1/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS UNDER 

RIGHT SHOULDER, IN NECK/JAW AREA, TO 

LEFT DORSAL THORAX & TO RIGHT EYE; 

RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED TWO 

BULLETS/PELLETS IN LEFT ELBOW REGION & 

FINE METAL DENSITY SPRAY IN OCULAR 

AREA; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO BLINDNESS FROM GUNSHOT) DEAD P9

2009 1 18 1/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD ENTANGLEMENT 

WOUND ON NECK, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 1 19 1/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO LEFT 

SIDE OF FACE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO SEPTIC 

DEGENERATION FROM GUNSHOT) DEAD P9

2009 1 21 1/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

THORAX & SPINE; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 

BULLET IN THORAX & BULLET IN SPINE; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

DUE TO PARALYSIS FROM GUNSHOT) DEAD P9

2009 1 26 1/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

NECK; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED SHOTGUN 

PELLETS IN NECK AREA; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO PARALYSIS OF 

RIGHT REAR FLIPPER DUE TO GUNSHOT); 

NECROPSY REVEALED CURVED 7 

CENTIMETER LONG METAL FRAGMENT IN 

STOMACH DEAD P2

2009 1 26 1/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

NECK/SHOULDER AREA; RADIOGRAPHS 

REVEALED NUMEROUS FRAGMENTS FROM 

SINGLE BULLET IN NECK/SHOULDER AREA; 

ABSCESS IN SHOULDER AREA FROM 

GUNSHOT WOUND CAUSED ANIMAL TO 

FAVOR RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB 

WITH BULLET FRAGMENTS INTACT; ABSCESS 

TREATED IN REHAB, ANIMAL ABLE TO USE 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER PRIOR TO RELEASE) NSI P9

2009 1 26 1/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK CAUSING 3 CENTIMETER DEEP 

LACERATION; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = UNKNOWN) DEAD P8A

2009 2 3 2/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

RIGHT SHOULDER RESULTING IN MYOSITIS; 

RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED BULLET 

FRAGMENTS IN RIGHT SHOULDER & BULLET 

IN SPINE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED SPINAL CORD 

DAMAGE AT T5 & FRACTURE OF RIGHT 5TH 

RIB) DEAD P9

2009 2 4 2/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD GILLNET WOUND ON 

DORSAL SIDE OF NECK, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P9

2009 2 6 2/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 2 GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

BACK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

SMALL BULLET FRAGMENT REMOVED DURING 

NECROPSY; NECROPSY REVEALED 

HEMOTHORAX, PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE & 

SIMPLE TRAUMATIC RIB FRACTURE) DEAD P9

2009 2 6 2/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN NOSTRIL; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 2 8 2/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD GILLNET WOUND 

AROUND NECK, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P9

2009 2 8 2/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

BACK OF HEAD; CARCASS EXAMINED BY COAL 

OIL POINT RESERVE PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 2 8 2/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; SHOTGUN WOUND TO 

HEAD; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHAB) NSI P9

2009 2 15 2/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND HEAD & JAW; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 2 19 2/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

RIGHT SHOULDER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO PARALYSIS OF 

HIND FLIPPERS, CAUSE OF PARALYSIS 

UNKNOWN; SINGLE BULLET REMOVED FROM 

VENTRAL SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE IN RIGHT 

SHOULDER) DEAD P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 2 20 2/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FAN BELT AROUND 

HEAD/NECK AREA; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 2 20 2/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

HINDFLIPPER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO GUNSHOT; .22 

CALIBER BULLET REMOVED FROM LEFT OF 

TIBIA MEDIAL CONDYLE DEAD P9

2009 2 23 2/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

BAIT BARGE NET 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED INSIDE U.S. NAVY 

MARINE MAMMAL PROGRAM BAIT PEN DEAD

2009 2 28 2/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = UNKNOWN) DEAD P8A

2009 3 1 3/1/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER 

RIGHT JAW; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 3 3 3/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN FRONT & 

REAR FLIPPERS; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 3 14 3/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PACKING STRAP AROUND 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 3 14 3/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; HARD PLASTIC GASKET 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 3 18 3/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY KING WA SI

SEA LION HAULED OUT ON BUOY WITH 

MONOFILAMENT FISHING LINE AROUND NECK SI P8A

2009 3 19 3/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 3 22 3/22/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BLACK RUBBER BELT (FAN 

BELT?) AROUND LOWER NECK, CUTTING INTO 

SHOULDERS, WOUND BLEEDING ; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P8A

2009 3 26 3/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD GILLNET WOUND 

AROUND NECK, TISSUE NECROTIC & 

INFECTED, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB) DEAD P1

2009 4 1 4/1/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN FRONT 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 4 12 4/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 4 13 4/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL RETRIEVED FROM 

INSIDE BAIT HOLDING TANK; FISH HOOK IN 

MOUTH; PERENNIAL STRANDER INTERACTING 

WITH HOOK & LINE FISHERY, ALSO STRANDED 

IN 2007 & 2008; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

PERMANENTLY TRANSFERRED FROM REHAB 

TO U.S. NAVY MARINE MAMMAL PROGRAM) CAPTIVITY P5C

2009 4 18 4/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN FLIPPER; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO 

SEVERE HYPOGLYCEMIA) DEAD P9

2009 4 19 4/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 4 24 4/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

OLD GILLNET SCAR AROUND NECK, NO GEAR 

ON ANIMAL; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB DUE TO BLINDNESS & 

DETERIORATING BODY CONDITION) DEAD P1

2009 4 25 4/25/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 4 26 4/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL WRAPPED IN 

FISHING LINE WITH MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS IN 

BACK & MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 4 30 4/30/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 4 30 4/30/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 1 5/1/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 5 2 5/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE IN LEFT 

CHEEK, ATTACHED FISHING LINE WRAPPED 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 3 5/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; THICK TAN CANVAS 

WRAPPED AROUND LOWER NECK; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB WHILE 

UNDER ANESTHESIA) DEAD P8A

2009 5 5 5/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 5 5/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 5 8 5/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN VENTRUM; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 8 5/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER 

RIGHT LIP; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 9 5/9/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 9 5/9/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PACKING STRAP AROUND 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 5 10 5/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; BARBED FLY HOOK IN LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 11 5/11/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

FOREFLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY( ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 13 5/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 14 5/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION STAB WOUNDS LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; ADULT FEMALE WITH 41 

INCH LONG INCISION ALONG THORACIC & 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; UNKNOWN IF INCISION 

WAS MADE PRE-MORTEM OR POST-MORTEM; 

CARCASS LAYING NEXT TO FETUS; 

PRESUMABLY DOMOIC ACID ANIMAL; PRIVATE 

CITIZEN MAY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST 

ANIMAL WITH BIRTH OR ATTEMPTED TO 

EUTHANIZE ANIMAL; CARCASS MODERATELY 

DECOMPOSED; CARCASS EXAMINED BY 

CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 5 14 5/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; 12 INCHES OF FISHING 

LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUTH; NECROPSY 

REVEALED PENETRATION OF ESOPHAGEAL 

WALL BY FISH HOOK DEAD

2009 5 14 5/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P8A

2009 5 16 5/16/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN HINDFLIPPER; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 17 5/17/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 18 5/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 2 FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER; MORTALITY (EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO SEVERE EMACIATION) DEAD P1

2009 5 19 5/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 19 5/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; LEFT THORACIC BODY 

WALL PENETRATION (GROSS NECROPSY 

REVEALED FINDINGS CONSISTENT WITH 

BLUNT FORCE IMPACT THROUGH LEFT 

THORACIC BODY WALL TERMINATING IN LEFT 

ATRIUM WITHOUT LEAVING EVIDENCE OF 

PROJECTILE). SUSPECTED 'BANG STICK' 

SHOOTING DEAD

2009 5 20 5/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BLACK RUBBER GASKET 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 5 23 5/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION CAR COLLISION ALAMEDA CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; NECROPSY REVEALED 

FRACTURED SKULL, BROKEN RIBS, THORACIC 

HEMORRHAGE & ABDOMINAL ORGANS 

PUSHED UP INTO CHEST CAVITY DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 5 23 5/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 23 5/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO LEFT 

SIDE OF BODY; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB; BULLET RETRIEVED 

FROM SOFT TISSUE OF LEFT LATERAL 

THORAX) DEAD P12

2009 5 24 5/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; TWO FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER, TWO FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

REAR FLIPPER, TWO FISH HOOKS IN LEFT 

REAR FLIPPER, FISH HOOK IN MOUTH 

THROUGH TONGUE & GUM; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF DEATH = 

UNKNOWN) DEAD P5A

2009 5 24 5/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER LIP; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (HOOK REMOVED ON 

SITE, ANIMAL RELOCATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2009 5 25 5/25/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER & IN CORNER OF MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 25 5/25/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

FOREFLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 26 5/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL SONOMA CA NSI

ANIMAL SWAM INTO NMFS RESEARCH VESSEL 

TRAWL NET DURING HAULBACK; TOTAL 

CAPTURE TIME = 2 MINUTES IN WATER, 3 

MINUTES ON DECK; PRESUMED NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS ENERGETIC 

DURING CONTAINMENT & VIGOROUS UPON 

RELEASE) NSI P4

2009 5 26 5/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT REAR 

FLIPPER & RIGHT LOWER LIP; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION & PARASITISM) DEAD P5A

2009 5 26 5/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH LINE 

ATTACHED IN JAW & LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED DURING 

TRANSPORT TO REHAB; NECROPSY 

REVEALED FISH HOOK IN PYLORUS WALL; 

CAUSE OF DEATH = PARASITIC 

GASTROENTERITIS) DEAD P5A

2009 5 27 5/27/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 27 5/27/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; STRING AROUND NECK; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL DISENTANGLED & 

RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 5 28 5/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 28 5/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN FLIPPERS; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 29 5/29/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN FACE; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = UNKNOWN) DEAD P5B

2009 5 29 5/29/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN FACE ABOVE 

RIGHT EYE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 30 5/30/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 30 5/30/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE IN LEFT SIDE 

OF MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) SI P2

2009 5 30 5/30/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER, LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, & IN 

FACE ABOVE RIGHT EYE; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 31 5/31/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 31 5/31/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) SI P2

2009 5 31 5/31/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN BACK & JUST ABOVE 

RIGHT EYE; NON-FATAL INJURY (HOOKS 

REMOVED & ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P5C
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 6 2 6/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 4 6/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN SHOULDER; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION & SEPTICEMIA) DEAD P1

2009 6 6 6/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

FACE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO SEVERE MALNUTRITION & 

SEVERE PNEUMONIA; .22 CALIBER BULLET 

RETRIEVED FROM UNDER SKIN FROM LEFT 

SIDE OF FACE DURING NECROPSY) DEAD P9

2009 6 6 6/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN UPPER LIP; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 7 6/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED STEEL LEADER IN LEFT SIDE OF 

MOUTH; MORTALITY (DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = PERITONITIS SECONDARY TO 

OBSTRUCTED BOWEL) DEAD P5A

2009 6 7 6/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 7 6/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION & PNEUMONIA DEAD P5A

2009 6 7 6/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN HINDFLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION) DEAD P1

2009 6 8 6/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER & IN 

TONGUE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 8 6/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN HEAD BEHIND 

RIGHT EAR; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 8 6/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEFT 

EYELID, FISH HOOK IN LOWER LIP; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION) DEAD P5A

2009 6 8 6/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN THROAT; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P5A

2009 6 9 6/9/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = PERFORATED ULCER & 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P1

2009 6 9 6/9/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER & LEFT & RIGHT REAR 

FLIPPERS; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION) DEAD P1

2009 6 10 6/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

VENTRAL SHOULDER AREA; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 10 6/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN BOTH LIPS; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 10 6/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (NECROPSY 

REVEALED FISHING LURE IN STOMACH; 

CAUSE OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION & LYMPH 

NODE ABSCESS) DEAD P2

2009 6 12 6/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEFT 

JAW; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 12 6/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 6 13 6/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; CARCASS EXAMINED BY 

CHANNEL ISLANDS MARINE & WILDLIFE 

INSTITUTE PERSONNEL DEAD P8A
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 6 13 6/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH LINE 

ATTACHED IN LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 13 6/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 10 FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE & 3 POUND WEIGHT IN & 

WRAPPED AROUND FLIPPERS, CHEST & BACK; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 13 6/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; TREBLE FISH HOOK IN 

RIGHT CHEEK; NON-FATAL INJURY (HOOK 

REMOVED & ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P5C

2009 6 14 6/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P8A

2009 6 15 6/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 15 6/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 16 6/16/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO LEFT FLIPPER 

ABSCESS & OSTEOMYELITIS; NECROPSY 

REVEALED BULLET TIP IN SUBCUTANEOUS 

TISSUE ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK) DEAD P9

2009 6 19 6/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 6 19 6/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOKS, SINKERS & FLOAT WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT LIP & WRAPPED 

AROUND MUZZLE; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 19 6/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE & SINKER IN MOUTH; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION & PNEUMONIA) DEAD P5A

2009 6 19 6/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PACKING STRAP AROUND 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 6 20 6/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING/SPEARING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; 3 CENTIMETER DIAMETER 

HOLE IN VENTRAL THORAX EXTENDING 7 

CENTIMETERS, PENETRATING LUNG; 

HEMMORHAGE IN MUSCLE SURROUNDING 

WOUND; CARCASS EXAMINED BY SWFSC 

PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 6 20 6/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED 4 SMALL 

SHOTGUN PELLETS JUST UNDER SKIN ON 

RIGHT SIDE OF ABDOMEN; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

NEOPLASIA WITH METASTASIS) DEAD P12

2009 6 20 6/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING VENTURA CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; METAL DETECTOR 

SCANNED POSITIVE; CARCASS EXAMINED BY 

CHANNEL ISLANDS MARINE & WILDLIFE 

INSTITUTE PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 6 20 6/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = PERFORATED 

ULCER, PERITONITIS & MALNUTRITION) DEAD P8A

2009 6 21 6/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 6 21 6/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 6 21 6/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK & IN MOUTH; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION, PERFORATED ULCER & 

SEPTICEMIA) DEAD P8A

2009 6 21 6/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD ENTANGLEMENT 

WOUND ON NECK, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P9

2009 6 21 6/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 6 24 6/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN HIND QUARTERS; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

NECROPSY REVEALED SMALL FISH HOOK & 

FISHING LINE IN STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH 

= MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 6 25 6/25/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION & VERMINOUS PNEUMONIA) DEAD P5A

2009 6 26 6/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN EAR, TWO 

FISH HOOKS IN REAR FLIPPERS; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO 

HYPOGLYCEMIA, PNEUMONIA, LUNGWORM 

INFESTATION & SEVERE MALNUTRITION) DEAD P1

2009 6 26 6/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED SINKER IN MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 26 6/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK & 

FISHING LINE IN STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH 

= MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 6 27 6/27/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA: 

CLUBBING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; WOUND ABOVE RIGHT EYE, 

BLOOD & PUS OOZING FROM EYE; FACE & 

JAW SWOLLEN; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED THAT WOUND 

OVER RIGHT EYE COMMUNICATED WITH 

RIGHT EYE SOCKET, TUNNELING UNDER 

SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE CAUDALLY & 

MEDIALLY & TO LEFT SIDE OF SKULL; BONE 

FRAGMENTS WERE PALPABLE AROUND 

FRONTAL SINUS AREA & PENETRATED INTO 

BRAIN; BRUISED HEAD MUSCULATURE; 

RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED NO FRACTURES OR 

FOREIGN BODIES; CAUSE OF DEATH = BLUNT 

FORCE TRAUMA TO HEAD) DEAD P9

2009 6 27 6/27/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BLUE FLASHER FISHING 

LURE IN MOUTH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION & 

VERMINOUS PNEUMONIA) DEAD P2

2009 6 27 6/27/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO BACTERIAL 

PNEUMONIA, PLEURITIS & LEPTOSPIROSIS; 

NECROPSY REVEALED FREE FLOATING 

PELLET IN STOMACH & PELLET IN SKELETAL 

MUSCLE OF RIGHT SCAPULA) DEAD P12

2009 6 27 6/27/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MARIN CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN BACK; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION, ABSCESS & 

PNEUMONIA) DEAD P9

2009 6 28 6/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED TWO FISH 

HOOKS & 30 CENTIMETERS OF FISHING LINE 

IN STOMACH; HOOKS NOT SPECIFICALLY 

ASSOCIATED WITH STOMACH 

PERFORATIONS, IRRITATION OR 

OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

EMACIATION, DEHYDRATION & 

HYPOGLYCEMIA ) DEAD P2

2009 6 28 6/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD HEALED GILLNET 

WOUND ON NECK, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL CAPTURED & 

RELOCATED TO LESS POPULATED BEACH) NSI P1

2009 6 28 6/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN FLIPPER; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; NECROPSY 

REVEALED MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS & LINE IN 

STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH = PLEURITIS & 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 6 28 6/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; THIN BLACK RUBBER CORD 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = PERITONITIS & 

PERFORATED ULCER) DEAD P8A

2009 6 28 6/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER LIP; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 6 29 6/29/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT JAW 

& OVER RIGHT EYE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK 

WITH ATTACHED LINE IN STOMACH, NOT 

EMBEDDED; CAUSE OF DEATH = FISH HOOK 

INGESTION & ABSCESSATION) DEAD P2

2009 6 29 6/29/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 29 6/29/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN UPPER LIP, 

TWO FISH HOOKS IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 1 7/1/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 7 1 7/1/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 2 7/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 2 7/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

DUE TO MASSIVE SHARK BITE WOUND TO 

ABDOMEN) DEAD P9

2009 7 2 7/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK & 

FISHING LINE IN STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH 

= MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 7 2 7/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS IN 

MOUTH; NON-FATAL INURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 3 7/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS IN 

MOUTH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

CAUSE OF DEATH = PNEUMONIA) DEAD P5A

2009 7 3 7/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH, 

CHEEK & REAR FLIPPERS; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P5A

2009 7 3 7/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 4 7/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT UPPER LIP; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 7 4 7/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH & 

FLIPPERS; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK & 

FISHING LINE IN ESOPHAGUS; CAUSE OF 

DEATH = PNEUMONIA & PYOTHORAX) DEAD P2

2009 7 4 7/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK & 

REAR FLIPPER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB; NECROPSY 

REVEALED 10 CENTIMETER DIAMETER 

BUNCHING OF FISHING LINE IN STOMACH 

RESULTING IN GASTRIC IMPACTION) DEAD P2

2009 7 5 7/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

EMBEDDED IN HEAD; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL PERMANENTLY TRANSFERRED TO 

U.S. NAVY MARINE MAMMAL PROGRAM) CAPTIVITY P8A

2009 7 5 7/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK & 

FISHING LINE IN STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH 

= MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 7 5 7/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT SIDE OF BODY; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = VERMINOUS PNEUMONIA & 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 7 5 7/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE WITH 

ATTACHED FLOAT & LINE IN MOUTH; FISH 

HOOKS IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER, RIGHT 

REAR FLIPPER & LEFT REAR FLIPPER; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) SI P2

2009 7 6 7/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 6 7/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEFT 

LIP; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 6 7/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN RIGHT REAR HIP AREA; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 6 7/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 7 7/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGEMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 7 7 7/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; SMALL FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

SIDE OF BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 7 7/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT EYELID; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FROM 

PERFORATED EYE CAUSED BY ABRASION 

FROM FISH HOOK & RESULTING INFECTION) DEAD P5B

2009 7 7 7/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; SMALL FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT CHEEK, FISHING LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND HEAD BETWEEN EYES & 

NOSE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 8 7/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LIP; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = SEPTICEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH 

SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS ALONG LEFT SIDE 

OF BODY WALL & MALNUTRITION) DEAD

2009 7 8 7/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; TWO FISH HOOKS IN BASE 

OF TAIL & LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, ANOTHER 

FISH HOOK REMOVED FROM STOMACH 

THROUGH ENDOSCOPY; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION & VERMINOUS PNEUMONIA) DEAD P2

2009 7 8 7/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; SMALL GOLD FISH HOOKS 

IN RIGHT EYELID, LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH & 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(AMIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 8 7/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 2.5 FEET OF FISHING LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND BODY, FISH HOOK 

REMOVED FROM STOMACH THROUGH 

ENDOSCOPY; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = SEPTICEMIA 

RELATED TO FISHING GEAR INGESTION) DEAD P2

2009 7 8 7/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; RUBBER FISHING LURE 

WITH ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) SI P2

2009 7 8 7/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED TWO FISH 

HOOKS WITH ATTACHED LINE IN ESPOHAGUS 

& DUODENUM; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION, PERITONITIS & SEPTICEMIA 

POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH FISHING GEAR 

INGESTION) DEAD P2

2009 7 8 7/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK 

WITH ATTACHED LINE IN STOMACH; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 7 10 7/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED ELASTIC BAND 

IN STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 7 12 7/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; LIGHT GREEN GILLNET 

FRAGMENT AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 7 12 7/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PINK GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK, CUTTING INTO TRACHEA; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P8A

2009 7 12 7/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS 

WITH ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH, SHOULDER 

& FLIPPERS; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 13 7/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 4 

BULLET FRAGMENTS IN SHOULDER REGION; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB WITH BULLET FRAGMENTS INTACT) NSI P9

2009 7 13 7/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE HANGING 

FROM MOUTH, THREE FISH HOOKS REMOVED 

FROM INSIDE THROAT THROUGH 

ENDOSCOPY; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = UNKNOWN) DEAD P2

2009 7 14 7/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

NECROPSY REVEALED TREBLE HOOKS & 

WEIGHTS IN ESOPHAGUS & STOMACH; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = SEPTICEMIA RELATED TO 

FISHING GEAR INGESTION) DEAD P2

2009 7 15 7/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SONOMA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 15 7/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH & LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER, ANOTHER FISH HOOK REMOVED 

FROM STOMACH THROUGH ENDOSCOPY; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 15 7/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN NOSE & BACK, FISHING 

LINE WOUND LOOSELY AROUND NECK; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 16 7/16/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN NECK, FISHING LINE 

LOOSELY WOUND AROUND NECK; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

VERMINOUS PNEUMONIA) DEAD P5C

2009 7 17 7/17/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

NECROPSY REVEALED ADDITIONAL FISH 

HOOKS IN STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 7 18 7/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 18 7/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN NOSE; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = PNEUMONIA & MALNUTRITION) DEAD P5B

2009 7 19 7/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 7 19 7/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN CORNER OF 

MOUTH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

CAUSE OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION & SEVERE 

PULMONARY & GASTROINTESTINAL 

PARASITISM) DEAD P5A

2009 7 19 7/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN REAR FLIPPER; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 19 7/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; THIN WHITE PACKING 

STRAP AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB) DEAD P8A

2009 7 19 7/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUNND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 7 20 7/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 7 20 7/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 20 7/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PINK GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK & EARS; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB) DEAD P8A

2009 7 21 7/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 21 7/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 24 7/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE & SWIVEL IN OUTER LIP; NONFATAL INJURY (FISHING GEAR REMOVED & 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P5C

2009 7 25 7/25/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

DORSUM; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 26 7/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING HUMBOLDT CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER; MORTALITY (EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUND) DEAD P9

2009 7 26 7/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING/SPEARING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL BLEEDING FROM 

SMALL RAISED HOLE IN HEAD REGION; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

NECROPSY REVEALED 1.5 CENTIMETER HOLE 

THROUGH SKULL INTO BRAIN WITH 

PURULENT/HEMORRHAGIC DISCHARGE ON 

RIGHT SIDE OF SKULL BEHIND EAR; 

RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF 

FOREIGN BODY IN SKULL; NO EXIT WOUND 

FOUND) DEAD P9

2009 7 26 7/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION CAR COLLISION HUMBOLDT CA DEAD

CARCASS IN MIDDLE OF ROAD; CARCASS 

EXAMINED BY HSU-VM PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 7 26 7/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO VERMINOUS 

PNEUMONIA; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH 

HOOK & FISHING LINE IN STOMACH) DEAD P2

2009 7 26 7/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK & 

LINE IN STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION) DEAD P2

2009 7 26 7/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED 

DURING TRANSPORT TO REHAB; PRIMARY 

CAUSE OF DEATH = PNEUMONIA, SECONDARY 

CAUSE OF DEATH = ENTANGLEMENT) DEAD P8A

2009 7 28 7/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; SMALL GOLD FISH HOOK IN 

TOP OF NOSE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 28 7/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH & 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 30 7/30/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT SAN FRANCISCO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

MASS OF FISH HOOKS, FISHING LINE, 

WEIGHTS & PINK BEADS; ALL GEAR FELL OFF 

ANIMAL DURING RETRIEVAL; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 31 7/31/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LIP; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 8 1 8/1/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BROKEN BONE 

PROTRUDING FROM RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED BULLETS & SHOT 

GUN PELLETS IN HEAD & RIGHT FRONT 

FLIPPER) DEAD P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 8 2 8/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING VENTURA CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; METAL DETECTOR 

SCANNED POSITIVE; CARCASS EXAMINED BY 

CHANNEL ISLANDS MARINE & WILDLIFE 

INSTITUTE PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 8 2 8/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK 

WITH ATTACHED LINE IN STOMACH; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION & SEPTICEMIA) DEAD P2

2009 8 3 8/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT 

CORNER OF MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 8 3 8/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD, LEFT ULNA & LEFT EYE; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (RADIOGRAPHS 

REVEALED TWO PELLETS IN RIGHT SIDE OF 

HEAD & 1 PELLET IN LEFT ULNA; LEFT EYE 

RUPTURED, EYEBALL SURGICALLY REMOVED 

IN REHAB; ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB 

WITH PELLETS INTACT) NSI P9

2009 8 4 8/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY DEL NORTE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT EAR; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 8 4 8/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

JAW & HEAD (BULLET HOLE IN MAXILLA, 

BULLET HOLE IN CRANIUM); CARCASS 

EXAMINED BY CAS PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 8 6 8/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; RUBBER FISH-SHAPED 

FISHING LURE WITH ATTACHED LINE IN 

MOUTH; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) SI P2

2009 8 7 8/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN NECK; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 8 9 8/9/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

HEAD, EYE, & LEFT SHOULDER; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB; 

RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 8 PELLETS IN 

SKULL; BULLET EXTRACTED FROM LEFT 

SHOULDER & PELLET EXTRACTED FROM EYE 

DURING NECROPSY) DEAD P9

2009 8 9 8/9/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 8 10 8/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE COMING 

FROM MOUTH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; ANIMAL VOMITED FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE & SINKER FOUR DAYS AFTER 

ADMITTANCE & DIED THREE HOURS LATER; 

NECROPSY REVEALED 3 CENTIMETER FISH 

HOOK LODGED MIDWAY DOWN ESOPHAGUS 

WITH 37 CENTIMETERS OF ATTACHED LINE ) DEAD P2

2009 8 10 8/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED PELLETS IN 

LEFT THORAX; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION & VERMINOUS PNEUMONIA) DEAD P12

2009 8 11 8/11/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED PELLETS 

UNDER SKIN IN CHEST & IN RIGHT REAR 

FLIPPER; CAUSE OF DEATH = VERMINOUS 

PNEUMONIA & MALNUTRITION) DEAD P12

2009 8 12 8/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GUNSHOT-LIKE WOUND TO 

ABDOMEN; REPORT RECEIVED VIA PRIVATE 

CITIZEN DEAD

2009 8 12 8/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PACKING STRAP AROUND 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED 

FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 8 14 8/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

HEAD (BULLET HOLES IN CRANIUM); CARCASS 

EXAMINED BY CAS PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 8 14 8/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 8 14 8/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

UPPER PALATE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 8 15 8/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD ENTANGLEMENT SCAR 

ON NECK, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 8 15 8/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 8 15 8/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT EYEBROW, ANOTHER 

FISH HOOK IN BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(FISHING GEAR REMOVED & ANIMAL 

RELEASED ON SITE ) NSI P5C

2009 8 16 8/16/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED BIRD SHOT IN 

THORAX AREA; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION & INFECTION FROM LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER ABSCESS) DEAD P9

2009 8 18 8/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE COMING 

FROM MOUTH; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK IN 

STOMACH; CAUSE OF DEATH = UNKNOWN) DEAD P2

2009 8 19 8/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN RIGHT LOWER LIP; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = MALNUTRITION & VERMINOUS 

PNEUMONIA) DEAD P5B

2009 8 22 8/22/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; TREBLE HOOK WITH LINE 

ATTACHED IN MOUTH, FISHING LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND REAR FLIPPERS; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 8 23 8/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD HEALING 

ENTANGLEMENT WOUND IN UPPER NECK 

AREA, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL, BULGE ABOVE 

WOUND; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

CAUSE OF DEATH = CARCINOMA) DEAD P9

2009 8 23 8/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LINE COMING 

FROM MOUTH; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 

FISH HOOK IN STOMACH; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) SI P2

2009 8 24 8/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; LEFT REAR LIMB 

PARALYSIS; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED BULLET 

ADJACENT TO SPINE) DEAD P9

2009 8 25 8/25/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 8 26 8/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER ABSCESS; NECROPSY REVEALED 

PELLET IN LEFT SHOULDER) DEAD P9

2009 8 30 8/30/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

DORSAL HIND END & CHEST; BULLET HOLE IN 

RIB; LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD INSIDE 

THORACIC & ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; CARCASS 

EXAMINED BY CAS PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 9 1 9/1/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 

TWO PELLETS IN CHEST; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

PERFORATED ULCER & PERITONITIS) DEAD P9

2009 9 5 9/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BLUE GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 9 7 9/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT REAR 

FLIPPER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO SHARK BITE WOUND TO 

HINDQUARTERS) DEAD P9

2009 9 8 9/8/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

SPINE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DUE TO LOWER BODY PARALYSIS 

RESULTING FROM GUNSHOT WOUND; SINGLE 

BULLET FRAGMENT EXTRACTED DURING 

NECROPSY) DEAD P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 9 12 9/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO CHRONIC 

DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY; NECROPSY 

REVEALED SINGLE PIECE OF BLACK PLASTIC 

IN STOMACH) DEAD P2

2009 9 18 9/18/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC 

LONGLINE SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

LONGLINE RESEARCH; ANIMAL HOOKED IN 

LIP; LINE CUT TWELVE INCHES ABOVE HOOK; 

ANIMAL RELEASED WITH TRAILING GEAR; 

CREW UNABLE TO REMOVE HOOK DUE TO 

ENERGY LEVEL OF ANIMAL; ANIMAL SWAM 

AWAY STRONGLY; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN NSI P5B

2009 9 20 9/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 

PELLETS IN SKULL & RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = DROWNING) DEAD P9

2009 9 21 9/21/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE LINCOLN OR SI

SEVERE INJURY TO RIGHT HIP AREA; ANIMAL 

CONTINUED TO SWIM AND HAUL OUT ON 

FLOATING DOCK; WAS OBSERVED FOR OVER 

TWO WEEKS, UNKNOWN WHETHER HE 

SURVIVED OR NOT BUT INJURY APPEARED TO 

BE LIFE THREATENING; ANIMAL LEFT THE SITE SI P15

2009 9 22 9/22/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 9 22 9/22/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

LEFT EYE & HEAD; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 

PELLETS IN HEAD; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CLEVELAND ZOO 

FOR PERMANENT PUBLIC DISPLAY) CAPTIVITY P9

2009 9 22 9/22/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

DUE TO INFECTION FROM FACE ABSCESS) DEAD P5A

2009 9 29 9/29/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO BLINDNESS; 

NECROPSY REVEALED PLASTIC BAG & 

FRACTURED RIB IN STOMACH) DEAD P2

2009 9 30 9/30/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MARIN CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; CARCASS EXAMINED BY CAS 

PERSONNEL DEAD P8A

2009 10 2 10/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LIP; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 10 2 10/2/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN LEFT AXILLARY REGION; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

DUE TO DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY) DEAD P9

2009 10 4 10/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO LEFT 

EYE, PELLET EXTRACTED; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY) DEAD P9

2009 10 9 10/9/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD GILLNET WOUND ON 

NECK, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P9

2009 10 10 10/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA: 

CLUBBING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BILATERAL FRACTURE OF 

MANDIBLE; NECROTIC MANDIBLE BONE 

FRAGMENTS; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB) DEAD P9

2009 10 10 10/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 10 12 10/12/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN CHIN; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 10 13 10/13/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; OLD GILLNET SCAR ON 

NECK, NO GEAR ON ANIMAL; 

MORTALITY(ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE 

OF DEATH = UNKNOWN) DEAD P8A
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 10 14 10/14/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

DUE TO EMACIATED BODY CONDITION; 

NECROPSY REVEALED SINGLE BULLET 

LODGED BETWEEN SKIN & BODY WALL ON 

RIGHT SIDE OF BODY APPROXIMATELY 30 

CENTIMETERS FROM CAUDAL END OF BASE 

OF FLIPPER & APPROXIMATELY 40 FISH 

HOOKS, 2 SWIVELS, 1 LEAD SINKER & BALL OF 

FISHING LINE IN STOMACH, INCLUDING 2 

FISHING LURES, 4 ARTIFICIAL FLIES, 5 TREBLE 

HOOKS & NUMEROUS SINGLE HOOKS DEAD P2

2009 10 19 10/19/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MENDOCINO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 3-4 LAYERS OF DUCT TAPE 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 10 20 10/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 10 20 10/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MASON WA DEAD BULLET IN HEAD DEAD

2009 10 23 10/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL FIRST SIGHTED ON 

8-OCT IN MONTEREY HARBOR WITH FISH 

HOOK IN RIGHT REAR FLIPPER, CAPTURE 

ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL; NON-FATAL 

INJURY; (ANIMAL APPEARS TO HAVE LOST 

HOOK BETWEEN CAPTURE ATTEMPTS; 

ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO LONG MARINE 

LABORATORY FOR PERMANENT 

INCORPORATION INTO THEIR LIVE ANIMAL 

COLLECTION CAPTIVITY P5C

2009 10 24 10/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

BACK BETWEEN SHOULDERS & NEAR LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO BLINDNESS & 

IMPAIRED HEARING FROM TRAUMA OF 

UNKNOWN ORIGIN; NECROPSY REVEALED 

PELLETS IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER & IN SKIN 

OF RIGHT CAUDAL ABDOMEN) DEAD P9

2009 10 24 10/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO REPEATED 

SEZURES LINKED TO DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY) DEAD P8A

2009 10 24 10/24/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION ROPE MARIN CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; 15 INCH PIECE OF HEMP 

ROPE TIED AROUND MIDSECTION; APPEARS 

THAT ANIMAL WAS TOWED (ROPE TIED IN 

SLIP KNOT); UNKNOWN IF ANIMAL WAS ALIVE 

OR DEAD AT TIME OF TOWING; CARCASS 

EXAMINED BY CAS PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 10 26 10/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; NECROPSY REVEALED FISH HOOK IN 

ESOPHAGEAL WALL; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

SEVERE PNEUMONIA) DEAD P2

2009 10 26 10/26/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MARIN CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

RIGHT EYE, RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED SINGLE 

BULLET IN EYE; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB, BULLET WAS NOT 

EXTRACTED) NSI P9

2009 10 28 10/28/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 10 31 10/31/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SPRAY PAINTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; ORANGE SPRAY PAINT ON 

RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD, RIGHT FLIPPER & 

RIGHT FLANK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO DOMOIC ACID 

TOXICITY) DEAD P9

2009 11 3 11/3/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH = 

MALNUTRITION, SECONDARY CAUSE OF 

DEATH = ENTANGLEMENT) DEAD P8A

2009 11 4 11/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 11 5 11/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION ROPE MARIN CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; PIECE OF HEMP ROPE 

TIED AROUND MIDSECTION; APPEARS THAT 

ANIMAL WAS TOWED (ROPE TIED IN SLIP 

KNOT); UNKNOWN IF ANIMAL WAS ALIVE OR 

DEAD AT TIME OF TOWING; CARCASS 

EXAMINED BY CAS PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 11 7 11/7/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER & RIGHT HIND FLIPPER; MORTALITY 

(ANIMAL DIED ON SITE PRIOR TO ARRIVAL OF 

RESCUE TEAM; PARTIAL NECROPSY 

REVEALED GUNSHOT-LIKE HOLE IN RIB, NO 

BULLET OR PELLET WAS FOUND IN BODY 

CAVITY); CARCASS EXAMINED BY CAS 

PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 11 10 11/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING YOLO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO 

FACE & NOSE; RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED 

NUMEROUS PELLETS & LEAD FRAGMENTS IN 

HEAD BUT NONE ENTERING BRAIN CAVITY; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TRANSFERRED 

TO SIX FLAGS DISCOVERY KINGDOM IN 

VALLEJO FOR PERMANENT PUBLIC DISPLAY) CAPTIVITY P9

2009 11 15 11/15/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 11 20 11/20/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 11 23 11/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 11 23 11/23/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE DEL NORTE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; SEVERE PROPELLER 

WOUNDS TO RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER & 

SHOULDER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB) DEAD P9

2009 12 4 12/4/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 12 5 12/5/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 12 6 12/6/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 12 9 12/9/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 12 10 12/10/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 12 11 12/11/2009 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN ABDOMEN & 

LEFT AXILLARY REGION; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

PRESUMED DROWNING FROM SEIZURE 

ACTIVITY LINKED TO DOMOIC ACID TOXICITY) DEAD

2010 1 4 1/4/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLET FRAGMENTS IN SKULL DEAD

2010 1 6 1/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLETS FOUND DURING NECROPSY DEAD

2010 1 9 1/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 1 12 1/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

PACKING BAND OR MONOFILAMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND LOWER NECK SI P8A

2010 1 12 1/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 1 23 1/23/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI

BOAT COLLISION, MULTIPLE LACERATIONS, 

BROKEN BONES, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P15

2010 1 24 1/24/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 1 27 1/27/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLE IN HEAD DEAD

2010 2 7 2/7/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLET FOUND DURING NECROPSY DEAD

2010 2 8 2/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT, ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 2 9 2/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLET FOUND IN BRAIN CAVITY DEAD

2010 2 10 2/10/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLETS FOUND IN DORSAL MUSCLE DEAD

2010 2 11 2/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT ORANGE CA SI

RUBBER BAND AROUND NECK, ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 2 13 2/13/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLET FRAGMENTS FOUND IN MUSCLE DEAD

2010 2 14 2/14/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET-LIKE LACERATIONS AROUND 

CIRCUMFERENCE OF ANIMAL, DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 2 14 2/14/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING KING WA DEAD BULLETS FOUND IN BRAIN DEAD

2010 2 15 2/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE DEL NORTE CA SI

PROPELLOR WOUNDS ON ANIMAL, TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P15
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 2 18 2/18/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 2 22 2/22/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLETS CONFIRMED VIA RADIOGRAPH DEAD

2010 2 23 2/23/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET HOLE AND SHRAPNEL FOUND DEAD

2010 3 8 3/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK, ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 3 12 3/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET FRAGMENT IN BRAIN CAVITY DEAD

2010 3 17 3/17/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD

VESSEL CREW FELT THE IMPACT OF THE SEA 

LION AND OBSERVED THE SINKING CARCASS DEAD

2010 3 23 3/23/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 3 24 3/24/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING KING WA DEAD SHRAPNEL FOUND ON RADIOGRAPH DEAD

2010 3 25 3/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

PACKING BAND ENTANGLEMENT AROUND 

NECK, CUTTING INTO BLUBBER AND MUSCLE; 

OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN MAY 

AND JULY SI P8A

2010 3 25 3/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

GILLNET AROUND HEAD THROUGH CORNERS 

OF MOUTH, ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 3 25 3/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

BULLET TIP FOUND IN ABCESS ON LEFT 

CHEEK. SMALL HOLE IN FOREHEAD. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9

2010 3 26 3/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 3 28 3/28/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 3 29 3/29/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FISH HOOK IN BACK. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 3 30 3/30/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 3 30 3/30/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 3 31 3/31/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION CAR COLLISION SAN DIEGO CA SI

EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT, ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 3 31 3/31/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 3 31 3/31/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 4 1 4/1/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SANTA CRUZ CA SI

MULTIPLE PELLETS IN SKULL, LEFT EYE. 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 4 3 4/3/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

FISH HOOK. RIGHT REAR FLIPPER. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 4 3 4/3/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 4 3 4/3/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION ORANGE CA SI VOMITED UP PLASTIC MATERIAL SI P2

2010 4 7 4/7/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 8 4/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 8 4/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 8 4/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 9 4/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 9 4/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ENTANGLEMENT WOUNDS AROUND 

CIRCUMFERENCE OF ANIMAL. DEAD

2010 4 9 4/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FRESH DEAD, ENTERED SCREEN BAY DEAD

2010 4 10 4/10/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOKS IN LOWER LIP AND LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 4 12 4/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 4 13 4/13/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 4 17 4/17/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GREEN NET ENTANGLED AROUND NECK WITH 

SEVERAL FEET OF NET TRAILING. ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 4 17 4/17/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH. ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 4 18 4/18/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE KING WA SI

ANIMAL DIED DURING OVERNIGHT 

OBSERVATION. BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, 

CRUSHED STERNUM DEAD P15

2010 4 20 4/20/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

SILVER COLORED FISHING LURE STUCK IN 

MOUTH WITH LONG LEADER ATTACHED SI P2

2010 4 21 4/21/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

PLASTIC PACKAGING STRAP, ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB DEAD

2010 4 21 4/21/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FISH HOOK IN MOUTH. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 4 23 4/23/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 23 4/23/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET FRAGMENT EMBEDDED IN NECK. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 4 25 4/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 25 4/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 25 4/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 26 4/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 26 4/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 26 4/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 4 28 4/28/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL DIED DURING TRANSPORTATION TO 

REHAB DEAD

2010 5 2 5/2/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD OBVIOUS BULLET HOLE IN ABDOMENT DEAD

2010 5 4 5/4/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 5 5 5/5/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI LINE WRAPPED AROUND NECK. SI P8A

2010 5 6 5/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P9

2010 5 6 5/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 5 6 5/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

FLY FISH HOOK RIGHT SIDE OF BODY, ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 5 6 5/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 5 6 5/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 5 8 5/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK AND 

LACERATIONS FROM ENTANGLEMENT. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 5 9 5/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN GILLNET AROUND NECK, CUTTING 

INTO SKIN 1 CM DEEP. ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED, RELOCATED NSI P7B

2010 5 10 5/10/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

OBSERVED SWIMMING WITH 12" ORANGE AND 

SILVER SALMON FLASHER HANGING FROM 

MOUTH SI P2

2010 5 10 5/10/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

BULLET FRAGMENT IN CHEST. ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB DEAD

2010 5 11 5/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

BULLET LODGED IN VERTEBRAL COLUMN. 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 5 11 5/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION DOG ATTACK SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD NO DETAILS DEAD

2010 5 12 5/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI ANIMAL DISENTANGLED, RELOCATED NSI P7B

2010 5 12 5/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI ANIMAL DISENTANGLED, RELOCATED NSI P7B

2010 5 14 5/14/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FRESH DEAD DEAD

2010 5 14 5/14/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS ON BODY AND 

FLIPPERS. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 5 14 5/14/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

THICK BLACK RUBBER BAND AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 5 14 5/14/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK RESULTING IN 

DEEP LACERATION. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 5 15 5/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING WRAPPED 

AROUND NECK 2X AND THROUGH MOUTH. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 5 15 5/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK, CUTTING INTO 

TISSUE. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 5 15 5/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT CUTTING INTO NECK. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 5 18 5/18/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

8 FISHHOOKS ON BODY AND FLIPPERS. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 5 20 5/20/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT 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 SI P1

2010 5 21 5/21/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NET/LINE EMBEDDED IN 

NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 5 25 5/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SANTA CRUZ CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NET/LINE AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 5 26 5/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH, 3 FISH HOOKS IN 

ESOPHAGUS. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 5 29 5/29/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 5 29 5/29/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 5 30 5/30/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISH HOOKS IN FRONT AND REAR FLIPPERS. 

LURE AND WEIGHT HANGING FROM MOUTH. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 5 31 5/31/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK IN TONGUE WITH LINE ATTACHED, 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 5 31 5/31/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISHING LINE, HOOK, AND WEIGHT IN MOUTH. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 5 31 5/31/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING TILLAMOOK OR DEAD BUCKSHOT PELLETS RECOVERED DEAD

2010 6 2 6/2/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 6 2 6/2/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 6 2 6/2/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 6 2 6/2/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 6 4 6/4/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 6 5 6/5/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 6 6 6/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

HOOKS AND LINE WRAPPED AROUND REAR 

FLIPPERS. ANIMAL DISENTANGLED, 

RELEASED AT SITE NSI P5C

2010 6 8 6/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 6 8 6/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ROPE AROUND NECK DEAD

2010 6 9 6/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN NET ENTANGLED AROUND NECK AND 

HEAD. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 6 9 6/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

BULLET FRAGMENT COLLECTED, SKULL 

BLOWN AWAY DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 6 10 6/10/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION STAB WOUNDS LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. KNIFE 

LACERATION. DEAD

2010 6 10 6/10/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB DEAD

2010 6 11 6/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 6 11 6/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2010 6 12 6/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

XRAY, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED SI P9

2010 6 12 6/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 6 12 6/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

HOLE IN ANIMAL, ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING DEAD

2010 6 13 6/13/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI RELEASED AT SITE SI P8A

2010 6 14 6/14/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FISHING LINE, ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 6 15 6/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

FISH HOOK IN UPPER CHEST. 

DISENTANGLED, RELEASED AT SITE NSI P5C

2010 6 15 6/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P9

2010 6 15 6/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

BULLET HOLE RIGHT SIDE OF NECK, FISH 

HOOK AND LINE IN MOUTH DEAD

2010 6 18 6/18/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOKS ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 6 18 6/18/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 6 19 6/19/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

FISH HOOK IN LEFT FLANK, RELEASED AT 

SITE NSI P5C

2010 6 24 6/24/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

LARGE SALMON FLASHER REPORTEDLY 

HANGING FROM MOUTH SI P2

2010 6 25 6/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI FISH HOOKS. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 6 26 6/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI FISH HOOKS IN FRONT AND REAR FLIPPERS. NSI P5C

2010 6 28 6/28/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK AND IN MOUTH. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 7 2 7/2/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P9

2010 7 3 7/3/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY CLATSOP OR SI FISHING LURE ATTACHED TO HEAD, THROAT SI P5B

2010 7 11 7/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 7 12 7/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE GOING DOWN THROAT. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 7 16 7/16/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD EYE WITNESSES SAW BOAT HIT SEA LION DEAD

2010 7 20 7/20/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT UPPER LIP INSIDE 

MOUTH AND LOWER LEFT INSIDE MOUTH, 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 7 21 7/21/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA: 

CLUBBING LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 7 25 7/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

HOOK IN LEFT HIND FLIPPER, ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P5C

2010 8 4 8/4/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

FISHING LINE & HOOKS: RIGHT LOWER LIP, 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 8 5 8/5/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. CAUSE OF DEATH, 

FISH HOOK PERFORATION OF ESOPHAGUS. DEAD

2010 8 5 8/5/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

FISHING HOOK, LURE & LINE IN MOUTH. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 8 20 8/20/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SONOMA CA DEAD SHOT FOUND AT BASE OF SKULL DEAD

2010 8 20 8/20/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION DEAD

2010 8 25 8/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION DEAD

2010 8 30 8/30/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P9

2010 9 9 9/9/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

GUNSHOT/PELLET IN MUSCLE AROUND SPINE. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P9

2010 9 15 9/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 9 15 9/15/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HARASSMENT SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

~8" DART EMBEDDED IN FOREHEAD, NOT 

CAPTURED SI P9

2010 9 18 9/18/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 9 20 9/20/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET HOLE IN NECK DEAD

2010 9 26 9/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 9 29 9/29/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

BULLET FOUND IN MESENTERY; APPEARS TO 

BE A .22 GAUGE, ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB DEAD

2010 10 1 10/1/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION STAB WOUNDS SAN DIEGO CA SI

WOUNDS FROM A FISHING GAFF INJURY. 

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. NSI P9

2010 10 3 10/3/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MARIN CA SI

FOREIGN OBJECT VENTRAL TO C4-C5 

VERTEBRAE ON RADIOGRAPHS, NOT 

REMOVED. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9

2010 10 5 10/5/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION DEAD

2010 10 6 10/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

WIDE BLACK STIFF RUBBER BELT AROUND 

NECK. DISENTANGLED, ANIMAL RELEASED AT 

SITE NSI P7B

2010 10 10 10/10/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT HUMBOLDT CA SI

PLASTIC BAND 21.5 IN LONG AND 1/8 IN WIDE 

AROUND NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD

2010 10 11 10/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 10 11 10/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 10 12 10/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR SI

SMALL BULLET HOLES (POSSIBLY FROM A .22 

GUN) WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING ON 

RIGHT ABDOMEN; THORACIC AREA 

HEMORRHAGE. SI P12

2010 10 12 10/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET PRESENT AROUND NECK AND 

MISCELLANEOUS MONOFILAMENT PRESENT 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD

2010 10 12 10/12/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD SMALL BULLET HOLES IN ABDOMEN DEAD

2010 10 14 10/14/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM, RELEASED AT SITE NSI P9

2010 10 26 10/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ENTERED SCREEN BAY THROUGH INTAKE 

TUNNEL DEAD

2010 11 3 11/3/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND 

NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED. NSI P7B

2010 11 5 11/5/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING TILLAMOOK OR DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD

2010 11 6 11/6/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD

2010 11 11 11/11/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD

2010 11 19 11/19/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2010 11 21 11/21/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD

MULTIPLE PELLETS AND A LARGE CALIBER 

BULLET FRAGMENT WERE FOUND IN HEAD 

DURING NECROPSY. DEAD

2010 11 23 11/23/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD

2010 11 24 11/24/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND 

NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

AND RELEASED. NSI P7B

2010 11 24 11/24/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

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

2010 11 25 11/25/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM, ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB. DEAD

2010 11 26 11/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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 SPILL. ANIMAL TREATED IN 

REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P9

2010 11 26 11/26/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

FISHING HOOK IN LOWER RIGHT LIP. ANIMAL 

TAKEN TO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P5C

2010 11 27 11/27/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM, RELEASED AT SITE NSI P9

2010 12 8 12/8/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MARIN CA SI

GUNSHOT - HEAD, LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND 

MUZZLE. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC 

DISPLAY. CAPTIVITY P9

2010 12 23 12/23/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MARIN CA SI

NYLON LINE EMBEDDED IN LIP; SOURCE 

(FISHERY/DEBRIS?) UNKNOWN SI P8A
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 12 29 12/29/2010 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2011 2 24 2/24/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE A PLASTIC BAND 

WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND NECK AND 

CUTTING DEEPLY INTO TISSUE; ANIMAL MAY 

HAVE BEEN SHOWING DIFFICULTY 

BREATHING; ANIMAL WENT BACK INTO 

WATER AFTER BEING APPROACHED CLOSELY 

BY PASSERS-BY SI P8A

2011 2 25 2/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SEAL BOMB LOS ANGELES CA SI

DISLOCATED LOWER JAW. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHABILITATION. FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI P9

2011 2 28 2/28/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK, 

CONSTRICTING. ANIMAL LETHARGIC, 

TRANSFERRED TO REHABILITATION. FINAL 

STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A

2011 3 12 3/12/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI YELLOW 'POLY' FISHING NET AROUND NECK SI P8A

2011 3 13 3/13/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND NECK SI P8A

2011 3 13 3/13/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI FISHING LINE AROUND NECK SI P8A

2011 3 17 3/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 3 21 3/21/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET EMBEDDED IN NECK, TRANSFERRED 

TO REHABILITATION CENTER SI P8A

2011 4 3 4/3/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN 

NOSTRIL. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHABILITATION FACILITY SI P5B

2011 4 10 4/10/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM NSI P9

2011 4 12 4/12/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET WOUNDS DEAD

2011 4 16 4/16/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI HUGE LURE IN MOUTH, BROKEN JAW. SI P5A, P10

2011 4 17 4/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN ANIMAL. FISHING LINE REMOVED FROM 

NECK SI P8A

2011 4 18 4/18/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & 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

2011 4 18 4/18/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, FINAL 

STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2011 4 20 4/20/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 4 21 4/21/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 4 21 4/21/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SAN ONOFRE DEAD

2011 4 21 4/21/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD HIT BY CAR DEAD

2011 4 24 4/24/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2011 5 1 5/1/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FROM COOLING WATER SYSTEM OF 

POWER PLANT DEAD

2011 5 2 5/2/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE ANIMAL RELEASED FROM COOLING 

WATER INTAKE NSI P9

2011 5 4 5/4/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 5 8 5/8/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI PLASTIC PACKING BAND CUTTING INTO NECK SI P8A

2011 5 10 5/10/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 5 14 5/14/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING ALAMEDA CA SI

RADIOGRAPHS DURING POST-MORTEM 

EXAMINATION SHOWED ~30 PELLETS OF 

DIFFERENT SIZES IN THE HEAD. DEAD P9

2011 5 16 5/16/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & 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

2011 5 29 5/29/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION. ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD

2011 5 31 5/31/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM 

COOLING WATER INTAKE AREA NSI P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 5 31 5/31/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

ENTANGLED WITH FISHING NET ON FACE AND 

NECK, POSSIBLE CUT UNDER CHIN, 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. RELEASED AT 

PRNS ON 6/13/11. FOUND DEAD AT RODEO 

BEACH ON 7/6/11. DEAD P8A

2011 6 3 6/3/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM 

COOLING WATER INTAKE AREA NSI P9

2011 6 7 6/7/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

MALNUTRITION, GILLNET LACERATION 

AROUND NECK SI P8A

2011 6 10 6/10/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY COOS OR SI

ORANGE/SILVER FLASHER WITH 1.5 FEET OF 

LINE ATTACHED TO MOUTH SI P2

2011 6 13 6/13/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM 

COOLING WATER INTAKE AREA NSI P9

2011 6 13 6/13/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM 

COOLING WATER INTAKE AREA NSI P9

2011 6 14 6/14/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

FISHING LURE IN BACK. ANIMAL SENT TO 

REHAB FACILITY NSI P5C

2011 6 15 6/15/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 6 17 6/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 6 17 6/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD HEAD BLOWN AWAY DEAD

2011 6 20 6/20/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 6 21 6/21/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DUE TO GUNSHOT 

WOUND INJURIES DEAD P9

2011 6 27 6/27/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 6 27 6/27/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN SCREEN BAY AT POWER 

PLANT DEAD

2011 6 27 6/27/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET. ANIMAL 

TRANSFERRED TO REHABILITATION. FINAL 

STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A

2011 6 28 6/28/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 6 29 6/29/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB, FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN. SI P8A

2011 7 6 7/6/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9

2011 7 8 7/8/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 7 9 7/9/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

SIGNS OF HUMAN INTERACTION OBSERVED ; 

CAN OF SPRAY ARESOL FOUND IN THROAT 

OF SEA LION, APPEARED TO HAVE 

HOLES/POSSIBLE BITE MARKS AND BE 

CRUSHED INWARDS AS IF BITTEN. BASED ON 

DEPTH IN THROAT AND CONDITION OF CAN 

SUSPECT ANIMAL FOR HUMAN INTERACTION. DEAD

2011 7 14 7/14/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 7 17 7/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING GRAY'S HARBOR WA DEAD BULLET FRAGMENT FOUND ON RADIOGRAPH DEAD

2011 7 20 7/20/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

ANIMAL RELEASED ALIVE FROM GILLNET, NO 

TRAILING GEAR NSI P7B
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 7 25 7/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED FROM 'NETTING', 

TAKEN TO REHAB CENTER NSI P7B

2011 7 28 7/28/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION TRAWL FISHERY CLALLAM WA DEAD TRIBAL FISHERY DEAD

2011 8 2 8/2/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

LARGE SILVER SALMON FLASHER STUCK TO 

MOUTH; ANIMAL APPEARS SOMEWHAT THIN, 

FLOATING GENERALLY MOTIONLESS AT 

SURFACE SI P2

2011 8 3 8/3/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

NECROPSY RESULTS FOUND MULTIPLE 

GUNSHOTS; REMOVED 2 BULLETS AND 1 

PELLET. DEAD P12

2011 8 8 8/8/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9

2011 8 9 8/9/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2011 8 16 8/16/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

ENTANGLED IN PINK MONOFILAMENT GILL 

NET AROUND NECK AND BODY. DEAD

2011 8 16 8/16/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 8 17 8/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT 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 OBF DOCK SI P8A

2011 8 17 8/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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 SI P12

2011 8 22 8/22/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2011 9 1 9/1/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

GUNSHOT RIGHT SHOULDER. RED WAXY 

PAINT OR GREASE MARKER ON ABDOMEN; 

RESPIRATION LABORED AND INCREASED; 

ABDOMEN DISTENDED; NOT USING REAR 

FLIPPERS. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9

2011 9 4 9/4/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 9 9 9/9/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 9 9 9/9/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 9 11 9/11/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND 

NECK, BLEEDING, EMACIATED SI P1 AND P8A

2011 9 12 9/12/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 9 15 9/15/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT 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
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 9 15 9/15/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 9 15 9/15/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

BOTH EYES MISSING, THIN. METAL 

FRAGMENTS IN EYE SOCKET SUGGEST 

GUNSHOT TRAUMA. DEAD P9

2011 9 18 9/18/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

LETHARGIC, WEAK, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED 

BULLET FRAGMENT IN DORSAL ASPECT OF 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, REMOVED DURING 

POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION DEAD P9

2011 9 20 9/20/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT SOLANO CA DEAD DROWNED IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH NET DEAD

2011 9 21 9/21/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SONOMA CA SI

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, SUSPECTED 

FORMER ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK; 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB, LEPTOSPIROSIS, 

CHRONIC DOMOIC ACID DEAD P8A

2011 9 25 9/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA SI

HIT BY A CAR AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAD 

TRAUMA, JAW INJURY, BLEEDING FROM 

MOUTH AND GURGLING. EUTHANIZED. DEAD P9

2011 9 25 9/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 9 28 9/28/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT CLATSOP OR DEAD

A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL ROPE-LIKE 

MARKS ON FOREFLIPPER AND VENTRAL 

ABDOMEN. ANIMAL WAS EMACIATED; MUSCLE 

SIGNFICANTLY REDUCED; BOTH LUNGS 

"MEATY", FLATTENED, AND VERY 

CONGESTED; HEART SEEMED SMALL WITH 

ENLARGED AURICLES; PULMONARY ARTERY 

VERY ENLARGED; KIDNEY VESSELS 

ENGORGED WITH BLOOD DEAD

2011 9 28 9/28/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 10 1 10/1/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN MATEO CA SI

BULLET BEHIND LEFT EYE, UNALIGNED JAW, 

AND GOOD BODY CONDITION DEAD P9

2011 10 4 10/4/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9

2011 10 4 10/4/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 10 7 10/7/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

EMACIATED; SEVERE CUT UNDER JAW FROM 

GILL NET; LEFT EYE INJURED; BREATHING 

THROUGH LACERATION SI P1

2011 10 7 10/7/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA DEAD

MIDDLE OF ROAD, HIT BY CAR, DEAD WHEN 

RESCUE TEAM ARRIVED DEAD

2011 10 13 10/13/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ACTIVE SUB-ADULT WITH FISHING NET 

DEEPLY CUTTING INTO NECK SI P8A

2011 10 14 10/14/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD

VERTEBRA DISLOCATED WITH ASSOCIATED 

NECROSIS DEAD

2011 10 14 10/14/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9

2011 10 23 10/23/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 23 10/23/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 23 10/23/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 27 10/27/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 27 10/27/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 27 10/27/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 27 10/27/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 29 10/29/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING DEAD

2011 10 31 10/31/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

SEIZURES, GOOD BODY WEIGHT, GUNSHOT 

TO SPINE, EUTHANIZED. NECROPSY 

PERFORMED. DEAD P9

2011 11 8 11/8/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 11 13 11/13/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LOOSE FISHING LINE ENTANGLEMENT 

AROUND THE NECK NOT CUTTING INTO SKIN, 

LETHARGIC, COUGHING, MILDLY 

UNDERWEIGHT SI P1

2011 11 15 11/15/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT CLATSOP OR DEAD

ROPE LIKE MARKS ON LEFT VENTRAL PELVIC 

REGION DEAD

2011 11 17 11/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION 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

2011 11 19 11/19/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2011 11 26 11/26/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2011 11 26 11/26/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9

2011 12 5 12/5/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA DEAD

OLD ENTANGLEMENT SCAR AROUND NECK. 

PINK SCAR ON FLIPPER. ANIMAL LEFT ON 

BEACH, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. DEAD

2011 12 17 12/17/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 12 18 12/18/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD BULLET FOUND IN SKULL DEAD

2011 12 19 12/19/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION VESSEL STRIKE PACIFIC WA DEAD PROPELLER MARKS DEAD

2011 12 30 12/30/2011 CALIFORNIA SEA LION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 10 19 10/19/2008 FIN WHALE VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS BROUGHT INTO HARBOR ON BOW 

OF FREIGHTER DEAD

2009 1 13 1/13/2009 FIN WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHING GEAR; REPORT 

RECEIVED VIA CALIFORNIA LARGE WHALE 

DISENTANGLEMENT NETWORK MEMBER; NO 

RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 2 2 2/2/2009 FIN WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

U.S. NAVY VESSEL COLLIDED WITH FREESWIMMING ANIMAL; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED 

UPON IMPACT, FLOATING AT SURFACE, 

BLOOD OBSERVED IN WATER; CARCASS 

RESIGHTED ON 14-FEB FLOATING SOUTH OF 

LA JOLLA COVE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE 

OFFSHORE; CARCASS TOWED TO FIESTA 

ISLAND FOR DISPOSAL; FOUR FOOT LONG 

GASH RUNNING FROM MID-DORSAL TO LEFT 

LATERAL SURFACE, EXTENDING INTO 

BLUBBER; CARCASS EXAMINED BY SWFSC 

PERSONNEL) DEAD

2009 4 10 4/10/2009 FIN WHALE VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS BROUGHT INTO HARBOR ON BOW 

OF FREIGHTER; FIELD NECROPSY REVEALED 

SIGNIFICANT BRUISING & BLOOD LOSS IN 

AREA DORSAL OF LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER & 

SMALL BONE FRAGMENTS FROM SHATTERED 

SCAPULA; CARCASS EXAMINED BY LACMNH 

PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 5 6 5/6/2009 FIN WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI

U.S. NAVY VESSEL COLLIDED WITH FREESWIMMING ANIMAL; BLOOD & FLESH 

OBSERVED IN WATER; SPECIES I.D. 

DETERMINED THROUGH GENETIC ANALYSIS 

OF SKIN TISSUE BY SWFSC PERSONNEL; 

PRESUMED MORTALITY. VESSEL SIZE = 567 

FT. VESSEL SPEED = 16 KTS. SI L6A 1

2009 6 8 6/8/2009 FIN WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING 300 FEET 

OF POLYPROPYLENE LINE & LIGHT-COLORED 

BUOY FROM CAUDAL PEDUNCLE; REPORT 

RECEIVED VIA U.S. NAVY PERSONNEL ON 

SCENE; NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL 

STATUS UNKNOWN; MAY BE A RESIGHT OF 

ANIMAL FROM 13-JAN. ASSIGNED AS L2 

BECAUSE OF LENGTH OF GEAR TRAILING 

ANIMAL, IMPLIES GREAT DRAG. SI L2 1

2009 8 7 8/7/2009 FIN WHALE VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD

BROUGHT IN ON THE BOW OF THE 

CONTAINER SHIP INTO THE PORT OF TACOMA 

BLAIR WATERWAY. TOWED TO MCNEIL 

ISLAND FOR NECROPSY BY WDFW AND CRC 

ON 8/8/09. SEE ATTACHED REPORT FOR MORE 

INFORMATION. DEAD

2010 9 16 9/16/2010 FIN WHALE VESSEL STRIKE ALAMEDA CA DEAD

ANIMAL BROUGHT INTO PORT OF OAKLAND 

IMPINGED ON BOW OF SHIP DEAD

2010 9 20 9/20/2010 FIN WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD BROKEN VERTEBRAE, LINEAR LACERATION DEAD

2011 7 31 7/31/2011 FIN WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MARIN CA SI

ORANGE/REDDISH LINE WRAPPED IN 

SEVERAL LAYERS BEHIND THE BLOWHOLE 

THAT HAD CUT DEEP INTO THE FLESH. FROM 

SIGHT THE 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; TRAVELING WITH ANOTHER FIN 

WHALE, EST 20 M LONG, "MEANDERING IN 

THE AREA"; NO RESIGHTS, NO RELEASE, 

FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN SI L2 1

2011 11 19 11/19/2011 FIN WHALE 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

2007 4 2 4/2/2007 GRAY WHALE GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING 3-5 FEET 

OF SMALL MESH BLUE/GREEN 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING FROM AROUND TAIL 

STOCK; RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; MOST OF 

NETTING CUT AWAY, SMALL AMOUNT OF 

LOOSE NETTING REMAINING AROUND TAIL 

STOCK; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN NSI L3 0
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 4 20 4/20/2007 GRAY WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

ENTANGLED IN CRAB GEAR. SKIPPER OF 

NEARBY VESSEL REMOVED 8 POTS BEFORE 

HE HAD TO RETURN TO PORT DUE TO 

DARKNESS WHALE STILL HAD 8 BUOYS AND 

SEVERAL WRAPS OF LINE AROUND MIDSECTION, LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER, AND 

THROUGH MOUTH SI L2 1

2007 6 1 6/1/2007 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD

CARCASS; 4 PROPELLER-LIKE WOUNDS TO 

BODY DEAD

2007 12 7 12/7/2007 GRAY WHALE

RED KING CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT

OFFSHORE 

BERING SEA AK SI

WHALE WAS SIGHTED IN HUMBOLDT BAY 

TRAILING GEAR ON APRIL 12, 2008, APPX. 4 

MONTHS AFTER BECOMING ENTANGLED IN 

THE GEAR IN DECEMBER IN THE BERING SEA. 

THE ANIMAL WAS TRAILING 40-50 FEET OF 

LINE WITH THREE BUOYS ATTACHED. THEY 

BUOYS WERE REMOVED BUT APPX. 20-30' OF 

LINE REMAIN ATTACHED TO THE WHALE. THE 

WHALE APPEARED SEVERLY MALNOURISHED 

AND HAS AN S-SHAPED SPINE. SI L2 1

2008 2 7 2/7/2008 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE ORANGE CA DEAD

CARCASS; PROPELLER-LIKE WOUNDS TO 

LEFT DORSUM FROM MID-BODY TO CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE; DEEP EXTERNAL BRUISING ON 

RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD; FIELD NECROPSY 

REVEALED MULTIPLE CRANIAL FRACTURES DEAD

2008 3 1 3/1/2008 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE MEXICO CA DEAD

CARCASS BROUGHT INTO PORT ON BOW OF 

CRUISE SHIP; COLLISION OCCURRED 

BETWEEEN PORTS OF SAN DIEGO & CABO 

SAN LUCAS BETWEEN 5:00 P.M. ON 2/28 & 7:20 

A.M. ON 3/1 DEAD

2009 1 31 1/31/2009 GRAY WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING 

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP GEAR; USCG 

REPORTED GEAR AS 4 LOBSTER POTS; FINAL 

STATUS UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2009 3 25 3/25/2009 GRAY WHALE GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL WITH PINK GILLNET 

WRAPPED AROUND HEAD, TRAILING 4 FEET 

OF VISIBLE NETTING; REPORT RECEIVED VIA 

NATURALIST ON LOCAL WHALEWATCH 

VESSEL; NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2009 4 4 4/4/2009 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE PACIFIC WA DEAD

NECROPSIED, BROKEN BONES IN SKULL; 

EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE HEAD AND 

THORAX; SUB-ADULT MALE DEAD

2009 4 5 4/5/2009 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE ORANGE CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; 3 DEEP PROPELLER-LIKE 

CUTS ON RIGHT SIDE, JUST ANTERIOR OF 

GENITAL OPENING; CARCASS TOWED OUT TO 

SEA ON 6-APR, RESTRANDED AT 29TH STREET 

IN DEL MAR ON 10-APR; CARCASS TOWED 

OUT & RESTRANDED AT TORREY PINES STATE 

BEACH ON 12-APR; CARCASS EXAMINED BY 

LACMNH & SWFSC PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 4 9 4/9/2009 GRAY WHALE

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SITKA AK SI

THICK BLACK LINE WRAPPED TWICE AROUND 

WHALE'S BODY POSTERIOR TO THE EYES. 

PRIVATE CITIZEN CUT AND PULLED AWAY THE 

LINES. ANIMAL SWAM AWAY AND DOVE. SI L10 0.75

2009 4 27 4/27/2009 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE ISLAND WA DEAD

LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD IN BODY CAVITY, 

BRUISING IN SOME AREAS OF BLUBBER 

LAYER AND IN SOME INTERNAL ORGANS. 

FINDINGS SUGGESTIVE OF BLUNT FORCE 

TRAUMA LIKELY CAUSED BY COLLISION WITH 

A LARGE SHIP. DEAD

2009 5 1 5/1/2009 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI

CATALINA ISLAND TRANSPORT VESSEL 

COLLIDED WITH FREE-SWIMMING CALF 

ACCOMPANIED BY ADULT ANIMAL; CALF WAS 

SUBMERGED AT TIME OF COLLISION; PIECES 

OF FLESH & BLOOD OBSERVED IN WATER; 

CALF NEVER SURFACED; PRESUMED 

MORTALITY. VESSEL SIZE = 85 FT. SPEED = 

27 KTS. SI L6A 1
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 6 24 6/24/2009 GRAY WHALE

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: 

TRIBAL FISHERY CLALLAM WA SI

WHALE CAUGHT IN THE BAG SECTION OF A 

TRIBAL SET GILLNET. WHALE ENCOUNTERED 

IN MORNING, UNKNOWN ENTANGLEMENT 

DURATION. NET HAD BEEN SET 8PM 

PREVIOUS DAY. WHALE WAS ABLE TO 

BREATH, BUT COULD NOT FREELY SWIM AND 

WAS STATIONARY WITHIN NET. RIGHT 

PECTORAL FIN AND HEAD WERE WELL 

WRAPPED IN NET WEBBING. WHALE 

REACTED VIOLENTLY AND SWAM AWAY IN 

RESPONSE TO A DISENTANGLEMENT 

ATTEMPT. NET WAS RETRIEVED AND FOUND 

TO BE TORN IN TWO. NO CONFIRMATION 

THAT WHALE WAS COMPLETELY FREE OF 

NETTING. WHALE LAST SEEN AT 1030 AM. 

PRORATE L10 SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF 

POSSIBLE EXISTING ENTANGLEMENT. SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2009 7 21 7/21/2009 GRAY WHALE GILLNET FISHERY HUMBOLDT CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL WITH GREEN 

GILLNET, ROPE & SMALL BLACK FLOATS 

WRAPPED AROUND CAUDAL PEDUNCLE. 

PHOTOS SHOW ROPE CUTTING INTO CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE. REPORT RECEIVED VIA HSU 

RESEARCHER ON SCENE DURING RESEARCH 

CRUISE; ANIMAL RESIGHTED ON 3-AUG; NO 

RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; WHALE 

IDENTIFIED BY J. CALAMBOKIDIS AS PCFG 

GRAY WHALE, RESIGHTED IN 2010 AND 2011, 

STILL ENTANGLED. SI L2 1

2009 9 9 9/9/2009 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE)

USCG VESSEL REPORTED TO BE TRAVELING 

AT 10 KNOTS WHEN THEY HIT A GRAY WHALE 

ON 9/9/2009. THE ANIMAL WAS HIT WITH THE 

PROP AND WAS REPORTED ALIVE AFTER 

BEING HIT, BLOOD OBSERVED IN WATER. SI (PRORATE) L11 0.52

2010 2 1 2/1/2010 GRAY WHALE 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

2010 2 16 2/16/2010 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL WITH PROPELLERLIKE WOUNDS TO DORSUM SI (PRORATE) L11 0.52

2010 3 5 3/5/2010 GRAY WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

TOWING ORANGE/WHITE BUOY; 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY. NO RESCUE EFFORT 

INITIATED; NO RESIGHTINGS REPORTED; 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75

2010 3 12 3/12/2010 GRAY WHALE 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

2010 4 16 4/16/2010 GRAY WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLATSOP OR DEAD ENTANGLED IN CRAB POT LINES DEAD

2010 5 7 5/7/2010 GRAY WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED IN 3 CRAB POTS, WHALE NOT 

RELOCATED SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2010 5 11 5/11/2010 GRAY WHALE GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

GILLNET; ANIMAL FIRST OBSERVED INSIDE 

DANA POINT HARBOR ON 5/11/10; ANIMAL 

SUCESSFULLY 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

2010 8 17 8/17/2010 GRAY WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MENDOCINO CA SI

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. FREE-SWIMMING, BREACHING, 

MAKING SHALLOW DIVES; SUCCESSFUL 

DISENTANGLEMENT SI L2 1
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 1 22 1/22/2011 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

PLEASURE SAILBOAT COLLIDED WITH FREESWIMMING 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

2011 2 12 2/12/2011 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

PRIVATE RECREATIONAL VESSEL COLLIDED 

WITH FREE-SWIMMING 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

2011 4 18 4/18/2011 GRAY WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD CRUSHED MANDIBLE DEAD

2011 6 11 6/11/2011 GRAY WHALE 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

2011 7 13 7/13/2011 GRAY WHALE

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

2011 7 27 7/27/2011 GRAY WHALE

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

2011 8 25 8/25/2011 GRAY WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 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. (APPARENT HEALTH DECLINE DUE 

TO CONSTRICTING AND WEIGHTED 

ENTANGLEMENT) SI L2 1

2011 8 25 8/25/2011 GRAY WHALE

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 SI L2 1
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 9 27 9/27/2011 GRAY WHALE

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

2007 6 10 6/10/2007 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GREEN MONOFILAMENT 

GILLNET FRAGMENT WRAPPED AROUND 

LOWER PART OF NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 8 6 8/6/2007 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT DEL NORTE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BALLOON RIBBON AROUND 

SHOULDERS; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2008 2 7 2/7/2008 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SANTA CRUZ CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; WHITE STRING AROUND 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P7B

2009 3 29 3/29/2009 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; BALLOON STRING 

WRAPPED AROUND SHOULDERS; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 5 4 5/4/2009 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B

2009 6 15 6/15/2009 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GREEN NYLON NETTING 

AROUND NECK; STRETCHED NET MESH 

DIAMETER = 4 INCHES; CARCASS EXAMINED 

BY CAS PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 11 22 11/22/2009 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY COOS OR DEAD ENTANGLED IN GREEN NETTING DEAD

2010 1 16 1/16/2010 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD

2010 6 14 6/14/2010 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD HEAD ENTANGLED IN NETTING DEAD

2011 1 25 1/25/2011 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 5 6 5/6/2011 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA DEAD

ENTANGLED AROUND SHOULDERS WITH 

BALLOON RIBBON, ADVANCED 

DECOMPOSITION - RIBBON DID NOT 

PENETRATE SKIN DEAD

2011 6 9 6/9/2011 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

WHITE BALLOON STRING AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DEAD P8A

2011 6 18 6/18/2011 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN GREEN TWINE / 

NETTING. NETTING HAD BARNACLES ON IT, 

INDICATIVE OF GHOST NETTING / MARINE 

DEBRIS SI P8A

2011 7 1 7/1/2011 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT GRAY'S HARBOR WA DEAD DEAD

2011 7 18 7/18/2011 GUADALUPE FUR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

CUTS ON ANIMAL SUGGESTIVE OF 

ENTANGLING NET FISHERY INTERACTION DEAD

2007 7 6 7/6/2007 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT DEL NORTE CA DEAD

CARCASS; LINE/ROPE LACERATIONS 

ENCIRCLING CAUDAL PEDUNCLE DEAD

2007 8 5 8/5/2007 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; ROPE MARKS, HEMORRHAGE AND 

BRUISING AROUND HEAD, NEAR DORSAL FIN 

AND ON TAIL STOCK DEAD

2007 8 27 8/27/2007 HARBOR PORPOISE

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT/RIVER 

SALMON GILLNET FISHERY HUMBOLDT CA DEAD

1 OF 2 CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN LOST 

RIVER NET THAT PROBABLY DRIFTED OUT TO 

SEA DEAD

2007 8 27 8/27/2007 HARBOR PORPOISE

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT/RIVER 

SALMON GILLNET FISHERY HUMBOLDT CA DEAD

1 OF 2 CARCASSES ENTANGLED IN LOST 

RIVER NET THAT PROBABLY DRIFTED OUT TO 

SEA DEAD

2007 10 19 10/19/2007 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; CUTS POSTERIOR TO DORSAL FIN 

IN TAIL STOCK; NET INDENTATIONS; FOAM IN 

TRACHEA DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 10 29 10/29/2007 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT PIERCE WA DEAD

SINGLE LINE IMPRESSION AROUND HEAD ON 

LOWER JAW JUST BEHIND EYE; POTENTIAL 

ENTANGLEMENT SCARRING AT TIP OF 

ROSTRUM ON BOTH SIDES OF LOWER JAW; 

HEMORRHAGE IN MOUTH; FISH PARTS IN 

ESOPHAGUS AND STOMACH DEAD

2008 5 24 5/24/2008 HARBOR PORPOISE GILLNET FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; APPEARS TO BE MONOFILAMENT 

NET SCARRING ALONG TAILSTOCK, WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING IN BLUBBER 

UNDER SURFACE MARKINGS DEAD

2008 8 26 8/26/2008 HARBOR PORPOISE GILLNET FISHERY

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA DEAD

CARCASS; GILLNET-LIKE IMPRINT ON CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE DEAD

2009 3 23 3/23/2009 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

PATTERNS OF HEMORRHAGE; BLOOD IN 

THORAX AND ABDOMEN; FOAM IN LUNGS AND 

RIB MARKS ON RIGHT AND LEFT LUNGS DEAD

2009 4 9 4/9/2009 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; LINE MARKS, CUTS, EXTENSIVE 

HEMORRHAGE, AND BRUISING; BLOODY 

FOAM IN TRACHEA; RIB MARKS ON LUNGS DEAD

2009 4 26 4/26/2009 HARBOR PORPOISE

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT KING WA DEAD

CARCASS; WIDE INDENTATION ON TAILSTOCK 

(LOOKS LIKE WIDE (5/8") ROPE), 6 CM 

POSTERIOR TO ANUS, EXTENDING HALFWAY 

UP LEFT SIDE; ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN 

BLUBBER UNDERNEATH DEAD

2009 8 11 8/11/2009 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; EXTENSIVE BRUISING; FOAM IN 

TRACHEA; CUTS AROUND HEAD; RIGHT FLUKE 

AND FLIPPER CUT OFF DEAD

2009 8 26 8/26/2009 HARBOR PORPOISE

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT KITSAP WA SI

REPEATED LIVE STANDINGS; NO SIGNS OF 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND 

MOUTH/FLIPPERS/DORSAL FIN; SIGNS OF 

ENTANGLEMENT ON TAILSTOCK; DIED 

DURING TRANSPORT DEAD S1

2009 10 20 10/20/2009 HARBOR PORPOISE GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

MARKS CONSISTENT WITH MONOFILAMENT 

LINE AROUND MOUTH DEAD

2009 10 20 10/20/2009 HARBOR PORPOISE GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; NON-TRIBAL PURSE SEINES AND 

TRIBAL GILLNETS IN AREA; EVIDENCE OF 

FRESH MONOFILAMENT INJURIES DEAD

2009 10 22 10/22/2009 HARBOR PORPOISE

SALMON GILLNET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT JEFFERSON WA DEAD

MONOFILAMENT IMPRESSIONS ON ROSTRUM, 

PECTORAL FINS, TAILSTOCK, FLUKES DEAD

2010 1 4 1/4/2010 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

CARCASS; POSSIBLE ENTANGLEMENT 

INJURIES ON LOWER JAW WITH 

CORRESPONDING HEMORRHAGE; INTERNAL 

EVIDENCE OF DROWNING DEAD

2010 2 23 2/23/2010 HARBOR PORPOISE

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; TWO ENTANGLEMENT SCARS ON 

TAILSTOCK WITH HEMORRHAGE 

UNDERNEATH DEAD

2010 7 4 7/4/2010 HARBOR PORPOISE

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2010 7 10 7/10/2010 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; FISHING LINE/NET MARKS ON FIN 

AND FLUKE EDGES; BLOOD IN PERICARDIUM 

AND THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES DEAD

2010 10 21 10/21/2010 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; NUMEROUS ENTANGLEMENT 

SCARS, IMPRESSIONS AND LACERATIONS, 

WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE DEAD

2011 1 2 1/2/2011 HARBOR PORPOISE VESSEL STRIKE LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; RIGHT LOBE OF FLUKE CUT OFF 

CLEANLY; OTHER LACERATIONS INDICATE 

PROPELLER WOUNDS DEAD

2011 1 27 1/27/2011 HARBOR PORPOISE RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 5 5 5/5/2011 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SUBSTANTIAL FOAM IN TRACHEA; 

SEROUS FLUID IN PLEURAL CAVITY; 

THORACIC ORGANS BRUISED; EXTERNAL 

MARKS (NET?) AND RUBBED AREAS DEAD

2011 5 14 5/14/2011 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SUBSTANTIAL BLOODY FOAM 

FROM BLOWHOLE AND IN TRACHEA; 

INDENTATIONS ALONG PEDUNCLE AND 

MARKS NEAR FLIPPERS DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 5 27 5/27/2011 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

MANY PARALLEL CUTS ACROSS ANIMAL, 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRAGHING. UPPER JAW 

TIP BROKEN DEAD

2011 6 3 6/3/2011 HARBOR PORPOISE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

MANY PARALLEL CUTS ACROSS ANIMAL, 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRAGHING DEAD

2011 9 8 9/8/2011 HARBOR PORPOISE

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

2011 9 19 9/19/2011 HARBOR PORPOISE

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

2007 2 1 2/1/2007 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT ISLAND WA DEAD

ONE OF 4 HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN 

APPROXIMATELY 500 FT OF NETTING DEAD

2007 2 1 2/1/2007 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT ISLAND WA DEAD

ONE OF 4 HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN 

APPROXIMATELY 500 FT OF NETTING DEAD

2007 2 1 2/1/2007 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT ISLAND WA DEAD

ONE OF 4 HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN 

APPROXIMATELY 500 FT OF NETTING DEAD

2007 2 1 2/1/2007 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT ISLAND WA DEAD

ONE OF 4 HARBOR SEALS FOUND DEAD IN 

APPROXIMATELY 500 FT OF NETTING DEAD

2007 2 8 2/8/2007 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK, OPEN WOUND SHOWING; 

ANIMAL HAULED OUT ON HARBOR SEAL 

ROOKERY IN VICINITY OF OTHER ANIMALS; 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2007 2 20 2/20/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 3 1 3/1/2007 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 12 INCH PROPELLER-LIKE 

WOUND ON BACK; ANIMAL HAULED OUT 

AMONGST 100 OTHER SEALS ON HARBOR 

SEAL ROOKERY; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P9 AND P15

2007 3 6 3/6/2007 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

LIVE STRANDING; SECRETING MUCOUS FROM 

NOSE; DEAD NEXT DAY; TWO BULLET HOLES 

SEEN EXTERNALLY, CONFIRMED BY 

RADIOGRAPHS; SHRAPNEL FOUND IN BRAIN 

CAVITY DEAD P9

2007 3 26 3/26/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 4 4 4/4/2007 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE ISLAND WA DEAD

FRESH DEAD SEAL WITH PART OF HEAD 

MISSING AND CUT ON NOSE DEAD

2007 4 6 4/6/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 4 7 4/7/2007 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE ISLAND WA DEAD

FRESH DEAD SEAL WITH TOP OF HEAD 

MISSING. DEAD

2007 4 9 4/9/2007 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN RIGHT FRONT 

FLIPPER; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, 

CAUSE OF DEATH = GASTROENTERITIS) DEAD P5C

2007 4 11 4/11/2007 HARBOR SEAL

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 4 23 4/23/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 4 24 4/24/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 4 25 4/25/2007 HARBOR SEAL

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 5 1 5/1/2007 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK & FISHING LURE 

IN BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 5 5 5/5/2007 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2007 5 23 5/23/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 3 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 6 3 6/3/2007 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 6 23 6/23/2007 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P7B
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 6 28 6/28/2007 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; 3 FISH HOOKS & FISHING 

LURE IN BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2007 7 17 7/17/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 7 19 7/19/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 7 29 7/29/2007 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT/NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SKAGIT WA SI

LIVE PUP WITH FLIPPER CAUGHT IN NETTING; 

PUP WAS FREED AND SWAM AWAY (A DEAD 

PUP WAS ALSO CAUGHT IN THE SAME 

NETTING) NSI P7B

2007 7 29 7/29/2007 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT/NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SKAGIT WA DEAD

DEAD PUP FOUND IN SAME NETTING AS LIVE 

PUP THAT WAS RELEASED. DEAD

2007 8 1 8/1/2007 HARBOR SEAL DOG ATTACK SKAGIT WA SI

PUP ATTACKED BY DOG; FOUR PUNCTURE 

WOUNDS ON BACK; DIED FROM INJURIES DEAD P9

2007 8 6 8/6/2007 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

CARCASS; ADULT FEMALE WITH PROPELLER 

WOUNDS ACROSS BACK. DEAD

2007 8 23 8/23/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 9 18 9/18/2007 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING THURSTON WA DEAD

CARCASS; TRACKING WOUND (WITH 

HEMORRHAGE) THROUGH NECK, PASSING 

BETWEEN TRACHEA AND VERTEBRAL 

COLUMN; RIGHT UPPER JAW AND LOWER 

RIGHT PORTION OF CRANIUM SHATTERED; 

NO BULLETS RECOVERED DEAD

2007 9 19 9/19/2007 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING THURSTON WA DEAD

CARCASS; MULTIPLE SMALL HOLES INTO 

BLUBBER ON LEFT AND VENTRAL SIDE OF 

NECK; SMALL PIECE OF WHAT APPEARED TO 

BE SHRAPNEL PULLED OUT OF ONE OF THE 

SITES DEAD

2007 9 21 9/21/2007 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING THURSTON WA DEAD

CARCASS; BULLET RECOVERED FROM TISSUE 

ON TOP OF HEAD, ANOTHER BULLET HOLE 

FOUND ABOVE LEFT EYE; SKULL 

RADIOGRAPHED AND SECOND BULLET FOUND 

EMBEDDED IN BRAIN DEAD

2007 9 23 9/23/2007 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY KING WA NSI

LIVE STRANDING WITH FISH HOOK IN LIP; 

TRANSPORTED TO REHAB FOR HOOK 

REMOVAL AND ASSESSMENT; DIED 

OVERNIGHT DEAD P5C

2007 9 25 9/25/2007 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; ENTRY WOUND ON TOP OF 

CRANIUM, SLIGHTLY POSTERIOR OF ORBITS, 

PROBABLY FROM SMALL-CALIBER BULLET; 

APPEARS THAT BULLET LODGED IN OR 

PASSED THROUGH LEFT ORBIT, CAUSING 

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGING ACROSS ENTIRE 

CRANIUM AND BRUISING EXTENDING 15-20 CM 

POSTERIOR OF ENTRY POINT; NO BULLET 

RECOVERED DEAD

2007 9 27 9/27/2007 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE JEFFERSON WA DEAD

CARCASS; SEAL WAS SEVERELY 

DISEMBOWELED, MOST LIKELY FROM BEING 

STRUCK BY A BOAT PROPELLER DEAD

2007 10 3 10/3/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS 

SITE ON THIS DATE DEAD

2007 10 23 10/23/2007 HARBOR SEAL GAFF INJURY KING WA SI

LIVE STRANDING; VERY DEEP HUMANCAUSED PUNCTURE INJURY (CONSISTENT 

WITH A SHARP GAFF WOUND) IN FLIPPER; NO 

BITE MARKS; PUP TAKEN INTO REHAB; 

STRUGGLED WITH LUNG CONGESTION AND 

WOUND INFRACTION; WOUND WAS HEALING, 

BUT PUP NEVER GAINED WEIGHT AND LUNGS 

WERE VERY CONGESTED; DIED IN REHAB DEAD P9

2007 10 29 10/29/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 11 6 11/6/2007 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING SANTA CLARA CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2007 11 12 11/12/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 11 24 11/24/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2007 12 5 12/5/2007 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY PIERCE WA DEAD

CARCASS; DOUBLE FISH HOOK JUST BEFORE 

COLON PERFORATED SMALL INTESTINES AND 

CAUSED PERITONITIS AND INTESTINAL 

TORSION; MOUTH ULCERATION, POSSIBLY 

WHERE FISH HOOK WAS INITIALLY STUCK DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 12 29 12/29/2007 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 3 4 3/4/2008 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING SAN JUAN WA DEAD

CARCASS; RECOVERED ONE 00 BUCKSHOT BB 

UNDER SKIN; 5 OR 6 ADDITIONAL HOLES IN 

BACK AND SIDE DEAD

2008 3 5 3/5/2008 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON HARBOR SEAL ROOKERY; 

PLASTIC STRAP AROUND NECK; NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED DUE TO PRESENCE OF 

OTHER ANIMALS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2008 4 4 4/4/2008 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL HAULED OUT ON OFFSHORE 

ROCK; PACKING STRAP AROUND NECK; NO 

RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI P8A

2008 4 12 4/12/2008 HARBOR SEAL HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FRACTURED SCAPULA; 

PRIVATE CITIZEN GRABBED ANIMAL BY REAR 

FLIPPERS, PULLED IT FROM ROCKY AREA & 

ATTEMPTED TO THROW IT BACK INTO WATER; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) SI P10

2008 4 15 4/15/2008 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON HARBOR SEAL ROOKERY; 

GILLNET FRAGMENT AROUND NECK; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL CAPTURED, 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2008 4 15 4/15/2008 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON HARBOR SEAL ROOKERY; 

FISHING LURE IN CHIN; NO RESCUE EFFORT 

INITIATED DUE TO PRESENCE OF OTHER 

ANIMALS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P5B

2008 4 17 4/17/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 4 17 4/17/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 4 27 4/27/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 5 5 5/5/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 5 5 5/5/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 5 5 5/5/2008 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON HARBOR SEAL ROOKERY; 

GILLNET FRAGMENT AROUND NECK; NONFATAL INJURY (ANIMAL CAPTURED, 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2008 5 10 5/10/2008 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD

CARCASS; PROPELLER-LIKE WOUNDS TO 

BODY DEAD

2008 5 15 5/15/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 5 19 5/19/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 5 19 5/19/2008 HARBOR SEAL OIL SPILL ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 60% OF BODY COVERED 

WITH BUNKER TAR; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P9

2008 5 23 5/23/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 5 27 5/27/2008 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN REAR 

FLIPPERS & THROUGH NOSE; MORTALITY 

(EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO FISH HOOK 

WOUNDS) DEAD P5B

2008 5 28 5/28/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 5 31 5/31/2008 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN LEFT 

LOWER CORNER OF MOUTH & UPPER LIP; 

MORTALITY (DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE OF 

DEATH = STARVATION, NECROPSY REVEALED 

NUMEROUS FISH HOOKS IN STOMACH 

MUCOSA) DEAD P2

2008 6 3 6/3/2008 HARBOR SEAL

GILLNET FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN KELP BED WRAPPED 

IN GILLNET MASS DEAD

2008 6 4 6/4/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 6 19 6/19/2008 HARBOR SEAL GAFF INJURY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GAFF HOOK IN BODY; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED DURING 

TRANSPORT TO REHAB) DEAD P12

2008 6 28 6/28/2008 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE ANIMAL REELED IN TO JETTY BY 

FISHERMAN, LINE SNAPPED CAUSING 

SUPERFICIAL CUT TO RIGHT SIDE OF FACE; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2008 7 27 7/27/2008 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON ROOKERY; FISH HOOK IN 

MOUTH WITH ATTACHED FISHING LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND & CUTTING INTO ANIMAL'S 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5C

2008 7 28 7/28/2008 HARBOR SEAL

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: 

TRIBAL FISHERY CLALLAM WA DEAD FOUND DEAD IN TRIBAL GILLNET FISHERY. DEAD

2008 8 4 8/4/2008 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING SAN JUAN WA DEAD

CARCASS; APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT; XRAY DETECTED METAL PIECES IN HEAD; 

SOME METAL FRAGMENTS WERE EXTRACTED DEAD

2008 8 14 8/14/2008 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING SKAGIT WA DEAD

CARCASS; APPEARED TO BE SMALL CALIBER 

BULLET HOLE IN REAR LEFT LATERAL NECK 

REGION; DISCRETE 2-MM PUNCTURE HOLE 

OFF LEFT LATERAL NECK; MOUTH FULL OF 

CLOTTED BLOOD AND EXTENSIVE 

HEMORRHAGING IN INTERNAL NECK AREA 

AND BASE OF SKULL; NO BALLISTICS FOUND DEAD

2008 8 22 8/22/2008 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT PIERCE WA DEAD PUP WAS REMOVED FROM DERELICT NET DEAD

2008 8 24 8/24/2008 HARBOR SEAL

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: 

TRIBAL FISHERY THURSTON WA SI

LIVE ANIMAL CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILL 

NETTING; NETS WERE TIGHT AROUND ITS 

NECK AND IT WAS STRUGGLING SI P8A

2008 8 24 8/24/2008 HARBOR SEAL

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: 

TRIBAL FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; CAUGHT IN TRIBAL FISHING GEAR DEAD

2008 8 24 8/24/2008 HARBOR SEAL

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: 

TRIBAL FISHERY THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; CAUGHT IN TRIBAL FISHING GEAR DEAD

2008 8 25 8/25/2008 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY PIERCE WA DEAD

SEAL PULLED OUT OF SET GILLNET THAT 

WAS UNATTENDED FOR AT LEAST 48 HRS DEAD

2008 8 28 8/28/2008 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA SI

LIVE PUP REPORTED ON STUART ISLAND ON 

AUG 22 WITH WOUNDS CONSISTENT WITH 

PROPELLER WOUNDS: EVENLY SPACED, 

CLEAN, DEEP CUTS. PUP FOUND DEAD ON 

BEACH 28 AUG. DEAD P15

2008 9 2 9/2/2008 HARBOR SEAL RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT SOLANO CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM CDFG 

STURGEON RESEARCH TRAMMEL NET DEAD

2008 9 12 9/12/2008 HARBOR SEAL RESEARCH ENTANGLEMENT PIERCE WA DEAD DIED IN RESEARCH NET DEAD

2008 10 5 10/5/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2008 11 4 11/4/2008 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY ISLAND WA DEAD CAUGHT IN DRIFT GILLNET DEAD

2008 11 4 11/4/2008 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; HEAD CRACKED OPEN CAUDALLY, 

BRAIN EXPOSED; PROPELLER INJURY; 

PARALLEL AREAS OF FUR LOSS AND 

LACERATIONS ON DORSUM DEAD

2008 11 20 11/20/2008 HARBOR SEAL

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: 

TRIBAL FISHERY PIERCE WA DEAD PULLED FROM TRIBAL NET DEAD

2008 11 22 11/22/2008 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; SMALL CALIBER HIGH VELOCITY 

GUN WOUND; ENTRANCE ON RIGHT SIDE, 

HIGH ON SKULL; EXIT ON LEFT SIDE, HIGH ON 

SKULL DEAD

2008 11 28 11/28/2008 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING SAN JUAN WA DEAD

CARCASS; X-RAYS SHOWED AT LEAST 4 

PELLETS IN ABDOMEN AREA DEAD

2008 12 15 12/15/2008 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 1 13 1/13/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 3 10 3/10/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 12 5/12/2009 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; 3 FISH HOOKS IN FACE; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 5 16 5/16/2009 HARBOR SEAL SALMON RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE WA NSI

LIVE PUP IN TRAWL NET; PUP WAS ROLLED 

OUT OF NET AS NET WAS RETRIEVED; SWAM 

AWAY UNHARMED NSI P7B

2009 5 16 5/16/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 17 5/17/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 22 5/22/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 24 5/24/2009 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOKS IN CHIN & 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 6 10 6/10/2009 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = PNEUMONIA) DEAD P8A
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 6 16 6/16/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 6 26 6/26/2009 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN MOUTH; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 7 4 7/4/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 7 5 7/5/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 7 20 7/20/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 7 31 7/31/2009 HARBOR SEAL DOG ATTACK PIERCE WA SI

DOG GRABBED LIVE PUP AND TOOK OFF 

WITH IT DEAD P9

2009 8 8 8/8/2009 HARBOR SEAL DOG ATTACK KITSAP WA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ATTACKED BY DOGS; TAKEN 

INTO REHAB AND DIED DUE TO INFECTED 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS DEAD P9

2009 8 10 8/10/2009 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN CHIN/THROAT AREA, LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND BODY; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P5C

2009 8 10 8/10/2009 HARBOR SEAL GAFF INJURY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; LEFT EYE PROPTOSED AND 

SWELLING ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD; HOLE IN 

LEFT SIDE OF HEAD (SKIN AND SKULL) MOST 

LIKELY CAUSED BY GAFF; BLEEDING FROM 

NOSTRILS; SWELLING ON LEFT SIDE OF 

HEAD, CAUDAL SKULL FRACTURE, AND 

HEMATOMA DEAD

2009 8 18 8/18/2009 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 8 20 8/20/2009 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING CLATSOP WA DEAD

CARCASS; BULLET HOLES IN THORAX; 

TREMENDOUS BRUISING ACROSS BACK; 

SMASHED NOSE DEAD

2009 9 1 9/1/2009 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY PIERCE WA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; 

HOOK REMOVED AND ANIMAL RELEASED NSI P5C

2009 9 21 9/21/2009 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE WHATCOM WA DEAD LARGE LACERATIONS ON FOREFLIPPER DEAD

2009 9 30 9/30/2009 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; SLASHES, GASHES, AND MARKS 

ALONG SIDE AND BACK DEAD

2009 10 3 10/3/2009 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY PIERCE WA DEAD

CARCASS; FISH HOOK LODGED IN STOMACH 

ATTACHED TO LINE THROUGHOUT GI TRACT DEAD

2009 10 6 10/6/2009 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN MATEO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; FIELD EXAMINATION 

REVEALED FISH HOOK IN ESPOHAGUS; 

CARCASS EXAMINED BY CAS PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 10 27 10/27/2009 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; BULLET FOUND IN CHEST CAVITY; 

ANIMAL APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT 

ABOVE RIGHT SHOULDER, THEN BULLET 

WENT THROUGH RIBCAGE AND PENETRATED 

HEART AND LUNGS DEAD

2009 11 12 11/12/2009 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; CAUGHT IN LOST/ABANDONED 

CHUM SALMON GILLNET (20-30 YEAR OLD 

NET) FOUND ON SEAFLOOR. GEAR HAD BEEN 

LOCATED WITH CAMERA AND DESIGNATED 

FOR DERELICT GEAR REMOVAL DEAD

2009 12 1 12/1/2009 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN JUAN WA DEAD

ONE OF 2 ANIMALS CAUGHT IN DERELICT 

GILLNET. FRESH DEAD. DEAD

2009 12 1 12/1/2009 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN JUAN WA DEAD

ONE OF 2 ANIMALS CAUGHT IN DERELICT 

GILLNET. MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. DEAD

2010 1 17 1/17/2010 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

CARCASS; PENETRATING TRACKING WOUND 

IN NECK; LOTS OF HEMORRHAGING; BONE 

FRAGMENTS NEAR TRACKING WOUND; 

STOMACH FULL OF FISH DEAD

2010 1 20 1/20/2010 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY MARIN CA DEAD

HOOK WITH 116 CENTIMETERS OF ATTACHED 

LINE & SINKERS IN PYLORUS; PERITONITIS; 

GASTRITIS DEAD

2010 1 25 1/25/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTRAINMENT DEAD

2010 1 26 1/26/2010 HARBOR SEAL

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

PUP AND MOTHER SEPARATED DUE TO 

PUBLIC INTRUSION OF BEACH ROOKERY. 

ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB. NSI P14

2010 1 26 1/26/2010 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT KITSAP WA DEAD DEAD SEAL FOUND IN DERELICT NET DEAD

2010 2 19 2/19/2010 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT KITSAP WA DEAD

MUMMIFIED/SKELETAL SEAL FOUND IN 

DERELICT GILLNET DEAD

2010 2 20 2/20/2010 HARBOR SEAL

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

PUP AND MOTHER SEPARATED DUE TO 

PUBLIC INTRUSION OF BEACH ROOKERY. 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 3 12 3/12/2010 HARBOR SEAL MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION ORANGE CA SI

VOMITED PLASTIC WRAPPER. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P2

2010 3 18 3/18/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTRAINMENT DEAD

2010 3 22 3/22/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS SITE ON THIS 

DATE ADULT WITH PUP FOUND IN COOLING 

STATION WATER SYSTEM, PUP RELEASED TO 

BEACH SI P14

2010 3 22 3/22/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI IMMEDIATELY RELEASED AT SITE NSI P9

2010 3 22 3/22/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI IMMEDIATELY RELEASED AT SITE NSI P9

2010 3 22 3/22/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

2 ANIMALS FOUND AT THIS SITE ON THIS 

DATE ADULT WAS GOING TO BE RELEASED, 

BUT DIED IN TRANSIT TO SAN ONOFRE BEACH DEAD

2010 3 30 3/30/2010 HARBOR SEAL

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 5 4/5/2010 HARBOR SEAL

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

PUBLIC NETTED PUP. IN NET ALONGSIDE 

DOCK WHEN RESPONDERS ARRIVED. ANIMAL 

RELOCATED SI P14

2010 4 8 4/8/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9

2010 4 9 4/9/2010 HARBOR SEAL

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 14 4/14/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9

2010 4 14 4/14/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9

2010 4 17 4/17/2010 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

HARBOR SEAL HAD A FISHING LURE IN IT'S 

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

2010 4 19 4/19/2010 HARBOR SEAL

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

2010 4 28 4/28/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM AT SAN ONOFRE, 

IMMEDIATELY RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9

2010 5 1 5/1/2010 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD CARCASS; FISH HOOK AT BASE OF STOMACH DEAD

2010 6 5 6/5/2010 HARBOR SEAL

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 6 30 6/30/2010 HARBOR SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

WOUNDS FROM LINE EMBEDDED IN NECK 

(LINE NOT PRESENT) DEAD

2010 7 3 7/3/2010 HARBOR SEAL 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

2010 7 25 7/25/2010 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT/HOOK & 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

2010 8 2 8/2/2010 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN JUAN WA DEAD CARCASS FOUND IN DERELICT GILLNET DEAD

2010 8 16 8/16/2010 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

CARCASS; OBVIOUS PROP WOUNDS ON FACE 

AND UPPER BODY, INCLUDING 3-CM 

LACERATION ON LEFT VENTRAL NECK AREA, 

3.5 CM DEEP; MANDIBLE HAD 8.5-CM 

LACERATIONS THROUGH LOWER MANDIBLE, 

ACROSS ROSTRUM, AND INTO UPPER PALLET DEAD

2010 8 23 8/23/2010 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING MASON WA DEAD

CARCASS; BULLET FOUND IN SKULL; TRACK 

THROUGH RIGHT EYE SOCKET AND INTO 

NASAL CAVITY; BULLET FRAGMENTS SEEN IN 

RIGHT NASAL CAVITY VIA RADIOGRAPHS DEAD

2010 8 24 8/24/2010 HARBOR SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; PUP FOUND DEAD IN FISHING NET 

WITH FRESH BLOOD COMING FROM NOSE 

AND MOUTH; DROWNED DEAD

2010 8 29 8/29/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 9 1 9/1/2010 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY KING WA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FOUR FISH HOOKS (MAYBE 

SIZE FOUR) 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

2010 9 2 9/2/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9

2010 9 7 9/7/2010 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; PROBE PASSED EASILY INTO HEAD 

WOUND, THROUGH SKULL, AND OUT EXIT 

WOUND DEAD

2010 9 15 9/15/2010 HARBOR SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

DEEP ENTANGLEMENT-LIKE LACERATIONS 

AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2010 9 28 9/28/2010 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; BULLET RETRIEVED FROM LEFT 

SIDE OF BACK OF SKULL, PROBABLE EXIT 

WOUND; ENTRY WOUND THROUGH RIGHT 

EYE DEAD

2010 11 11 11/11/2010 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING TILLAMOOK OR SI

LIVE STRANDING; TWO CLEAR (BULLET) 

POINTS OF ENTRY INTO HEAD, EACH 0.4 CM 

DIAMETER, WITH ASSOCIATED TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE, CLOTTED BLOOD, AND 

BROKEN BONES (E.G. BULLA AND MASTOID 

PROCESS); EUTHANIZED AT SITE DEAD P9

2010 12 3 12/3/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9

2010 12 4 12/4/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9

2010 12 21 12/21/2010 HARBOR SEAL 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

2010 12 28 12/28/2010 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE NSI P9

2011 3 22 3/22/2011 HARBOR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT KITSAP WA SI

ANIMAL WITH ROPE OR LINE AROUND NECK 

AND TOP OF HEAD REPORTED IN OR NEAR 

POULSBO HARBOR SI P8A

2011 4 2 4/2/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SAN ONOFRE POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT DEAD

2011 4 21 4/21/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINED ANIMAL CAPTURED AND 

RELEASED NSI P9

2011 4 25 4/25/2011 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD NECROPSY PERFORMED DEAD

2011 4 29 4/29/2011 HARBOR SEAL

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MONTEREY CA SI

VERY YOUNG PUP (1-2 INCH UMBILLICUS 

PRESENT) ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM BEACH 

BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. BROUGHT TO 

REHABILITATION CENTER. SI P14

2011 5 19 5/19/2011 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; 

ANIMAL CAPTURED; HOOK REMOVED, AND 

RELEASED NSI P5C

2011 5 29 5/29/2011 HARBOR SEAL

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT MENDOCINO CA SI

DEPENDENT PUP ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

BEACH. DIED DURING TRANSPORT BACK TO 

BEACH. DEAD P14

2011 5 30 5/30/2011 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR SI

LIVE STRANDING; 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

2011 6 4 6/4/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM 

COOLING WATER INTAKE AREA NSI P9

2011 6 7 6/7/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM 

COOLING WATER INTAKE AREA NSI P9

2011 6 12 6/12/2011 HARBOR SEAL 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

2011 7 4 7/4/2011 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & 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
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 7 9 7/9/2011 HARBOR SEAL VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; PROPELLER CUTS AT LEFT AXILLA 

AND LEFT ANKLE; TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGING AROUND NECK, PROPELLER 

CUTS, AND PELVIC AREA DEAD

2011 7 15 7/15/2011 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY WHATCOM WA DEAD CARCASS FOUND WITH HOOK THROUGH LIP DEAD

2011 7 26 7/26/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2011 8 1 8/1/2011 HARBOR SEAL DOG ATTACK LINCOLN OR SI

LIVE PUP REPORTEDLY ATTACKED BY THREE 

DOGS DEAD P9

2011 8 1 8/1/2011 HARBOR SEAL

RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC 

LONGLINE TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

CARCASS; CAUGHT ON HOOK OF IPHC 

(INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT 

COMMISSION) LONGLINE GEAR DEAD

2011 8 11 8/11/2011 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY KING WA DEAD

CARCASS; PIECE OF FISHING LINE AND 

REMNANT OF HOOK FOUND IN LARGE 

INTESTINES DEAD

2011 8 29 8/29/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2011 8 30 8/30/2011 HARBOR SEAL 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; SOME BLOOD IN MOUTH, 

BUT APPEARED THAT REST OF CARCASS HAD 

BLED OUT DEAD

2011 9 5 9/5/2011 HARBOR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY KING WA NSI LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN FACE NSI P5B

2011 9 8 9/8/2011 HARBOR SEAL SHOOTING ISLAND WA DEAD

CARCASS; 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

2011 9 11 9/11/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9

2011 9 12 9/12/2011 HARBOR SEAL 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; 

ANIMAL SHOT AND EVIDENCE OF BLUNTFORCE TRAUMA TO HEAD DEAD

2011 9 14 9/14/2011 HARBOR SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN JUAN WA SI

LIVE ANIMAL; PHOTO SHOWED PUP HAD 

SOME FISHING GEAR ATTACHED TO ITS REAR 

FLIPPERS; ANIMAL NEVER LOCATED SO 

UNABLE TO EXAMINE SI P6

2011 9 19 9/19/2011 HARBOR SEAL

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: 

TRIBAL FISHERY KING WA NSI

LIVE ENTANGLEMENT IN TRIBAL FISHING NET; 

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2011 9 23 9/23/2011 HARBOR SEAL

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

2011 9 25 9/25/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9

2011 9 29 9/29/2011 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; LINEAR IMPRESSION ON BOTH 

EYES AND LINEAR HEMORRHAGE AT JAW; 

COMPOUND FRACTURE AND HEMORRHAGE 

INTO BRAIN AND SURROUNDING AREA; 

MULTIPLE SMALL CUTS AND KNICKS ON HIND 

FLIPPERS; CLOTTED BLOOD ON RIGHT SIDE 

OF HEAD; LEFT SIDE OF SKULL SMASHED 

WITH ASSOCIATED CREPITUS; PUNCTURE 

WOUNDS ON FORE FLIPPER DEAD

2011 10 14 10/14/2011 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ADULT HARBOR SEAL WITH FISHING NET 

DEEPLY CUTTING INTO NECK. BAR. SI P8A

2011 10 16 10/16/2011 HARBOR SEAL 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

2011 10 25 10/25/2011 HARBOR SEAL 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
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 10 30 10/30/2011 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT 

NET; CIRCULAR HOLE ON DORSAL LEFT SIDE 

OF THORACIC AREA (LIKELY GAFF RATHER 

THAN BULLET HOLE) WITH ABDOMEN CUT 

OPEN DEAD

2011 11 1 11/1/2011 HARBOR SEAL GILLNET FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN ~36-FT 

MONOFILAMENT NET WITH LEAD LINE 

ATTACHED AND TWINE THAT WAS USED TO 

REPAIR HOLES IN NET; ACTIVE TRIBAL 

FISHERY AREA DEAD

2011 11 11 11/11/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD

2011 11 20 11/20/2011 HARBOR SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING 

STATION; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION 

COOLING WATER SYSTEM AND RELEASED NSI P9

2011 11 20 11/20/2011 HARBOR SEAL

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT: 

TRIBAL FISHERY UKNOWN WA DEAD

REPORTED TO NOAA BY TRIBE AS KILLED IN 

GILLNET DEAD

2007 5 9 5/9/2007 HUMPBACK WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SACRAMENTO CA SI

THE CALF'S WOUND IS A LATERAL (ON ITS 

SIDE) LACERATION THAT IS ABOUT 2/3 OF THE 

WAY DOWN THE BODY. IT HAS ONLY BEEN 

SEEN INFREQUENTLY, BECAUSE THAT PART 

OF THE ANIMAL TYPICALLY REMAINS 

UNDERWATER, EXCEPT WHEN THE ANIMAL 

STRONGLY ARCHES ITS BACK. THIS CUT 

APPEARS TO BE DEEPER, AND IS BELIEVED 

TO EXTEND INTO THE MUSCLE LAYER AND 

MAY BE BLEEDING. SI L11 0.52

2007 5 9 5/9/2007 HUMPBACK WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SACRAMENTO CA NSI

THE ADULT COW HAS A STRAIGHT 

LACERATION ON HER DORSAL SURFACE THAT 

IS ESTIMATED TO BE 2-3' LONG AND 6" DEEP. 

THE CUT DOES NOT EXTEND INTO THE 

MUSCLE LAYER, AND NO BLOOD HAS BEEN 

SEEN FROM THIS WOUND. A SECOND 

SUPERFICIAL CUT CAN BE SEEN JUST 

BEFORE THE DORSAL FIN. VETERINARIANS 

DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS ANIMAL IS IN ANY 

IMMEDIATE DANGER FROM THIS WOUND. NSI L5B 0

2007 5 10 5/10/2007 HUMPBACK WHALE GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL WITH PINK 

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET DRAPED OVER 

BACK; ANIMAL RESIGHTED OFF PALOS 

VERDES BAY CLUB LATER IN DAY; NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN, 

NET IDENTIFIED AS HALIBUT SET GILLNET 

GEAR FROM PHOTOS. SI L10 0.75

2007 7 10 7/10/2007 HUMPBACK WHALE

LOBSTER TRAP 

ENTANGLEMENT ORANGE CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING LOBSTER 

TRAP GEAR; NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; 

NO RESIGHTINGS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75

2007 8 16 8/16/2007 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

LIVE HUMPBACK SIGHTED WITH CRAB GEAR 

WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT PECTORAL 

FLIPPER; OSU ATTEMPTS TO DISENTANGLE 

WHALE FAILED AS IT WAS TOO ACTIVE TO 

APPROACH CLOSELY ENOUGH.

SI L10 0.75

2007 10 13 10/13/2007 HUMPBACK WHALE VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD CARCASS; FRACTURED SKULL DEAD

2007 10 16 10/16/2007 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL; YELLOW ROPE 

WRAPPED AROUND TAIL STOCK; NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED; NO RESIGHTINGS; FINAL 

STATUS UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2007 10 29 10/29/2007 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL WITH 3 INDIVIDUAL 

ROPES DRAPED ACROSS DORSAL FIN & 

EXTENDING TO & AROUND FLUKES; ROPES = 

0.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER, TWISTED, 3-

STRAND, BLUE-GREEN IN COLOR; LINE 

LENGTH IN EXCESS OF 100 FEET, MULTIPLE 

LOOPS, SEVERAL BALLS OF ROPE (RATSNEST-LIKE); NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; 

NO RESIGHTINGS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L2 1

2008 5 10 5/10/2008 HUMPBACK WHALE

DUNGENESS CRAB POT 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

LIVE ANIMAL TOWING CRAB POT GEAR 

(BUOYS & LINE) FROM CHIN AREA; GEAR TYPE 

CONFIRMED BY OWNER OF GEAR; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED, GEAR 

LEFT ON ANIMAL) SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2008 5 18 5/18/2008 HUMPBACK WHALE VESSEL STRIKE

VANCOUVER 

ISLAND

B.C. 

CANADA SI (PRORATE)

DRAGGER STRUCK WHALE IN THE FOG. 

SNAPPED STABILIZER ON BOAT. SI (PRORATE) L12 0.36
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2008 5 31 5/31/2008 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT

VANCOUVER 

ISLAND

BRITISH 

COLUMBI

A SI (PRORATE)

HUMPBACK ENTANGLED IN CRAB GEAR OFF 

VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC ON 5/31/2008. THE 

ANIMAL WAS A 24 FT. 1-2 YEAR OLD. 6 OF THE 

7 FLOATS WERE SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED. 

FIVE FLOATS WERE RECOVERED, ALONG 

WITH 318 FEET OF LINE. ALL OF THE GEAR 

WAS DOCUMENTED AND INVESTIGATED TO 

TRACK THE ORIGINATING LOCATION. 2 

FLOATS WERE USED IN FISHING OPERATIONS 

AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, AND 

THE OTHER 3 WERE FROM FISHING EFFORTS 

OFF OF WILLAPA BAY, WA. SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2008 6 12 6/12/2008 HUMPBACK WHALE VESSEL STRIKE CLALLAM WA DEAD

RELATIVELY GOOD BODY CONDITION AND 

STOMACH CONTAINED PARTIALLY DIGESTED 

KRILL. UPPER LEFT JAW BROKEN IN SEVERAL 

PLACES. DEEP CLEAN CUT NEAR GAPE ON 

SAME SIDE. DEAD

2008 7 5 7/5/2008 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI

CALF-SIZED ANIMAL (BUT NO MOTHER 

PRESENT) HAD MULTIPLE CRAB LINES 

ATTACHED AROUND THE PECTORAL FIN, 

MOUTH AND TRAILING BACK TO THE FLUKE. 

SCARS INDICATE IT HAD BEEN ENTANGLED 

FOR QUITE SOME TIME SI L2 1

2008 8 5 8/5/2008 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE)

LIVE ANIMAL TOWING POT/TRAP GEAR; NO 

RESIGHTINGS REPORTED; NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2008 8 10 8/10/2008 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT/VESSEL 

STRIKE MONTEREY CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL; NECROTIC FLUKES, 

FLUKES HANGING FROM CAUDAL PEDUNCLE 

BY CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ANIMAL APPEARS 

TO BE VERY WEAK; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L5A 1

2009 1 18 1/18/2009 HUMPBACK WHALE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN ACTIVE SWORDFISH 

DRIFT GILLNET; REPORT RECEIVED VIA 

MARINE MAMMAL AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM 

DATABASE; ANIMAL RELEASED FROM NET; 

UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TRAILING GEAR 

LEFT ON ANIMAL; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2009 8 14 8/14/2009 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION HUMBOLDT CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; FLUKES MISSING; GROOVE 

IN SKIN ACROSS VENTRAL EDGE OF CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE & PART WAY UP BOTH SIDES OF 

PEDUNCLE APPROXIMATELY 40 CENTIMETERS 

FROM SEVERED END, INDICATING ROPE 

ENTANGLEMENT; CARCASS EXAMINED BY 

HSU-VM PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 10 1 10/1/2009 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL WITH BROWNISH 

NETTING WRAPPED AROUND LEFT PECTORAL 

FIN; REPORT RECEIVED VIA SWFSC ON 

SCENE DURING RESEARCH CRUISE; NO 

RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2010 5 13 5/13/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2010 6 19 6/19/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2010 7 25 7/25/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD

CARCASS OBSERVED FLOATING; PROPELLER 

WOUNDS OBSERVED DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 8 2 8/2/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN ROPES WRAPPED AROUND MIDSECTION, CUTTING INTO SKIN ON RIGHT SIDE; 

SIGHTING ORIGINALLY REPORTED BY LOCAL 

DIVE BOAT OPERATOR SI L2 1

2010 8 16 8/16/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR DEAD

MULTIPLE CRAB BUOYS ATTACHED TO ITS 

TAIL AND IT APPEARED TO BE ANCHORED BY 

THEM. CARCASS PHOTOGRAPHED DEAD

2010 8 17 8/17/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MENDOCINO CA SI

LINES & BUOYS EXTENDING FROM CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE; SIGHTING REPORTED BY U.S. 

COAST GUARD HELICOPTER CREW SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2010 8 23 8/23/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION HUMBOLDT CA SI

3 GREEN ROPES WRAPPED AROUND MIDBODY, ANIMAL DIVING AND BREACHING SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2010 8 24 8/24/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

10 FEET OF RED ROPE TRAILING FROM 

FLUKES SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2010 8 31 8/31/2010 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT COOS OR DEAD

CARCASS INITIALLY SEEN OFFSHORE, 

MULTIPLE YELLOW AND RED FLOATS 

ATTACHED TO ANIMAL. GEAR WAS 

IDENTIFIED AS OREGON DUNGENESS CRAB 

FISHERY GEAR FROM BUOY NUMBERS AFTER 

ANIMAL CAME ASHORE. DEAD

2011 5 8 5/8/2011 HUMPBACK WHALE VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ANIMAL STRUCK JUST FORWARD OF THE 

DORSAL FIN. ONLY 20 FT OF THE ANIMAL 

REMAINED AFTER THE PROPELLOR CUT THE 

HEAD, PECTORAL FINS AND THORACIC 

CAVITY AWAY DEAD

2011 5 10 5/10/2011 HUMPBACK WHALE

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 FREEFLOATING, NOT COLLECTED. NO 

CONFIRMATION THAT WHALE SHED ALL 

GEAR. SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2011 5 12 5/12/2011 HUMPBACK WHALE 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

2011 7 16 7/16/2011 HUMPBACK WHALE

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

2011 8 14 8/14/2011 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 8 25 8/25/2011 HUMPBACK WHALE

CRAB POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

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 DETERIORTING 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 L10 1

2011 10 1 10/1/2011 HUMPBACK WHALE

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

2007 5 28 5/28/2007

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; LACERATION AT VENTRAL 

INSERTION OF FLUKE; STRAIGHT LINE MARKS 

ON PECTORAL FIN DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 5 30 5/30/2007

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD, 

BULLET RECOVERED FROM HEAD DEAD

2007 5 31 5/31/2007

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD; 3 

CENTIMETER LONG STRAIGHT CUTS IN 

BLUBBER ALONG ABDOMEN IN VARIOUS 

ORIENTATIONS; VERTICAL LACERATIONS 

ALONG TAIL STOCK DEAD

2007 6 2 6/2/2007

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS; 

BULLET EXTRACTED FROM MUSCLE TISSUE 

POSTERIOR TO BASE OF SKULL; 1.5 

CENTIMETER HOLE IN SUPRAOCCIPITAL 

BONE, BONE CRACKED IN REGION ABOVE 

HOLE DEAD

2007 6 5 6/5/2007

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; 2 GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO DORSUM; 

1 BULLET LODGED IN BLUBBER/MUSCLE 

INTERFACE NEAR HYOID COMPLEX, 

APPROXIMATELY 15 CENTIMETERS VENTRAL 

& DIAGONAL TO CRANIAL BULLET WOUND DEAD

2007 9 26 9/26/2007

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN SHOOTING VENTURA CA DEAD

CARCASS; 1 CENTIMETER GUNSHOT ENTRY 

WOUND IN RIGHT SIDE OF CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE; 3-4 LUMBAR VERTEBRAE WITH 

BROKEN LATERAL PROCESSES; HEAVILY 

DAMAGED LIVER; LACERATED RIGHT LUNG DEAD

2007 11 24 11/24/2007

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; GOOD BODY CONDITION; FULL 

STOMACH; ROPE MARKS AROUND CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE DEAD

2007 12 21 12/21/2007

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; LINE IMPRESSION FROM MULTIFILAMENT LINE AROUND BODY AT ANTERIOR 

INSERTION POINT OF DORSAL & PECTORAL 

FINS & AROUND ROSTRUM; FROTH IN LUNGS DEAD

2008 1 28 1/28/2008

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; NET-LIKE SCARS ON CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE, FLANK, ABDOMEN & PECTORAL 

FIN DEAD

2008 6 14 6/14/2008

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA DEAD CARCASS; FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF DEAD

2008 8 22 8/22/2008

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL PUSHED BACK OUT 

TO SEA BY PRIVATE CITIZENS, LATER 

WASHED IN DEAD; LINEAR WHITE SCARS 

ACROSS DORSAL CAUDAL PEDUNCLE & 

MALFORMATION OF DORSAL FIN INDICATE 

OLD ENTANGLEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

UNKNOWN DEAD

2008 11 7 11/7/2008

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 4 9 4/9/2009

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; BRUISING ON VENTRUM; 

0.5 CENTIMETER WIDE ROPE IMPRESSIONS 

ACROSS FLANK & CAUDAL PEDUNCLE; 

CARCASS EXAMINED BY SWFSC PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 5 18 5/18/2009

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; TAIL STOCK CUT OFF; 

CARCASS EXAMINED BY SWFSC PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 5 25 5/25/2009

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; FLUKES MISSING; GAFFLIKE MARKS ON VENTRUM; CARCASS 

EXAMINED BY SBMNH PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 6 3 6/3/2009

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; 23 CENTIMETER LONG 

INCISION AT STERNUM PENETRATING RIB 

CAGE; NUMEROUS NET-LIKE LINEAR 

IMPRESSIONS ON LEADING EDGE OF DORSAL 

FIN, PECTORAL FINS, FLUKES & ACROSS 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE; CARCASS EXAMINED BY 

SWFSC PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 12 27 12/27/2009

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN HOOK & LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE WRAPPED AROUND 

ROSTRUM; CARCASS EXAMINED BY PACIFIC 

MARINE MAMMAL CENTER PERSONNEL DEAD

2010 1 18 1/18/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FLUKES CUT OFF DEAD

2010 1 20 1/20/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

MISSING FLUKE, CUT OFF, POSSIBLY POSTMORTEM DEAD

2010 2 18 2/18/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

10 EVENLY-SPACED DIAGONAL SCARS ON 

LEFT SIDE, CUTTING SLIGHTLY INTO BLUBBER DEAD

2010 2 19 2/19/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FLUKE MISSING DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 4 16 4/16/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD TAIL STOCK CUT OFF DEAD

2010 6 21 6/21/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD PEDUNCLE CLEANLY CUT DEAD

2010 7 17 7/17/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN KNIFE WOUNDS VENTURA CA DEAD SEVERAL KNIFE SLASHES ON BODY DEAD

2010 7 19 7/19/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN 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

2010 9 5 9/5/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 11 19 11/19/2010

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 1 11 1/11/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

NET AND ROPE IMPRESSIONS AROUND HEAD, 

JAWS, AND PEDUNCLE. DEAD

2011 3 4 3/4/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD

2011 3 4 3/4/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD

2011 3 4 3/4/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD

2011 3 7 3/7/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD

2011 4 10 4/10/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION SAN DIEGO CA DEAD CHEETOS BAG LODGED IN ESOPHAGUS DEAD

2011 5 12 5/12/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD ENTANGLED IN 8.5 INCH MESH NET DEAD

2011 6 11 6/11/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

FLUKES WERE CLEANLY CUT OFF. CUT ON 

TAIL END APPEARS TO BE FROM NETTING 

(ENTANGLEMENT). DEAD

2011 7 8 7/8/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD

FRESH DEAD, GAFF MARK IN CORNER OF 

MOUTH DEAD

2011 7 14 7/14/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD CUT HALF WAY THROUGH DORSAL FIN DEAD

2011 7 23 7/23/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD RED ROPE TIED AROUND BASE OF FLUKE DEAD

2011 9 1 9/1/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

MIRROR IMAGE LACERATIONS ON BOTH 

SIDES ON CAUDAL PEDUNCLE INDICATE 

ENTANGLEMENT DEAD

2011 9 9 9/9/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED 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

2011 9 17 9/17/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF DEAD

2011 9 28 9/28/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF DEAD

2011 11 4 11/4/2011

LONG-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 17 4/17/2010 MINKE WHALE GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE) ROPE & NETTING AROUND HEAD AREA SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2011 12 18 12/18/2011 MINKE WHALE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA NSI

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED AND RELEASED 

WITHOUT TRAILING GEAR. NSI L3

2007 1 28 1/28/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; RED PACKING STRAP 

CUTTING DEEP INTO NECK; ANIMAL HAULED 

OUT ON NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 

ROOKERY IN VICINITY OF OTHER ANIMALS; 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2007 3 27 3/27/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL SHOOTING CLALLAM WA DEAD

ANIMAL APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT IN 

RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD DEAD

2007 6 2 6/2/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PLASTIC FRAGMENTS 

AROUND HEAD & NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED & 

RELEASED) NSI P7B

2007 6 13 6/13/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN ESOPHAGUS, 

ATTACHED FISHING LINE DOWN THROAT; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB, CAUSE 

OF DEATH = HEAVY GASTRIC AND 

PULMONARY PARASITISM) DEAD P2

2007 7 13 7/13/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL ENTRAPMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

CARCASS DISCOVERED UNDER INVERTED 

TRASH CAN; IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE ANIMAL 

HAULED OUT ALIVE THE PREVIOUS EVENING 

& THAT A PRIVATE CITIZEN PLACED THE 

INVERTED TRASH CAN OVER THE ANIMAL; 

CAUSE OF DEATH = SUFFOCATION OR HEAT 

PROSTRATION DEAD

2007 10 26 10/26/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 11 15 11/15/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL STAB WOUNDS DEL NORTE CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL HAULED OUT IN 

HARBOR, STABBED IN LEFT EYE WITH SHARP 

OBJECT BY UNKNOWN PERSON ON 10TH DAY 

OF HAULOUT; MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM EYE 

INJURY) DEAD P9

2007 12 20 12/20/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL CAR COLLISION SAN MATEO CA DEAD

CARCASS REMOVED FROM SHOULDER OF 

HIGHWAY 1; NECROPSY REVEALED INTERNAL 

INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH CAR COLLISION DEAD

2007 12 30 12/30/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; SUBADULT ANIMAL HAULED 

OUT ON ELEPHANT SEAL ROOKERY; SINGLE 

LOOP OF 3- STRAND ROPE EMBEDDED 

IN NECK; NO RESCUE INITIATED; FINAL 

STATUS OF ANIMAL UNKNOWN SI P8A

2007 12 31 12/31/2007

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL CAR COLLISION

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA DEAD

CARCASS REMOVED FROM HIGHWAY 1 BY 

CALTRANS PERSONNEL; SUSPECTED CAR 

COLLISION DEAD

2008 4 16 4/16/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON ELEPHANT SEAL ROOKERY; 

ROPE FRAGMENT AROUND NECK; NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED DUE TO PRESENCE OF 

OTHER ANIMALS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2008 5 3 5/3/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2008 5 3 5/3/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2008 5 3 5/3/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL SHOOTING

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA DEAD CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD DEAD

2008 5 10 5/10/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON ELEPHANT SEAL ROOKERY; 

PACKING STRAP AROUND NECK; NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED DUE TO PRESENCE OF 

OTHER ANIMALS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2008 5 27 5/27/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MARIN CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL; PLASTIC STRAP AROUND NECK; 

ANIMAL CONTINUOUSLY IN & OUT OF WATER; 

NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI P8A

2008 6 1 6/1/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS; HEALED PROPELLER WOUNDS 

DOWN LENGTH OF BACK; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

UNKNOWN DEAD

2008 7 17 7/17/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; ROPE TIGHTLY WOUND AROUND 

NECK DEAD

2008 10 30 10/30/2008

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL CAR COLLISION ALAMEDA CA DEAD

LIVE ANIMAL IN MIDDLE OF ROAD, HIT BY CAR; 

MORTALITY DEAD

2009 1 25 1/25/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON ESTABLISHED ELEPHANT 

SEAL ROOKERY; PACKING STRAP AROUND 

NECK; ADULT FEMALE WITH DEPENDENT PUP; 

UNABLE TO DISENTANGLE ADULT DUE TO 

PRESENCE OF THIS & OTHER PUPS; FINAL 

STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2009 2 6 2/6/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE & SINKERS IN LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER; ANOTHER FISH HOOK EMBEDDED 

JUST ABOVE RIGHT EYE; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITISM) DEAD P5B

2009 2 15 2/15/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; MORTALITY (ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DUE TO 

INTRASPECIES TRAUMA & OSTEOMYELITIS IN 

REAR FLIPPER BONES; NECROPSY REVEALED 

FISH HOOK & ATTACHED LINE IN STOMACH) DEAD P2

2009 3 10 3/10/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

LOBSTER TRAP 

ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

LOBSTER TRAP GEAR; ROPE & BUOY 

WRAPPED AROUND ANIMAL'S NECK; 75 FEET 

OF ROPE EXTENDING FROM ANIMAL TO TRAP; 

GEAR TYPE CONFIRMED BY OWNER OF GEAR; 

NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL DISENTANGLED 

ON SITE & RELEASED) NSI P7B

2009 3 27 3/27/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; PLASTIC TRASH BAG 

WRAPPED AROUND HEAD; NON-FATAL INJURY 

(ANIMAL RELEASED FROM REHAB) NSI P7B
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 4 22 4/22/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

HOOK & LINE FISHERY/MARINE 

DEBRIS INGESTION LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK IN BACK; 

MORTALITY (ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB; 

NECROPSY REVEALED SEVERAL PIECES OF 

SMALL, IRREGULAR-SHAPED, HARD, WHITE, 

SHARP-EDGED FOREIGN SUBSTANCES 

SIMILAR TO HARD PLASTIC IN STOMACH) DEAD P2

2009 5 13 5/13/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION / MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; MONOFILAMENT LINE-LIKE 

LINEAR LACERATION EXTENDING INTO 

MUSCLE ON VENTRUM NEAR FLIPPERS; 

CARCASS EXAMINED BY SWFSC PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 5 16 5/16/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT VENTURA CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN POWER PLANT INTAKE 

CHANNEL DEAD

2009 5 30 5/30/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GREEN PACKING STRAP 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 6 14 6/14/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY COOS OR SI

FISH HOOK WAS IN THE GUM ABOVE THE 

RIGHT CANINE TOOTH. TRANSPORTED TO 

OREGON COAST AQUARIUM. NSI P5C

2009 9 23 9/23/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY KING WA NSI

THIS ANIMAL WAS HAULED OUT ON PRIVATE 

PROPERTY FROM 9/18-9/21. SHE IS A HEALTHY 

JUVENILE NES WITH NO FISHERY 

INTERACTION AT THAT TIME. ONE 9/23 SHE 

WAS REPORTED TO SEATTLE PD WITH A 

HOOK AND LINE WITH A FISH ON IT. WDFW 

RESPONDED AND REMOVED THE HOOK AND 

LINE WITH A CATCH POLE. ANIMAL WAS 

DEEMED HEALTHY AND IT WENT BACK INTO 

THE WATER LATER THAT EVENING. NSI P5C

2009 9 24 9/24/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON ESTABLISHED ELEPHANT 

SEAL ROOKERY; WHITE PACKING STRAP 

AROUND NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 10 24 10/24/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

SAN LUIS 

OBISPO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL IN ESTABLISHED ELEPHANT SEAL 

ROOKERY; WHITE PACKING STRAP AROUND 

NECK; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED & RELEASED ON SITE) NSI P7B

2009 11 23 11/23/2009

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL GILLNET FISHERY MARIN CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON ESTABLISHED ELEPHANT 

SEAL ROOKERY; GILLNET FRAGMENT 

AROUND NECK; UNABLE TO RESCUE DUE TO 

PROXIMITY TO OTHER ANIMALS ON 

ROOKERY; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P8A

2010 2 2 2/2/2010

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL 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

2010 2 2 2/2/2010

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD BULLET FOUND IN BRAIN CAVITY DEAD

2010 2 28 2/28/2010

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

HUMAN-INDUCED 

ABANDONMENT SANTA CRUZ CA SI

PUP FOUND IN A LAUNDRY ROOM ON A DOG 

BED, TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED NSI P14

2010 3 31 3/31/2010

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT VENTURA CA DEAD FOUND IN POWER STATION'S INTAKE TAKE DEAD

2010 5 9 5/9/2010

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION MONTEREY CA SI

PLASTIC LODGED IN THROAT. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED NSI P9

2010 10 6 10/6/2010

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT 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

2011 1 20 1/20/2011

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT MARIN CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 1/2" ROPE NETTING 

AROUND NECK. DISENTANGLED, IMMEDIATE 

RELEASE ON SITE. NSI P7B

2011 4 3 4/3/2011

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL RESEARCH SAN MATEO CA DEAD

RESEARCH ANIMAL DIED UNDER 

ANAESTHESIA DEAD

2011 4 8 4/8/2011

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL TAR ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR ON MUZZLE 

AND EYE. TAKEN INTO REHAB CENTER FOR 

TREATMENT SI P9
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 11 8 11/8/2011

NORTHERN ELEPHANT 

SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT

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

2007 4 28 4/28/2007 NORTHERN FUR SEAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL MONTEREY CA DEAD

CARCASS; SCIENTIFIC SARDINE SURFACE 

TRAWL ENTANGLEMENT DEAD

2007 8 9 8/9/2007 NORTHERN FUR SEAL SHOOTING SONOMA CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; GUNSHOT WOUND TO 

RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD, BULLET FRAGMENTS 

RECOVERED; ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD P9

2007 11 9 11/9/2007 NORTHERN FUR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN JOAQUIN CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE IN UPPER 

LIP; ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED, 

AND RELEASED NSI P5B

2007 11 9 11/9/2007 NORTHERN FUR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY SAN JOAQUIN CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; FISHING LURE IN UPPER 

LIP; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED & RELEASED) NSI P5B

2008 4 26 4/26/2008 NORTHERN FUR SEAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL

OFFSHORE SAN 

FRANCISCO CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 6 11 6/11/2008 NORTHERN FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT ORANGE CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL SWIMMING OFFSHORE 

ENTANGLED IN 3.5 POUNDS OF NETTING, 

MONOFILAMENT FISHING LINE, FISHING 

LURES, AND FISH HOOKS; ANIMAL BARELY 

ABLE TO STAY AFLOAT; ANIMAL CAPTURED, 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, DISENTANGLED, 

TREATED, AND RELEASED NSI P7B

2008 7 9 7/9/2008 NORTHERN FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD CARCASS; PLASTIC BAND AROUND NECK DEAD

2008 7 31 7/31/2008 NORTHERN FUR SEAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL MENDOCINO CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 2 8/2/2008 NORTHERN FUR SEAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 10 19 10/19/2008 NORTHERN FUR SEAL HOOK & LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LIVE STRANDING; FISH HOOK WITH 

ATTACHED LINE IN BACK OF TONGUE; ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED, AND 

RELEASED NSI P5C

2009 2 1 2/1/2009 NORTHERN FUR SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; NET ENTANGLEMENT; EMACIATED, 

HEAVY BRUISING ON VENTRAL THORAX AND 

ABDOMEN DEAD

2009 4 7 4/7/2009 NORTHERN FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR DEAD

ONE OF THREE FUR SEALS FOUND IN BLUE 

LARGE MESH NET ON BEACH. NET 

IDENTIFIED AS BEING CHINESE IN ORIGIN. DEAD

2009 4 7 4/7/2009 NORTHERN FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR DEAD

ONE OF THREE FUR SEALS FOUND IN BLUE 

LARGE MESH NET ON BEACH. NET 

IDENTIFIED AS BEING CHINESE IN ORIGIN. DEAD

2009 4 7 4/7/2009 NORTHERN FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR DEAD

ONE OF THREE FUR SEALS FOUND IN BLUE 

LARGE MESH NET ON BEACH. NET 

IDENTIFIED AS BEING CHINESE IN ORIGIN. DEAD

2009 5 25 5/25/2009 NORTHERN FUR SEAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL UNKNOWN CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2011 4 8 4/8/2011 NORTHERN FUR SEAL

MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT/TRAWL NET 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; PLASTIC PACKING BAND CUTTING 

INTO NECK; OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO SKIN, 

BLUBBER, AND MUSCLE; ENTANGLED IN 

GREENISH TRAWL NET DEAD

2011 6 22 6/22/2011 NORTHERN FUR SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED TRAWL 

FISHERY/MARINE DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; GREEN MULTIFILAMENT NET 

(LIKELY FROM TRAWL NET) WRAPPED 

AROUND NECK; DUE TO DECOMPOSITION AND 

SCAVENGING NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE IF 

NET WAS CAUSE OF DEATH OR IF IT 

CONTRIBUTED TO DEATH DEAD

2007 12 14 12/14/2007

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 12 8 12/8/2008

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 12 6 12/6/2010

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2011 10 27 10/27/2011

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 8 12 8/12/2007

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

CARCASS; FISHING NET WRAPPED AROUND 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE DEAD

2007 12 12 12/12/2007

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 1 3 1/3/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

RESEARCH: SEA BOTTOM 

SURVEY EQUIPMENT LOS ANGELES CA NSI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN SEA BOTTOM SURVEY 

EQUIPMENT; NON-FATAL INJURY (ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED BY LIFEGUARDS, SWAM 

AWAY IN NO APPARENT DISTRESS) NSI S7B

2008 1 17 1/17/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 1 17 1/17/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 4 20 4/20/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 4 27 4/27/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 4 27 4/27/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 7 18 7/18/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 8 8 8/8/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

CARCASS RETRIEVED FROM NMFS SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD

2008 11 7 11/7/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 11 7 11/7/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 11 7 11/7/2008

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 5 1 5/1/2009

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL LOS ANGELES CA SI

1 OF 3 ANIMALS THAT SWAM INTO 

COLLAPSED FRONT PORTION OF NET DURING 

HAULBACK; ANIMAL BECAME ENSNARED IN 

NET, BROUGHT ABOARD NMFS RESEARCH 

VESSEL, CUT OUT OF NET & RELEASED; LESS 

THAN 2 MINUTE TURN AROUND TIME FROM 

NET TO RELEASE SI S4

2009 5 1 5/1/2009

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL LOS ANGELES CA SI

1 OF 3 ANIMALS THAT SWAM INTO 

COLLAPSED FRONT PORTION OF NET DURING 

HAULBACK; ANIMAL BECAME ENSNARED IN 

NET, BROUGHT ABOARD NMFS RESEARCH 

VESSEL, CUT OUT OF NET & RELEASED; LESS 

THAN 2 MINUTE TURN AROUND TIME FROM 

NET TO RELEASE SI S4

2009 5 1 5/1/2009

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL LOS ANGELES CA SI

1 OF 3 ANIMALS THAT SWAM INTO 

COLLAPSED FRONT PORTION OF NET DURING 

HAULBACK; ANIMAL BECAME ENSNARED IN 

NET, BROUGHT ABOARD NMFS RESEARCH 

VESSEL, CUT OUT OF NET & RELEASED; LESS 

THAN 2 MINUTE TURN AROUND TIME FROM 

NET TO RELEASE SI S4

2009 5 23 5/23/2009

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, 

CARCASS DISPOSED AT SEA DEAD

2009 5 23 5/23/2009

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, 

CARCASS DISPOSED AT SEA DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 10 7 10/7/2009

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 10 7 10/7/2009

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 4 18 4/18/2010

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, 

RELEASED AT SEA SI S4

2010 4 25 4/25/2010

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, 

RELEASED AT SEA DEAD

2010 9 10 9/10/2010

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL MENDOCINO CA DEAD

ANIMAL BECAME ENTANGLED IN COD END OF 

MID-WATER TRAWL AFTER THE SET WHEN 

THE NET WAS BEING BROUGHT ABOARD THE 

VESSEL DEAD

2011 4 3 4/3/2011

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, 

CARCASS DISPOSED AT SEA DEAD

2011 9 10 9/10/2011

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS 

CAUGHT IN A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD

2011 9 10 9/10/2011

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS 

CAUGHT IN A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD

2011 9 10 9/10/2011

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS 

CAUGHT IN A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD

2011 9 10 9/10/2011

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS 

CAUGHT IN A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD

2011 9 10 9/10/2011

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS 

CAUGHT IN A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD

2011 9 10 9/10/2011

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS 

CAUGHT IN A SURFACE TRAWL DEAD

2007 6 25 6/25/2007 RISSO'S DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT/VESSEL 

STRIKE ORANGE CA DEAD

CARCASS; ABDOMEN CUT OPEN FROM 

STERNUM TO GENITAL SLIT; FLUKES 

HANGING FROM TAIL STOCK; BROKEN SKULL 

& RIBS DEAD

2008 10 18 10/18/2008 RISSO'S DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 1 22 1/22/2010 RISSO'S DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA DEAD MULTIPLE PARALLEL LACERATIONS DEAD

2011 9 29 9/29/2011 RISSO'S DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 1 18 1/18/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 6 5 6/5/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; POSSIBLE TWISTED ROPE 

IMPRESSION & INDENTATION ON TAIL STOCK DEAD

2007 7 14 7/14/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA DEAD

CARCASS; 0.75 INCH X 0.5 INCH HOLE AT BASE 

OF CRANIUM; PROBABLE GAFF WOUND DEAD

2007 10 18 10/18/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 11 5 11/5/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 11 7 11/7/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 11 7 11/7/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 11 17 11/17/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 12 3 12/3/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 12 15 12/15/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 12 17 12/17/2007

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 10 17 10/17/2008

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 10 25 10/25/2008

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 10 26 10/26/2008

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 10 26 10/26/2008

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 10 26 10/26/2008

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 11 12 11/12/2008

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 11 23 11/23/2008

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 12 20 12/20/2008

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2009 12 4 12/4/2009

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2009 12 17 12/17/2009

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; HALF OF RIGHT PECTORAL 

FIN CUT OFF; DORSAL FIN MISSING; 

PENETRATING WOUND ON LEFT SIDE OF 

BODY BELOW DORSAL FIN; PREY IN 

STOMACH; CARCASS EXAMINED BY SWFSC 

PERSONNEL DEAD

2010 9 18 9/18/2010

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 9 18 9/18/2010

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2010 12 5 12/5/2010

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 10 14 10/14/2011

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 12 4 12/4/2011

SHORT-BEAKED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2007 2 21 2/21/2007 SPERM WHALE VESSEL STRIKE LANE OR DEAD

OBVIOUS EVIDENCE OF PROPELLER TRAUMA; 

DEEP GASH ON DORSAL SIDE, CAUDAL END 

OF BODY CUT OFF AT PEDUNCLE DEAD

2007 8 15 8/15/2007 SPERM WHALE VESSEL STRIKE OFFSHORE WA NSI

58 FOOT SABLEFISH LONGLINE VESSEL HIT 

WHALE AT IDLE SPEED. OBSERVER 

REPORTED NO EVIDENCE OF INJURY TO THE 

WHALE. DAY OF OBSERVATION WAS NOT 

PROVIDED BY OBSERVER PROGRAM, THUS, 

'DAY' IS REPORTED AS '15TH', OR MIDPOINT 

OF MONTH. NSI L6C

2008 2 1 2/1/2008 SPERM WHALE MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION DEL NORTE CA DEAD

CARCASS; STOMACH CRAMMED WITH NETS 

OF DIFFERING TYPE DEAD

2008 3 14 3/14/2008 SPERM WHALE GILLNET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD APPEARED TO HAVE ENTANGLEMENT SCARS DEAD

2008 3 15 3/15/2008 SPERM WHALE MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION MARIN CA DEAD

CARCASS; STOMACH CRAMMED WITH NETS 

OF DIFFERING TYPE & SEVERAL PLASTIC 

TARPS; ROPE MARKS ON PECTORAL FLIPPER DEAD

2010 12 5 12/5/2010 SPERM WHALE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE 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

2010 12 5 12/5/2010 SPERM WHALE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2011 3 12 3/12/2011 STRIPED DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS CUT OPEN ALONG DORSUM, SMALL 

CUTS AT AXILLA AND PECTORAL FLIPPER DEAD

2008 3 2 3/2/2008

UNIDENTIFIED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; HEAD, FLUKES, RIGHT PECTORAL 

FIN & DORSAL FIN SEVERED; ABDOMEN 

SLICED OPEN DEAD

2008 4 7 4/7/2008

UNIDENTIFIED COMMON 

DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD

CARCASS; ABDOMEN CUT OPEN; FLUKES 

MISSING; NET-LIKE MARKS ANTERIOR & 

POSTERIOR TO EYE DEAD

2009 7 29 7/29/2009

UNIDENTIFIED COMMON 

DOLPHIN VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; PROPELLER-LIKE 28 

CENTIMETER LONG "S" SHAPED WOUND 

ALONG RIGHT DORSUM EXTENDING INTO 

BODY CAVITY, SEVERING SPINE & 11 RIBS; 

CARCASS EXAMINED BY SWFSC PERSONNEL DEAD

2009 10 25 10/25/2009

UNIDENTIFIED COMMON 

DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DEAD STRANDING; GAFF-LIKE 3 CENTIMETER 

LONG INCISION IN THROAT REGION; 

STOMACH FULL OF FISH; CARCASS EXAMINED 

BY SWFSC PERSONNEL DEAD

2007 3 24 3/24/2007 UNIDENTIFIED DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

CARCASS; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND 

ENTANGLED IN FISHING NET DEAD

2007 3 24 3/24/2007 UNIDENTIFIED DOLPHIN GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LIVE STRANDING; 1 OF 2 ANIMALS FOUND 

ENTANGLED IN FISHING NET; NON-FATAL 

INJURY (ANIMAL FREED FROM NET BY 

LIFEGUARDS & SWAM OFF IN NO APPARENT 

DISTRESS) NSI S7B

2007 6 18 6/18/2007 UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS FLOATING IN BAY; PROPELLER-LIKE 

WOUNDS TO BODY DEAD

2007 8 7 8/7/2007 UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

CARCASS; PROPELLER-LIKE WOUNDS TO 

BODY DEAD
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2007 8 8 8/8/2007 UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE 

SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD

2008 5 19 5/19/2008 UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED

MARINE DEBRIS/UNIDENTIFIED 

NET FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD CARCASS; ROPE AROUND NECK DEAD

2008 5 24 5/24/2008 UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED VESSEL STRIKE ORANGE CA DEAD

CARCASS; PROPELLER-LIKE WOUNDS TO 

BODY DEAD

2010 6 11 6/11/2010 UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ANIMAL ENTRAINED IN CIRCULATING WATER 

SCREEN BAY (ENTERED THROUGH INTAKE 

TUNNEL) DEAD

2007 4 7 4/7/2007 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING POT/TRAP 

GEAR; NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NO 

RESIGHTINGS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75

2007 6 14 6/14/2007 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL WITH 3 WRAPS OF 

POT/TRAP GEAR AROUND TAIL STOCK, 

TOWING 3 BUOYS; ACCOMPANIED BY 

SMALLER NON-ENTANGLED ANIMAL; NO 

RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NO 

RESIGHTINGS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L2 1

2007 6 27 6/27/2007 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING 2 

POT/TRAP BUOYS FROM TAIL STOCK; NO 

RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NO 

RESIGHTINGS; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75

2007 7 3 7/3/2007 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT MENDOCINO CA NSI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING POT/TRAP 

GEAR; NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NONFATAL INJURY (USCG REPORTED THAT 

ANIMAL FREED ITSELF FROM GEAR) NSI L3 0

2008 1 2 1/2/2008 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

TUGBOAT COLLIDED WITH FREE-SWIMMING 

WHALE; FINAL STATUS OF ANIMAL UNKNOWN SI L12 0.36

2008 8 18 8/18/2008 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN FRANCISCO CA SI (PRORATE)

LIVE ANIMAL TOWING UNIDENTIFIED NETTING; 

NO RESIGHTINGS REPORTED; NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2008 8 26 8/26/2008 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI (PRORATE)

LIVE ANIMAL TOWING TEN FEET OF POT/TRAP 

GEAR; NO RESIGHTINGS REPORTED; NO 

RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2008 9 1 9/1/2008 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

DUNGENESS CRAB POT 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT VENTURA CA SI (PRORATE)

LIVE ANIMAL TOWING 100 FEET OF LINE WITH 

BUOY; GEAR TYPE CONFIRMED BY OWNER OF 

GEAR; NO RESIGHTINGS REPORTED; NO 

RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; NON-FATAL 

INJURY. APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS 

FOLLOWING THE FIRST REPORT OF THE 

ENTANGLEMENT, THE GEAR WASHED UP ON 

THE BEACH; IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE ANIMAL 

FREED ITSELF FROM THE GEAR. CANNOT 

CONFIRM THAT WHALE FREED ITSELF FROM 

ALL GEAR. SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2008 12 7 12/7/2008 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI

CATALINA EXPRESS (TRANSPORT VESSEL, 97 

FEET LONG, TRAVELING AT 25 KNOTS) 

COLLIDED WITH FREE-SWIMMING WHALE; NO 

BLOOD OBSERVED IN WATER; ANIMAL 

APPEARED TO SWIM AWAY IN NORMAL 

FASHION; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L6A 1

2009 3 19 3/19/2009 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MENDOCINO CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING 

UNIDENTIFIED FISHING GEAR; REPORT 

RECEIVED VIA PRIVATE CITIZEN; ANIMAL 

DESCRIBED AS ENTANGLED IN BUOYS & 

NETS; USCG CONDUCTED AERIAL SURVEY OF 

AREA BUT COULD NOT LOCATE ENTANGLED 

ANIMAL; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2009 7 12 7/12/2009 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL TOWING 

UNIDENTIFIED NET GEAR & BUOYS; REPORT 

RECEIVED VIA USCG, ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS 

BLUE WHALE; NO RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED; 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75

2010 3 24 3/24/2010 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

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
Appendix 4. Human-related injury and mortality records, 2007 to 2011. Records are sorted by common name and date.

Year Month Day Date Species Interaction Type County/Locale STATE

Initial Injury Assessment: 

NSI, SI, SI (PRORATE), 

DEAD, CAPTIVITY. Comments

Final Injury Assessment: NSI, SI, 

SI (PRORATE), DEAD, 

CAPTIVITY.

SI Criteria Supporting 

Assessment

SI 

Proration 

Value

2010 3 29 3/29/2010 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 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

2010 4 8 4/8/2010 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MARIN CA SI (PRORATE)

ROPE WRAPPED AROUND CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE; UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2010 5 2 5/2/2010 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

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

2010 7 7 7/7/2010 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL TOWING NET-LIKE MATERIAL; 

SIGHTING REPORTED BY OIL PLATFORM 

WORKERS, FREE-SWIMMING; NO RESCUE 

EFFORT INITIATED; NO RESIGHTINGS 

REPORTED; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI L10 0.75

2010 10 13 10/13/2010 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

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

2011 7 16 7/16/2011 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

FREE-SWIMMING ENTANGLED WHALE IN 

UNKNOWN GEAR SI L10 0.75

2011 8 20 8/20/2011 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 

FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT SNOHOMISH WA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE TRAILING A RED AND WHITE BOUY 

OFF THE RIGHT SIDE. DID NOT SEE ANY LINES 

WRAPPED AROUND THE BODY. SI (PRORATE) L10 0.75

2011 9 5 9/5/2011 UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

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 L10 0.75
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Evaluation of an automated acoustic beaked whale detection algorithm

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Handbook for recognizing, evaluating, and documenting human interaction

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Sample size recommendations for estimating stock composition using 

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Inferring trackline detection probabilities from differences in apparent 

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