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SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY AND 

MORTALITY FOR U.S. PACIFIC WEST COAST MARINE 

MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS, 2011-2015

James V. Carretta, Marcia M. Muto, Justin Greenman, Kristin 

Wilkinson, Dan Lawson, Justin Viezbicke, and Jason Jannot
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SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY AND 

MORTALITY FOR U.S. PACIFIC WEST COAST MARINE 

MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS, 2011-2015

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

2Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 981115

3Protected Resources Division, NMFS West Coast Region, NOAA, Long Beach CA, 90802

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

5Fisheries Resource and Monitoring Divison, Northest Fisheries Scienece Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 09112

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

Dan Lawson3, Justin Viezbicke3, and Jason Jannot5
SOURCES OF HUMAN-RELATED INJURY AND MORTALITY FOR U.S. PACIFIC 

WEST COAST MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS, 2011-2015. 

James V. Carretta1, Marcia M. Muto2, Justin Greenman3, Kristin Wilkinson4, Dan Lawson3, 

Justin Viezbicke3, and Jason Jannot5 

Summary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1998, Andersen et al. 2008), expert opinion, and analysis of historical injury cases to develop 

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

2013). 

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

cetaceans that occur in U.S. west coast waters for the period 2011-2015, for those species

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

2016a). Mortality records, while included in this report, were not a part of the SI/NSI status

evaluation that included only live animals. Subsistence and directed takes (i.e., gray whales taken 

by Russian natives) are not reported here but are reported in SARs published by NMFS. 

Previous records, including cases from 2007 through 2010, are published in previous reports

(Carretta et al. 2013, 2014, 2015b, 2016b). 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Bradford and Forney 2014). 

1

Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, La Jolla, CA 92037. 2Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98115. 3Protected Resources Division, NMFS West Coast Region, NOAA, Long Beach, CA, 90802. 4Protected Resources Division, NMFS West Coast Region, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98115.

5Fishery Resource and Monitoring Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98112. 

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Methods

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

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

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

for assessing causes of death and injury and thorough examination of carcasses or injured 

animals is not always possible. With respect to the uncertainties in determining whether injuries 

or deaths are human-related, we reviewed stranding records, including at-sea sightings, from 

NMFS West Coast and Alaska regional stranding networks. Those records with human-related 

causes of injury were evaluated using the SI/NSI criteria. Animals whose initial reporting 

condition was ‘dead’ were not evaluated for SI/NSI. Records of SI, NSI, and dead animals are 

included in Appendix 4 of this report. Different criteria for injury assessment are used for three 

taxonomic groups: pinnipeds, large whales, and small cetaceans (NMFS 2012b and Appendices 

1-3). Injury determinations (excluding 639 records where an animal’s initial condition was 

‘dead’) include 1,057 injury records from 2011 to 2015. Both initial and final injury 

determinations are given for each record. For example, a pinniped entangled in gillnet that is

constricting or impeding movement is considered seriously injured. This animal may be 

captured, taken to a rehabilitation center, treated for injuries, and released back into the wild 

without serious injuries. In the context of categorizing commercial fisheries (based on levels of 

SI and mortality) for the NMFS List of Fisheries (LOF), this pinniped is considered seriously 

injured. This designation allows evaluation of fishery-specific risk to marine mammals, even 

though the pinniped was released back into the wild with non-serious injuries. Similar cases 

involve large whales entangled in fishing gear and subsequent disentanglement efforts. The

whale’s injuries may initially be considered serious, especially if the entanglement restricts 

movement. Successful disentanglement of all gear from a whale without lingering evidence of an 

entanglement-related health decline or SI may be designated as a NSI. For purposes of the LOF, 

initial injury assessments are used in evaluating individual fisheries. In the context of assessing 

SI and mortality against PBR levels, the final injury assessment or condition is used. In cases 

where injured pinnipeds are transferred to public display facilities (aquaria) or U.S. Navy marine 

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

final injury determination is termed ‘captivity’, as the animal is permanently removed from the 

wild population. This is equivalent to a SI for the purposes of evaluating injuries against PBR. 

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

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

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

injury or death are reported by stranding coordinators and the primary cause of death is 

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

Prorating of serious injuries (large whales only) 

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

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

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

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

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

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

in health status or death of the animal (NMFS 2012b). These data are used to inform decision22
making on current vessel-strike lacerations where the severity of the laceration (‘superficial’ 

versus ‘deep’) is unknown and the vessel’s size and speed are unknown. For these cases, SI is 

prorated by 0.52 to reflect the known outcomes of the 25 cases with vessel-strike lacerations. For 

cases with sufficient vessel-strike injury details, other SI codes are applied. If a vessel-strike 

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

the laceration extends below the blubber layer (‘deep’), the whale is considered seriously injured

(equivalent to a SI prorate value of 1.0). An example of calculating annual human-caused SI and 

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

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

Ten large whales with lacerations of unknown severity are counted as 10 x 0.52 = 5.2 cases of 

SI. If one of these cases were confirmed as a deep laceration, then the calculation would be 9 x 

0.52 = 4.7 + 1.0 = 5.7 cases of SI.

Results

From 2011 to 2015, a total of 1,696 human-related injury (n=1,057) and mortality

(n=639) records are summarized by anthropogenic source in Figure 1, Table 1, and Appendix 4. 

Approximately 84% of all records represent opportunistic reports of beach strandings and at-sea 

sightings. Only 275 records represent systematic/monitored observations, either fishery observer 

programs (n=160), monitored research-related activities (n=46), or removals of pinnipeds from 

the Bonneville Dam area under MMPA Section 120 (n=69). Pinnipeds (n=1,366) were most 

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

(n=170) and small cetaceans (n=160) (Tables 2-6). Animals initially encountered alive accounted 

for 1,057 records, which were evaluated and assigned SI/NSI determinations, including 914 

pinnipeds, 137 large whales, and 6 small cetaceans (Appendix 4, Tables 7a-c). 

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

interactions (n=247), shootings (n=211), and oil-related injuries (n=116) (Tables 3 and 6, 

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

californianus) (n=976), harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) (n=266), northern elephant seals

(Mirounga angustirostris) (n=78), Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) (n=18), 

northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) (n=10), unidentified pinnipeds (n=7), unidentified sea 

lions (n=5), unidentified otariids (n=5), and unidentified seals (n=1) (Table 2). Approximately 

one-third (n=418) of pinniped cases involved human intervention and treatment, either in the 

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

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

treatment and their final injury assessments were NSI. Pinniped records lacking detail regarding 

whether the animal was released following rehabilitation facility care were determined to be 

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

was case-specific. A number of pinnipeds were euthanized as a result of their injuries (n=63), 

while others were sent to public display facilities (n=13) because their existing post-treatment 

condition made survival in the wild unlikely or they were individuals targeted for removal to 

protect endangered salmon. Of the 1,366 pinniped injury and mortality records, 736 (54%) 

animals died as a result of their injuries. An additional 288 (21%) pinniped cases were assigned 

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

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

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

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Of the 170 large whale records of human-caused injuries and mortalities, 33 whales were 

initially reported as dead and the remaining 137 were assessed for NSI/SI (Appendix 4, Tables 2, 

4, and 7b). Of the 137 large whales evaluated for NSI/SI, fishery-related entanglements (n=124) 

were the most common cause of injury, followed by vessel strikes (n=9) and entanglement in 

marine debris (n=3). Large whale injury and mortality cases most commonly involved humpback 

whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) (n=71), followed by gray whales (n=63), unidentified large 

whales (n=19), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) (n=12), minke whales (B. acutorostrata) 

(n=2), sei whales (B. borealis) (n=1), blue whales (B. musculus) (n=1), and sperm whales 

(Physeter microcephalus) (n=1). 

Gray whales were most commonly observed entangled in pot/trap fisheries (n=23), 

followed by unidentified fishing gear (n=18), entangling net fisheries (n=13), and marine debris 

(n=2) (Appendix 4). Many of the unidentified fishing gear interactions involving gray whales

were likely pot/trap fisheries or entangling net fisheries, based on similarities to those remaining 

records where specific fisheries/gear could be identified. In addition to entanglements, gray 

whales were killed or injured by vessel strikes (n=7). 

Humpback whale injuries and mortality were most often reported from entanglements in 

pot/trap fisheries (n=34), followed by unidentified fishing gear (n=26), and vessel strikes (n=9).

(Appendix 4). Many humpback whale records involving unidentified fishing gear are likely to 

represent pot/trap fisheries, as these are the most commonly-identified source of entanglement 

for the species. Only one record of a humpback whale gillnet entanglement was reported during 

this period, compared with 13 records for gray whales. Relatively few gillnet entanglements are 

reported for humpback whales compared with gray whales (Carretta et al. 2013, 2014, 2015b, 

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

between humpback whales and gray whales and gillnet fisheries along the U.S. west coast. The 

number of gillnets fished along the California coast is greatest in nearshore waters where halibut 

and white seabass gillnets are fished, an area that coincides with the annual gray whale 

migration.

Approximately one-third (45/137) of large whale injury cases involved human 

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

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

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

final injury status of NSI, as a result of successful disentanglement efforts or the animal freeing 

itself of gear over time (Table 7b). Thirty-four large whale records with initial SI designations 

retained final injury designations of SI and 3 whales were later found dead (Table 7b). A gray 

whale initially seen in July 2009 with constricting gillnet and rope cutting into its caudal 

peduncle was assigned a serious injury status and was resighted in 2010 and 2011, still 

entangled. This whale was resighted in 2013, free of gear and in apparent good health; thus, the 

final injury determination for this case was non-serious. 

A total of 160 small cetacean records were reviewed but were rarely assessed for SI (n=6) 

because most were initially reported as dead (n=154). Mortality in gillnets, trawls, and

unidentified fisheries accounted for approximately 70% of small cetacean records (n=111), and 

approximately one-third of those (n=32) were derived from systematic observer programs. 

Research-related entanglements of small cetaceans in scientific trawls or nets accounted for 31 

records, most involving Pacific white-sided dolphins (n=28), with one event each for the 

following species: bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), harbor porpoise (Phocoena 

phocoena), and long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis). Small cetaceans assessed 

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for injury severity included Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) (n=3), 

harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) (n=2), and long-beaked common dolphins (n=1) (Table 

2). Of the 6 small cetacean records assessed for injuries, 2 animals died, 3 were considered nonserious injuries, and 1 record was determined to be a serious injury (Table 7c). Two Pacific 

white-sided dolphins escaped through a marine mammal excluder device on a scientific trawl

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

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

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

Discussion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

states of decomposition, evidence that the net had entangled animals over a long time period

(Carretta et al. 2013, 2014, 2015b, 2016b). 

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

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

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

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

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

Other cases involved bullets found post-mortem or hooks in the esophagus/stomach, which were 

not suspected during the initial external examination. 

 

Acknowledgments

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

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

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

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

Henry, Van Helker, Karin Forney, and the Pacific Scientific Review Group for reviewing our 

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

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Interaction Type

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8

Figure 1. Leading causes of human-caused mortality and serious injury (MSI) for all marine mammals, 2011-2015.
SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

NUMBER

SHOOTING

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

GILLNET FISHERY

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

OIL / TAR

MARINE DEBRIS

HARASSMENT

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL

VESSEL STRIKE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK AND LINE

DOG ATTACK

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (CALIFORNIA)

CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION

VEHICLE COLLISION

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY

GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL

AT−SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER TRAWL

252

211

130

128

116

111

 88

 83

 69

 67

 65

 64

 46

 34

 33

 26

 18

 17

 13

 12

 12

 11

 10

 8

 7

 6

 5

15

27

35

43

49

56

61

66

70

74

78

82

84

86

88

90

91

92

93

93

94

95

95

96

96

97

97

Table 1 (page 1 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality to marine mammals, 2011−2015.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY

NUMBER

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (OREGON)

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

ENTRAPMENT

UNDERWATER DETONATION EXERCISES

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL

NORTHERN WASHINGTON MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL

TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN)

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

COD POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (RECREATIONAL)

ELECTRIC SHOCK

SEAL BOMB

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER TRAWL

AK BSAI ATKA MACKEREL TRAWL

AK BSAI FLATFISH TRAWL

AQUACULTURE FACILITY ENTANGLEMENT

GAFF INJURY

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH POT FISHERY

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT

NORTHERN WASHINGTON OCEAN TROLL FISHERY, TRIBAL

PACIFIC WHITING TRAWL FISHERY

SET GILLNET FISHERY INTERACTION

SHOOTING/GILLNET FISHERY

SHOOTING/HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

SPEARING

TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY/SHOOTING

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 97

 97

 98

 98

 98

 98

 98

 98

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Table 1 (page 2 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality to marine mammals, 2011−2015.

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CAPTIVITY

BLUE WHALE 0

DEAD

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN 0

NSI

CALIFORNIA SEA LION 13

SI

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONG−BEAKED 0

SI (PRORATE)

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORT−BEAKED 0

DALL'S PORPOISE 0

FIN WHALE 0

GRAY WHALE 0

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL 0

HARBOR PORPOISE 0

HARBOR SEAL 0

HUMPBACK WHALE 0

MINKE WHALE 0

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL 0

NORTHERN FUR SEAL 0

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN 0

PACIFIC WHITE−SIDED DOLPHIN 0

RISSO'S DOLPHIN 0

SEI WHALE 0

SHORT−FINNED PILOT WHALE 0

SPERM WHALE 0

STRIPED DOLPHIN 0

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID 0

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED 0

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION 0

UNIDENTIFIED SEAL 0

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE 0

0

4

510

43

21

1

9

14

13

47

168

9

1

34

7

5

29

2

1

2

1

2

2

1

1

0

2

0

0

247

0

0

0

0

8

2

1

49

16

1

26

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

206

0

0

0

3

22

3

0

49

11

0

18

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

3

6

1

1

5

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

0

0

0

35

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

Table 2. Final serious injury and mortality designations by species, 2011−2015.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

NUMBER

SHOOTING

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

OIL / TAR

MARINE DEBRIS

GILLNET FISHERY

HARASSMENT

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT

AUTHORIZED REMOVAL

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL

VESSEL STRIKE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK AND LINE

DOG ATTACK

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION

VEHICLE COLLISION

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY

247

211

116

104

 97

 88

 83

 69

 64

 32

 31

 29

 24

 18

 17

 16

 15

 12

 12

 10

 10

 8

18

34

42

50

57

63

69

74

79

81

84

86

87

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

96

Table 3 (page 1 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of pinnipeds, 2011−2015.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL

NUMBER

AT−SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER TRAWL

ENTRAPMENT

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT BOTTOM TRAWL

NORTHERN WASHINGTON MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL

TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN)

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

ELECTRIC SHOCK

SEAL BOMB

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER TRAWL

AK BSAI ATKA MACKEREL TRAWL

AK BSAI FLATFISH TRAWL

AQUACULTURE FACILITY ENTANGLEMENT

GAFF INJURY

NORTHERN WASHINGTON OCEAN TROLL FISHERY, TRIBAL

PACIFIC WHITING TRAWL FISHERY

SET GILLNET FISHERY INTERACTION

SHOOTING/GILLNET FISHERY

SHOOTING/HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

SPEARING

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY/SHOOTING

7

6

5

4

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 97

 97

 97

 98

 98

 98

 98

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

 99

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Table 3 (page 2 of 2). Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of pinnipeds, 2011−2015.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

NUMBER

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

VESSEL STRIKE

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (CALIFORNIA)

GILLNET FISHERY

CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (OREGON)

MARINE DEBRIS

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

COD POT FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY (RECREATIONAL)

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH POT FISHERY

LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT

TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR

58

31

28

13

13

 4

 4

 4

 3

 2

 2

 2

 2

 1

 1

 1

 1

 34

 52

 69

 76

 84

 86

 89

 91

 93

 94

 95

 96

 98

 98

 99

 99

100

Table 4. Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of large whales, 2011−2015.

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SOURCE OF HUMAN−CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

NUMBER

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

CUMULATIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

GILLNET FISHERY

UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

VESSEL STRIKE

UNDERWATER DETONATION EXERCISES

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL

MARINE DEBRIS

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS SET GILLNET FISHERY

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN INTERACTION

41

31

31

20

15

 5

 5

 4

 3

 3

 1

 1

 26

 45

 64

 77

 86

 89

 92

 95

 97

 99

 99

100

Table 5. Sources of human−caused injury and mortality of small cetaceans, 2011−2015.

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SPECIES

BLUE WHALE

SOURCE OF INJURY/MORTALITY

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

NUMBER OF RECORDS

CALIFORNIA SEA LION

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONG−BEAKED

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORT−BEAKED

DALL'S PORPOISE

FIN WHALE

GRAY WHALE

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL

HARBOR PORPOISE

HARBOR SEAL

HUMPBACK WHALE

MINKE WHALE

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN

PACIFIC WHITE−SIDED DOLPHIN

RISSO'S DOLPHIN

SEI WHALE

SHORT−FINNED PILOT WHALE

SPERM WHALE

STRIPED DOLPHIN

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION

UNIDENTIFIED SEAL

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY ENTANGLEMENT

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

HOOK AND LINE FISHERY

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

VESSEL STRIKE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

MARINE DEBRIS

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

HARASSMENT

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

OIL / TAR

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

VESSEL STRIKE

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY

VESSEL STRIKE

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET FISHERY

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK AND LINE

CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY INTERACTION

 1

 1

225

 13

 19

 1

 9

 18

 9

 25

 72

 26

 1

 23

 5

 5

 28

 1

 1

 2

 1

 2

 3

 3

 4

 1

 11

Table 6. Leading causes of observed human−caused injury and mortality by species, 2011−2015.

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

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

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

endangered salmon under authority of the MMPA Section 120. 

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

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

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

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

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Summary of Pinniped1

 Injury Categories and Criteria 

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

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

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

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

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

Category Injury/Information Injury 

Determination2

Additional factors for evaluating 

whether “case specific” injuries are 

serious or non-serious (additional 

factors at end of table) *

P1

A free-swimming animal observed at a 

date later than its human interaction, 

exhibiting signs of declining health 

believed to be resulting from initial injury 

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

tissue necrosis, emaciation, gangrene). 

SI3

P2 Ingested gear4 or hook(s) SI

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

injury, duration of bleeding

P4

Animal brought on vessel deck following 

entanglement/entrapment (excluding 

scientific research targeting marine 

mammals and authorized as such under a 

NMFS scientific research permit, where 

the animal is brought on and placed on 

the vessel deck in a controlled manner)

Case specific

Manner in which animal is brought on deck, 

length of time animal is on deck, 

environmental conditions (e.g., 

temperature) 

P5a Hook(s) in mouth (excluding criterion 

P5b), regardless of the presence of gear SI

P5b

Hook(s) confirmed in head (excluding 

criterion P5a), or in lip only (external 

tissue outside of teeth), no trailing gear

Case specific

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

penetration, type of hook, prolonged 

restraint or struggle that could lead to 

capture myopathy, size of hook, impairing 

ability to feed

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

removed or pulls out Case specific 

Prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, location of 

hooking on the body, depth of hook, hook 

pulls out cleanly vs. causes further injury 

during dehooking, method used to remove 

hook, length of time hooked

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

2

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appendix 1. Pinniped Injury Criteria (NOAA 2012) 18
P5d

Hook(s) in appendage or body (excluding 

criteria P5a-c and P12), without trailing 

gear or with trailing gear that does not 

have the potential6

NSI to: 1) become a 

constricting wrap on animal; 2) be 

ingested, 3) accumulate drag; or 4) 

become snagged on something in the 

environment, anchoring the animal 

7

P6

Gear attached in any manner to freeswimming animal with potential8

SI

to: 1) 

become a constricting wrap on animal; 2) 

be ingested; 3) accumulate drag; or 4) 

become snagged on something in the 

environment, anchoring the animal

P7a Anchored/immobilized and not freed SI

P7b Anchored, immobilized, or entangled 

before being freed without gear attached Case specific 

Duration of entanglement, prolonged 

restraint or struggle that could lead to 

capture myopathy, type of fishing gear, 

where/how gear immobilized animal, 

associated injury (where directly or 

indirectly caused by initial entanglement), 

response of individual

P8a

Gear wrapped and constricting any body 

part or likely to become constricting as 

the animal moves or grows 

SI

P8b Gear wrapped loosely on any body part Case specific

Type and amount of fishing gear, animal 

body size relative to gear (species, age), 

effect on movement, species sensitivity

P9 Body trauma9

Case specific not covered by any other 

criteria 

Location of trauma on body, depth 

(superficial or to the bone, penetrating 

muscle or organs) length of laceration(s), 

number of lacerations, cleanliness 

(compression vs. tearing), amount and 

duration of blood loss, risk of infection or 

disease transmission (e.g., dog bites)

P10

Visible fracture(s), excluding broken 

appendages (see criterion P13 for broken 

appendages)

SI

P11 Vertebral transection or fully severed 

flipper(s) SI

P12 Body cavity penetration10

SI by foreign 

object or body cavity exposure

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

situations listed.

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

situations listed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appendix 1. Pinniped Injury Criteria (NOAA 2012) 19
P13 Partially severed or fractured flipper(s) Case specific

Cleanliness (clean cut vs. tear), nature of 

injury causing the loss, extent of fin or 

flipper loss, opened or closed fracture, 

dislocation, amount/duration of blood loss

P14

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

released alone post-interaction or 

dependent animal left with a seriously 

injured or dead mother

SI

P15 Observed or reported collision with vessel Case specific

Speed of vessel, size of vessel, hull shape, 

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

propeller, hull), size of animal compared to 

size of vessel, location of strike on animal’s 

body, extent and location of wound(s) to 

animal

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

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

- Species

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

adult)

- Sex

- Size of animal

- Overall health (e.g., nutritional 

status, body condition, pre-existing 

disease state, pre-existing injuries)

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

- Reproductive status (e.g., pregnant, 

lactating, has dependant pup)

- Natural history (e.g., small home 

range, large home range)

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

head, body, flipper/fin, internal)

- Size of injury

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

repeated, chronic)

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

to the bone, penetrating muscle or 

organs)

- Cleanliness of injury (e.g., 

compression, tearing)

- Environmental condition (e.g., 

individuals out of their normal 

habitat, environmental stressors)

- Social stressors (e.g., social structure 

of species, separation of social 

individuals from the group, 

mother/pup separation)

- Cumulative effects of repeated 

exposures

- Compounding effects of multiple 

injuries obtained during a single 

event

- Availability of data on multiple 

sequential events involving the same 

individual over time

- Susceptibility of the species to 

capture myopathy (some sensitive, 

others robust, some unknown)

- Ability of rehabilitated animal to be 

released

- Relative effect of blood loss on 

different species

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

but are not limited to:

- Entanglement type (e.g., hooked, 

anchored, entrapment)

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

length and number of lines; number 

of buoys, traps or anchors; volume 

of netting; material of gear) 

- Entanglement constriction (e.g., 

tight, loose, multiple wraps)

- Habitat where animal is located 

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

areas of dense gear or an area with 

vegetation or on shore is more likely 

to risk snagging the gear and 

becoming anchored)

- Entanglement duration

- Existence, type and amount of any 

trailing gear

- Method of handling the animal 

during disentanglement

Appendix 1. Pinniped Injury Criteria (NOAA 2012) 20
Summary of Large Cetacean1

Injury Categories and Criteria 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Category Injury/ Information Injury 

Determination Criteria

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

mouth

L2 Constricting wrap SI

Tightly wrapped line anywhere on body that 

indents the skin or does not shift with 

whale's movement, or line that is likely to 

become constricting as the whale grows. 

Indication that a whale that is heavily 

weighted, anchored or has a discolored 

appendage is sufficient evidence of 

constricting gear

L3 Loose wrap, bridled or draped gear NSI4

Loosely wrapped gear that moves or shifts 

freely with whale's movement. Absence of 

constricting gear must be confirmed

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

body (i.e., not ingested)

L5a Deep laceration5 SI

Laceration with the potential to affect major 

artery (e.g., laceration or severing at 

insertion of flipper/fluke), penetrating body 

cavity, or cutting bone

L5b Superficial laceration NSI Laceration not deeper than blubber layer, 

does not affect major artery, or cut bone

L6a Vessel much greater in size than 

whale or vessel ≥65' and >10 knots SI

Struck by vessel much greater in size than 

the whale and traveling greater than 10 

knots, or struck by vessel equal or greater 

than 65' and traveling greater than 10 knots,

and no information on injury to the whale

L6b Vessel smaller in size than whale 

or vessel <65' and >10 knots Prorate6

Struck by vessel smaller in size than the 

whale and traveling greater than 10 knots, or 

struck by vessel less than 65' and traveling 

greater than 10 knots, and no information on 

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

vessel of any size and traveling greater than 

10 knots will be considered a serious injury 

: 0.20

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

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

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

or bodily harm caused by an extrinsic agent. 6

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

provided for that category. 

Appendix 2. Large whale injury criteria (NOAA 2012). 21
L6c Vessel any size ≤10 knots NSI

Struck by vessel of any size traveling at 

equal or less than 10 knots and no 

information on injury to the whale

L7a 

Vessel much greater in size than 

whale or vessel ≥65' and speed 

unknown

Prorate: 0.56

Struck by vessel much greater in size than 

the whale traveling at an unknown speed, or 

struck by vessel equal or greater than 65' 

and traveling at unknown speed, and no 

information on injury to the whale. A strike 

to a calf by a vessel of any size when speed 

is unknown will be considered a serious 

injury

L7b Vessel smaller in size than whale 

or vessel <65' and speed unknown Prorate: 0.14 

Struck by vessel smaller than the whale 

traveling at an unknown speed, or struck by 

vessel less than 65' and traveling at 

unknown speed, and no information on 

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

vessel of any size when speed is unknown 

will be considered a serious injury

L8 Dependent7 SI Dependent calf of a dead or seriously 

injured mother

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

deck

L10 Evidence of entanglement Prorate: 0.75

Confirmed entanglement but insufficient 

information available to place in any of the 

L1-L4 criteria with a high degree of 

certainty

L11 Vessel strike laceration Prorate: 0.52

Whale confirmed with non-entanglement 

related laceration but lacking details to place 

in either criteria L5a or L5b with a high 

degree of certainty. Includes observation of 

blood in water

L12 Vessel strike observed Prorate: 0.36

Confirmed vessel strike report where there 

is insufficient detail to assign event to 

criteriaL6a – L7b with a high degree of 

certainty. A strike to a calf by a vessel of 

unknown size traveling at an unknown 

speed will be considered a serious injury

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

mothers.

Appendix 2. Large whale injury criteria (NOAA 2012). 22
Summary of Small Cetacean1

 Injury Categories and Criteria 

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

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

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

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

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

Category Injury/Information Injury 

Determination2

Additional factors for evaluating 

whether “case specific” injuries are 

serious or non-serious (additional 

factors at end of table) *

S1

A free-swimming animal observed at a 

date later than its human interaction, 

exhibiting signs of declining health 

believed to be resulting from initial injury 

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

SI3

S2 Ingested gear4 or hook(s) SI

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

injury, duration of bleeding

S4

Animal brought on vessel deck following 

entanglement/entrapment (excluding 

scientific research targeting marine 

mammals and authorized as such under a 

NMFS scientific research permit, where 

the animal is brought on and placed on the 

vessel deck in a controlled manner)

SI

S5a 

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

regardless of the presence of gear SI

S5b Hook(s) confirmed in lip only, external 

tissue outside of teeth, no trailing gear Case specific

Prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, size of hook, 

depth of hooking, impairing ability to feed, 

presence of other injuries

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

removed or pulls out Case specific

Prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, depth of hook, 

hook pulls out cleanly vs. causes further 

injury during dehooking, method used to 

remove hook, length of time hooked

S5d

Hook(s) in appendage or body (excluding 

criterion S5a), without trailing gear or with 

trailing gear that does not have the 

potential6

Case specific to: 1) become a constricting 

wrap on animal; 2) be ingested; 3) 

accumulate drag; or 4) become snagged 

on something in the environment, 

anchoring the animal

Prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, depth and 

location of hook, type and amount of gear 

attached

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

2

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

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

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

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

5

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

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

situations listed.

Appendix 3. Small cetacean injury criteria (NOAA 2012). 23
S6 

Gear attached to free-swimming animal 

with potential7

SI

to: 1) become a constricting 

wrap on animal; 2) be ingested; 3) 

accumulate drag; or 4) become snagged on 

something in the environment, anchoring 

the animal 

 

S7a Anchored, immobilized, or entrapped and 

not freed SI

S7b

Anchored, immobilized, entangled, or 

entrapped before being freed without gear 

attached

Case specific

Duration of entanglement/entrapment, 

prolonged restraint or struggle that could 

lead to capture myopathy, gear type, 

where/how gear is attached to animal, 

associated injury (i.e., where directly or 

indirectly caused by initial entanglement), 

response of individual animal, method 

used by human to remove gear from 

animal

S8a

Gear wrapped and constricting on any 

body part or is likely to become 

constricting as the animal moves or grows

SI

S8b Gear wrapped and loose on any body part Case specific

Gear type, amount of gear, potential for 

snag, potential to lead to criterion S8a, 

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

because of species or age), effect on 

animal movement, species sensitivity (e.g., 

frightens easily)

S9 Body trauma8

Case specific not covered by any other 

criteria

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

or to the bone, penetrating muscle or 

organs), length, number of lacerations, 

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

S10

Visible fracture(s), excluding pectoral fins 

(see criterion S13d for pectoral fin 

fractures)

SI

S11 Vertebral transection, including fully 

severed flukes SI 

S12 Body cavity penetration9

SI by foreign object 

or body cavity exposure 

S13a Loss or disfigurement of dorsal fin Case specific

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

nature of injury causing the loss, extent of 

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

duration of blood loss

S13b Partially severed flukes, transecting 

midline SI 

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

listed.

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

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

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

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

crushing, shearing, or avulsion of the tissue. 

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

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

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

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

Appendix 3. Small cetacean injury criteria (NOAA 2012). 24
S13c Partially severed flukes, not transecting 

midline Case specific

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

nature of injury causing the loss, amount 

and duration of blood loss

S13d Partially or completely severed or 

fractured pectoral fin(s) Case specific

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

nature of injury causing the loss, extent of 

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

duration of blood loss, opened or closed 

fracture

S14

Social animal separated from group and/or 

released alone post-interaction (excluding 

criterion S15)

Case specific

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

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

likelihood of animal locating its 

conspecifics) 

S15

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

released alone post-interaction or 

dependent animal left with a seriously 

injured or dead mother

SI 

S16 Observed or reported collision with vessel Case specific

Speed of vessel, size of vessel, hull shape, 

part of vessel to strike the animal, size of 

animal compared to size of vessel, 

behavior of animal after collision, extent 

and location of wound(s) on animal

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

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

- Species

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

adult)

- Sex

- Size of animal

- Overall health (e.g., nutritional 

status, body condition, pre-existing 

disease state, pre-existing injuries)

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

arching, listlessness)

- Reproductive status (e.g., pregnant, 

lactating, has dependant calf)

- Natural history (e.g., indigenous, 

migratory)

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

head, body, fin, tail, internal)

- Size of injury

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

repeated, chronic)

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

to the bone, penetrating muscle or 

organs)

- Cleanliness of injury (e.g., 

compression, tearing) 

- Environmental condition (e.g., 

individuals out of their normal 

habitat, climate stressors)

- Social stressors (e.g., social structure 

of species, separation of social 

individuals from the group, cow/calf 

separation)

- Cumulative effects of repeated 

exposures

- Compounding effects of multiple 

injuries obtained during a single 

event

- Availability of data on multiple 

sequential events involving the same 

individual over time

- Susceptibility of the species to 

capture myopathy (spinner dolphins 

and porpoises notoriously sensitive; 

bottlenose dolphins robust; many

others fall in between, with some 

unknown)

- Ability of rehabilitated animal to be 

released

- Relative effect of blood loss on 

different species

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

limited to:

- Entanglement type (e.g., hooked, anchored, entrapment)

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

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

of netting)

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

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

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

likely to risk snagging the gear and becoming anchored)

- Entanglement duration

- Existence, type and amount of any trailing gear

- Method of handling the animal during disentanglement

Appendix 3. Small cetacean injury criteria (NOAA 2012). 25
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

BLUE WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 9 4

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

OVERHEAD CAMERA FOOTAGE INDICATES THAT GEAR 

ORIGINATES FROM MOUTH OR RIGHT PECTORAL AND RUNS 

ALONG BODY, POSSIBLY TWO LINES, ONE OVER THE FLUKES 

AND ANOTHER UNDER THE FLUKES THEN APPROX 40 FT 

BEHIND WHALE, THEN WRAPS/TWISTS TOGETHER AND 

GOES BACK 400+ FEET; CDFW CONCURS IS CONSISTENT 

WITH DEEP SET TRAP, POSSIBLY HAGFISH, SABLEFISH, OR 

SPOT PRAWN. CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN AND 

CANNOT TELL IF GEAR IS CONSTRICTING OR LOOSELY 

WRAPPED. WHALE REPORTED AS SWIMMING AND DIVING, 

BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SUBMERGE BODY. WHALE APPEARS 

SLIGHTLY THIN, IMPLYING A DECLINE IN HEALTH STATUS 

DUE TO THE TRAILING GEAR. SERIOUS INJURY PRORATION 

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

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

AND A. HENRY. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 1 Y Y

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CALIFORNIA COASTAL 2012 2 22 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DOLPHIN WAS FOUND FLOATING UNDER U.S. NAVY MARINE 

MAMMAL PROGRAM'S DOLPHIN PEN DOCK, OUTSIDE OF 

THEIR DOLPHIN ENCLOSURES. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE 

ANIMAL MAY HAVE BECOME ENTRAPPED, EITHER INITIALLY 

ENTANGLED OR COULD NOT FIND ITS WAY OUT OF NET 

CURTAIN. IDENTIFIED AS COASTAL STOCK ANIMAL VIA 

GENETICS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

CLEAR MULTIFILAMENT ROPE IMPRESSIONS ON THE 

ROSTRUM, MELON, AXILLA AND BODY. ANIMAL IDENTIFIED 

AS COASTAL STOCK VIA GENETICS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA OFFSHORE 2014 1 3

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

SELF-REPORTED BY VESSEL CAPTAIN. NO DETAILS OTHER 

THAN KILLED. ASSUMED TO BE PART OF OFFSHORE 

CA/OR/WA STOCK BASED ON TYPICAL FISHING LOCATIONS 

FOR THIS FISHERY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 2 12

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

LIVE SEA LION CAUGHT IN CODEND AND DUMPED 

OVERBOARD, NO APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 0 N N

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

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

THE NET TRYING TO PULL OUT GILLED FISH. THE SKIPPER 

SHOT A COUPLE OF WARNING ROUNDS NEAR THE SEA 

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

LATER WHILE WATCH WAS BEINGS SORTED AND SWAM 

ALONGSIDE THE BOAT. THIS IS STANDARD--THERE IS OFTEN 

A GROUP OF THEM FOLLOWING THE BOAT, FEEDING ON 

DISCARDS. NSI P9 0 N N

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

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

THE NET TRYING TO PULL OUT GILLED FISH. THE SKIPPER 

SHOT A COUPLE OF WARNING ROUNDS NEAR THE SEA 

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

LATER WHILE WATCH WAS BEINGS SORTED AND SWAM 

ALONGSIDE THE BOAT. THIS IS STANDARD--THERE IS OFTEN 

A GROUP OF THEM FOLLOWING THE BOAT, FEEDING ON 

DISCARDS. NSI P9 0 N N

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

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

THE NET TRYING TO PULL OUT GILLED FISH. THE SKIPPER 

SHOT A COUPLE OF WARNING ROUNDS NEAR THE SEA 

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

LATER WHILE WATCH WAS BEINGS SORTED AND SWAM 

ALONGSIDE THE BOAT. THIS IS STANDARD--THERE IS OFTEN 

A GROUP OF THEM FOLLOWING THE BOAT, FEEDING ON 

DISCARDS. NSI P9 0 N N

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

PLASTIC BAND WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND NECK AND 

CUTTING DEEPLY INTO TISSUE; ANIMAL WENT BACK INTO 

WATER AFTER BEING APPROACHED CLOSELY BY PASSERS-BY SI P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

DISLOCATED LOWER JAW. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHABILITATION. FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN SI P9 1 Y Y

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

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK, CONSTRICTING. 

ANIMAL LETHARGIC, TRANSFERRED TO REHABILITATION. 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

SEA LION WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD ALIVE IN THE NET 

WHILE HAULING BACK. CREW DUMPED THE BAG AND GOT 

OUT OF THE WAY AND THE SEA LION EXITED DOWN THE 

STERN RAMP UNHARMED. NSI P4 0 N N

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

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 3 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

GILLNET EMBEDDED IN NECK, TRANSFERRED TO 

REHABILITATION CENTER. NO NOTES ON FINAL OUTCOME 

IN REHAB. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM (ONE OF TWO 

ANIMALS THAT DIED IN HAUL) DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM (ONE OF TWO 

ANIMALS THAT DIED IN HAUL) DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

LIVE CALIFORNIA SEA LION DUMPED FROM NET. SPRAYED IT 

WITH DECK HOSES IN ORDER TO GET IT TO SAFELY EXIT 

TRAWL ALLEY. SEA LION EXITED BOAT VIA TRAWL ALLEY 

RAMP UNHARMED. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 1

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

DECKHAND FIRED ONE SHOT FROM A RIFLE NEAR THE SEA 

LION TO DETER IT FROM PREYING ON HOOKED FISH. NSI P9 0 N N

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

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN NOSTRIL. ANIMAL 

TAKEN INTO REHABILITATION FACILITY SI P5B 1 N Y

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

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

ANIMAL BECAME TRAPPED AND WAS HAULED ON BOARD. 

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

RELEASED. NSI P4 0 N N

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

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

CAUGHT IN NET, UPON RELEASE OF BAG, WENT STRAIGHT 

OVER STARBOARD RAIL. NSI P4 0 N N

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

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

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

GILLNET, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

THIN ANIMAL. FISH HOOKS EMBEDDED UNDER LEFT EYE, 

RIGHT LIP, LEFT AND RIGHT FLIPPERS; GUMBALL ABSCESS 

LOWER LEFT MUZZLE SI P5B 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 20

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 4 21

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ENTANGLED IN GREEN GILL NET AROUND NECK; SEVERAL 

LACERATIONS THROUGH BLUBBER INTO MUSCLE LAYER. 

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

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

ANIMAL BOARDED VESSEL. EARS, WHISKERS, DOG SNOUT, 

LARGE. ANIMAL EXITED VESSEL UNHARMED. NSI P4 0 N N

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 10

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 13

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM (ONE OF TWO 

ANIMALS THAT DIED IN HAUL) DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 13

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM (ONE OF TWO 

ANIMALS THAT DIED IN HAUL) DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

RADIOGRAPHS DURING POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION 

SHOWED ~30 PELLETS OF DIFFERENT SIZES IN THE HEAD. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

THIN ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER, LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER, AND RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER, ANIMAL 

TRANSFERRED TO REHABILITATION, FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN SI P1 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 18 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION. 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ENTANGLED WITH FISHING NET ON FACE AND NECK, 

POSSIBLE CUT UNDER CHIN, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. 

RELEASED AT PT REYES NAT. SEASHORE ON 6/13/11. FOUND 

DEAD AT RODEO BEACH ON 7/6/11. DEAD P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 5 31 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 0 N N

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

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

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 0 N N

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

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

ORANGE/SILVER FLASHER WITH 1.5 FEET OF LINE ATTACHED 

TO MOUTH SI P2 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 0 N N

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

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 0 N N

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

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

LETHARGIC, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, MILDLY 

CONGESTED, ABRASION ON CHIN, UNRESPONSIVE TO CARS, 

BAD LOCATION - TRAFFIC HAZARD. RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED 

BUCKSHOT FRAGMENTS IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER AND RIGHT 

REAR FLIPPER. SI P9 1 N Y

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

SEA LION HAULED OUT WITH WHITE PLASTIC BAND OR 

FISHING LINE CUTTING INTO NECK. CUT WAS TOO DEEP TO 

DISCERN MATERIAL TYPE SI P8A 1 N Y

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

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

MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL, DARK GREEN NYLON NET 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK AND HEAD, ENTANGLEMENT WAS 

LOOSE AND NOT CUTTING INTO THE SKIN OF THE ANIMAL. 

ALERT, ACTIVE, OPTED TO DISENTANGLE AND RELEASE AT 

SITE. ANIMAL INSTANTLY RETURNED TO OCEAN. NSI P7B 0 N N

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

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUND 

INJURIES DEAD P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 27

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO 

REHABILITATION. FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

THIN ANIMAL WITH OLD GILLNET SCAR AROUND NECK; 

LACERATION ALONG JAWLINE BELOW LEFT EYE; PUNCTURE 

WOUNDS ON LEFT CHIN. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB, 

FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 6 28

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

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

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

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK. ANIMAL SENT TO 

REHAB, FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM 

AND RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

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

PINK MONOFILAMENT ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, 

SKIN BROKEN, 1 IN DEEP; MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL 

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

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

CAN OF SPRAY AEROSOL FOUND IN THROAT OF SEA LION, 

BASED ON DEPTH IN THROAT AND CONDITION OF CAN 

SUSPECT HUMAN INTERACTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

DEEP DORSALLY; ACTIVE ONLY TO TOUCH; THIN ANIMAL. 

TAKEN TO REHAB FACILITY, FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 7 20

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

ANIMAL RELEASED ALIVE FROM GILLNET, NO TRAILING 

GEAR NSI P7B 0 Y N

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

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED FROM 'NETTING', TAKEN TO REHAB 

CENTER NSI P7B 0 N N

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

LARGE SILVER SALMON FLASHER STUCK TO MOUTH; 

ANIMAL APPEARS SOMEWHAT THIN, FLOATING GENERALLY 

MOTIONLESS AT SURFACE SI P2 1 N Y

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

NECROPSY RESULTS FOUND MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS; 

REMOVED 2 BULLETS AND 1 PELLET. DEAD P12 1 N Y

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM 

AND RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

ENTANGLED IN PINK MONOFILAMENT GILL NET AROUND 

NECK AND BODY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

ON BEACH OVERNIGHT, GOOD BODY CONDITION, 

LETHARGIC. SMALL OOZING WOUND ON BACK. DIED IN 

REHAB. NECROPSY FINDINGS: TRAUMA. GUNSHOT. 

PNEUMONIA DEAD P12 1 N Y

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

APPEARS TO HAVE SEVERAL WRAPS OF LIGHT COLORED 

MATERIAL AROUND NECK, CUTTING INTO FLESH, DEBRIS 

ENTANGLEMENT; REPORTED AS "TUNA CABLE", REPORTED 

AGAIN ON 8/20, SWIMMING UNDER DOCK SI P8A 1 N Y

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

TEMPERATURE 99.0 F; FISH HOOK IN LEFT CHEEK; MULTIPLE 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS CONSISTENT WITH GUNSHOT; FIRM 

NODULE LEFT LATERAL/VENTRAL NECK. NO DETAILS GIVEN 

AS TO FINAL OUTCOME. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 8 22

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT 

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

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

GUNSHOT RIGHT SHOULDER; RESPIRATION LABORED AND 

INCREASED; ABDOMEN DISTENDED; NOT USING REAR 

FLIPPERS. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

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

LETHARGIC, PUNCTURE NEAR SPINE, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. GUNSHOT ON DORSAL SIDE OF ANIMAL, 

BULLET FRAGMENTS WERE COLLECTED. ANIMAL WAS 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

ONE INDIVIDUAL ENTANGLED IN GEAR AND RELEASED 

ALIVE. NSI P7B 0 N N

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

INFECTED WOUND CAUSED BY IMBEDDED BAND AROUND 

LOWER PORTION ON NECK, LARGE FLAP OF FLESH HANGING 

FREE UNDER THE NECK (~1 FOOT LONG), IT APPEARS TO BE 

HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME LIFTING IT'S HEAD AND WALKING 

BUT IS VERY ACTIVE; WAS GONE NEXT DAY SI P8A 1 N Y

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

A MALE CALIFORNIA SEA LION WAS ACCIDENTALLY 

CAPTURED AND DROWNED IN A SURFACE TRAWL FOR 

JUVENILE SALMON AS PART OF JUVENILE SALMON OCEAN 

SURVEY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND NECK, 

BLEEDING, EMACIATED SI

P1 AND 

P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 9 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

CREW USED SEAL BOMBS TO DETER 8 SEA LIONS FROM 

DEPREDATING CATCH. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEA LION WAS ENTANGLED AT THE SURFACE OF A 

RESEARCH NET, TAKING CHINOOK SALMON FROM THE NET. 

AFTER BEING RELEASED, THE SEA LION WAS OBSERVED 

SWIMMING AROUND THE BOAT AND APPEARED 

UNHARMED NSI P7B 0 N N

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

A SEA LION BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE NET DURING A 

STURGEON TAGGING PROJECT. SEA LION WAS RELEASED 

FROM THE NET WHEN BROUGHT TO THE STERN OF THE 

BOAT WITHOUT HAVING TO CUT THE NET, THE NET WAS 

ONLY WRAPPED ONCE AROUND THE SEA LION. THE SEA 

LION IMMEDIATELY SWAM AWAY AND APPEARED TO BE IN 

GOOD CONDITION. THE SEA LION WAS OBSERVED TAKING 

CHINOOK SALMON FROM THE NET. NSI P7B 0 N N

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

SEA LION BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE NET AND WAS 

DISENTANGLED AFTER 5 MINUTES. HE WAS REMOVED 

FAIRLY EASILY WITHOUT HAVING TO CUT THE NET. THE SEA 

LION APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND 

IMMEDIATELY SWAM AWAY AFTER BEING RELEASED. THE 

SEA LION WAS OBSERVED TAKING CHINOOK SALMON FROM 

THE NET. NSI P7B 0 N N

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

BOTH EYES MISSING, THIN. METAL FRAGMENTS IN EYE 

SOCKET SUGGEST GUNSHOT TRAUMA. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

LETHARGIC, WEAK, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. 

RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED BULLET FRAGMENT IN DORSAL 

ASPECT OF LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, REMOVED DURING POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

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

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, SUSPECTED FORMER 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK; EUTHANIZED IN REHAB, 

LEPTOSPIROSIS, CHRONIC DOMOIC ACID DEAD P8A 1 N Y

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

VERY THIN; WARM TO TOUCH; NOT MOVING FROM HIP 

REGION DOWN; BLEEDING FROM LEFT EAR; RIGHT EAR RED; 

MINOR ABRASIONS ON REAR FLIPPERS. NECROPSIED. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

HIT BY A CAR AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAD TRAUMA, JAW 

INJURY, BLEEDING FROM MOUTH AND GURGLING. 

EUTHANIZED. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL ROPE-LIKE MARKS ON 

FOREFLIPPER AND VENTRAL ABDOMEN. ANIMAL WAS 

EMACIATED; MUSCLE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

APPEARS TO BE BLIND IN RIGHT EYE; 4 SHOTS BETWEEN 

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

ON UNDERSIDE OF RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER TIP; RAW EDGE 

ON RIGHT REAR FLIPPER DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

BULLET BEHIND LEFT EYE, UNALIGNED JAW, AND GOOD 

BODY CONDITION DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM 

AND RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 4 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

LETHARGIC, GOOD BODY CONDITION, MULTIPLE SMALL 

ROUND WOUNDS ON FACE. RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED 

GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD, PELLET REMOVED FROM RIGHT 

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

FOR COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT. RADIOGRAPHS & MRI 

SHOWED GAS BUBBLES IN CEREBELLUM & CEREBRUM. SI P9 1 N Y

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

EMACIATED; SEVERE CUT UNDER JAW FROM GILL NET; LEFT 

EYE INJURED; BREATHING THROUGH LACERATION SI P1 1 Y Y

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

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

ARRIVED DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ACTIVE SUB-ADULT WITH FISHING NET DEEPLY CUTTING 

INTO NECK SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM 

AND RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 23

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 23

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 23

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

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

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

SEIZURES, GOOD BODY WEIGHT, GUNSHOT TO SPINE, 

EUTHANIZED. NECROPSY PERFORMED. DEAD P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 8

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

LOOSE FISHING LINE ENTANGLEMENT AROUND THE NECK 

NOT CUTTING INTO SKIN, LETHARGIC, COUGHING, MILDLY 

UNDERWEIGHT SI P1 1 N Y

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

FEMALE WAS ENTANGLED IN NET WHEN IT CAME ABOARD. 

ONCE SHE WAS FREE SHE JUMPED RIGHT BACK INTO THE 

OCEAN ON STARBOARD SIDE. NSI P4 0 N N

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 11 17 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA SI

ANIMAL THIN BUT ALERT WHEN FIRST OBSERVED ABSCESS 

ON DORSAL HINDQUARTERS (NEAR BULLET HOLE); EDEMA 

IN ABDOMINAL WALL; SCROTUM AND VENTRAL HIND LIMB 

AREA SWOLLEN; TUMORS BETWEEN KIDNEYS; LEFT KIDNEY 

HIGHLY COMPROMISED; PANCREAS-ASSOC. TUMORS ALSO 

PRESENT; LUNGS ABNORMAL DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM 

AND RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

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

OLD ENTANGLEMENT SCAR AROUND NECK. PINK SCAR ON 

FLIPPER. ANIMAL LEFT ON BEACH, FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 17

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

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

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2011 12 30

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

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

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK. TRANSFERRED TO 

REHAB FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. ROTOTAG 

NUMBER 17883 NSI P7B 0 Y N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

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

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

SHOTGUN PELLET FOUND AT RIGHT VENTRAL MANDIBLE, 

METAL SHARD FOUND AT LEFT LOWER EYELID; THREE LARGE 

TUMORS LOCATED BETWEEN KIDNEYS, DIED ON 1/11/2012. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

GUNSHOT TRACKING THROUGH RIGHT SIDE ORF HEAD, 

HYOID, BROKEN BONE, PERFORATED ESOPHAGUS, AND 

SHARDS OF BULLET FOUND BEHIND RIGHT EAR. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 12

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 13

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

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

OF THE HEAD AND INTO THE SKULL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

EUTHANIZED IN REHABILITATION FACILITY. NECROPSY 

PERFORMED DEAD P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 18

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 18

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 19

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 19

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 1 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

TRACKING WOUND ENTERING INTO THORACIC CAVITY AND 

INTO LUNGS, FOUND BULLET IN LEFT LOBE OF LUNGS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

THIN; FISHING LINE AND HOOKS IN MOUTH; FISHING LINE 

UNDER RIGHT REAR FLIPPER; MUCOUS MEMBRANES WHITE. 

TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. TAGGED 

WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG 26132. NSI P5A 0 N N

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

RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED TWO BULLETS IN SKULL, BOTH 

FOUND UPON INTERNAL EXAMINATION OF SKULLL. TWO 

TRACKING GUNSHOT WOUNDS FROM DORSAL SIDE OF 

HEAD AND NECK. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

REPEATEDLY CLIMBED ABOARD VESSEL. SMALL JUVENILE 

SEA LION. CREW THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SICK SO THEY 

BROUGHT IT BACK TO HARBOR. ANIMAL WAS TRANSFERRED 

TO REHAB FACILITY. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 2

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

SMALL BULLET HOLE AT RIGHT ANTERIOR FLIPPER; HEAD 

GONE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION. ANIMAL ENTERED 

THROUGH INTAKE TUNNEL DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION. ANIMAL ENTERED 

THROUGH INTAKE TUNNEL DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 10

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 10

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

XRAY SHOWED ONE 22-CALIBER BULLET FROM RIFLE. 

REMOVED FROM LEFT FRONT SHOULDER BLADE.; THIN, 

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

WOUND. GUNSHOT WOUND FOUND IN XRAY. TAGGED 

WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #20373 PRIOR TO RELEASE FROM 

REHAB FACILITY NSI P9 0 N N

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

THIN; FISH HOOKS - ONE LEFT SHOULDER, TWO IN MOUTH; 

WOUND LOWER ABDOMEN; WOUND CENTER OF 

SHOULDERS; MUCOUS MEMBRANES PALE AND WHITE. 

TAGGED AND RELEASED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #26148 

FOLLOWING TREATMENT AT REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5A 0 N N

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

LINEAR CREASE MARKS OVER VENTRAL PELVIC REGION, 

GASH IN RIGHT AXILLARY, SUGGESTIVE OF FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHABILITATION FACILITY. XRAY 

SHOWED FIVE BUCKSHOTS FROM SHOTGUN. BULLETS 

GRAZED EYE AND FOUND INSIDE HEAD CAVITY. ONE 

REMOVED DURING NECROPSY.; GOOD WEIGHT. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

TEMPERATURE 102.1 F; FIRM NODULES ON CAUDAL 

ABDOMEN; SKIN LESIONS; BUMPS AND HOLE CONSISTENT 

WITH PELLET/GUNSHOT; BLIND RIGHT EYE; CONGESTED. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY, TAGGED 

WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #26149 NSI P9 0 N N

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

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EXAM OF SKULL, ONE BULLET 

FOUND, ENTERING LEFT ABOVE AND SLIGHTLY ANTERIOR TO 

LEFT EAR PINNAE. BULLET TRACKS THROUGH SKULL AND 

BRAIN CAVITY DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 2 29 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB FACILITY AND DIED. THIN; DEEP 

WOUND CIRCUMFERENTIAL WITH BLEEDING CAUSED BY 

FISHING LINE; RUSTY FISH HOOK IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 

COUGHING; SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; CAUSE OF 

DEATH HUMAN INTERACTION, FISHING LINE 

ENTANGLEMENT, HOOK. DEAD P8A 1 N Y

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

EXTERNAL AND LIMITED INTERNAL EXAM FOUND BULLET 

FRAGMENT LODGE IN LOWER JAW, ENTRY WOUND JUST IN 

FRONT OF RIGHT EAR. STOMACH HAD PARTIALLY DIGESTED 

FISH. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

TRACKING WOUND BEHIND THE EAR FOUND BULLET JUST 

OUTSIDE THE RIGHT SIDE BACK OF SKULL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 8

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

FISHING CABLE AND HOOK IN MOUTH. REMOVED BY TEAM 

AND RELEASED AT SITE. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

YELLOW PACKING STRAP EMBEDDED IN NECK, GOOD BODY 

CONDITION, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. FIRST OBSERVED ENTANGLED IN JULY 2011. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 3 12

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

GILLNET FRAGMENT AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ORANGE 

ROTOTAG #26259. NSI P7B 0 Y N

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

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

REAR FLIPPER CUTS DORSALLY AND VENTRALLY; MUCOUS 

MEMBRANES PALE. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

GILLNET FRAGMENT AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO 

REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG # 

17890 NSI P7B 0 Y N

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

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM, 

RELEASED ALIVE TO BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEA LION CAUGHT IN CODEND. CREW PULLED ZIPPER AND 

ANIMAL JUMPED OUT ON DECK AND THEN CLIMBED OVER 

PORT RAIL BACK INTO WATER. NSI P4 0 N N

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

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM, 

RELEASED ALIVE TO BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N

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

ANIMAL PREVIOUSLY TAGGED (ORANGE ROTOTAG 27261 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER), RESTRANDED AND WAS BEING FED BY 

PUBLIC. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY 

FACILITY. CAPTIVITY P9 1 N Y

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

THIN, DEHYDRATED. FIVE FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM 

STOMACH AREA. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED 

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

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

PACKING STRAP AND FISH LINE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WOUND 

AROUND NECK - 3 CM DEEPLY EMBEDDED. ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. TAGGED WITH 

ORANGE ROTOTAG #26279. NSI P8A 0 N N

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

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND HEAD NEAR EARS. NO DETAILS 

ON TYPE OF MATERIAL. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P8A 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 3 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 3 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

CAUGHT IN CODEND - PROBABLY CAUGHT DURING 

HAULBACK; VERY LIVELY - GOT ITSELF FREE OF THE NET VERY 

QUICKLY, AND EXITED STERN NSI P4 0 N N

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 9 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 12 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

THIN, DEHYDRATED. SWOLLEN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. RIFLE 

BULLET IN RIGHT HIP JOINT. FOUND DURING XRAY. 

EXTRACTED BULLET. FISH HOOK IN CHEST. ANIMAL 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 14 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

RELEASED TO BEACH WITHOUT INJURIES. PHOTOS TAKEN. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 19 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

PREGNANT; PRESUMPTIVE DOMOIC ACID TOXICOSIS. 

EXTREMELY LETHARGIC. ON MAY 4, 2012 XRAY SHOWED 

PELLETS FROM SHOTGUN IN CHEST AREA. TREATED IN 

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 25 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 30 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 30 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 4 30 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

BULLET LODGED IN LEFT PARIETAL; SKULL COMPLETELY 

EXPOSED; MANDIBLES GONE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL ENTERED SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION 

THROUGH INTAKE TUNNEL DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

XRAY SHOWED THAT ANIMAL SWALLOWED LARGE FISHING 

HOOK. THIN, DEHYDRATED. XRAY SHOWED INTERNAL 

DAMAGE. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD P2 1 N Y

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

FISHING LURE HOOKED IN MOUTH, FINAL DISPOSITION 

UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y

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

MARINE DEBRIS; PACKING BAND, HAS TIGHT LIGATURE 

AROUND NECK FROM APPARENT PLASTIC PACKING BAND; 

ANIMAL IS QUITE ROBUST, APPEARS TO BE CHRONIC 

INJURY. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

FISHING LINE EMBEDDED AROUND NECK. THIN, 

DEHYDRATED. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB AND DIED. 

EMBEDDED FISHING LINE WITH BACTERIAL MYOSITIS. DEAD P8A 1 N Y

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

FISH HOOK IN RIGHT FLIPPER WITH ASSOCIATED ABSCESS, 

ANIMAL DEHYDRATED. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG 

LEFT FRONT FLIPPER # 22313. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

RELEASED TO BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N

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

CAUGHT IN NET ON HAULBACK - NOT HARMED, EXITED 

STERN NSI P4 0 N N

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

CAUGHT DURING HAULBACK - WAS VERY CONFUSED BUT 

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

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

MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS FOUND IN XRAY. 2 INTERNAL AND 1 

ON SIDE. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 16 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 16 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

WAS BROUGHT ABOARD VESSEL IN CODEND, RELEASED ON 

DECK, AND QUICKLY ESCAPED OVERBOARD. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 21 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 5 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

SALMON LURE HOOKED IN MOUTH, ANIMAL BARELY 

BREATHING. ANIMAL DIED DURING TRANSPORT TO REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

BULLET HOLE AND TRACKING WOUND ADJACENT TO RIGHT 

EYE, BLOOD COMING OUT OF WOUND. DID NOT PERFORM 

COMPLETE NECROPSY. ANIMAL VERY HEALTHY BODY 

CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

MARINE DEBRIS, LINE OR ROPE AROUND NECK/BODY; 

CUTTING IN A BIT, SOME SCARRING; LOOKS LIKE NATURAL 

FIBER, BRAIDED ROPE. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; CLEARLY SHOT 

IN NECK THREE TIMES, WITH ONE BULLET TRACK GOING 

THROUGH PERICARDIUM; EYES BLOOD-FILLED; 

HEMORRHAGE ON HEAD, BODY, AND SOME ORGANS; 

BLOODY FLUID IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; OBVIOUS 

BULLET HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE THROUGH 

BODY AND VARIOUS ORGANS; SUBSTANTIAL BLOOD IN 

THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; SOME INTESTINES IN 

THORACIC CAVITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 4 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA NSI

SHALLOW CIRCUMFERENTIAL PACKING STRAP INJURY 

AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #26257. NSI P8A 0 N N

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

MARINE DEBRIS, WIRE OR OTHER MATERIAL WRAPPED 

TIGHTLY AROUND NECK. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET AROUND NECK, ANIMAL TAKEN 

INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED WITH ROTOTAG 

#17918. NSI P8A 0 Y N

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; CLEAR BULLET 

HOLES AND TRACKS WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING IN 

NECK AND BODY; SOME FISH BONES AND A SUBSTANTIAL 

AMOUNT OF BLOOD ENCOUNTERED IN ESOPHAGUS 

DURING HEAD REMOVAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

CA SEA LION HOOKED IN THE LIP DURING SHARK LONGLINE 

SURVEY AND BROUGHT TO THE VESSEL. BECAUSE IT WAS 

VERY ACTIVE, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CREW AND 

SCIENTISTS, THE ANIMAL WAS NOT RAISED OUT OF THE 

WATER ON THE SHARK CRADLE TO REMOVE THE HOOK. 

RATHER A LONG HANDLED CUTTER WAS USED TO CUT THE 

LEADER AS CLOSE TO THE ANIMAL AS POSSIBLE, WITHIN 

LESS THAN ONE FOOT FROM THE HOOK. THE SEA LION 

SWAM AWAY VIGOROUSLY. THE HOOKS USED ARE NOT 

STAINLESS AND THE EYE WILL LIKELY RUST OUT WITHIN 

DAYS DROPPING THE LEADER IF THE HOOK DOES NOT FALL 

OUT FIRST. NSI P5B 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

ENTANGLEMENT CUT INTO NECK OF EMACIATED ANIMAL. 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 6 30

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

SIGNS OF HUMAN INTERACTION: SKULL CUT OFF OF 

CARCASS. ANIMAL APPEARED IN EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION (BASED ON EXTERNAL EXAM - VERY FAT, LOTS 

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

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

EMACIATED ANIMAL; FIRM OBSTRUCTION AROUND 

LARYNX; RAPID RESPIRATION; PULMONARY PARASITISM; 

FISH HOOK IN STOMACH; PELLET IN NECK; AZOTEMIA, 

CLINICAL FINDING (POSSIBLE LEPTOSPIROSIS); CAUSE OF 

DEATH = ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE WITH ABSCESS. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB. DEAD P2 1 N Y

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

MARINE DEBRIS, LARGE BAND OF PLASTIC AROUND NECK. 

NO FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

FISH HOOKS IN FRONT FLIPPER, UNDERWEIGHT, 

DEHYDRATED, CAUSE OF DEATH= STARVATION; SEVERE 

PARASITIC INFESTATION. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB CENTER. DEAD P5C 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 7 17

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

PHOTOGRAPHED AND ASSESSED BY VOLUNTEER: MULTIPLE 

SMALL HOLES (10 AT LEAST) TO THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF 

BODY. LOOKED HEALTHY WITH A GOOD FAT LAYER. 

APPEARS TO HAVE MULTIPLE PUNCTURE WOUNDS WITH 

EMBEDDED SHOTGUN FRAGMENTS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

CHRONIC CIRCUMFERENTIAL GILL NET INJURY WITH 

MYOSITIS AND SCAR FORMATION. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD P8A 1 Y Y

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

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET, INTERNAL BLEEDING. ANIMAL 

DIED IN REHAB. DEAD P8A 1 Y Y

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

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

AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB, ORANGE ROTOTAG #26272. NSI P8A 0 Y N

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

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

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

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND FACE AND NECK, PINK GUMS. 1.5 

INCHES CUT ON BACK OF NECK, MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT. 

ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P8A 0 N N

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

HOOKS IN MOUTH AND FLIPPERS. ANIMAL TREATED AND 

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

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

HEALING PROPELLER WOUND ON DORSAL MID-BACK. 

ROBUST ANIMAL VERY ACTIVE AND ALERT IN SURF, 

DEPARTED BEACH SAME DAY. NSI P15 0 N N

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

GILL NET ENTANGLEMENT VENTRALLY 1 CM DEEP AND 2 CM 

WIDE AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB, TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG #26278. NSI P8A 0 Y N

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

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS: PULMONARY PARASITISM; 

GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITISM; CHRONIC FISHING LINE 

ENTANGLEMENT WITH LACERATION. ANIMAL DIED DURING 

TRANSPORT. DEAD P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 8 27

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

LIVE ANIMAL PULLED UP WITH CATCH IN THE NET. ANIMAL 

DEPARTED VESSEL ON ITS OWN, NO TRAILING GEAR. NSI P4 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 8 30 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION, NO CAPTIVE 

FACILITY AVAILABLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

EMACIATED, RIGHT EYE INJURY, BAD LOCATION - TRAFFIC 

HAZARD. WE RECOVERED A VERY SMALL FRAGMENT OF 

SHOT WHEN WE EXTRACTED THE CANINE ROOTS AT 

SURGERY; SEE DISPOSITION & COLLECTED REPORTS. 

RELEASED FROM REHABILITATION FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLE 

ON LEFT ABDOMINAL LATERAL SIDE AND A LARGER HOLE IN 

LEFT VENTRAL THORAX, WITH HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT 

MUCH OF ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

TEMPERATURE 103 F; INCREASED RESPIRATION; MUCOUS 

MEMBRANES PALE; SINGLE KNOTTED FISH LINE (COULD BE 

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

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P8A 0 Y N

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

ANIMAL HAD GOOD BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLES IN 

BODY AND ONE THROUGH LIVER WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; NECK SWOLLEN AND HEMORRHAGED; 

VENTRAL MANDIBLE AND AROUND TRACHEA 

BRUISED/HEMORRHAGED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

LETHARGIC, EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY, BULLETS 

REMOVED FROM BACK AND NECK ON POST-MORTEM. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

SEVERAL GASH MARKS/INDENTATIONS ON BODY AND 

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

LEFT DIAPHRAGM; MUCH PUS-LIKE BLOOD IN THORACIC 

CAVITY; FOAM AND MUCUS/INFECTION IN LEFT LUNG; 

STOMACH DETACHED FROM SMALL INTESTINES DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

RESTRAND; ORANGE ROTOTAG RFF #19981; OLD GILL NET 

SCAR AROUND NECK; NOTCH ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 

HIGH WHITE CELL COUNT. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB WITH NEW TAG #26283 (OLD TAG BARELY 

READABLE). SI P1 1 Y Y

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

SHOT PELLETS WOUNDS IN HEAD AND NECK IN ADDITION 

TO PENETRATING WOUND TO ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND 

INTESTINES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF ASSOCIATED 

ABDOMINAL CAVITY FLUID. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

TREBLE HOOK ON LEFT FOREFLIPPER. TAKEN TO REHAB, 

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

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

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

THIN, LETHARGIC. IN SAME AREA FOR THREE DAYS. 

BUCKSHOT GUNSHOT WOUND FOUND DURING NECROPSY. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHABILITATION FACILITY. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

BULLET HOLES, TRACKS, AND ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN 

NECK AND BODY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 9 24

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD

ANIMAL FOUND WITH ROPE TIED AROUND BODY BELOW 

PECTORAL FLIPPERS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS RESULTING IN PARALYSIS. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

7CM ORANGE ACOUSTIC TAG WRAPPED IN GAUZE BY A 

RUBBER BAND AND A 2 CM WIRE WAS RECOVERED FROM 

ITS STOMACH. THE ACOUSTIC TAG WAS FROM THE 

STOMACH OF A CHINOOK SALMON TAGGED AT THE 

BALLARD LOCKS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

CAUGHT IN NET AND DUMPED OUT ALONG WITH CATCH ON 

DECK. IT THEN WENT INTO THE STARBOARD LIVE TANK FOR 

ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND GOT OUT AND ESCAPED DOWN 

THE STERN RAMP UNHARMED. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 4

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

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

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

EMBEDDED ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, MILDLY 

UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. NSI P8A 0 N N

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

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

ADULT MALE WITH LARGE WOUND ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. 

MISSING RIGHT EYE. OTHERWISE GOOD BODY CONDITION. 

XRAY SHOWED BUCKSHOT ON SIDE OF FACE AND CHEST. 

ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG 

#20446. DESIGNATED SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE MISSING 

EYE MAY INTERFERE WITH ABILITY TO FORAGE. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 10

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 13

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

GILL NET EMBEDDED AROUND NECK, REMOVED ON 

PLATFORM AND RELEASED. NSI P8A 0 Y N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 10 19

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

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

INJURY; GUNSHOT; UROABDOMEN, RUPTURED BLADDER, 

CYSTITIS; PARAPHIMOSIS. DEAD P9 1 Y Y

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

SEA LION CAUGHT IN CODEND, NET DUMPED ON DECK 

WITH FISH. SEA LION ESCAPED OVER VESSEL SIDE WITH NO 

APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 3

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 11 4

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

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

ABSCESS ON BACK, EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY, TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #22388. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

TEMPERATURE 100.8 F; ABRASIONS RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER; 

BILATERAL ABRASIONS AROUND EYES AND NOSE; ABDOMEN 

DISTENDED; PLASTIC TIE AROUND NECK MILD SKIN 

INDENTATION. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB 

FACILITY, TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #26306. NSI P8A 0 N N

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

CIRCULAR WOUND ON LEFT THORAX, CONSISTENT WITH 

OTHER KNOWN BULLET ENTRY WOUNDS. ANIMAL 

HYPOTHERMIC, OPEN-MOUTH BREATHING. EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

TWO SMALL PUNCTURE WOUNDS AT LOWER LEFT 

ABDOMEN - APPEAR TO BE BULLET WOUNDS DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2012 12 11

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

ANIMAL WASHED BACK OUT TO SEA PRIOR TO NECROPSY; 

WASHED ASHORE AGAIN AT 1ST AVENUE IN SEASIDE, OR ON 

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

W/ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE; INTESTINES VERY TWISTED; 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

ANIMAL HAD GOOD TO EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; 

SUBSTANTIAL PROPELLER CUT MARKS ALONG LEFT LATERAL 

SIDE OF BODY WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING, 

BEGINNING AT LEFT SCAPULA; A LOT OF BLOOD IN 

THORACIC CAVITY AND PERICARDIUM DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

PLASTIC BAG AROUND NECK, WAS OFF WHEN WE ARRIVED 

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

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

CLEARLY SHOT ANTERIORLY AND EXITED AT PELVIC AREA 

SHATTERING LEFT PELVIC BONE; INTESTINES TWISTED; LEFT 

KIDNEY LARGE A LITTLE SWOLLEN AND HAD CLEAR 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS; VARIOUS TISSUES/ORGANS 

HEMORRHAGED; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL 

CAVITIES. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

MALNUTRITION, HYPOGLYCEMIC UPON ADMISSION. FISH 

HOOKS IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER, RIGHT REAR FLIPPER,RIGHT 

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

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

SEA LION BECAME ENTANGLED IN CODEND AND NET WAS 

EMPTIED ON DECK. SEA LION WAS COAXED OFF OF VESSEL 

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

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; CLEAR 

SHOTGUN PELLET HOLE IN MOUTH/CHEEK; 8 BROKEN RIBS 

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

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

PACKING STRAP (NO DETAILS GIVEN BUT THIS TYPE OF 

INJURY IS USUALLY CONSTRICTING). SI P8A 1 N Y

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

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

SEA LION FEEDING ON CATCH HAULED ON BOARD WITH 

NET. ANIMAL JUMPED OVERBOARD AFTER NET WAS 

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

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

SEA LION FEEDING ON CATCH HAULED ON BOARD WITH 

NET. ANIMAL EXITED VIA TRAWL RAMP AFTER NET WAS 

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

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

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, HYPERTHERMIC, SEIZURING, 

FISH HOOK LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, SMALL WOUND ON CHIN 

AND NOSE NSI P5D 0 N N

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

THREE BULLETS RECOVERED FROM HEADLESS, 

DECOMPOSED ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

SEVERE WOUND AROUND NECK FROM GILL NET, 

OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION. CONSTRICTING INJURY 

WITHOUT INTERVENTION. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 2 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

RECEIVED CALL FROM CIMWI VOLUNTEER WHO WORKS FOR 

CALTRANS. FOUND CSL APPARENTLY HIT BY VEHICLE ON 

PCH. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

FISHERMAN ACCIDENTALLY HOOKED PUP ON FISHING LINE, 

FISHING HOOK AND LINE IN MOUTH. ANIMAL TAKEN TO 

VETERINARIAN FOR TREATMENT. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY UNKNOWN CA NSI

MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION FISHING LINE LOOSE 

AROUND NECK. NOT CLEAR IF ANIMAL CONDITION IS 

RELATED TO FISHING LINE. NSI P8B 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

FIVE PROPELLER CUTS ALONG LEFT VENTRAL PELVIS 

(STARTING TO HEAL); THORACIC CAVITY FILLED WITH ROSY 

REDDISH PINK RUNNY FLUID; ANIMAL APPEARED THIN 

EXTERNALLY BUT HAD A GOOD BLUBBER LAYER. DEAD P15 1 N Y

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

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

TWO VENTRAL INJURIES THAT DON'T APPEAR TO BE FROM 

SCAVENGING. ONE IS A SMALL HOLE THAT LOOKS LIKE A 

GUNSHOT. SECOND IS A LARGE OPENING NEAR THE RIGHT 

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

NATURAL CAUSES). DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

FISHING LINE IN LEFT EYE BUT CAME OUT IN THE NETTING 

AS HE WAS COLLECTED. EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED PUP. NO 

DETAILS GIVEN ON FINAL OUTCOME. SI P7B 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 13

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

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

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

GILL NET EMBEDDED AROUND NECK AND MOUTH. THIN 

BODY CONDITION. SI P1, P8A 1 Y Y

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

PLASTIC BAG AROUND ANIMALS NECK, SMALL WOUNDS ON 

FLIPPERS. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

SOMETHING TIGHTLY WRAPPED AROUND NECK, PLASTIC 

PACKING BAND? SI P8A 1 N Y

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

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET/SHOTGUN PELLET 

HOLES THROUGH SKULL WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

SEA LION ON BACK OF BOAT AT CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR 

MARINA WITH FISHHOOK. FISHHOOK REMOVED AND CSL 

RELOCATED ON 3/20/2013 TO HOBIE BEACH. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION AND BLUBBER 

LAYER; ANIMAL SHOT IN DORSAL BACK WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; LEFT KIDNEY TREMENDOUSLY 

HEMORRHAGED MEDIALLY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

MALNUTRITION; FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND TAG, NO 

SIGN OF BODY ENTANGLEMENT. NSI P8B 0 N N

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

MALNUTRITION; SWOLLEN JAW; FISH HOOKS DEEPLY 

EMBEDDED IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER AND LEFT SIDE OF 

MOUTH. SI P5A 1 N Y

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

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

SEVERAL 0.5 CM-DIAMETER HOLES IN NECK AND BODY WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE 

THROUGHOUT ANIMAL; MUZZLE APPEARED SWOLLEN. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

SEA LION WAS ATTACKED BY A DOG ON THE BEACH AND 

SUSTAINED FATAL INJURY. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

FISH HOOK RIGHT CHEEK AND RIGHT FLIPPER ALLOWING 

PEOPLE TO TOUCH. SI P5B 1 N Y

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL WAS THIN; BULLET/SHOTGUN PELLET FRAGMENTS 

IN JAW MUSCLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 26

LIMITED ENTRY CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

SEA LION CAME UP WITH THE CATCH AND WAS DUMPED 

OUT IN THE TRAWL ALLEY AND THE CREW BANGED ON 

BASKETS AND THE SEA LION JUMPED OFF THE TRAWL RAMP 

AND SWAM AWAY WITHOUT TRAILING GEAR. NSI P4 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL CUT LOOSE FROM POSSIBLE 

FISHING LINE. SI P7B 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 3 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

APPARENT PACKING BAND OR MONFILAMENT; TIGHT 

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

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

FISH HOOK RIGHT NOSTRIL AND LEFT FLIPPER, LOW 

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

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

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

FRONT AND REAR FLIPPERS. NSI P5D 0 N N

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

TWO FISHING HOOKS REMOVED FROM DEHYDRATED, 

EMACIATED PUP. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

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

FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH AND TAR ON BODY. THIN, 

DEHYDRATED. SI P1, P5A 1 N Y

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

FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM LEFT REAR FLIPPER AND LEFT 

FRONT FLIPPER. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

DOG BITE. LIFE GUARDS REPORTED SEEING THE ANIMAL 

BEING BITTEN BY A DOG. LOW GLUCOSE, WOUND FRONT 

RIGHT FLIPPER, TAR ON FACE. SI P9 1 N Y

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

MALNUTRITION AND HYPOTHERMIC; RIGHT EAR FLAP CUT 

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

SIDE OF JAW; CONGESTED; COUGHING; HAS HEART 

MURMUR. SI P1, P8A 1 Y Y

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

UNDERWEIGHT SEA LION REMOVED FROM BEACH AND 

TAKEN HOME FOR 2 DAYS BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO 

CLAIMED ANIMAL WAS BITTEN BY A RACCOON WHILE 

STRANDED ON THE SHORELINE. ANIMAL WAS RETURNED TO 

THE HARBOR AND CONTROL OFFICER RETRIEVED ANIMAL. 

ANIMAL WAS EUTHANIZED. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

MALNUTRITION; FISH HOOK FELL OUT IN TRANSIT BUT STILL 

A HOLE IN LIP ON RIGHT SIDE. SI P1, P5C 1 N Y

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

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

FRONT LEFT FLIPPER WAS REMOVED. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET CASING AND 

FRAGMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE AT RIGHT 

SIDE OF HEAD; POSSIBLE BULLET FRAGMENTS IN PELVIC 

AREA; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE IN PELVIC AND HIND 

FLIPPER AREAS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

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

NUMEROUS CALLS RECEIVED OF CSL ON PACIFIC COAST 

HIGHWAY APPARENTLY HIT BY VEHICLE. FOUND CSL ON 

ROAD BLEEDING FROM MOUTH AND SIDE OF HEAD 

SWOLLEN. DIED DURING TRANSPORT. DEAD P9 1 N Y

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

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

FISHING LINE ENTANGLEMENT AROUND HEAD, MISSING 

RIGHT EAR, DISORIENTED,LETHARGIC, SUSPECT DOMOIC 

ACID TOXICOSIS. SI P7B 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN 

PELLETS IN BODY WITH ASSOCIATED HOLES AND 

HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 16 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 16 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 4 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION TILLAMOOK OR SI

SEVERAL WITNESSES DESCRIBED STAINLESS STEEL 

TRAWLING WIRE AROUND NECK; CUTTING THROUGH 

BLUBBER AND MUSCLE. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

MALNUTRITION. GILL NET INJURY-CIRCUMFERENTIAL CUT 

AROUND NECK. SI P1 1 Y Y

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

RESTRAND. MISSING RIGHT EYE. LETHARGIC, PEOPLE 

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

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

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

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

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

THIN, DEHYDRATED. FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH REMOVED 

ON INTAKE. NSI P1, P5C 0 N N

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

OBVIOUS SIGNS OF TRAUMA DUE TO A PROPELLER WOUND 

TO ANIMALS SACRUM AND REAR FLIPPER AREAS. MULTIPLE 

BONES EXPOSED. EYES AND VISION ALSO APPEARED 

COMPROMISED. SI P15 1 N Y

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

SEA LION WAS FEEDING ON CATCH BECAME ENTANGLED IN 

CODEND AND WAS BROUGHT ABOARD VESSEL. DUMPED 

INTO TRAWL ALLEY WITH REST OF CATCH AND SPRAYED 

WITH DECK HOSE TO ENCOURAGE IT TO SAFELY EXIT VESSEL 

VIA STERN RAMP ON ITS OWN. NSI P4 0 N N

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

APPARENTLY SWALLOWED BAITED FISHING HOOKS WITH 

LINE ATTACHED. SI P2 1 N Y

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

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

THIN, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER REMOVED DURING REHAB. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN 

PELLETS AND BULLET FRAGMENTS AT HEAD AND NECK WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

MALNUTRITION, HARASSED. MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT, 

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

HARASSED MALNUTRITION LETHARGIC, EMACIATED, 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE OFF DOCK INTO WATER BUT 

RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

FISHING HOOK IN FRONT LEFT FLIPPER OF SLIGHTLY 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL REMOVED DURING REHAB NSI P5C 0 N N

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

ELECTRIC SHOCK. ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION AND BLUBBER LAYER. BOTH ANIMALS FOUND 

TO BE IN BODILY CONTACT WITH A BLUE ELECTRIC METAL 

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

TOGETHER, AND LYING ON THE DOCK ITSELF. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ELECTRIC SHOCK. ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION AND BLUBBER LAYER. BOTH ANIMALS FOUND 

TO BE IN BODILY CONTACT WITH A BLUE ELECTRIC METAL 

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

TOGETHER, AND LYING ON THE DOCK ITSELF. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

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

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

MALNUTRITION, TRAUMA (NECK), BLIND LETHARGIC, 

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

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

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH LOW GLUCOSE, FISH HOOK IN 

RIGHT LOWER LIP, RESTRAND. SI P5B 1 N Y

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

ENTRAINMENT ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SUSPICIOUS 

BALD PATCH WITH HOLE AND ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE IN 

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

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

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLES 

CLEARLY TRACKED THROUGH A FEW ABDOMINAL ORGANS; 

RIGHT VENTRICLE TISSUE DAMAGED (FROM BULLET); 

HEMORRHAGE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF HEAD AND BODY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

EMACIATED ANIMAL HAD FISHING LINE HANGING OUT OF 

MOUTH. HOOK WAS REMOVED FROM ANIMAL'S STOMACH. DEAD P1 1 N Y

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

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN 

PELLETS FOUND IN ANIMAL'S SIDE; TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF HEAD AND BODY; 

MODERATE BLOOD IN PERICARDIUM AND THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

EMACIATED AND DEHYDRATED ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE 

AROUND NECK, VETS REMOVED AND CLEANED. ENERGETIC 

WHEN HANDLED BUT LETHARGIC ON BEACH. NSI P7B 0 N N

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

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT ANIMAL WAS HIT BY A LARGE 

RACING SAILBOAT. BACK BROKEN IN TWO. PICKED UP 

CARCASS FROM BOAT. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

CALL RECEIVED OF AN EMACIATED SEA LION WITH A FISH 

HOOK IN MOUTH IN A DRAINAGE CANAL. ANIMAL 

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

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

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

FISHING HOOK IN LOWER MANDIBLE. TREATED AT FACILITY, 

STARTED FEEDING IMMEDIATELY. NSI P5A 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER PICKED ANIMAL UP 

AND DROVE HIM TO SEAWORLD. TWO FISHING HOOKS IN 

MOUTH AND ONE IN THE CHEST. THIN, DEHYDRATED, 

LETHARGIC. NSI P1, P5C 0 N N

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

EMACIATED ANIMAL FOUND THAT HAD BLACK PLASTIC IN 

ITS STOMACH. DEAD P1 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; ANIMAL 

STRANDED ALIVE WITH BLOOD COMING FROM NOSE 

AND/OR MOUTH AND THRASHING ABOUT IN SURF; CLEAR 

BULLET HOLE WITH ASSOCIATED TRACK AND HEMORRHAGE 

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

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

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

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

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HEALED ENTANGLEMENT 

SCAR, RESTRAND TO SBMMC, ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED 

DURING ORIGINAL ADMISSION TO SBMMC. TRANSFERRED 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 6 27

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

CRAB POT (RUBBER BAND) ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. 

SRO RESCUE. NSI P8A 0 Y N

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

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

SEA LION MOUTH-HOOKED WITH A BAITED LONGLINE 

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

DETERMINED THAT BRINGING THE ANIMAL ONBOARD THE 

VESSEL POSED A HAZARD OF ADDITIONAL INJURY TO BOTH 

ANIMAL AND CREW. LEADER WAS CUT AT THE HOOK WITH 

HOOK REMAINING ON ANIMAL. SEA LION ACTIVELY SWAM 

AWAY AFTER RELEASE. SI P5A 1 N Y

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

MALNUTRITION, ENTANGLEMENT. TRANSFERRED FROM 

SBMMC. NSI P1, P7B 0 Y N

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

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

PEOPLE APPROACHING, JAW DOES NOT CLOSE, 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. SI P9 1 N Y

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

FULL UME SAMPLES COLLECTED. SHOT BY HIGH POWERED 

RIFLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

TRAUMA(FLIPPER), GUNSHOT, MALNUTRITION, ABSCESS, 

TRANSFERRED TO SLO 8/1/13 FOR CONTINUED 

REHABILITATION. NSI P9 0 N N

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

APPARENT GUN SHOT ENTRY WOUND CONFIRMED WITH 

XRAY. DEAD P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 7 31 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NET ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, SRO 

RESCUE. NSI P7B 0 Y N

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

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

ANIMAL FOUND ON BEACH WITH DART IN RIGHT SHOULDER 

AND ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

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

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

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, TRAUMA TO REAR FLIPPERS 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 13 SHOOTING SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

PELLET SEVERING BOWEL. SMALL CIRCULAR HOLES NOTED 

ON THE BACK SIDE OF ANIMAL. UPON CLOSER 

EXAMINATION, HOLES APPEARS TO TRACK DOWN THROUGH 

BLUBBER. ABDOMEN OPENED TO REVEAL MULTIPLE 

BUCKSHOT PELLETS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 13 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE, BULLET HOLES; OK BODY 

CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 16 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI UNDERWEIGHT, GILL NET WOUND AROUND NECK. SI P1, P8A 1 Y Y

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

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 20 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE AND BULLET HOLES BROKEN 

BONES; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 23 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

MULTIPLE 2MM PELLETS IDENTIFIED IN THORACIC CAVITY, 

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

PELLETS RETAINED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 9 27 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

PROPELLER WOUNDS ACROSS BACK ON DORSAL SIDE. 

MONOFILAMENT ENTANGLEMENT SCARS AROUND THE 

NECK. NECROPSY REVEALED BULLET WOUNDS. BULLETS 

AND BUCKSHOT. DEAD P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 1 GILLNET FISHERY UNKNOWN CA SI

SEVERE GILL NET ENTANGLEMENT; DEEP GILL NET 

LACERATION, CIRCUMFERENTIAL. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 4 GILLNET FISHERY NEWPORT CA SI UNDERWEIGHT, GILL NET WOUND AROUND NECK. SI P1, P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 10 SHOOTING UNKNOWN CA SI

HYPOTHERMIC; THIN; PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON UPPER BACK 

SHOULDER AREA WITH PUS DRAINING; BULLET EMBEDDED 

IN TIGHT ELBOW JOINT; RESPIRATION SHALLOW. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 11 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA DEAD RADIOGRAPH REVEALED GUNSHOT EVIDENCE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 10 15 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

GILL NET ENTANGLEMENT AROUND SKULL AND NECK; 

MALNUTRITION; HYPERTHERMIC. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 1

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 17 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA NSI

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT: WHITE RUBBER BAND 

FITTED LOOSELY AROUND NECK. DISENTANGLED AND 

TAGGED IN THE FIELD DURING RESCUE. GOOD BODY 

WEIGHT AND CONDITION. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 20

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

THE ANIMAL HAD ONE STRAND OF MONOFILAMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK THAT HAD CREATED A ONE 

AND A HALF INCH DEEP LACERATION ENCIRCLING HIS NECK. 

THE WOUND WAS INFECTED AND ANIMAL WAS 

UNDERWEIGHT. THE ANIMAL HAD BEEN OBSERVED FOR 

SEVERAL MONTHS AND WAS EVENTUALLY DARTED AND 

RESCUED. NSI P7B 0 Y N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 11 28

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 12 3

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND HER NECK 

CREATING AN INJURY ABOUT ONE INCH DEEP ENCIRCLING 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 12 4 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL HAS GILL NET AROUND ITS HEAD CREATING A ONE 

AND A HALF INCH WIDE AND HALF INCH DEEP WOUND 

ENCIRCLING THE ANIMAL'S HEAD JUST BELOW ITS EARS. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 12 5

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND HER NECK 

CREATING AN INJURY ABOUT ONE INCH DEEP ENCIRCLING 

HER NECK. WOUND IS INFECTED. THIS ANIMAL WAS 

MONITORED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS STARTING IN LATE 

OCTOBER. RESCUE ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2013 12 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

ONE INCH DEEP WOUND ENCIRCLING NECK WITH 

MONOFILAMENT LINE. ANIMAL SLIGHTLY UNDERWEIGHT. 

THERE WERE TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE 

FOR TREATMENT. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 1 3 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE CA SI

WOUND AROUND NECK FROM NET/LINE. EMACIATED, 

DEHYDRATED SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 1 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK AND LINE UNDER 

RIGHT FLIPPER SI P1 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 1 21 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

LETHARGIC, UNDERWEIGHT, WOUND ON LOWER BACK. 

BULLET FOUND DURING NECROPSY IN THE DIAPHRAGM 

WITH AN ENTRANCE POINT IN THE PUBIS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

UNDERWEIGHT, LARGE BITE WOUNDS UNDER RIGHT FRONT 

FLIPPER AND LEFT CHEST AREA. FOUND APROXIMATELY 3 

FEET OF FISHING LINE/NET IN ANIMALS VOMIT. ANIMAL 

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

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

WOUND AROUND NECK FROM POSSIBLE PACKING STRAP. 

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

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 1 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT WOUND AROUND NECK FROM 

MONOFILAMENT NET. ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK CAUSING A HALF 

INCH DEEP LACERATION. THIN, DEHYDRATED, SWOLLEN 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN PUP WITH FISHING LINE AROUND NECK CAUSING A 

HALF INCH DEEP BY FIVE INCH WIDE LACERATION ON THE 

VENTRAL SIDE. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 12 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

FOUND FLOATING DEAD IN WATER INTAKE SYSTEM. 

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

GREEN MONOFILAMENT AROUND HEAD AND NECK, CUTS 

TO HEAD AND NECK, TREMBLING, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 19 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD PROPELLER WOUNDS ON FRESHLY DEAD ANIMAL DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 20 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

UNRESPONSIVE, LABORED BREATHING, MODERATELY 

UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 21 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET ENTRAPMENT AROUND SKULL CUTTING INTO NECK 

AT LEVEL OF LARYNEX; COUGHING; CONGESTION. ANIMAL 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 22 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

EXTERNAL WOUNDS CONSISTENT WITH GUNSHOT. THE 

ANIMAL WAS RADIOGRAPHED WHICH CONFIRMED THAT HE 

HAD BEEN SHOT WITH A SHOT GUN AND HAD MULTIPLE 

BUCKSHOT IN HIS HEAD AND BACK. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 24 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT GILLNET CUTTING INTO NECK AND 

MOUTH. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 25 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT NET 

AROUND NECK AND MOUTH REMOVED, ANIMAL 

TRANSPORTED TO THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER, FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P7B 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 27 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI

LETHARGIC, UNDERWEIGHT, THICK OIL COAT ON HEAD AND 

HINDQUARTERS, ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB AND 

CLEANED, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 3 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI HOOK IN RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER NSI P5D 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI UNDERWEIGHT, HOOK THROUGH TONGUE SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 1 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, PHOTO 

REVIEWED, MATERIAL NOT VISIBLE. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 4 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

RUBBER BELT AROUND NECK. ANIMAL TAKEN TO REHAB, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ONE FISH HOOK UNDER 

RIGHT EYE, ONE IN FLIPPER. RADIOGRAPH REVEALED THIRD 

FISH HOOK IN STOMACH WHICH WAS REMOVED IN REHAB. 

FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P2 1 N Y

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

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH BLACK RUBBER BELT 

CUTTING INTO NECK. REMOVED AT SANTA BARBARA 

MARINE MAMMAL CENTER. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 6 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL MISSING BOTH EYES. RADIOGRAPH 

REVEALED BULLET IN HEAD. SI P12 1 N Y

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

HYPERTHERMIC ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN SHOULDER. 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 10 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GILLNET WOUND AROUND NECK, ANIMAL CAPTURED AND 

TREATED, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN SHOULDER. 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT AND CONGESTED ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK 

IN RIGHT REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P5C 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 12 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

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

MALNUTRITION SI P1 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT AND DEHYRDRATED ANIMAL WITH FISH 

HOOK IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN SI P5C 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 13 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK ON RIGHT SIDE OF 

MOUTH AND FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, FISHING HOOK IN CHIN ON LEFT 

SIDE, SWOLLEN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK POSSIBLY FROM DOG 

BITE. ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P5B 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 13 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, LOOKS LIKE 

WHITE PACKING BAND OR LARGE ZIP TIE. PHOTO REVIEWED. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

EMACIATED, FISH HOOKS IN FRONT & REAR FLIPPERS. 

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

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

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, AND THREE PRONG FISHING 

HOOK ON THE FRONT EDGE OF LEFT FLIPPER WITH FISHING 

LINE WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND TIP SEVERING A PIECE OF 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOK IN LEFT GUM. ANIMAL TREATED IN REHAB, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 16 SHOOTING LOS ANGELES CA SI

GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO HEAD; PNEUMONIA; 

MALNUTRITION. TREATED IN REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P12 1 N Y

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

UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOKS BELOW EYE AND IN FLIPPERS. 

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

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

THIN AND DEHYDRATED. FISH HOOK IN LEFT CORNER OF 

MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 19 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA SI

PLASTIC ZIPLOC BAG AROUND NECK REMOVED ON SITE. 

ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND OTHERWISE IN GOOD BODY 

CONDTION. NSI P7B 0 N N

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

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

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK LEFT REAR 

FLIPPER. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P5C 1 N Y

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

LACERATION ON L FRONT FLIPPER WITH A FISH HOOK 

UNDERWEIGHT SI P5C 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOK IN MOUTH LEFT EAR, LEFT REAR 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

MALNOURISED AND LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH A FISH 

HOOK. LOCATION OF HOOK NOT DESCRIBED. HOOK FOUND 

IN NET AFTER RESCUE. TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5C 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

DEEP FISHING LINE CUTS AROUND SKULL; PROLAPSED AND 

ULCERATED RECTUM; CONGESTED. SENT TO REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 1 N Y

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

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

WAY AROUND NECK FROM MONOFILAMENT LINE WHICH 

WAS REMOVED AT SEAWORLD. UNDERWEIGHT AND DEEP 

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

50
Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

EMACIATED AND LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH OIL/TAR ON 

BODY SI P1 1 N Y

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

ALERT, EMACIATED, TAR PATCHES ON NECK, SMALL WOUND 

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 4 28 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES IN SKULL AND BODY DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

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

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 1 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI SEVERE GILL NET INJURY; MALNUTRITION. SI P1 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 1 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

GOOD BODY CONDITION, MONOFILAMENT NET 

ENTANGLEMENT NSI P1 0 N N

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

FISH HOOK IN LOWER LIP; SENT TO REHAB, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. NSI P5B 0 N N

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

LARGE PELLET RECOVERED FROM SKULL, ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

MONOFILIAMENT LINE AROUND SHOULDER. ANIMAL SENT 

TO REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

SMALL HOOK NEAR GENITALS, UNDERWEIGHT, SLIGHTLY 

DEHYDRATED AND AN INJURED LEFT EYE. FISHING HOOK 

WAS REMOVED ON 5/8/14 UNDERWEIGHT AND INJURED 

LEFT EYE External Exam NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 11 MARINE DEBRIS SAN JUAN WA SI

CONSTRICTING INJURY AROUND NECK, MATERIAL NOT 

VISIBLE IN PHOTO. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 11 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA ALIVE

EXTREMELY LETHARGIC, SWOLLEN RIGHT EYE, WOUNDS ON 

RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. BULLETS FOUND IN NECROPSY.Exam 

and Necropsy DEAD P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 11 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA DEAD BULLET HOLE / INJURY IN BACK DEAD P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

FISH HOOKS IN CHEST AND NECK. RELOCATED AND 

RELEASED 5/18/14. NSI P5C 0 N N

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

THIN; HEALING CIRCUMFERENTIAL NECK LACERATION FROM 

PREVIOUS ENTANGLEMENT; DEHYDRATED. SI P1 1 N Y

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

FISH HOOKS REMOVED FROM THIN ANIMAL BY REHAB 

CENTER, NO DETAILS ON LOCATION OF HOOKS. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 19 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES, EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL WAS IN GOOD BODY CONDITION BUT HAD A 

FISHING GAFF PIERCING THROUGH HIS SKIN ABOVE HIS LEFT 

HIP. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 23 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH, REMOVED AT REHAB FACILITY, 

ANIMAL RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 26 ENTRAPMENT SANTA BARBARA CA DEAD DROWNED. WAS TRAPPED UNDER POOL GRATE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. NET REMOVED AND WOUND 

CLEANED AT REHAB FACILITY NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

FURTHER DETAILS. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

FURTHER DETAILS. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 27 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

GILLNET AROUND NECK. SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. NO 

FURTHER DETAILS. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 31 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

GILLNET INJURY, EXPOSED TRACHEAL THYROID CARTILAGE. 

POLICE REMOVED THE FISHING LINE FROM AROUND THE 

ANIMAL'S NECK. ONCE DONE THEY RELEASED THE ANIMAL. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 5 31 SHOOTING CLACKAMAS OR DEAD BULLET HOLES, HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 6 6 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD

SMALL HOLE ABOUT RIGHT EYE SOCKET, WHICH IS ABOVE 

THE MAXILLA FRACTURE. SMALL CIRCULAR DIVOTS IN CHIN 

AND LOWER JAW AREA. NO BUCKSHOT IN HOLES AND THEY 

DID NOT TRACK DOWN TROUGH SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, 

WILL LOOK FOR BULLETS AND BUCKSHOT DURING 

PROCESSING OF SKULL. OLD BUCKSHOT HOLES IN CHIN 

MAXILLA IN NUMEROUS PIECES. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 6 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

LARGE FISHHOOK AND LINE, NO DETAILS, OTHER THAN 

ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 6 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

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

QUARTS OF PUS REMOVED. SENT TO REHAB, FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P1 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 6 23 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD OBVIOUS BULLET HOLES DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 2 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA SI

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

APPROXIMATELY 200 LB, HOOKED DEEP IN MOUTH BY 

SCIENTIFIC LONGLINE. LEADER CUT APPROXIMATELY 10-

INCHES FROM MOUTH. ANIMAL WAS FEISTY AND 

APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDUCTION WHEN RELEASED. SI P2 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LETHARGIC ON THE BEACH, OPEN MOUTH BREATHING, 

DECENT BODY CONDITION. FISH HOOK IN MOUTH. 

RESTRAND ANIMAL FROM FORT MAC, SHAVED "408" ON 

RIGHT HIP FISH HOOK WITH THE LINE HANGING FROM IT IN 

THE THROAT, BOTH LUNGS COLLAPSED FISH HOOK WITH 

THE LINE HANGING FROM IT IN THE THROAT. ANIMAL SENT 

TO REHAB, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P2 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 23 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING HOOK EMBEDDED IN NECK WITH LINE. SENT TO 

REHAB, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 25 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL WITH NETTING AROUND NECK. REHAB, FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 7 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

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

SENT TO REHAB, FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 6

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA SI

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

TO HAVE THE GANGION CUT. LOCATION OF HOOK IN 

MOUTH NOT DETAILED. SI P5A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

HAULED OUT WITH A SILVER COLORED SALMON FLASHER 

HANGING FROM IT'S MOUTH. SI P2 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 12

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

ONE OF TWO CA SEA LIONS TRAPPED IN TRAWL NET 

DURING HAUL BACK. DUMPED ON DECK, BOTH DEPARTED 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 12

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

ONE OF TWO CA SEA LIONS TRAPPED IN TRAWL NET 

DURING HAUL BACK. DUMPED ON DECK, BOTH DEPARTED 

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

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 8 23 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

KILLED IN GEAR (DESCRIBED AS DEAD IN COMMENTS AND 

CATEGORIZED AS 'ENTANGLED IN GEAR', WHICH IS USUALLY 

RESERVED FOR ANIMALS RELEASED ALIVE) DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE COMING FROM MOUTH. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC 

REPORTEDLY PULLING ON LINE. HOOKS IN THROAT FOUND 

ON X-RAY. SI P2 1 N Y

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 9 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD

GREEN TWINE TO LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. DURING SKULL 

PREPARATION PROCESS, A THROUGH AND THROUGH 

BULLET WOUND WAS NOTED. THE APPARENT ENTRY IS 

BEHIND THE RIGHT EYE SOCKET. THE EXIT IS LEFT REAR 

LATERAL SKULL AREA. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 15 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN AND EXTREMELY LETHARGIC, VETS LISTENED TO THE 

LUNGS AND THEY SOUNDED POOR. FOUND BULLETS AND 

YELLOWISH FLUID IN ABDOMEN X RAY. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

THIN; ACTIVE ONLY TO TOUCH; HYPOTHERMIC; HEALING 

OLD GILL NET INJURY; INJURY ON LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; 

MALNUTRITION. SI P1 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 SHOOTING CURRY OR DEAD

MULTIPLE HEAD AND TORSO GUNSHOT WOUNDS, PELLETS 

COLLECTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 18 SHOOTING VENTURA CA SI

CALL RECEIVED OF POSSIBLY INJURED CSL JUST W OF 

HUENEME PIER. PEOPLE HARASSING IT. SWIMS OUT TO GET 

AWAY, BUT COMES RIGHT BACK. BY THE TIME CIMWI 

VOLUNTEERS ARRIVED CSL HAD MOVED TO E OF THE PIER. 

APPEARED TO HAVE FISHING LURE IN MOUTH. CSL THIN, 

LETHARGIC. RESCUED. WHATEVER WAS IN MOUTH CAME 

OUT DURING RESCUE. POST NOTE-CSL EXPIRED DURING 

INTAKE/INITIAL TREATMENT. APPEARED TO HAVE AN 

ABSCESS ON THE L NECK/SHOULDER AREA WHICH WAS 

ASPIRATED- BLOOD & CLOTS WERE OBTAINED. AREA WAS 

OPENED- MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FREE FLOWING BLOOD 

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

QUICK NECROPSY WAS DONE. FOUND SMALL POINTED 

PROJECTILE FROM A PELLET GUN. UNABLE TO LOCATE 

ENTRY POINT. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 21 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LETHARGIC, PEOPLE WERE CHASING IT INTO THE WATER 

AND THEN HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY COME BACK ONTO 

THE BEACH. WE NOTICED HE WASN'T FOCUSING ON 

ANYTHING AND BOTH EYES DRIFT INWARD. FOUND BULLET 

FRAGMENTS IN AND AROUND EYESOCKET DURING XRAYS 

ON 9/24/2014. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 9 27

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 3 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED BY GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 7 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN, APPEARED TO BE BLIND; ANIMAL WAS DARTED. XRAYED, FOUND BUCKSHOT IN THE FACE AND BODY. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FOUR PRONGED BARBED FISHING HOOK WITH A 10" LURE 

ATTACHED HOOKED IN ANIMALS RT CORNER OF MOUTH. 

HAD MONOFILAMENT ATTACHED TO LURE SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 10 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

LEFT EYE APPEARS TO BE BLIND. VERY THIN/LETHARGIC 

DURING RESCUE. BUCKSHOT FOUND IN CRANIAL AREA 

DURING X-RAYS. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 13 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI

CONSTRICTING INJURY AROUND TORSO AND LOWER NECK, 

APPEARS TO BE ROPE. PHOTO REVIEWED. SI P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

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

SEAL BOMBS USED TO SCARE ANIMAL AWAY FROM CATCH. 

WORKED TEMPORARILY BUT ANIMAL RETURNED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 18 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

XRAYS TAKEN SHOWED BULLET TRACK. BUCK SHOT IN 

ABDOMEN AND 2 BULLETS IN BACK. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 19

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

ONE CA SEA LION WAS ENTANGLED INSIDE THE NET. THE 

ONE INSIDE THE NET WAS FEEDING ON THE CATCH. A 

SECOND CA SEA LION WAS SWIMMING BENEATH THE 

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

NET FROM THE SURFACE WHEN THE NET WAS BEING 

REELED BACK. THE SEA LION WAS RELEASED FROM THE NET 

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

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

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

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

LINE AROUND NECK AT CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR 

MARINA. DARTED WITH TRANQUILIZER, LINE 

REMOVED,TRANQUILIZER REVERSED AND CSL RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 23 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

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

STARTING TO FUSE NOT GIVING SUFFICIENT RANGE OF 

MOTION. EUTHANIZED DUE TO POOR PROGNOSIS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 26 GAFF INJURY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND IN GOOD BODY CONDITION. 

ABILITY TO MANEUVER WAS LIMITED DUE TO A LARGE GAFF 

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

REMOVE THE HOOK FROM THE ANIMALS SHOULDER. THE 

HOOK MADE 3 SEPERATE PUNCTURES. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 27

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD KILLED IN GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GOOD BODY CONDITION, ALERT. HAD MONOFILAMENT 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK WITH HALF OF ITS NECK 

LACERATED. ANIMAL WAS DARTED. NO DETAILS ON 

OUTCOME. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 10 29

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD KILLED IN GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 3

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD KILLED IN GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 4

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 4

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 4

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

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

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISH HOOK LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH, WOUNDS ON ABDOMEN. 

TREATED AT REHAB, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GOOD BODY CONDITION/TEARING. VERTICAL SCAR ALONG 

THE TRACHEA 2 INCHES LONG FISHING LINE IMBEDDED 

AROUND NECK EXCEPT FOR 3-4 INCHES ON VENTRAL SIDE 

OF NECK, SAW DISCHARGE (COULD NOT SEE FISHING LINE 

DUE AT TIME OF RESCUE TO BEING EMBEDDED). SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 19 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, MATERIAL 

UNKNOWN. PHOTO REVIEWED. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

GOOD BODY CONDITION, FISHING LINE EMBEDDED 

AROUND THE NECK. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 25 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD BULLET HOLES, HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 11 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

FISH HOOK ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND SIDE OF BODY, 

UNDERWEIGHT. NSI P5B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 1 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

A LITTLE THIN, SWOLLEN RIGHT SHOULDER WITH OOZING 

WOUND. X RAYS SHOWED 3 BULLET FRAGMENTS, 2 ABOVE 

THE SHOULDER AND 1 AT ZYGOMATIC ARCH. UNABLE TO BE 

REMOVED. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 12 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI LACERATION AROUND NECK, EMACIATED. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 23 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN, DEHYDRATED, SWOLLEN RIGHT SHOULDER. XRAYS 

SHOWED BULLET IN LEFT SHOULDER. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 24 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, UNKNOWN 

MATERIAL. PHOTO REVIEWED. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 25 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

SHOT IN HEAD, PELLET HOLES, BROKEN BONES, 

HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 25 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN ADULT MALE WITH SIGNS OF TRAUMA TO HEAD AREA. 

BOTH EYES CLOSED, UNABLE TO OPEN. ANIMAL WAS ALSO 

WEAK. BLOOD SQUIRTED FROM BOTH EYES WHEN RESCUE 

WAS ATTEMPTED. REPORTS OF ANIMAL ROLLING IN 

SURFLINE FROM STONE STEPS TO MOONLIGHT BEACH. 

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

AND SHOULDER AREA XRAYS CONFIRMED. SI P12 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2014 12 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

FISH HOOK REMOVED FROM LEFT FRONT FLIPPER; THIN; 

MALNUTRITION. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

EMACIATED, HOOKS ON FLIPPER, WOUND ON MUZZLE. 

TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA DEAD UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 7 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

FEEDING ON CATCH THROUGH NET, SCARED OFF BY 

YELLING. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 7 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

FEEDING ON CATCH THROUGH NET, SCARED OFF BY 

YELLING. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 9 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE WA NSI

CAUGHT IN TRAWL NET, DUMPED ON BACK DECK, JUMPED 

OVERBOARD, LOOKED UNHARMED. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 15 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

SMALL SEA LION BOARDED VESSEL AND REFUSED TO EXIT. 

TRANSPORTED TO SHORE WHERE IT WAS PICKED UP BY 

MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE TEAM. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 16 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

WHITE PLASTIC PACKING BAND CUTTING INTO FLESH 

AROUND THE NECK. THE ANIMAL HAS BEEN SIGHTED 

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

ALERT AND ACTIVE. SI P8A 1 N Y

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

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. BULLET / PELLET RECOVERED 

POSTMORTEM. ANIMAL ALSO HAD 'FANBELT' AROUND 

NECK WHEN FIRST ENCOUNTERED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 17 VEHICLE COLLISION VENTURA CA DEAD DIED AT SITE DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 18 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

ANIMAL WITH WHITE PACKING BAND TIGHTLY AROUND 

NECK. SI P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 20 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

SHOTGUN PELLET HOLES/MARKS IN LEFT NECK AND HEAD; 

ROBUST BODY CONDITION; LEFT INTRAORBITAL AREA 

FRAGMENTED WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL FOUND WITH LINE AROUND NECK, TAKEN TO 

REHAB FACILITY. OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 24 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, WOUND ON BACK OF HEAD, 

DISORIENTED. TAR ON BELLY. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, MUSCLE EDEMA ON 

MUZZLE, FISH HOOK RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH AND RIGHT 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 26 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT 

NETTING AROUND NECK. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 Y N

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

PUBLIC WITNESSED EMACIATED ANIMAL BEING BITTEN BY 

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

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

GILLNET AROUND NECK. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 Y N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 1 30

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA NSI

SEA LION DUMPED OUT OF NET ON DECK. JUMPED 

OVERBOARD WITHOUT APPARENT INJURIES. NSI P4 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

FOREFLIPPER. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 1 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI

LETHARGIC, EMACIATED, TAR ON RIGHT CHEST. TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT; HYPERTHERMIC; FISH HOOK IN 

ESOPHAGUS; FISH LINE IN MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 2 MARINE DEBRIS VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED FROM UNREPORTED MATERIAL IN 

SITU. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 4 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

EMACIATED, TAR ALL OVER UNDERSIDE OF BODY. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT AND EMACIATED PUP. FISHING HOOK IN 

TONGUE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. 

ASSUMED DEPENDENT ANIMAL RELEASED ALONE. SI P14 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 5 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI

PROPELLER WOUNDS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK 

EXTENDING TO THE REAR FLIPPERS AND AROUND MAJORITY 

OF TORSO. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 6 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA CRUZ CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT REAR 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 8 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

APPEARS TO HAVE A HEALING NECK WOUND FROM A 

PREVIOUS ENTANGLEMENT, BLOOD AROUND THE WOUND 

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

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

APPEARS TO BE A SINGLE BAND TYPE OF ENTANGLEMENT 

AROUND THE NECK AREA, ENTANGLEMENT APPEARS TO BE 

RELATIVELY DEEP BUT CAN'T SEE ACTUAL FLESH OR BLOOD 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

FISHING HOOK THROUGH THE SKIN ABOUT THE LEFT FRONT 

FLIPPER. TREATED / RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

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

TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 9 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA CRUZ CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 9 SHOOTING GRAYS HARBOR OR DEAD

MUMMIFIED CARCASS WITH SKULL EXPOSED, CAN SEE 

BULLET ENTRY AND EXIT DAMAGE TO SKULL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 10 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT WOUND AROUND NECK, 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 10 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE CA SI

2 INCH WIDE RUBBER BAND AROUND NECK OF 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL. TREATED AT REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 11 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA CRUZ CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 11 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

EMACIATED, TAR PATCHES ON CHIN AND CHEST. TREATED 

AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

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

HOLE CONSISTENT WITH SHOOTING / TRACKING WOUND 

FOUND ON DECOMPOSING ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

EMACIATED. SMALL PATCH OF TAR ON RIGHT HIP. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

GREEN MONOFILAMENT NETTING AROUND NECK WITH 

MULTIPLE KNOTS AND FREE EXPOSED DANGLING LINES, 

WOUND SUPERFICIAL CUTTING INTO SUBCUTANEOUS 

TISSUE ONLY, SMALL TAR PATCH ON RIGHT HIP AREA, 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 Y N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI FISH HOOK IN THROAT. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

MULTIPLE FISH HOOKS ON BODY RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER, 

UNDER RIGHT EYE, LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT LOWER LIP. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA DEAD FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 17 MARINE DEBRIS SONOMA CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT SCAR AROUND NECK, PREVIOUS TAG 

HOLES IN BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS BUT NO TAG PRESENT. 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 18 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT LETHARGIC ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH WITH ABOUT 4 INCHES OF 

MONOFILAMENT LINE. NARRATIVE INDICATED THAT REHAB 

FACILITY REMOVED LINE, BUT DID NOT MENTION HOOK. 

ASSUMED THAT HOOK REMAINS IN MOUTH POST-RELEASE. 

EMACIATED MALNURISHED PUP WITH MUCUS ON RIGHT 

EYE. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD

CARCASS FOUND WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE. DETAILS 

LACKING. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

FISH HOOKS INDICATED ON LEFT AND RIGHT FLIPPERS. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

FISHING HOOKS IN LEFT FLIPPER PIT AND RIGHT FRONT 

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

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

UNDERWEIGHT, FISH HOOK LEFT REAR FLIPPER. DIED IN 

REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT LINE. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOK REMOVED FROM MOUTH. EMACIATED 

MALNURISHED PUP, ASSUMED DEPENDENT ANIMAL 

RELEASED ALONE AFTER TREATMENT AT REHAB FACILITY. SI P14 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 21 DOG ATTACK LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

DOG BITES ON NECK. LOOKS LIKE ANIMAL HAD BEEN 

SHAKEN. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN MOUTH. TREATED 

AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 21

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION MENDOCINO CA DEAD HEAD WAS REMOVED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 23 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

EMACIATED, TAR PATCH ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER DORSAL 

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

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

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

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 24 GILLNET FISHERY SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

LETHARGIC, MONOFILAMENT NETTING CUTTING INTO 

NECK, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, RIGHT EYE CLOUDY. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 25 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT AND HYPOTHERMIC ANIMAL WITH TAR ON 

FACE AND BODY ABOVE SHOULDER. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

EMACIATED, COUGHING, MULTIPLE TAR PATCHES DORSAL 

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

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 25 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, LETHARGIC, OILED ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR ON FLIPPER AND 

SHOULDER EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH PNEUMONIA, TAR ON RIGHT 

FRONT FLIPPER AND SHOULDER. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 25 VESSEL STRIKE ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, LARGE LACERATIONS ON LOWER BACK 

CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER INJURY. EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 26 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

COUGHING, EMACIATED, TAR ON CHEST AND MUZZLE. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 26 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

EMACIATED, TAR PATCH ON RIGHT DORSAL 3X5 CM. 

EUTHANIZED AT REHAB CENTER. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 27 GILLNET FISHERY CLATSOP OR SI

ODFW CONFIRMED ENTANGLEMENT AND IS CURRENTLY 

MONITORING THE ANIMAL. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL 

SECTION OF GILL NET WRAPPED AROUND THE SEA LIONS 

FACE. ONE SQUARE OF GILL NET IS TIGHT WRAPPED 

AROUND THE FACE AND RUNS DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE 

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

IS ORIENTATED BETWEEN THE EAR AND EAR ON THE RIGHT 

SIDE. NO BLOOD OR OPEN WOUND FROM ENTANGLEMENT 

NOTED. SI P8A 1 Y Y

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

UNDERWEIGHT PUP WITH TAR PATCHES ON DORSUM. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. ASSUMED 

DEPENDENT ANIMAL RELEASED ALONE. SI P14 1 N Y

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

EMACIATED. TAR PATCH ON LEFT SHOULDER. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

EMACIATED. TAR PATCHES ON BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS AND 

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

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

UNDERWEIGHT, LETHARGIC, OILED ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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

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

AND LEFT HIP. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 2 28 VEHICLE COLLISION SAN DIEGO CA DEAD DIED AT SITE DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 1 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

EMACIATED. TAR PATCH ON RIGHT HIP AND CAUDAL 

ABDOMEN. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY. FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 1 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF 

BLOODY FLUID IN THORACIC CAVITY; TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH HOLES/TRACKS/DAMAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 2 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, LETHARGIC, OILED ANIMAL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 2 VEHICLE COLLISION ORANGE CA SI

ANIMAL WAS FOUND ON TRAIN TRACKS NEAR TRAIN 

STATION, COMATOSE, JAW BROKEN BLOOD COMING FROM 

MOUTH. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA NSI

ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN CHEST THAT FELL OUT WHEN 

RESCUED. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 7 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI TAR ON DORSAL PART OF BODY. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, 2 TREBLE HOOKS IN MOUTH, 1 

LARGE HOOK REAR FLIPPER, FISHING LINE. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 8 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP OR SI

SIGHTED IN THE EAST MOORING BASIN WITH A THIN WHITE 

LINE/ROPE AROUND THE NECK AREA. POSSIBLY 1/16-1/8" 

LINE. PHOTOS SHOWS LINE IS CONSTRICTING NECK. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 8

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN MATEO CA DEAD GREEN TWINE ENTANGLEMENT. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 8

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON JAW AND APPARENT 'BRANDING' 

WOUND. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 9 MARINE DEBRIS DEL NORTE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNKNOWN 

MATERIAL. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 10 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

HYPERTHERMIA. LESIONS ON ALL FLIPPERS; 3 FISH HOOKS 

EMBEDDED. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 14 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING. ANIMAL 

WAS DARTED FOR CAPTURE AND TRANSFER TO REHAB, BUT 

DROWNED BEFORE CAPTURE. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

2 FISH HOOKS EMBEDDED; HYPERTHERMIC; DEEP 

LACERATION UNDER CHIN; PARASITISM. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY, NO DETAILS ON SEVERITY OF HOOK PLACEMENT. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 14

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ENTANGLEMENT SCAR ON 

NECK DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT AND DEHYDRATED. FISH HOOK IN FRONT 

UPPER LEFT LIP. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT AND LETHARGIC. HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE OF 

MOUTH. DIAGONAL NECK WOUND ACROSS THROAT. 

TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 17 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 17 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 17 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED. FIVE RUBBER BULLETS FOUND 

DURING SURGERY. ONLY ABLE TO REMOVE THREE AS BRAIN 

WAS EXPOSED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOK IN LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH. ANIMAL HAVING 

SEIZURES. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED AT BASE OF NECK IN 

FISHING LINE. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AND HOOKS DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DETAILS ON HOOK PLACEMENT NOT PROVIDED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN RIGHT 

FLIPPER. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY DUE TO OTHER 

SYMPTOMS INCLUDING PNEUMONOPATHY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 19 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, LETHARGIC. TAR BENEATH THE LEFT 

FLIPPER AND ON THE LEFT FLIPPER. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOK AND LEAD WEIGHT IN MOUTH. TREATED IN 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 22 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT LETHARGIC ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 

MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD FISH HOOKS BY NOSTRIL. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

HOOK AND MONOFILAMENT IN ESOPHAGUS. EUTHANIZED 

AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 23 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH A FISH HOOK IN THE FACE. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 23 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH OIL PARTICLES AND 

SIGNIFICANT BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES; ANEMIA. 

ANIMAL FOUND ON FREEWAY. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISHING HOOK IN LEFT FLIPPER. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI HOOKS BETWEEN EYES, FISHING LINE AROUND CHEST. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 25

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI ENTANGLED IN 'CRAB POTS', DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 26 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DETAILS NOT PROVIDED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 27 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH SEIZURES WITH TAR ON 

FLANK AND SHOULDER. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 28 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM PELVIS; ENTRANCE AND EXIT 

HOLE AND TRACK IN NECK; LEFT SIDE OF SNOUT CUT OFF 

(PROPELLER?); MODERATE AMOUNT OF BLOODY FLUID IN 

THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; ANIMAL HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

FISHING LINE ATTACHED TO FLIPPER AND MOUTH. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 3 30 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR ON FLIPPERS. DIED AT 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 1 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH SEIZURES WITH TAR ON 

FLIPPERS. EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOK IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. UNDERWEIGHT 

ANIMAL TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 2 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH AND IN REAR LEFT FLIPPER. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOKS FOUND IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF JAW (1), 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER (1), LEFT SHOULDER (2), AND TWO 

REMOVED FROM STOMACH. TAR ON LEFT SHOULDER AND 

NEAR RIGHT EAR. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEFT 

JAW. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

HYPERTHERMIC, 2 FISH HOOKS IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER. DIED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AROUND 

MOUTH AREA. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P8B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 4 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

TWO PENETRATING HOLES IN THE THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; 

OTHER AREAS OF HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD AND BODY; 

INTESTINES TIGHTLY TWISTED; ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 5 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NETTING ENTANGLEMENT. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH HOOK IN LEFT FOREFLIPPER. 

TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

FISHING LINE AND HOOKS, LOCATION NOT GIVEN. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. NECROPSY INDICATED 

ULCERATIVE GASTROPATHY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 5 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

SKULL DAMAGE INCLUDED BULLET TRACK THROUGH EYE 

ORBITS & OTHER BONE DAMAGE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT AND DEHYDRATED. ANIMAL HAD HOOK IN 

MOUTH WHEN PICKED UP. ANIMAL REMOVED IT EN ROUTE 

TO SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 6 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

GUNSHOT PELLETS FOUND POSTMORTEM. ANIMAL 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 7 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 7 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 7 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 7 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NETTING, INJURY DETAILS NOT PROVIDED, 

ASSUMED SERIOUS INJURY. ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY CLATSOP OR SI

RED FISHING LURE HANGING FROM THE LEFT CORNER OF 

THE LOWER JAW. PHOTO SHOWS HOOKS ARE LIKELY INSIDE 

LEFT CORNER OF MOUTH. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. HOOK, FISHING LURE, AND LINE 

FOUND. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 8 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 8 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 8 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI FISH HOOKS, DETAILS NOT GIVEN. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI HOOK IN CHEST WITH LINE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 8 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

EMACIATED, CONGESTED AND COUGHING, TAR PATCHES 

ON BACK. BAD LOCATION- POPULAR DOG BEACH. 

EUTHANIZED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

FISHING LURE, HOOK AND LINE ENTANGLEMENT. DIED AT 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH. 

TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 12 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL WITH UNSPECIFIED FISH HOOK INJURIES DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

CONSTRICTING AND LACERATED FISHING LINE INJURIES 

AROUND NECK. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 14 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 16 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR / OIL. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

SHOULDER. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN ABDOMEN AND 

ABCESS IN RIGHT JAW. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI FISH HOOK IN FLIPPER. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 20 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING DIED IN 

REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

SEAWORLD TEAM DISENTAGLED ANIMAL AND CUT OFF 

MONOFILAMENT FROM AROUND HEAD AND MOUTH. 

ANIMAL WAS AN EXCELLENT WEIGHT AND AGGRESSIVE. IT 

WAS RELEASED ON SITE AFTER MONOFILAMENT HAD BEEN 

REMOVED. NSI P8A 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

HEALTHY, AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL WITH FISHING HOOK 

PIERCING BELOW BOTTOM JAW. HOOK REMOVED AND 

ANIMAL RELEASED ON SITE. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING LINE COMING OUT OF MOUTH. EUTHANIZED IN 

REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 21 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 21 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 21 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 21 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 22 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI FISH HOOKS, DETAILS NOT GIVEN. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 23 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NETTING, INJURY DETAILS NOT PROVIDED, 

ASSUMED SERIOUS INJURY. ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 23 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

NECK ENTANGLEMENT IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 23 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

FISHING HOOK IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER, VENTRAL SIDE. 

PUSHED THROUGH AND CUT OFF, RELEASED FROM REHAB 

FACILITY. SLIGHTLY UNDERWEIGHT. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 25 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA SI

GUNSHOT PELLET FOUND IN HEAD POSTMORTEM. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 27 SHOOTING CLARK WA DEAD

TWO SUSPICIOUS HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD; ANIMAL HAD 

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 28 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 28 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 4 28 VESSEL STRIKE KING WA SI

SEVERE, DEEP AND OPEN PROPELLER INJURY (LACERATION) 

EXTENDING DOWN NECK TO BASE OF RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING LINE EMBEDDED IN HEALED NECK WOUND. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEHYDRATION AND 

PARASITISM NOTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 3 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

ADULT MALE CALIFORNIA SEA LION HAULED OUT ON PORT 

DOCK 1 WITH A PLASTIC PACKING BAND AROUND THE 

NECK, CUTTING INTO FLESH VENTRALLY. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING WIRE AROUND NECK; LESIONS ON ALL FLIPPERS; 

THIN; CONGESTION; RESPIRATION LABORED. EUTHANIZED 

AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

ANIMAL WITH UNSPECIFIED FISH HOOK INJURIES DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 5 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

ADULT MALE CALIFORNIA SEA LION HAULED OUT ON PORT 

DOCK 1 WITH A PLASTIC PACKING BANDOR FISHING LINE 

WRAPPED VERY TIGHTLY AROUND THE NECK. VERY ACTIVE 

AND COMING AND GOING FROM THE SITE. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 5

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

LONG LINEAR LACERATION, LEFT REAR FLIPPER. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL TAKEN TO REHAB FACILITY, 

TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 6 GILLNET FISHERY COLUMBIA OR DEAD

GILL NET IN MOUTH AND THROAT; EVIDENCE IN NECK; 

ASPHYXIATION AND PULMONARY ASPIRATION CAUSED BY 

INGESTION OF GILL NET AND AMERICAN SHAD THAT WAS 

LODGED IN THROAT; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE AND 

CLOTTING IN NECK. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

FISHING HOOK AND LINE IN LEFT FRONT FLIPPER NEAR 

BEND OF FLIPPER ON VENTRAL SIDE. REMOVED ON SITE, 

BUT HAD PUSS POCKET. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. TWO HOOKS SEEN, ONLY ONE 

WAS FOUND. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

HOOK REMOVED FROM LEFT SIDE OF MUZZLE. HAD A LARGE 

LURE REMOVED BY VETERINARIAN. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 8 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR / OIL AND FISHING LINE 

ON FUR. RASPY COUGH. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 8 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

EVIDENCE FOUND IN BODY; HEMORRHAGE AND TISSUE 

DAMAGE LOCATED IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE BODY; 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. NOAA 

ENFORCEMENT CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING HOOKS IN MOUTH. HOOKS REMOVED AT REHAB 

FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 9 OIL / TAR MARIN CA SI

APPROACHING PEOPLE, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. TAR 

PATCHES ON VENTRUM AND DORSUM. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 13 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

ABCESS ON LEFT SIDE, SUSPECTED GUNSHOT/PUNCTURE 

BLEEDING WOUND ON LEFT SHOULDER. DEHYDRATED, 

LETHARGIC. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 14 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 14 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 14 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 16 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT NETTING. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

DETAILS NOT PROVIDED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TWO FISH HOOKS IN THE 

HEAD. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 18 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING, DIED IN 

REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 18 HARASSMENT SANTA CRUZ CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH PNEUMONIA HARASSED BY 

THE PUBLIC. TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI

EMACIATED ANIMAL HAD CIRCUMFERENTIAL 

CONSTRICTING NECK WOUND FROM STRAPPING MATERIAL. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 19 SHOOTING COWLITZ WA DEAD EVIDENCE FOUND IN SKULL. NOAA ENFORCEMENT CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 20 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 20 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 20 AUTHORIZED REMOVAL COLUMBIA RIVER WA ALIVE

REMOVAL OF ANIMAL PREYING ON ENDANGERED SALMON 

IN COLUMBIA RIVER. AUTHORIZED UNDER MMPA SECTION 

120. ANIMAL KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 20 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 21 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 26-50% EXTERNAL OIL SEEN. HEAD, HIND AND 

FRONT FLIPPERS, VENTRUM, THROAT, MOUTH OILED. DIED 

IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 22 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

CONSTRICTING MONOFILAMENT GILLNET INJURY AROUND 

NECK. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 Y N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 22 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, MILD DEHYDRATION, 1 CENTIMETER 

WOUND ON LEFT FLIPPER. OIL ON MUZZLE. 2-25% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL ON VENTRAL THORAX, 

ABDOMEN, FRONT FLIPPERS. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART 

OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 22 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL ON PELAGE 

ON CHIN. OIL PRESENT ON CHIN, ABDOMEN, DORSAL 

SURFACE OF BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS, BOTH REAR FLIPPERS. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 22 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC. APPROX. 10% OIL/TAR ON BODY. 

TRANSPORTED TO OWCN FIELD TRIAGE. FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 22

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH LACERATIONS ON LEFT SIDE 

OF BODY; SEVERAL CUTS TO LEFT FOREFLIPPER; CITIZEN 

APPLIED TISSUE GLUE TO WOUNDS TRAPPING DEBRIS. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. 2-25% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OPEN LESIONS ON FIRST DIGIT ON 

RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER AND RECTUM. MODERATE 

DEHYDRATION. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MILD DEHYDRATION. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL ON 

FUR ALONG FLIPPERS, CHEST, VESTRUM, ABOVE LEFT EYE, 

AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

26-50% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS 

PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. OIL AND 

BLOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ACCORDING TO NATIONAL 

OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AND OILED 

WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK OIL SPILL RESPONSE PROTOCOLS. 

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

OIL ON BODY,STRONG PETROLEUM ODOR. TRANSPORTED 

TO OWCN FIELD TRIAGE. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

VERY THIN CSL WITH OIL ON BODY. TRANSPORTED TO 

OWCN FIELD TRIAGE. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH A LOT OF TAR ON ABDOMEN. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 23

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL FOUND WITH SPEAR IN SIDE, TRANSFERRED TO 

REHAB. FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOK IN MOUTH. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. ANIMAL RESTRANDED IN MONTEREY IN 

NOVEMBER, UNDERWEIGHT. CONSIDERED SERIOUS INJURY 

DESPITE REHAB EFFORTS DUE TO ANIMAL CONDITION. SI P1 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

HYPOTHERMIC; COMATOSE; FISHING LINE DOWN THROAT; 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 24 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MODERATE DEHYDRATION. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. 

ANIMAL PICKED UP AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 24 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, MILD DEHYDRATION. 26-50% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN. SUPERFICIAL OIL COVERING OF FLIPPERS, 

VENTRUM, HEAD, THROAT. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED WITH SATELLITE TRANSMITTER. 

FINAL OUTCOME UNKNOWN, NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON 

SATELLITE TRACKING RESULTS. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 24 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

THIN, MODERATE DEHYDRATION. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING 

SEEN. OIL ON VENTRAL THORAX, ABDOMEN, AND LEADING 

EDGE OF FORE AND HIND FLIPPERS. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS 

PART OF THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 24 SHOOTING UNKNOWN OR DEAD

EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM SKULL. NOAA ENFORCEMENT 

CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH FISH HOOKS IN MOUTH. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH MULTIPLE FISH HOOK 

INJURIES, DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB. MILD 

DEHYDRATION. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. 

SUPERFICIAL OIL SHEEN ON VENTRUM AND FLIPPERS. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT AND DEHYDRATED. LESS THAN 2% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER. 

SCANT SHEEN ON HIND FLIPPERS AND RIGHT VENTRAL 

CERVICAL AREA. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 26-50% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL SPOTS ON 

LEFT HOP, VENTRUM, MUZZLE, HEAD, VENTRAL NECK, 

FRONT FLIPPERS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 26 SPEARING VENTURA CA SI

SEA LION HAD A 2 FOOT SPEAR ON HIS LEFT MIDSECTION 

SIDE, STICKING OUT OF HIM. IT WAS REMOVED ON SITE. 

LACERATION SIZE IS 6 INCHES TO 8 INCHES LONG AND 5 

INCHES WIDE. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 26 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

EVIDENCE IN BODY W/ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE; BLOOD FROM 

NOSE AND LEFT EYE; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD 

AND BODY; RIGHT LUNG HEMORRHAGED WITH POSSIBLE 

TRACK/HOLE; RIGHT PLEURAL CAVITY FILLED WITH BLOOD; 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. NOAA 

ENFORCEMENT CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

PUP HAD TWO FISHING HOOKS IN MOUTH WITH 

MONOFILAMENT. ONE HOOK IN EACH SIDE OF THE MOUTH. 

TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. TREATED AS 

SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE ANIMAL MAY BE A DEPENDENT 

PUP RELEASED ALONE. SI P14 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 27 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL. FISH HOOK FOUND IN STOMACH. 

ULCERATIVE GASTRITUS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 27 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 27 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

1 CENTIMETER LACERATION OVER RIGHT HIP. ANIMAL WAS 

COLLECTED AS PART OF THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. HAD 51-75% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 27 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, MILD DEHYDRATION. 51-75% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN. OIL AROUND EYES AND NOSE, ALL FLIPPERS, 

ENTIRE VENTRAL SIDE. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB 

AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 27 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT. 26-50% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. OIL SEEN 

AROUND MUZZLE AND EYES. OIL SHEEN ON FLIPPERS AND 

DORSAL BODY. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 28 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 28 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. 

DIARRHEA. OIL IN BETWEEN VIBRISSAE. LESS THAN 2% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 28 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. 

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM 

REHAB. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 28 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL DESCRIBED AS 'OILED' BROUGHT TO REHAB 

FACILITY. OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 29 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 29 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT. ANIMAL GOT OUT OF TRANSPORT CARRIER 

AND FELL OFF TRUCK. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

HEAD AND ABDOMEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 30 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON MUZZLE, RIGHT LATERAL 

ABDOMEN, RIGHT SHOULDER, HEAD AND NECK. THIN AND 

DEHYDRATED. OPEN LESION ON LEFT MANDIBLE, NEXT TO 

THIRD POSTERIOR CANINE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 30 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. 2-25% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN ON REAR END, HIND FLIPPERS, LEFT SCAPULA, 

AND NEAR EYES. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 30 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. ANIMAL WAS PICKED UP 

ALIVE FROM THE OIL SPILL ZONE. 5% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN 

ON LEFT LATERAL CAUDAL. EMACIATED. SUPERFICIAL 

ABRASIONS ON VENTRAL SIDE OF ALL FLIPPERS. 

DEHYDRATED. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 31 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

2-25% EXTERNAL OILING NOTED. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 31 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON LEFT TARSAS, 

HIND FLIPPER AND TAIL, RIGHT FLIPPER AXILLARY. TREATED 

IN REHAB, RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 31 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

MILDLY DEHYDRATED, THIN. LESION ON MIDDLE OF 

TONGUE AND UNDER LEFT EYE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN ON RIGHT HIP, RIGHT SIDE AND ON CHEST. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 5 31 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MODERATELY DEHYDRATED. RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER 

SWOLLEN. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

SNOUT, NECK, VENTRAL THORAX, AROUND EYES, AND 

CHEST. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL 

SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 1 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING PREVIOUSLY 

SEEN NEAR BASE OF TAIL. UPON INTAKE, NO OIL WAS 

VISIBLE. ANIMAL WAS THIN AND MILDLY DEHYDRATED. 

DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 1 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL 

SPILL RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

REAR END. THIN AND SLIGHTLY DEHYDRATED. DIED IN 

REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 2 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN IN PATCHES ON DORSAL, AND SURFACE OF 

VENTRUM. SPOTS ON LEFT MUZZLE AND VENTRAL BODY. 

MILD FORE-FLIPPER PATCHES ON DORSAL SIDE. ANIMAL 

WAS COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 3 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

2-25% EXTERNAL OILING NOTED. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 3 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA DEAD LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 4 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

ROPE WAS SEEN WRAPPED AROUND ANIMAL'S BODY FOR 

SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE IT MANAGED TO FREE ITSELF, 

PHOTO IN HMSC ARCHIVE NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH NECK ENTANGLEMENT IN 

FISHING LINE. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 5 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

LEFT SHOULDER. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO 

BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY 

AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 5 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

EVIDENCE FOUND IN HEAD; THE HEART AND SOME AREAS 

OF THE BODY HEMORRHAGED; THE ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION. NOAA ENFORCEMENT CASE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 6

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN GEAR OR MATERIAL 

OF UNKNOWN TYPE, TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY. NSI P7B 0 Y N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 7 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON LEFT 

NECK AND VENTRUM (MID THORAX). OIL AND BLOOD 

SAMPLES WERE TAKEN. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 8

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 11 SHOOTING SANTA BARBARA CA SI EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. BULLET RECOVERED POSTMORTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 12 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 13 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. TREATED IN REHAB, 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 14 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON RIGHT 

SHOULDER. ANIMAL HAD MULTIPLE SEIZURES ON THE 

BEACH BEFORE AND DURING RESCUE. 2 FULL BODY 

SEIZURES, ABOUT 1 MINUTE LONG EACH, FOLLOWED BY 

SEVERAL SHORTER SEIZURES. ON ARRIVAL TO FACILITY, 

TWITCHING FOLLOWED BY GRAND MAL SEIZURE (FACIAL 

TWITCHING, JACK SMACKING, FLIPPER FLAPPING). SEIZURES 

STOPPED AFTER FIVE MINUTES. SEIZURE ACTIVITY RESUMED 

LATER ON IN THE NIGHT AND AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. 

ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY.

DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 14 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN AROUND 

LEFT HIP AND LEFT CERVICAL REGION. MILD DEHYDRATION. 

MILD SWOLLEN VULVA. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED AT REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 14 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED, DIARRHEA. LESS THAN 2% 

EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON LEFT SHOULDER. ANIMAL 

COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 14 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, DEHYDRATED. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL 

OILING SEEN ON RIGHT HIP. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART 

OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL REPONSE. RELEASED FROM 

REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 14 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

RIGHT SHOULDER, RIGHT AXILLARY, AND LEFT NECK. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF THE REFUGIO BEACH OIL 

SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

HOOK IN MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 16 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN. DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 16 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. EMACIATED. 

LACERATIONS ON FLIPPERS. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL 

SUSPECT OILING SEEN ON RIGHT LATERAL ELBOW. ANIMAL 

COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 17 HARASSMENT ORANGE CA SI

PUBLIC PICKING UP APPROX. 1 WEEK OLD PUP. 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P14 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 17 SHOOTING SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

ANIMAL HAD MULTIPLE INJURIES (ENTANGLEMENT, VESSEL 

STRIKE, GUNSHOT). EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

RESTRICTIVE ENTANGLEMENT OF MONOFILAMENT LINE 

AROUND NECK LACERATED BLUBBER AND MUSCLE, DOWN 

TO TRACHEA. LINE LIKELY LACERATED MAJOR ARTERY, 

WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED BLOOD LOSS AND DEATH. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, TREBLE HOOK AND LURE IN 

REAR FLIPPER. TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY 

AFTER REHAB. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 18 SHOOTING LINCOLN OR SI GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD. NO FURTHER DETAILS. SI P9 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 18

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 19

OPEN ACCESS CA HALIBUT 

BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 22 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING HOOK STUCK IN MOUTH. ACTIVE, ALERT, LOOSE 

STOOLS, FAIR BODY CONDITION. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 22 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

SWOLLEN LEFT FLIPPER. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING 

SEEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL 

SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL WAS PICKED UP ALIVE FROM THE 

OIL SPILL ZONE. DIED IN CARE AT FORT MACARTHUR. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 23 SHOOTING UNKNOWN OR DEAD

EVIDENCE FROM BODY W/ASSOC. TRACKING WOUNDS AND 

TRAUMA; EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE IN HEAD AND BODY. 

ANIMAL HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED, FISH HOOK REAR FLIPPER. 

EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. NECROPSY NOTED 

GASTROPATHY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 28 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

CLEAR MONOFILAMENT NETTING TANGLED AROUND NECK. 

ANIMAL TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 28 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA DEAD FOUND IN TRASHBAG. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 6 29 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

REMOVED FISHING LINE FROM AROUND NECK; 1 CM DEEP 

CHRONIC WOUND OVER SHOULDER JOINTS BILATERALLY; 

HYPERTHERMIC; UNDERWEIGHT. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 5 GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

GILL NET TIGHTLY AROUND NECK, EMACIATED, 

DEHYDRATED, NECK WOUND. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 8 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH VENTURA CA DEAD

A DEAD CALIFORNIA SEA LION WAS DISCOVERED DURING 

HAUL BACK IN A PELAGIC LONGLINE. THE ANIMAL WAS 

FOUL-HOOKED IN ITS BACK THROUGH ITS FUR AND SKIN. 

THIS TAKE OCCURRED DURING AN EXPERIMENTAL SET (BLUE 

SHARK SURVIVAL STUDY). THE APPROXIMATE DEPTH OF THE 

LINE WAS 60 M. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI HOOK FOUND PERFORATING ESOPHAGUS ON NECROPSY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 9

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

DIED DURING TRANSPORT TO REHAB. DETAILS ON NATURE 

OF FISHERY-RELATED INJURY NOT PROVIDED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 9 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 10 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

SELF-REPORTED DROWNING OF SEA LION IN GROUNDFISH 

NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 10 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

SUSPECTED SHOOTING. HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; AREAS OF BLACK 

TISSUE (FROM LEAD?); AT LEAST TWO SHATTERED RIBS AT 

STERNUM W/ASSOCIATED TISSUE. DAMAGE AND 

HEMORRHAGE; HEART AND LUNG HEMORRHAGED; ANIMAL 

HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI FISH HOOK IN MOUTH. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 15

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA DEAD

YELLOW WAX MARKINGS ON DORSAL SURFACE. TMMC 

RESCUE TEAM SAID ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND ACTIVE AND 

THEN SUDDENLY SEIZED AND DIED ON THE BEACH. THE 

ANIMAL WAS PICKED UP LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER. 

ANIMAL WAS FRESH BUT MISSING EYES AND HAD A SMALL 

HOLE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT LEFT FLIPPER. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 17

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

TRAUMA TO MOUTH. SUSPECTED SEAL BOMB OR OTHER 

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 25

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN MATEO CA SI

BROKEN JAW, SUSPECTED SEAL BOMB INJURY. ANIMAL DIED 

IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 27 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

PLASTIC PACKING BAND TIGHTLY WRAPPED AROUND NECK; 

CUTTING INTO FLESH; PUS EVIDENT. SI P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 7 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND BOTH FRONT FLIPPERS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 2

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

THIS ANIMAL WAS ENTANGLED AND PULLED UP DEAD ON A 

FISHING BOAT. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 3 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

LETHARGIC ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT 

NETTING AROUND NECK AND FLIPPERS. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

APPARENT DEEP MONOFILAMENT WOUND ON NECK. 

RESCUE EFFORT FAILED. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 9 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

NECK ENTANGLEMENT IN MONOFILAMENT NETTING. SENT 

TO REHAB FACILITY, UNKNOWN OUTCOME. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 13 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

MULTIPLE HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN BODY 

AND POSTERIOR HEAD; PART OF LEFT SKULL "BLOWN 

AWAY"; NECK TREMENDOUSLY HEMORRHAGED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 13 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD HAULED ABOARD DEAD IN NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 19 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD BULLET HOLES IN CHEST. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 20 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

SELF-REPORTED DROWNING OF SEA LION IN GROUNDFISH 

NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 23 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

PACKING BAND OR FISHING LINE CUTTING DEEPLY INTO 

NECK OF ANIMAL. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 25 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI

DOG BITES ON BACK AND STOMACH. TREATED IN REHAB 

AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 8 29 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISH HOOK IN ESOPHAGUS. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY 

AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL HAD FISHING LINE CUTTING INTO ITS NECK. 

TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P8A 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

MONOFILAMENT AROUND NECK, NOT CUTTING INTO 

ANIMAL. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P8B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE IN MOUTH. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. NO DETAILS ON WHETHER HOOKS WERE 

PRESENT AND/OR REMOVED. ASSUMED SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE OF PROBABLE GEAR INGESTION. SI P2 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 13 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

HOLES, HEMORRHAGE, AND OTHER TRAUMA CONSISTENT 

WITH SHOOTING. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 14 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA NSI

THE SALMON OCEAN ECOLOGY TEAM WAS REVIEWING GOPRO FOOTAGE FROM THEIR TRAWL ON 9/14/2015 AND 

NOTICED A SEA LION ACTIVELY SWIMMING IN AND OUT OF 

THE TRAWL INTERMEDIATE SECTION THROUGH THE MOUTH 

OF THE NET, AND THEN EVENTUALLY LEAVING THE NET 

THROUGH THE EXCLUDER. THE ANIMAL SEEMED TO BE 

COMPLETELY UNINJURED BY THE INTERACTION. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 17 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

ANIMAL WITH DEEP CONSTRICTING NECK ENTANGLEMENT 

OOZING FLUID; ENTANGLING MATERIAL UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 20 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA SI

SEA LION WAS DISCOVERED TO BE HOOKED IN THE MOUTH 

DURING RETRIEVAL OF THE LONGLINE AT 0949. IT WAS 

RELEASED IN GOOD CONDITION -SWAM AWAY LIVELY AND 

ENERGETIC. DETAILS LACKING ON WHETHER HOOK WAS 

REMOVED OR FELL OUT. ASSUMED SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE OF HOOK REMAINING IN MOUTH. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

HOOK AND LINE HANGING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH. 

SWOLLEN JAW. ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO CAPTIVE DISLPAY 

FACILITY FOLLOWING REHAB. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 21 MARINE DEBRIS CLATSOP WA SI

CONSTRICTING NECK WOUND WHICH APPEARS TO BE 

FAIRLY DEEP AND OOZING FLUID, BASED ON REVIEW OF 

PHOTOS. SI P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 25 GILLNET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

NYLON NETTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY. OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 25 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN UNDESCRIBED 

MARINE DEBRIS. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 26 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD BULLET FOUND IN SKULL POSTMORTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 9 29 SHOOTING CLARK WA DEAD

OBVIOUS BULLET/PELLET HOLES IN NECK AND HEAD WITH 

ASSOCIATED TRAUMA; THE SEA LION HAD VERY GOOD 

BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 10 3 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC. TWO PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON 

LEFT SHOULDER WITH PUS. MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS 

AND BULLETS FOUND IN XRAY ON 10/6/15. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 10 14 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

CLEARLY SHOT IN HEAD; LEFT MANDIBLE BROKEN IN HALF; 

MUCH OF SKULL EXPOSED; UPPER LEFT CANINE AND 

POSSIBLY OTHER TEETH REMOVED BY UNKNOWN PERSON; 

POSSIBLE SMALLER SHARK BITE AT LEFT VENTRAL PELVIS; 

THE SEA LION HAD VERY GOOD BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 10 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISH HOOK WITH LINE (WIRE) THROUGH JAW SLIGHTLY 

THIN, LOWER RIGHT GUM SWOLLEN FROM FISH HOOK. 

REPORT INDICATES A 'RESTRANDED' ANIMAL. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED, FINAL OUTCOME TREATED 

AS SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO LACK OF DETAIL. SI P5A 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 10 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN FISHING LINE. 

TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

LARGE FISHING LURE HANGING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF NOSE. 

REMOVED LURE AND RELEASED ANIMAL IN SITU. GOOD 

CONDITION OTHERWISE. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL SWALLOWED HOOK / LURE. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 6 SHOOTING MONTEREY CA DEAD PHOTOS OF ENTRY AND EXIT WOUNDS IN HEAD AND BODY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 8 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WRAPPED IN FISHING LINE. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA NSI

EMACIATED AND DEHYDRATED WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT 

FOREFLIPPER. TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC DISPLAY FACILITY. CAPTIVITY P5C 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 13 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

MONOFILAMENT WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND JAW. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 17 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET LACERATION AROUND NECK. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 Y N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 20 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

A SINGLE CUT WAS MADE BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S) ALONG 

ENTIRE DORSAL MIDLINE; CLEAR BULLET/PELLET TRACK 

WITH CLOTTING ON SPLEEN; OTHER EVIDENCE HOLES AND 

TRACKS WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; ANIMAL 

HAD EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 23 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

YEARLING WITH SINGLE WRAP OF FISHING LINE AROUND 

NECK. NOT TIGHT, REMOVED. OTHERWISE GOOD 

CONDITION, UNDERWEIGHT. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 24 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

FOUND IN TUCK POSITION ON BEACH, LETHARGIC AND 

EMACIATED. TAR PATCH 6 CM X1 CM ON BACK BETWEEN 

SHOULDER BLADES. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 29 MARINE DEBRIS ORANGE CA SI

PLASTIC BAG HANDLE AROUND EMACIATED ANIMAL'S 

NECK. OUTCOME UNKNOWN, TREATED CONSERVATIVELY AS 

SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF LOCATION OF 

ENTANGLEMENT, WITH CAPACITY TO BE CONSTRICTING. SI P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 11 30 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILL NECK INJURY AROUND NECK, UNDERWEIGHT, 

COUGHING. DIED AT REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

HOOK IN LOWER RIGHT CHIN; HOOK IN RIGHT REAR 

FLIPPER; LOOSE LINE ON ANIMAL AND AROUND TAG; 

UNDERWEIGHT. TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 7 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

CONGESTED; THIN; MULTIPLE HOOKS IN MOUTH WITH 

SINKER. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 8 SHOOTING SAN DIEGO CA SI

ONE ANIMAL DISTURBED DURING RESCUE ON DOCK. 

ANIMAL WAS DARTED WITH APPROVAL FROM NATIONAL 

MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE. FISHING LINE STRAPPED 

AROUND HEAD VERTICALLY. FISHING LINE WRAPPED 

BEHIND EYES ON SKULL, LEFT EYE BULGING OUT OF SOCKET, 

POSSIBLY A HOOK CAUGHT IN EYE. ONE BULLET FOUND 

DURING XRAYS ON 12/9/15 LODGED IN BACK OF THROAT. 

REMOVED. TREATED AND RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 10 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ENTANGLEMENT SCAR ON 

NECK DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA NSI

EMACIATED; ULCERS ON TONGUE AND GUMS; LOST TOOTH 

LOWER LEFT JAW; HOOK PRESENT ON FRONT LEFT AXILLARY 

REGION OF LEFT FRONT FLIPPER. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND NECK. TREATED AT REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH FISHING LINE AROUND NECK. 

TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 21 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH MONOFILAMENT LINE 

AROUND NECK. TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND 

RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N

CALIFORNIA SEA LION U.S. 2015 12 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY ORANGE CA SI

TWO FISH HOOKS AND GILLNET AROUND NECK. TREATED AT 

REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P7B 0 N N

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 1 11 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

NET AND ROPE IMPRESSIONS AROUND HEAD, JAWS, AND 

PEDUNCLE. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 3 4UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 3 4UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 3 4UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 3 7UNDERWATER DETONATION 

EXERCISES SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEE DANIL AND ST LEGER 2011 DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 4 10 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA DEAD CHEETOS BAG LODGED IN ESOPHAGUS DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 5 12CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA DEAD ENTANGLED IN 8.5 INCH MESH NET DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 6 11 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

FLUKES WERE CLEANLY CUT OFF. CUT ON TAIL END APPEARS 

TO BE FROM NETTING (ENTANGLEMENT). DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 7 8UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD FRESH DEAD, GAFF MARK IN CORNER OF MOUTH DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 7 14UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD CUT HALF WAY THROUGH DORSAL FIN DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 7 23UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD RED ROPE TIED AROUND BASE OF FLUKE DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 9 1 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

MIRROR IMAGE LACERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES ON CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE INDICATE ENTANGLEMENT DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 9 9UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD

PUNCTURES & GOUGES ON HEAD, RED BLUBBER/MISSING 

SKIN ON SIDES OF PEDUNCLE, CLEAN CUT ACROSS 

PEDUNCLE ANTERIOR TO FLUKES DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 9 17 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 9 28 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2011 11 4CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 3 12 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA DEAD FLUKES CUTOFF; CUT MADE 34 CM BEHIND ANAL OPENING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 4 6 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

LIVE ANIMAL ON BEACH, TAKEN TO SEA WORLD, DIED IN 

REHAB. FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT FLUKE. 

SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO FLUKE.; CAUSE OF DEATH: 

LACERATION OF ARTERY IN TAIL FLUKE; SEVERE CHRONIC 

AND ACTIVE LINE INJURY WITH VASCULAR LACERATION AND 

EXSANGUINATION. MILD PERIPORTAL HEPATITIS. DEAD S8A 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 7 30UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD LINE MARKS AROUND ROSTRUM/MOUTH DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 8 9 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD FISHING LINE AROUND FLUKES DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 8 10UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD LINE WRAPPED AROUND PEDUNCLE AND TAIL DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 8 11UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD

3RD STRANDING IN THIS AREA IN 3 DAYS. NO DETAILS 

GIVEN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2012 12 17 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD SEVERED FLUKES. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 2 15UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT LINE. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 3UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA DEAD ANIMAL CUT IN HALF. DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 13 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD LEFT FLUKE CLEANLY CUT OFF. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 15UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA DEAD

ANIMAL SIGHTED 3/11/13, REPORTED TO MLML STRANDING 

NETWORK ON 3/14, EXAMINED 3/14. INITIAL PHOTOS 

SHOWED FISHING GEAR ENTANGLEMENT, WHICH WAS 

GONE BY THE DAY WE EXAMINED THE ANIMAL, EXCEPT FOR 

SOME MONOFILAMENT FOUND UNDER SAND NEAR DORSAL 

FIN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 3 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

DOLPHIN WAS EMACIATED AND HAD CURVATURE IN 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE. MANY LESIONS AND LACERATIONS 

PRESENT. LACERATIONS CAUSED BY FISHING GEAR THAT 

APPEARS TO BE RECREATIONAL MONOFILAMENT LINE 

LOCATED AROUND ROSTRUM LEADING IN MANDIBLE, 

EMBEDDED IN MELON, EMBEDDED VENTRAL SIDE OF THE 

LEFT PECTORAL FIN, AND WRAPPED AROUND FLUKE WITH 

WHAT APPEARS TO BE ABSCESS AND HEALED SKIN 

GROWING OVER LINE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 4 21 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

SMALL BOAT COLLISION: 4 PARALLEL PROPELLER SCARS ON 

THE POSTERIOR PART OF ANIMAL ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 5 10 GILLNET FISHERY UNKNOWN CA DEAD FLUKE CUT OFF, NET MARKS ON ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 5 10 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

CALL RECEIVED OF DEAD DOLPHIN MISSING TAIL. CIMWI 

VOLUNTEER FOUND FRESH DEAD DOLPHIN WITH 

TAIL/FLUKE CLEARLY SEVERED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 7 9 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A CHRONIC ENTANGLEMENT BASED 

ON THE DEPTH OF WOUNDS CAUSED BY MONOFILAMENT 

(DOWN TO BONE ON ROSTRUM) AND EMACIATION LIKELY 

DUE TO FULL WRAP OF ROSTRUM. MONOFILAMENT AND 

HOOK ATTACHED TO ANIMAL AS WELL AS GILLNET FOUND 

NEXT TO ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2013 10 22 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

FRESHLY DEAD ANIMAL RECOVERED FROM FISH 

RESEARCHER WHO FOUND CARCASS WRAPPED IN 4" 

STRETCH MESH MONOFILAMENT GILLNET USED FOR WHITE 

SEA BASS ASSESSMENTS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014 6 1 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

SEVERAL IMPRESSIONS AND LACERATIONS INDICATIVE OF 

ENTANGLEMENT NOTED DURING NECROPSY. ALSO 

EVIDENCE OF PAST ENTANGLEMENT (HEALED SCARS). DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014 6 11 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

FLUKES SEVERED, CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CASES OF NET 

ENTANGLED ANIMALS THAT HAVE BODY PARTS CUT OFF TO 

FACILITATE REMOVAL FROM A NET DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014 7 1 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

FRESHLY DEAD DOLPHIN WITH SEVERED FLUKES AND 

NET/ROPE MARKS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014 9 11UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD

FRESH DEAD, CAUSE OF DEATH LISTED AS DECOMPRESSION 

OR 'THE BENDS', CONSISTENT WITH DROWNING. NO 

EXTERNAL INJURIES. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2015 3 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL WAS EMACIATED WITH HOOK LODGED IN LEFT 

GAPE ATTACHED TO A RED MULTIFILAMENT LINE WITH 

LEAD WEIGHT. MULTIFILAMENT LINE WRAPPED THROUGH 

AXILLARY REGION OF BOTH PECTORAL FINS, AROUND 

DORSAL FIN, PEDUNCLE AND THROUGH THE MOUTH. DEAD NA 1 N Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2015 7 12UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD RIGHT FLUKE CLEANLY CUT OFF. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2015 7 13UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD PEDUNCLE AND FLUKES CLEANLY CUT OFF. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2015 8 8 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

MULTIPLE LINEAR IMPRESSIONS ACROSS ENTIRE BODY 

INDICATES EXTENSIVE ENTANGLEMENT. DORSAL FIN AND 

FLUKES HAD BEEN REMOVED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2015 8 24UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

FLUKES ARE ABSENT, IMPRESSIONS/NICKS ON DORSAL 

PEDUNCLE, AND LINEAR IMPRESSIONS DORSALLY AT AXILLA 

SUGGEST FISHERY INTERACTION. SPECIES ID PER GENETICS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, LONGBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2015 11 27CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2011 10 14CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2011 12 4CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2012 1 17CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2012 1 17CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2012 11 5CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2012 11 6CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2012 11 6CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 3 3 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA DEAD

CALL RECEIVED FROM CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR PATROL 

OF A DEAD DOLPHIN ON HOLLYWOOD BEACH WITH TAIL 

CUT OFF. CIMWI VOLUNTEER RESPONDED AND FOUND A 

FRESH DEAD COMMON DOLPHIN THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY 

CUT IN HALF. EDGES OF CUT WERE STRAIGHT AND CLEAN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 11 6CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 11 8CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 11 21CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 11 24CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 11 27CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2013 12 10CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 1 14CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 1 15CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 1 17CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CALIFORNIA 2014 10 23 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

FRESHLY DEAD ANIMAL WITH GAFF MARKS, FLUKES AND 

DORSAL FIN SEVERED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 12 6CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM, ONE OF TWO ANIMALS IN SAME SET DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 12 6CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM, ONE OF TWO ANIMALS IN SAME SET DEAD NA 1 Y Y

COMMON DOLPHIN, SHORTBEAKED CA-OR-WA 2014 12 17CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

DALL'S PORPOISE CA-OR-WA 2014 11 10

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 7 31

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MARIN CA SI

ORANGE/REDDISH LINE WRAPPED IN SEVERAL LAYERS 

BEHIND THE BLOWHOLE THAT HAD CUT DEEP INTO THE 

FLESH. ENTANGLEMENT LOOKED VERY TIGHT, WRAPPED 

LINE ABOUT 20 MM THICK WITH MANY TURNS. IT LOOKED 

LIKE THE WRAP IN TOTAL WAS A 200 MM THICK BUNDLE OF 

LINE. NO RESIGHTS, NO RELEASE, FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN. SI L2 1 Y Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 11 19 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

FRACTURES ALONG 4 METER LENGTH OF VERTEBRAL 

COLUMN AND SIGNIFICANT MUSCLE HEMORRHAGE 

SURROUNDING THIS AREA INDICATE ANTE-MORTEM SHIP 

STRIKE. CARCASS SUNK 5 MILES OFF LA JOLLA AS PART OF 

WHALE FALL STUDY. DEAD L12 1 N Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2012 6 21 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD

FRACTURED RIBS, VERTEBRAE. NECROPSY PERFORMED BY 

THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER AND NATIONAL PARK 

SERVICE. DEAD L12 1 N Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2012 12 3 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

NECROPSY SUMMARY DIAGNOSIS: THE ANIMAL APPEARS TO 

HAVE SUCCUMBED AN INJURY CONSISTENT WITH AN 

IMPACT TRAUMA ALONG ITS LEFT DORSAL BODY BY A 

LARGE OBJECT (SHIP STRIKE) RESULTING IN SEVERE 

MUSCULOSKELETAL TRAUMA AND SUBSEQUENT NECROSIS 

OF THE TISSUES. DEAD L12 1 N Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2013 2 26 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

THE ANIMAL WAS BROUGHT INTO THE L.A. HARBOR ON THE 

BOW OF A CONTAINER SHIP ENROUTE FROM THE SOUTH. 

NO TIME TO NECROPSY ANIMAL BEFORE IT WAS TOWED 

BACK OUT TO SEA. DEAD L12 1 N Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2013 4 13 VESSEL STRIKE KING WA DEAD

EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE WHALE HAD BEEN BEEN 

HIT BY A SHIP. THERE WERE SIGNS OF MAJOR TRAUMA AND 

BRUISING THAT WAS MOST PRONOUNCED ON THE RIGHT 

SIDE OF THE BODY. THE BRUISING THROUGH THE BLUBBER 

LAYER INDICATED THE ANIMAL WAS ALIVE WHEN STRUCK. 

SEVERAL AREAS OF ABRASION HAD WHAT APPEARED TO BE 

RED PAINT LIKELY FROM THE BOW OF THE SHIP. IT IS 

THOUGHT THAT THE BLOW OF HAVING BEEN STRUCK AND 

POSSIBLY CONTACT WITH PROPELLER OR BEING DRAGGED 

AT HIGH SPEED PINNED ON THE BOW RESULTED IN THE 

EVISCERATED CONDITION OF THE CARCASS. (CASCADIA 

RESEARCH TEXT). DEAD L12 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2013 6 13 VESSEL STRIKE GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

THE 68-FOOT ADULT MALE HAD BEEN IN FAIRLY GOOD 

HEALTH PRIOR TO DEATH WITH A HEALTHY OILY BLUBBER 

LAYER AND EVIDENCE OF HAVING FED RECENTLY BASED ON 

STOMACH CONTENTS. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL BRUISING 

IN THE BLUBBER AND UNDERLYING TISSUES ON THE LEFT 

SIDE OF THE HEAD AND THE UPPER AND LOWER LEFT JAW 

INDICATING SEVERE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA CONSISTENT 

WITH HAVING BEEN KILLED BY COLLISION WITH A SHIP. 

(CASCADIA RESEARCH TEXT). DEAD L12 1 N Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE VENTURA CA DEAD

CALL RECEIVED FROM NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY-PORT 

HIUENEME PORT OPERATIONS OF A DEAD WHALE FLOATING 

IN HARBOR NEXT TO SHIP. CIMWI VOLUNTEER WENT TO 

SITE TO CONFIRM. TOOK PICTURES. NOTIFIED STRANDING 

COORDINATOR-NMFS,BASE BIOLOGIST,CIMWI DIRECTOR, 

AND CIRCU. 7/30/14 ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE 

BETWEEN NMFS AND NAVY TO HAVE WHALE TOWED TO A 

SITE FOR NECROPSY. NECROPSY PERFORMED BY MEMBERS 

OF NMFS,CIMWI,CIRCU,ETC. VESSEL ASSIST TOWED 

REMAINS OUT TO SEA. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EXAM 

AND NECROPSY DEAD L12 1 N Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 2 7

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

UNKNOWN GEAR BEHIND BLOWHOLE, APPEARS TO BE 

CONSTRICTING AND LOOKS TO EXTEND TOWARDS MOUTH. 

VIDEO AND PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND A. 

HENRY. SI L2 1 Y Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 4 10 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. NECROPSIED. 307 PLATES OF 

BALEEN (LEFT), PARTS OF BROKEN VERTEBRA FROM 

CONTACT ZONE. DEAD L12 1 N Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 8 24 VESSEL STRIKE ALAMEDA CA DEAD

WHALE STUCK ON BOW OF VESSEL. CARCASS TOWED TO 

ANGEL ISLAND FOR NECROPSY. DEAD L7A 1 N Y

FIN WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 9

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

PHOTOS SHOW ROPE / LINE AROUND BODY OF TRAVELING 

WHALE, BEHIND BLOWHOLE BUT FORWARD OF PECTORAL 

FLIPPER AREA. LINE APPEARS TO BE TIGHT / CONSTRICTING 

AROUND ANIMAL, THOUGH NO LACERATIONS OR VISIBLE 

INJURIES ARE APPARENT. WHALE DOES APPEAR SLIGHTLY 

EMACIATED. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND A. 

HENRY. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 1 22 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

PLEASURE SAILBOAT COLLIDED WITH FREE-SWIMMING 

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DOVE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING 

CONTACT & WAS NOT RESIGHTED; NO BLOOD OBSERVED IN 

WATER; FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. VESSEL SIZE ASSUMED 

LESS THAN 65 FT. AND SPEED UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L7B 0.14 N Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 2 12 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

PRIVATE RECREATIONAL VESSEL COLLIDED WITH FREESWIMMING ANIMAL; ANIMAL BREACHED JUST PRIOR TO 

CONTACT, BOUNCING OFF SIDE OF VESSEL; DOVE 

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CONTACT & WAS NOT 

RESIGHTED; NO BLOOD OBSERVED IN WATER; FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN; SKIN SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM VESSEL AND 

GENETICALLY IDENTIFIED AS A FEMALE GRAY WHALE. 

VESSEL SIZE ASSUMED LESS THAN 65 FT AND SPEED 

UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L7B 0.14 N Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 4 18 VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD CRUSHED MANDIBLE DEAD NA 1 N Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 6 11 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD

MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE INTO THE THORAX, BLOOD CLOTS 

AROUND LUNGS. LESIONS INDICATE MASSIVE TRAUMA. DUE 

TO CARCASS POSITION, THE SKELETON COULD NOT BE 

COMPLETELY EXAMINED (LYING ON BACK, TOP OF SKULL IN 

SAND) DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 7 13

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

ANIMAL HAS BEEN IN AREA FOR ~5 WEEKS, OBSERVED 

FEEDING; THIS WAS FIRST OBSERVATION OF 

ENTANGLEMENT; GRAY LINE WITH BLACK AND WHITE 

FLOAT WRAPPED AROUND FLUKE/PEDUNCLE AREA, 

TRAILING LINE, 2 LACERATIONS IN THE FLUKE AREA, ONE 

DEEP ONE AT THE BASE AND ONE ON ONE OF THE BLADES 

CAUSING THE TIP TO CURL; ANIMAL OBSERVED ENTANGLED 

IN THE MORNING BUT AT 1330 OBSERVED WITHOUT 

ENTANGLEMENT; SHED GEAR ON ITS OWN; GEAR-FREE BUT 

INJURED. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2011 7 27UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA NSI

INDICATIONS OF OLD HEALED ENTANGLEMENT SCAR ON 

FLUKE. OPEN ULCER/ LESIONS ON ABDOMEN OF UNKNOWN 

ORIGIN. NSI L5B 0 N N

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 8 25 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PETERSBURG AK SI

ENTANGLED IN 50 LBS. HEAVY MONOFILAMENT WEBBING, 

CORK LINE, AND LEAD LINE, AS WELL AS OVER 200 LBS. OF 

BULL KELP ATTACHED TO GEAR; COMPLETELY 

DISENTANGLED; LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES HAD 

SIGNIFICANT CUTS AND ABRASIONS; OVERALL BODY 

CONDITION WAS POOR; MASSIVE INFESTATION OF WHALE 

LICE AND BARNACLES; ANIMAL VERY EMACIATED AND 

LACKED ANY VISIBLE SIGNS OF RECENT FEEDING; OBSERVED 

THE DAY AFTER DISENTANGLEMENT SWIMMING VERY 

SLOWLY. HEALTH DECLINE DUE TO CONSTRICTING AND 

WEIGHTED ENTANGLEMENT. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 8 25

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

ONE WHITE "CRAB POT" BUOY NEXT TO BODY BY LEFT 

PECTORAL FIN; FLOAT STAYED NEXT TO BODY AND DID NOT 

CHANGE POSITION; ANIMAL REMAINED IN SAME POSITION - 

POSSIBLY ANCHORED; ONLY OBSERVED FOR ~2 MIN; NOT 

RESIGHTED, NO RESCUE, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. 

CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2011 9 27

COD POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT KODIAK AK SI

ENTANGLED IN COD POT GEAR; 3-5 WRAPS OF LINE 

AROUND PEDUNCLE AND WHALE IMMOBILIZED; 2-3 WRAPS 

OF FLOATING POLY BUOY LINES WRAPPED CLOSE TO 

FLUKES, SINGLE WRAP OF POT LINE AROUND PEDUNCLE 

EXTENDED DOWN TO THE POT AT AN ANGLE; FLUKES 

IMMOBILIZED; COMPLETELY DISENTANGLED AFTER 2 HRS 

AND OBSERVED SWIMMING SLOWLY. NON-SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE WHALE'S CONDITION WAS REPORTED AS GOOD 

AND ALL GEAR REMOVED. NSI L2 0 Y N

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 1 17

COD POT FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT ALEUTIANS EAST AK SI (PRORATE)

A 40' WHALE WAS CAUGHT IN COD POT GEAR NEAR 

UNIMAK PASS. LINES WERE CUT BY BOAT CREW AND BUOYS 

WERE RECOVERED, HOWEVER, THE POT AND SOME LINE 

REMAINED IN THE WATER. ANY LINE POSSIBLY REMAINING 

ON ANIMAL THOUGHT TO BE MINIMAL. GRAY WHALE 

DETERMINATION MADE FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE 

QUESTIONING BY LOCAL MARINE MAMMAL BIOLOGIST. 

DETERMINATION: PRORATE AT L10 BECAUSE GEAR POSSIBLY 

REMAINS ON ANIMAL. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 1 22 MARINE DEBRIS PACIFIC WA DEAD

POSSIBLE ENTANGLEMENT, DEEP CABLE-LIKE INDENTATION 

AROUND GENITAL AREA. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 1 28

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

TOWING TWO ORANGE BUOYS AND AT LEAST 150 FT OF 

LINE; UNKNOWN FISHERY, REPORTED AS POSSIBLE GILLNET; 

NO RESPONSE EFFORT. UNKNOWN IF ENTANGLEMENT IS 

CONSTRICTING OR NOT.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 3 24 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET GEAR AROUND PEDUNCLE; RESPONSE EFFORT 

RESULTED IN SUCCESSFUL DISENTANGLEMENT WITH >100 

FT OF PINK GILLNET REMOVED FROM ANIMAL, BUT ANIMAL 

SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVED DEAD ON 03/27 (FLOATING, SKIN 

SAMPLE TAKEN, NO NECROPSY). NET REMOVED ON 03/24 

FOUND TO CONTAIN ONE DEAD CA SEA LION AND THREE 

DEAD SHARKS. DEAD L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 3 28

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

LINE DEEPLY EMBEDDED AROUND TAIL STOCK AND UNDER 

FLUKE; ~45 FEET OF ROPE WITH HAND CARVED BUOY; 

ANIMAL SUCCESSFULLY DISENTANGLED AND ALL GEAR 

RECOVERED. CONDITION OF ANIMAL INDICATED THAT 

ANIMAL IS LIKELY TO SURVIVE. NSI L2 0 Y N

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 4 17

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

GRAY WHALE REPORTED ENTANGLED WITH 

APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET OF LINE TRAILING. FOUR 

SPONGEX BULLET BUOYS LIE ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 

ANIMAL. ENTANGLEMENT INVOLVES THE MOUTH, A WRAP 

OVER THE HEAD, AND THE LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER. 

ENTANGLEMENT APPEARS RECENT. PARTIALLY 

DISENTANGLED 5/3/12 BY FISHERMEN. UNKNOWN 

AMOUNT OF GEAR REMAINED ON WHALE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 4 21

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD

ROPE LIKE MARKS ON CAUDAL PEDUNCLE. ROPE 

IMPRESSION ON PECTORAL FIN. PHOTOS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 4 28

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MENDOCINO CA SI (PRORATE)

SMALL GRAY WHALE OFF FORT BRAGG CA, IN COMPANY OF 

TWO OTHER ANIMALS, TRAILING TWO BUOYS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 5 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE WATCH VESSEL NOTICED FROM IMAGES TAKEN 

THAT A GRAY WHALE OBSERVED EARLIER IN THE DAY WAS 

ACTUALLY ENTANGLED. A SMALL GAUGE LINE, LIKELY FROM 

RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH GOES OVER THE ANIMAL'S BACK, 

AND OVER BLOWHOLES, TO LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH. NO 

BUOYS OR TRAILING LINE WERE OBSERVED. ANIMAL IN FAIR 

CONDITION. ANIMAL SIGHTED NEXT DAY BY WHALE WATCH 

VESSEL. CONFIRMED MOUTH ENTANGLEMENT, APPEARS TO 

BE STRAPPING MATERIAL. UNKNOWN IF GEAR IS 

CONSTRICTING. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 N Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 8

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) HUMBOLDT CA SI

DEEP CUTS FROM ROPE AROUND PEDUNCLE AND 

LACERATIONS AT FLUKE NOTCH AND LATERAL EDGE OF 

FLUKE. GEAR COLLECTED AND IDENTIFIED AS DUNGENESS 

CRAB POT GEAR. ANIMAL ENTIRELY FREED OF GEAR BUT 

CONDITION OF ANIMAL IS FAIR AND SLIGHTLY EMACIATED. 

DEEP CUTS (~ 2 INCHES) FROM THE ROPE AROUND THE 

PEDUNCLE REMAINED. GEAR WAS RECOVERED. RESULTS OF 

ENTANGLEMENT MAY STILL BE LIFE THREATENING. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 11 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY MARIN CA SI

LOOP BETWEEN CRAB POTS AND WEIGHTED LINE CAUGHT 

IN WHALE'S MOUTH; ENTANGLING GEAR STUCK IN ROCKS; 

ANIMAL ANCHORED WITH SMALL RADIUS OF MOVEMENT 

FOR 4 DAYS; SUCCESSFULLY DISENTANGLED. GEAR WAS 

COLLECTED. NSI L2 0 Y N

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 13

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED THROUGH MOUTH IN AT LEAST TWO 

SETS OF SUSPECTED POT GEAR THAT THAT HANG BELOW. 

ANIMAL ANCHORED WITH A SHORT SCOPE IN 28 FEET OF 

WATER TO SUSPECTED POTS. BUNDLE OF GEAR, INCLUDING 

4 BUOYS LIE UNDER ANIMAL. ANIMAL HAVING SOME 

DIFFICULTY GETTING TO SURFACE. ANIMAL EVENTUALLY 

DISENTANGLED, BUT RESULTS OF ENTANGLEMENT MAY 

STILL BE LIFE-THREATENING. SI L2 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 5 19

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(OREGON) CURRY OR SI (PRORATE)

TWO FISHING VESSELS WORKED TOGETHER TO CUT LINES 

FREE FROM THE CALF. AS THEY WORKED THE CALF BAGAN 

TO MOVE TO THE WEST ACCOMPANIED BY THE ADULT. ONE 

LINE REMAINED ATTACHED WHEN DISENTANGLEMENT 

ATTEMPTS WERE DISCONTINUED; THE CALF WAS 

ENTANGLED IN SEVERAL LINES IDENTIFIED AS CRAB GEAR. 

LOCATION NEAR SHORE IN APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OF 

WATER NORTH AND WEST OF THE NORTH JETTY ROGUE 

RIVER MOUTH, GOLD BEACH OREGON. UNKNOWN 

AMOUNT / CONFIGURATION OF GEAR REMAINED ON 

ANIMAL.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 6 16 GILLNET FISHERY VALDEZ-CORDOVA AK SI

GRAY WHALE IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND ENTANGLED IN 

GEAR. THRASHING AT SURFACE AND MOVING AT 4-5 

KNOTS. NO WOUNDS OR CHAFING WAS OBSERVED. 

GILLNET, CORKLINE (AT LEAST 12 FLOATS), AND LEADLINE 

OBSERVED OVER ANIMAL'S ROSTRUM, BODY, AND 

TAILSTOCK. BOTH PECTORAL FLIPPERS APPEARED PINNED 

TO BODY. ANIMAL LATER APPEARED TIRED AND WAS 

SWIMMING AT 2 KNOTS. IT WAS NOT RELOCATED. 

ASSIGNED L2 SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE GEAR APPEARS TO 

BE CONSTRICTING MOVEMENT OF WHALE. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 8 22 GILLNET FISHERY VALDEZ-CORDOVA AK SI (PRORATE)

A FISHING NET WAS OBSERVED BEING TRAILED FROM A 

GRAY WHALE'S BACK. PHOTOS APPARENTLY AVAILABLE, BUT 

HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. 

EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 8 31

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

FIRST DETECTED NEAR SAN DIEGO. GRAY WHALE REPORTED 

ENTANGLED WITH SMALL GAUGE, DARK-COLORED LINE, 

DEEPLY EMBEDDED AROUND ITS TAIL STOCK. LITTLE GEAR 

TRAILS. ENTANGLEMENT WAS ONCE MORE EXTENSIVE AS 

INDICATED BY SCARS ON THE ANIMAL'S BODY. ANIMAL IN 

VERY POOR CONDITION - EMACIATED, SCARRED AND A 

HEAVY LOAD OF CYAMID AMPHIPODS. BLACK LINE AROUND 

PEDUNCLE, 20 FT TRAILING; OBSERVED OFF SAN DIEGO ON 

8/31, COMPLETELY DISENTANGLED OFF LOS ANGELES 9/6, 

STRANDED DEAD 9/14/12. DEAD L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2012 10 13 GILLNET FISHERY MENDOCINO CA SI

MACKERRICHER STATE PARK, JUST OUTSIDE THE SURF 

ZONE.WHALE REPORTED WITH ROPE AROUND THE 

PEDUNCLE WHICH WASN'T SEEN IN PHOTOGRAPHS BUT 

PHOTOS DID SHOW GREEN GILLNET WITH CUTS TO THE 

HEAD; ANIMAL DISAPPEARED AND FINAL STATUS IS 

UNKNOWN. CUTS TO HEAD INDICATE CONSTRICTING GEAR. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 1 10

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE)

GRAY WHALE SWIMMING EAST TOWARDS WHISKEY CREEK 

SLOWLY FOR 30 MINUTES SAID TO BE ENTANGLED IN ROPE 

AND BUOYS. ANIMAL NOT RELOCATED, SEVERITY OF 

ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 2 3

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

LINE ENTANGLEMENT DESCRIBED AS "POT GEAR" WITH A 

SINGLE WHITE BUOY TRAILING. NOT RESIGHTED. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 8

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED WHALE WAS TRAILING ROPE ~ 20 FEET BEHIND 

AND TWO ORANGE FLOATS. ANIMAL IS THOUGHT TO HAVE 

AN ENTANGLEMENT ON THE PECTORAL FIN OR HEAD 

REGION. NO RESIGHTS OF THE ANIMAL HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 22

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT COOS OR SI

U.S. COAST GUARD IN COOS BAY REPORTED AN ENTANGLED 

GRAY WHALE CALF A COUPLE MILES WEST OF CAPE ARAGO. 

A SMALL WHALE (<20 FEET) WAS SEEN LYING FAIRLY 

MOTIONLESS, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A STRING OF CRAB 

GEAR. THE WITNESS WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY IN THE 

WHEELHOUSE OF A 90? VESSEL AND DIDN?T ACTUALLY SEE 

ANY GEAR WRAPPED AROUND THE WHALE?S BODY BUT HE 

THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY ENTANGLED. USCG DID A 

FLYOVER OF THE AREA AND DID NOT RESIGHT THE ANIMAL. 

EVIDENCE OF CONSTRICTING GEAR BECAUSE WHALE WAS 

MOTIONLESS. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 3 28

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LOS ANGELES CA SI

SINGLE STRAND OF ROPE WRAPPED TIGHTLY ONCE AROUND 

LEFT FLUKE BLADE; ROPE DESCENDS TO BELIEVED LOBSTER 

POT AT DEPTH OF ~20 M SLIGHTLY BEHIND ANIMAL. 

INJURED, HIGH CYAMID LOAD. NOT RESIGHTED. EVIDENCE 

OF CONSTRICTING ENTANGLEMENT. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 4 13

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE)

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN FOUR OR MORE BUOYS IN TANDEM 

ON A LINE, 2 SMALL ORANGE BUOYS ON THE ENDS, HALF A 

YELLOW/BROWN BULLET BUOY AND SMALL YELLOW 

PLASTIC FLOAT IN THE MIDDLE. SIGHTED, UNABLE TO 

ATTACH RESCUE LINE. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 4 18

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) SAN FRANCISCO CA NSI

RESCUE TEAM FOUND GEAR THAT ANIMAL HAD SHED. GEAR 

IDENTITY CONFIRMED BY CDFW USING BUOY NUMBER. NO 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS. NSI L3 0 N N

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 5 6

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CURRY OR SI (PRORATE)

REPORTEDLY HAD CRAB BUOY AND 20 FEET OF LINE 

TRAILING BEHIND IT WAS REPORTEDLY ENTANGLED IN CRAB 

GEAR SWIMMING WITHIN 1 MILE OF SHORE; FINAL 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 6 25 GILLNET FISHERY HUMBOLDT CA DEAD

ENTANGLED IN LARGE AMOUNT OF PINK GILLNET WITH 

BLACK FLOATS AROUND PEDUNCLE AND FLUKES. 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION. LATITUDE = 40.617, JUST 

SOUTH OF PACIFIC COAST FEEDING GROUP BOUNDARY 

DEFINED BY IWC. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 6 25

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MARIN CA DEAD

ENTANGLEMENT FOUND WRAPPED THROUGH MOUTH AND 

ON FLUKES. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2013 6 27DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) CURRY OR DEAD

ENTANGLED TO GEAR AT PEDUNCLE AND RIGHT PECTORAL; 

CRAB POT TAG NUMBER IDENTIFIED AS DUNGENESS CRAB 

POT GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 7 16

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MARIN CA DEAD

CDFW TAG ID IDENTIFIED TO DUNGENESS CRAB 

FISHERMAN; ENTANGLEMENT WAS IN LINE AND BUOYS 

ONLY (NO POT/TRAP); DEAD STRANDING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2013 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO LEFT SIDE OF ROSTRUM. 

ABRASIONS AND SUPERFICIAL LACERATIONS WITH 

ASSOCIATED BRUISING AND HEMORRHAGE IN BLUBBER 

AND UNDERLYING MUSCLE; DEGLOVING OF TISSUE FROM 

BONE AT SITE AND SHATTERED AREAS IN L ROSTRAL BONE. 

BASED ON SIZE OF IMPACT, IDENTIFIED AS VESSEL STRIKE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2013 9 4 TRIBAL CRAB POT GEAR CLALLAM WA NSI

GRAY WHALE, CONFIRMED (KNOWN PCFG, CASCADIA #819). 

SEVERAL SIGHTINGS AND THE ANIMAL WAS ULTIMATELY 

DISENTANGLED BY DFO AND PARKS CANADA. NSI L3 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 9 8 VESSEL STRIKE

NORTH SLOPE 

BOROUGH AK NSI

WELL-DOCUMENTED VESSEL STRIKE INVOLVING A NOAA 

RESEARCH RHIB (23 FT IN LENGTH) THAT WAS OVERTURNED 

BY A GRAY WHALE DURING SATELLITE TAGGING 

OPERATIONS. WHALE APPEARED UNDER THE BOW OF RHIB, 

WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO REVERSE, BUT WHALE 

LIFTED BOW OF VESSEL HIGH ENOUGH OUT OF THE WATER 

TO CAUSE IT TO FLIP OVER. ALL PERSONNEL ABOARD WERE 

RESCUED BY THE R/V AQUILA AND THE RHIB VESSEL WAS 

RETRIEVED. SLOW SPEED AND SMALL SIZE OF THE RHIB, 

COMBINED WITH A LACK OF INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE 

WHALE INJURY SUPPORTS USE OF L6C NON-SERIOUS INJURY 

CRITERIA. NSI L6C 0 N N

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2013 10 23

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY

OFFSHORE 

SOUTHERN CA CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 1 5

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLEMENT ON HEAD OF WHALE, INCLUDED FLOAT. 

NO DETAILS ON SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT SI L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 4 15

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED IN UNSPECIFIED GEAR. NO DETAILS ON GEAR 

TYPE OR SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 5 27

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CURRY OR SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED GRAY WHALE SIGHTED NEAR GOLD BEACH, 

APPEARED TO BE SWIMMING WELL IN A NORTHERLY 

DIRECTION. THE OBSERVER TOOK VIDEO - IT APPEARS TO 

HAVE AN ORANGE/RED OR WHITE/RED BUOY TRAILING JUST 

A FEW FEET BEHIND IT. OBSERVER LOST SIGHT OF THE 

ANIMAL BEFORE CONTACTING OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. 

ABSENCE OF CONSTRICTING GEAR COULD NOT BE 

CONFIRMED FROM VIDEO, THUS ASSIGNED L10 INSTEAD OF 

L3. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2014 5 28UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI (PRORATE)

GRAY WHALE CALF (ATTENDED BY MOTHER) ENTANGLED IN 

LINE AROUND HEAD AND TRAILING ONE ORANGE AND ONE 

WHITE BUOY. BUOYS ESTIMATED TO BE 20-25 FT BEHIND 

FLUKES. NO DISENTANGLEMENT ATTEMPT. BOTH ANIMALS 

MOVING NORTH AT APPROX. 3.5 KTS (SHADOWED BY RHIB 

VESSEL), THUS IT IS THOUGHT NO POT/TRAP IS ATTACHED 

TO ANIMAL, OTHERWISE SPEED WOULD BE SLOWER. 

MOTHER OF CALF IS A KNOWN ANIMAL (CRC-554) WITH 

NORTHERN CA / SOUTHERN OR SIGHTING HISTORY BACK TO 

1997. GIVEN THE SIGHTING HISTORY OF MOTHER, SHE AND 

CALF ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PCFG POPULATION. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 7 24

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED WITH YELLOW LINE WRAPPED AROUND ITS 

BODY, MAY INVOLVE MOUTH, NO BUOYS; WHALE LICE ON 

HEAD AND POST CRANIAL DIP; UNKNOWN GEAR TYPE. GEAR 

DISCARDED BEFORE NOAA COULD EVALUATE. FREESWIMMING; NEWPORT BEACH LG FREED WHALE; 

RESIGHTED MOVING NORTH 7/26. SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE LACK OF CONFIRMATION THAT ALL GEAR WAS 

REMOVED.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 9 2 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

GILLNET, PINK 8.25 INCH MESH, GEAR EXTENDS 40 FEET 

BEHIND ANIMAL- GEAR ORIGINATED IN MOUTH AND CUT 

DOWN TO 10 FEET OUT BOTH SIDES OF MOUTH. 

ENTANGLEMENT DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN MOUTH, RUNNING 

DOWN BOTH SIDES OF BODY, UNDER THE PECTORAL FINS, 

AND OVER THE FLUKE. CUT LINE ON SIDE OF BODY WITH 

CUTTING KNIFE, SOME GEAR REMAINING IN MOUTH. L2 

SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF REMAINING GEAR ON ANIMAL 

AND APPARENT CONSTRICTING NATURE OF GEAR ('DEEPLY 

EMBEDDED'). SI L2 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2014 9 11

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED WITH YELLOW POLYLINE AND A COUPLE OF 

FLOATS TRAILING BEHIND. THRASHING INDICATES RECENT 

ENTANGLEMENT; ANIMAL IN DISTRESS; ANIMAL NOT 

RESIGHTED, POSSIBLY LIFE-THREATNING. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 1 21 VESSEL STRIKE KING WA DEAD

PIER 52 SEATTLE FERRY DOCK. SHARP FORCE TRAUMA 

CAUSED BY LARGE PROPELLER. DEFINITE CAUSE OF 

MORTALITY. 5-6 PROPELLER CUTS ON R SIDE/ACROSS BACK, 

BEGINNING JUST DORSAL OF RIGHT PECTORAL FIN. UNABLE 

TO SEE HOW FAR THEY EXTEND ACROSS BACK DUE TO 

CARCASS POSITION, VISIBLE PORTIONS 80-180CM. 

MODERATELY DECOMPOSED WHALE. DEAD L5A 1 N Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 2 3 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

ENTANGLED IN BLUE / GREEN GILLNET, NET AROUND HEAD / 

BLOWHOLE REGION, FULL GEAR CONFIGURATION 

UNKNOWN, BUT AN ABSENCE OF GEAR ON FLUKES AND 

PEDUNCLE NOTED. ANIMAL MILLING AT SURFACE AND 

CHANGING DIRECTION OFTEN. HEAVY COATING OF 

BARNACLES ON BODY, ANIMAL IN POOR CONDITION, WITH 

NECROTIC TISSUE ON THE HEAD EVIDENT. LONG-TERM 

SURVIVAL UNLIKELY. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA 

AND D. WELLER. SI L10 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 2 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI

POSSIBLE CRAB POTS. BUOY COLORS DIFFICULT TO SEE 

FROM COAST GUARD VIDEO, REPORTED AS RED AND 

WHITE. LINE COMES DOWN BOTH SIDES OF BODY AND 

COMES TOGETHER AT BUOY 1 ABOUT 10 FT IN FRONT OF 

THE FLUKE, 2ND BUOY RIGHT AT FLUKE INSERTION 

WRAPPED AROUND TIGHTLY WITH BUOY AT SURFACE; 

EXAMINATION OF USCG VIDEO BY J. CARRETTA INDICATES 

EVIDENCE OF CONSTRICTING WRAP AND A WHALE THAT 

HAS DIFFICULTY TRAVELING NORMALLY. WARRANTS USE 

OF SERIOUS INJURY CATEGORY L2. SI L2 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 3 7

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

INITIALLY SEEN BREACHING MULTIPLE TIMES, THEN RESTING 

AT SURFACE AND ATTEMPTING TO SWIM BACKWARDS 

WITH MOUTH OPEN. LINE OR ROPE TRAILING DOWN LEFT 

SIDE FROM MOUTH TO THE PECTORAL FIN AND AFT OF THE 

BLOWHOLES, UNABLE TO SEE WHERE THE LINE ORIGINATED. 

FULL CONFIGURATION OF GEAR IS UNKNOWN. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 3 11

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI (PRORATE)

SELF REPORT FROM FISHERMAN IN HIS OWN GEAR; 1 CRAB 

POT ON 300 FT OF LINE SET IN 250 FT WITH 2 BUOYS (1 

ORANGE/1 PURPLE) WITH TEAL LINE CONNECTING TO BLUE 

POLY LINE WRAPPED AROUND THE FLUKE; TIER 1 CDFW 

DUNGENESS CRAB GEAR. FULL EXTENT OF GEAR 

ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 3 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

LINE COMING OUR RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH, MORE TRAILING 

LINE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY 

J. CARRETTA AND D. WELLER. PHOTOS DO NOT SHOW GEAR, 

BUT RESPONDERS (J. CALAMBOKIDOS) CONFIRMED 

PRESENCE OF GEAR. FULL GEAR CONFIGURATION 

UNKNOWN. ANIMAL HAS MODERATE CYAMID / BARNACLE 

LOAD, INDICATIONS OF A HEALTH DECLINE, THUS ASSIGNED 

A SERIOUS INJURY VALUE = 1. SI L10 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 3 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION JEFFERSON WA SI (PRORATE)

GRAY WHALE REPORTED WITH TAIL ENTANGLED IN FISHING 

LINE, WITH ORANGE BUOY ATTACHED. NO PHOTOS OR 

VIDEO TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF GEAR ENTANGLEMENT. 

REPORTED BY A TUGBOAT TO USCG.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 5 21

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CURRY OR SI (PRORATE)

USCG SECTOR NORTH BEND, OREGON REPORTED WHALE TO 

BE TRAVELING NORTH AT 3 MPH WITH 3 OTHER 

CONSPECIFICS AND A CALF. ~30 FEET OF LINE WITH A 

SINGLE YELLOW BUOY TRAILING BEHIND THE WHALE, 

APPEARED TO BE MOVING OKAY AND NO DESCRIPTION OF 

WHERE ON THE BODY LINE WAS WRAPPED. 5/25/2015: 

REPORTED AGAIN BY A WHALE WATCH VESSEL OUT OF 

DEPOE BAY, WAS SIGHTED HOURS EARLIER IN NEWPORT, 

OR. LAST KNOWN LOCATION ON 5/25/2015 WAS JUST 

SOUTH OF THE CAPE MEARES LIGHTHOUSE SWIMMING 

NORTH AT 3MPH. GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN, 

ASSIGNED L10. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 5 23 GILLNET FISHERY VALDEZ-CORDOVA AK DEAD

A FRESH GRAY WHALE CARCASS WAS DISCOVERED ON THE 

COPPER RIVER DELTA. THE CARCASS DISPLAYED LINEAR 

CUTS AND CHAFING ON THE ROSTRUM, INDICATIVE OF 

RECENT GILLNET ENTANGLEMENT. EXAMINED BY K. WYNNE 

AND E. LYMAN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 7 30

CA HALIBUT AND WHITE SEABASS 

SET GILLNET FISHERY ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

FISHERMEN SELF-REPORT, BRINGING IN SET NET WHEN 

GRAY WHALE APPROACHED FROM UNDER BOAT, HIT NET, 

SPUN, VIOLENTLY REACTED, EVENTUALLY BROKE FREE, 

UNCERTAIN IF ANY GEAR REMAINED ON WHALE; 

FISHERMAN UNSURE IF EVEN REALLY EVER ENTANGLED BUT 

THINKS 20 FT OF HIS NET MAY BE HAVE BEEN GONE. 

UNKNOWN GEAR CONFIGURATION ON ANY REMAINING 

GEAR. NO PHOTOS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE

EASTERN N PACIFICPCFG 2015 8 15 GILLNET FISHERY CLALLAM WA SI

JUVENILE GRAY WHALE INITIALLY FOUND ANCHORED AND 

ENTANGLED IN A MARINE SET GILLNET INSIDE NEAH BAY. 

REPORTED WHALE HAD 3-4 WRAPS OF LEADLINE AND 

CORKLINE AROUND THE CAUDAL PEDUNCLE WITH LINES 

STREAMING OVER THE FLUKE LEADING TO A MASS OF 

GILLNET MESH AND LINES. WHALE REMAINED IN AREA, 

WITH MULTIPLE DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORTS CONTINUING 

INTO SEPTEMBER. FINAL PHOTOS OF WHALE SHOW 

ANIMAL SWIMMING FREE, FEEDING NORMALLY, AND 

APPARENTLY GEAR FREE. INITIAL INJURY ASSESSMENT IS L2 

BECAUSE OF CONSTRICTING GEAR, BUT FINAL ASSESSMENT 

IS NON-SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF INTERVENTION 

EFFORTS. BIOPSY SAMPLE ALSO OBTAINED AND SENT TO 

SWFSC. PHOTOS AND NARRATIVE PROVIDED BY MAKAH 

TRIBE, REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA.

NSI L2 0 Y N

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 9 8

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE)

GRAY WHALE REPORTED AS ENTANGLED IN NETTING, NO 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 9 26 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

VESSEL DEFIANCE REPORTED A GRAY WHALE ENTANGLED IN 

NETTING WITH NO TRAILING GEAR 12 MILES OFF SAN 

ONOFRE. NO FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GRAY WHALE EASTERN N PACIFIC 2015 12 21

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED ON LEFT SIDE TRAILING LOBSTER-TYPE BUOY 

POSSIBLY ALSO ON FLUKES, BUOY ORANGE IN COLOR AND 

EASILY VISIBLE. GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 1 25 MARINE DEBRIS LOS ANGELES CA SI

FISHING ENTANGLEMENT; AROUND NECK BUT NOT 

EMBEDDED; 2 HOOKS IN LEFT REAR FLIPPER ON DORSAL 

AND ONE VENTRAL, TRANSFERRED TO REHABILITATION 

CENTER, FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P7B 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 5 6 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA DEAD

ENTANGLED AROUND SHOULDERS WITH BALLOON RIBBON, 

ADVANCED DECOMPOSITION - RIBBON DID NOT PENETRATE 

SKIN. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 6 9 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

WHITE BALLOON STRING AROUND NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN 

REHAB. DEAD P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 6 18 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN GREEN TWINE / NETTING. NETTING 

HAD BARNACLES ON IT, INDICATIVE OF GHOST NETTING / 

MARINE DEBRIS. SI P8A 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 7 1 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD NO DETAILS GIVEN. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2011 7 18 GILLNET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

CUTS ON ANIMAL SUGGESTIVE OF ENTANGLING NET 

FISHERY INTERACTION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 5 25 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SONOMA CA SI

DARK GREEN ENTANGLEMENT AROUND LOWER 

NECK/UPPER SHOULDER AREA - NOT EMBEDDED, 

EMACIATED. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. NSI P8A 0 Y N

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 5 29 BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA CLATSOP OR DEAD

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE AT AXILLA AND PELVIC AREAS; 

SOME ORGAN HEMORRHAGING; BLOOD IN THORACIC 

CAVITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 8 GILLNET FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR NSI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED AROUND NECK IN BLUE NET, NO 

OBVIOUS INJURIES, ANIMAL QUICKLY RETURNED TO OCEAN 

AFTER DISENTANGLEMENT. NSI P7B 0 N N

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 9 MARINE DEBRIS LINCOLN OR SI

ORANGE PLASTIC LINE WRAPPED TIRGHTLY AOUND THORAX 

AT SHOULDERS,WAS DISENTANGLED BY VOLUNTEERS; 

ANIMAL WAS ALERT AND RESPONSIVE THROUGHOUT, 

MADE ITS WAY BACK OUT TO WATER; NO FURTHER 

REPORTS RECEIVED; APPEARS THIN IN PHOTOS. SI P1, P7B 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 18 MARINE DEBRIS GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CLEAR PLASTIC PIECE 2 X 8 INCHES IN SIZE RECOVERED 

FROM STOMACH AND ESOPHAGUS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 19 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

BULLET HOLES WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING IN 

BODY. LEFT LUNG DAMAGED BY BULLET, BLOOD IN 

THORACIC, ABDOMINAL, AND PERICARDIAL CAVITIES, 

INTESTINES VERY TWISTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2012 6 28 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

ENTANGLEMENT IN GREEN TRAWL NET WITH SIGNIFICANT 

TRAUMA AROUND NECK, ALSO FOUND STYROFOAM IN 

STOMACH. DETAILED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EXAM. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2013 6 28 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

BLUE TWINE GILLNET WITH STRETCH MESH LENGTH OF 15.5 

CM FOUND WRAPPED AROUND NECK. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2015 5 11 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD

XRAYS REVEALED 7 PIECES OF BUCKSHOT THROUGHOUT 

BODY, WITH ONE THAT APPEARS TO BE LODGED IN 

ANIMAL'S HEART. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2015 6 1 MARINE DEBRIS SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD GREEN TWINE ON RIGHT FRONT FLIPPER DEAD NA 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2015 6 10 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH ABRASION AROUND NECK FROM 

OLD ENTANGLEMENT. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

GUADALUPE FUR SEAL MEXICO 2015 7 10 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD

HEAVY COLONIZATION BY BARNACLES, LARGE NETTING 

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, EYES BULGING, HEAVILY 

DECOMPOSED INTESTINES, GAS-FILLED, IMMATURE SEXUAL 

ORGANS. CAUSE OF DEATH ENTANGLEMENT, NUTRITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

N CALIFORNIA-S 

OREGON 2011 1 2 VESSEL STRIKE LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; RIGHT LOBE OF FLUKE CUT OFF CLEANLY; OTHER 

LACERATIONS INDICATE PROPELLER WOUNDS DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR PORPOISE MONTEREY 2011 1 27 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MONTEREY CA NSI

HARBOR PORPOISE BECAME ENTANGLED IN SEABIRD 

RESEARCH NET DURING RETRIEVAL. ANIMAL WAS 

IMMEDIATELY FREED OF NET AND SPENT LESS THAN 2 

MINUTES ENTANGLED. PORPOISE SWAM AWAY STRONGLY. NSI S7B 0 N N

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2011 5 5 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SUBSTANTIAL FOAM IN TRACHEA; SEROUS FLUID 

IN PLEURAL CAVITY; THORACIC ORGANS BRUISED; 

EXTERNAL MARKS (NET?) AND RUBBED AREAS. EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2011 5 14 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SUBSTANTIAL BLOODY FOAM FROM BLOWHOLE 

AND IN TRACHEA; INDENTATIONS ALONG PEDUNCLE AND 

MARKS NEAR FLIPPERS DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2011 5 27

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; MANY PARALLEL CUTS ACROSS ANIMAL, 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING . UPPER JAW TIP BROKEN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2011 6 3

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; MANY PARALLEL CUTS ACROSS ANIMAL, 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2011 9 8

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

CARCASS; SMALL CUTS ON PEDUNCLE; TRAUMA TO HEAD; 

FOAM IN LUNGS, ANIMAL VERY THIN WITH REDUCED 

MUSCLE MASS; LOWER SMALL INTESTINES SEEMED 

DECOMPOSED, ALMOST NECROTIC; URINE BLOODY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2011 9 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; DORSAL FIN CUT OFF; GROOVED MARKS ON 

DORSAL PEDUNCLE; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL 

CAVITIES; PERFORATED ULCER IN DUODENUM; SOME 

ORGANS AND LEFT SIDE OF BODY HEMORRHAGED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2012 1 16 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; LINEAR 

INDENTATIONS ALONG DORSAL PEDUNCLE; LOTS OF FOAM 

IN RIGHT LUNG; RIB MARK BRUISING ON LUNGS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2012 2 3 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; LINEAR MARKS ALONG DORSAL PEDUNCLE; 

HEMORRHAGE ON HEAD, NECK, AND VARIOUS AREAS OF 

BODY. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2012 3 7

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; SEVERE LINEAR GASHES ON LEFT SIDE OF CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE; PARTIALLY SEVERED LEFT LOBE OF FLUKE 

FLACCID, APPEARS NECROTIC. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2012 3 24

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KING WA DEAD

CARCASS; CIRCULAR LINEAR IMPRESSION AT SNOUT; LEFT 

UPPER JAW AND LOWER JAW MISSING, BUT INJURY MOSTLY 

HEALED; ANIMAL THIN; FROTH FROM MOUTH DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2012 6 5

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; GOOD TO EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; THREE 

GASHES ON PEDUNCLE; POSSIBLE GASHES ON FLUKE; 

RUBBED AREAS ON HEAD; TEETH IN LOWER JAW DISPLACED; 

HEMORRHAGE ON HEAD AND LEFT MID-THORAX; LUNGS 

DENSE DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2012 6 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; RUBBED AREAS AND HEMORRHAGE ON VARIOUS 

AREAS OF HEAD AND BODY; ODD (KNIFE?) CUTS AND 

DIAGONAL, FINE-LINED, LINEAR-PATTERNED AREA ON BODY; 

LEFT LUNG HEAVY AND PALE DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2012 8 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SERIES OF NONPARALLEL CUTS AND TWO GASHES ON BODY; BLOOD IN 

EYES AND FROM BLOWHOLE; HEMORRHAGE ON HEAD AND 

SIDES OF BODY; FOAM IN LUNGS AND TRACHEA; BLOOD IN 

ABDOMEN; MILK IN STOMACH AND ESOPHAGUS DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 31 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN FREE-FLOATING GILLNET DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 31 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; TAIL STOCK/FLUKE SEVERED; WHITE FROTH FROM 

BLOWHOLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR IMPRESSIONS LEADING INTO 

DEEP LACERATION ON RIGHT FLIPPER; RIGHT EYE 

PERFORATED AND PENETRATING LACERATION 

APPROXIMATELY 3 CM BELOW EYE; MULTIPLE NET 

IMPRESSIONS, ESPECIALLY ON HEAD, FLIPPER, AND DORSAL 

SURFACE; FOUR PENETRATING (LIKELY GAFF) WOUNDS; 

PARTIALLY DIGESTED FISH IN STOMACH; FOUND NEAR FREEFLOATING GILLNET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2012 11 1 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD CARCASS; OBSERVED ENTANGLEMENT IN GILLNET FISHERY DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2012 11 3 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; MONOFILAMENT LINE MARKS AROUND JAW, 

ROSTRUM, AND HEAD; TRAILING EDGE OF LEFT PECTORAL 

FIN SHEARED OFF; WRAP MARK AROUND DORSAL FIN TIP 

AND LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES; FROTH FROM BLOWHOLE DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2012 11 5 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

CARCASS; SLICE OF SKIN MISSING ON LEFT POSTERIOR SIDE 

OF FLIPPER (SIMILAR TO THREE OTHER RECENT PORPOISE 

STRANDINGS); VERY FAINT V-SHAPED IMPRESSION ON 

ROSTRUM; POSSIBLE NEW INDENTATIONS IN BOTH FLUKE 

AND FLIPPER; HEALED SCARS ON TAIL STOCK DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2012 11 6 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ISLAND WA DEAD

CARCASS; NECROPSY PHOTOS SHOW LINE IMPRESSIONS 

WAPPING AROUND HEAD AND TAIL STOCK. TWO LINES 

COME TO A "V" SHAPE FROM A SINGLE POINT ON THE 

LEADING EDGE AND ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE PECTORAL 

FIN. ANOTHER IMPRESSION WRAPS AROUND THE MIDDLE 

OF ONE OF THE FLUKES. OBVIOUS SIGNS OF FISHERIES 

INTERACTION BASED ON EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL 

OBSERVATION. A REGURGITATED FISH WAS FOUND IN THE 

ESOPHAGUS INDICATIVE OF STRESS AT THE TIME OF DEATH.

DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2013 4 21

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; 7.4 CM LONG CUT THROUGH 

SIDE OF DORSAL FIN; 13 CM LONG AREA OF LINE MARKS 

(AVERAGE 1.8 CM IN LENGTH AND 0.5 CM APART) ON 

ANTERIOR DORSAL PEDUNCLE; SOME BRUISING AT RIGHT 

DORSAL PEDUNCLE; HEMORRHAGING AT RIGHT SCAPULA 

AND SUBSCAPULA DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2013 4 29

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

FAIR TO GOOD BODY CONDITION; LOWER JAW POSSIBLY 

PREVIOUSLY BROKEN (OR TUMOR?) AND PROTRUDING AT 

ANTERIOR END; TEETH GONE FROM RIGHT UPPER JAW; 

SOME ORGANS BRUISED/HEMORRHAGED; HEAVY RIB 

MARKS ON LUNGS; YELLOWISH AND PINK FOAM IN 

TRACHEA. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

SAN FRANCISCORUSSIAN RIVER 2013 6 5 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

SCAVENGING AROUND HEAD AND MOUTH; DISTENDED 

ABDOMEN; SUSPECT FISHERIES INTERACTION DUE TO 

LINEAR CUTS ON PEDUNCLE TYPICAL OF MONOFILAMENT; 

FULL TERM FETUS DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE MORRO BAY 2013 7 11 MARINE DEBRIS SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT; FOUND FULLY ENCLOSED 

IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH BLOOD AROUND FLUKE DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2013 8 11

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

OK BODY CONDITION; HEAVILY SCAVENGED; 13 CM LONG 

AREA OF LINE MARKS (AVERAGE 1.8 CM IN LENGTH AND 0.5 

CM APART) ON DORSAL PEDUNCLE; SOME BRUISING AT 

RIGHT DORSAL PEDUNCLE; HEMORRHAGING AT RIGHT 

SCAPULA AND SUBSCAPULA DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE MORRO BAY 2013 8 30 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ENTANGLEMENT SCAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 25 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

PHOTOS SHOW ENTANGLEMENT (MONOFILAMENT LINE) 

MARKINGS AROUND NOSE AND ACROSS ROSTRUM; 

DAMAGED TRAILING EDGE OF DORSAL FIN DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2014 1 3

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION JEFFERSON WA DEAD

A DEAD HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND. A NECROPSY 

REVEALED IMPRESSIONS CONSISTENT WITH NET 

ENTANGLEMENT ON THE ANIMAL. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2014 5 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BLOODY 

EYES, LINE MARKS AND INDENTATIONS ALONG THE 

ANTERIOR EDGE OF THE FLIPPERS, CUTS AND 

INDENTATIONS ON THE FLUKE AND PEDUNCLE, 

HEMORRHAGING ON THE BODY AND ORGANS, FOAM IN 

LUNGS, AND OTHERWISE EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. THE 

REPORTING PARTY BELIEVES THIS EVENT TO BE A FISHERY 

RELATED MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2014 5 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A SERIES OF 

PARALLEL MARKS ALONG ITS PEDUNCLE, BLOODY FOAM IN 

LUNGS, HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT BODY AND 

ORGANS, AND A BROKEN RIB. THE REPORTING PARTY 

BELIEVES THIS EVENT TO BE A FISHERIES RELATED 

MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2014 5 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A SERIES OF 

PARALLEL CUTS ON ITS FLUKE. THE DORSAL FIN AND RIGHT 

FLIPPER WERE CUT OFF. THERE WAS TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT THE BODY AND HEAD. THE 

REPORTING PARTY BELIEVES THIS EVENT TO BE A FISHERIES 

RELATED MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

SAN FRANCISCORUSSIAN RIVER 2014 7 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY SAN MATEO CA DEAD

SKULL HAS LARGE DEPRESSION FRACTURE WITH BONE LOSS 

OVER LEFT REAR OF SKULL. ALSO, DORSAL FIN, FLIPPERS, 

AND TAIL FLUKES APPEAR TO BE CUT OFF. VERY NEAT EDGES 

TO ALL FLUKES, FINS, AND FLIPPERS. NET MARKS ON 

CARCASS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

N CALIFORNIA-S 

OREGON 2014 8 28 VESSEL STRIKE COOS OR DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND WITH MULTIPLE SEVERE 

PROPELLOR WOUNDS AND THE CAUDAL PEDUNCLE WAS 

ALSO CUT OFF. THE PORPOISE WAS OTHERWISE IN GOOD 

BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 21 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY ISLAND WA DEAD

MONOFILAMENT IMPRESSIONS AROUND THE HEAD AND 

ROSTRUM. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE N OREGON-WA COAST 2014 11 5

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A SERIES OF 

SMALL, EVENLY SPACED SLASHES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ITS 

DORSAL FIN. SMALL CUTS ON ITS RIGHT SIDE, ROPE 

INDENTATIONS AROUND THE PEDUNCLE AND 

HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT THE BODY. THE ANIMAL 

WAS IN EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. THE REPORTING 

PARTY BELIEVES THIS EVENT TO BE A FISHERIES RELATED 

MORTALITY AND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS 

CONCLUSION. THE SPECIFIC FISHERY IS UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 4 2UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH SIGNS THAT 

IT HAD BEEN ENTANGLED / ENTRAPPED BY FISHERY GEAR. 

THE CARCASS EXHIBITED INDENTATIONS AND ABRASIONS 

ON ITS FLUKE, HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT THE BODY, 

AND EXTENSIVE BLOODY FOAM IN THE MOUTH, TRACHEA, 

AND LUNGS. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2015 5 13 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND FRESHLY DEAD WITH 8 

SUBSTANTIAL TRANSVERSE CUTS ON ITS DORSAL SIDE THAT 

APPEARED TO BE A PROPELLER INJURY. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 6 3UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

A SUBADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND 

DEAD. THE CARCASS EXHIBITED LINEAR MARKS ON THE 

VENTRAL PEDUNCLE AT THE FLUKE, HEMORRHAGE ON BOTH 

SIDE OF THE HEAD AND UNDER THE JAW, AND FOAM IN THE 

LUNGS. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 27UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE CARCASS WAS FOUND IN OCEAN 

PARK, WA. A NECROPY WAS CONDUCTED AND A 

SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WHITE FOAM WAS PRESENT IN 

BRONCHI, THERE WERE RIB MARKS ON THE RIGHT LUNG 

AND LIVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL GOUGES ON THE 

VENTRAL PEDUNCLE AND FLUKE, AND DAMAGE TO THE 

PORPOISE'S EYES. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR PORPOISE

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 8 2UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PACIFIC WA DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD. A NECROPSY 

IDENTIFIED BLOODY FOAM IN THE TRACHEA; 

HEMORRHAGING IN THE HEAD, BODY, AND ORGANS; AND 

INDENTATIONS ON THE DORSAL AND VENTRAL PEDUNCLE. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

NORTHERN OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 8 19UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD AND IN GOOD 

BODY CONDITION WITH WHITE FOAM IN BOTH LUNGS, RIB 

MARKS ON ITS INTERNAL ORGANS, AND ODD 

INDENTATIONS ON THE DORSAL PEDUNCLE. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE MONTEREY 2015 8 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA DEAD

FRESHLY-DEAD PORPOISE FOUND FLOATING IN HARBOR. 

FISHING LINE STUCK IN MOUTH. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2015 10 14

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD

AN ADULT MALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS DISCOVERED 

DEAD. IT APPEARED THAT THE ANIMAL DIED AS A RESULT OF 

A FISHERY INTERACTION (ENTANGLEMENT AND GAFFING). 

THE ANIMAL EXHIBITED MULTIPLE LINEAR IMPRESSIONS 

THAT TURNED INTO LACERATIONS AT THE MOUTH, 

ROSTRUM, FLUKE, DORSAL FIN, AND FLIPPER. THERE WERE 

THREE PUNCTURES ON THE ANIMAL'S LEFT SIDE, ONE OF 

WHICH TRACKED INTO THE BRAIN. NECROPSY SHOWED 

THAT THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH APPEARED TO BE 

GAFFING. THERE WERE ACTIVE FISHERIES OCCURING AT THE 

TIME OF THIS STRANDING.

DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2015 11 4

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD 

WITH LINEAR LACERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HEAD. 

THERE WAS ALSO A CLEANLY CUT FILET REMOVED FROM 

THE ANIMAL AND THE RIGHT BACKSTRAP WAS ALSO 

REMOVED. THIS IS ONE OF THREE PORPOISE FOUND AT THE 

SAME TIME AND LOCATION, ALL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN 

ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2015 11 4

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD. 

THERE WERE LINEAR LACERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 

HEAD AND DOWN BOTH SIDES OF ITS BODY, WITH MORE 

LACERATIONS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY. THERE 

WERE ALSO IMPRESSIONS, NICKS, AND CUTS ON THE FLUKE. 

THIS IS ONE OF THREE PORPOISE FOUND AT THE SAME TIME 

AND LOCATION, ALL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ENTANGLED 

IN FISHING GEAR. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

WASHINGTON INLAND 

WATERS 2015 11 4

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR PORPOISE WAS FOUND DEAD, 

WITH LACERATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF 

ITS HEAD AND BODY. THERE WERE NICKS AND LACERATIONS 

ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FLIPPER. THIS IS ONE OF 

THREE PORPOISE FOUND AT THE SAME TIME AND 

LOCATION, ALL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ENTANGLED IN 

FISHING GEAR. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR PORPOISE

SAN FRANCISCORUSSIAN RIVER 2015 11 15 GILLNET FISHERY MARIN CA ALIVE

ENTANGLEMENT SCARS, DIED AFTER TRANSFER TO REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD S1 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 3 22 MARINE DEBRIS KITSAP WA SI

LIVE ANIMAL WITH ROPE OR LINE AROUND NECK AND TOP 

OF HEAD. SI P8A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 4 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 4 21 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT, ANIMAL CAPTURED AND 

RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 4 25 SHOOTING MARIN CA DEAD NECROPSY PERFORMED DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 4 29 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

VERY YOUNG PUP (1-2 INCH UMBILICUS PRESENT) ILLEGALLY 

REMOVED FROM BEACH BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. 

BROUGHT TO REHABILITATION CENTER. SI P14 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 5 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

FISH HOOK IN MOUTH; ANIMAL CAPTURED; HOOK 

REMOVED, AND RELEASED NSI P5C 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 5 29 HARASSMENT MENDOCINO CA SI

DEPENDENT PUP ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM BEACH. DIED 

DURING TRANSPORT BACK TO BEACH. DEAD P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 5 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR SI

TREMBLING NOTED INITIALLY; CONVULSIONS AND 

VOMITING REPORTED JUST PRIOR TO DEATH; FISH HOOK 

WITH LURE AND LINE HAD PERFORATED INTESTINES; 

SUBSTANTIAL HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT DEAD P2 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 6 4 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 6 7 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL CAUGHT AND RELEASED FROM COOLING WATER 

INTAKE AREA NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 6 12 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI

SEAL ENTANGLED IN GREEN MONOFILAMENT GILLNET. 

LACERATIONS AROUND NECK. NETTING REMOVED AND 

ANIMAL SENT TO REHAB FACILITY. FINAL STATUS 

UNKNOWN. SI P8A 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 7 4 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

EXTREMELY THIN AND LETHARGIC. UNABLE TO LIFT HEAD 

AND OFFERED NO RESISTANCE WHEN PICKED UP. XRAY 

SHOWED FISH HOOK IN LOWER GI TRACT. TAKEN TO REHAB 

FACILITY. FINAL STATUS UNKNOWN. SI P2 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 7 9 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; PROPELLER CUTS 

AT LEFT AXILLA AND LEFT ANKLE; TREMENDOUS 

HEMORRHAGING AROUND NECK, PROPELLER CUTS, AND 

PELVIC AREA DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 7 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS FOUND WITH HOOK THROUGH LIP

DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 7 26 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN POWER PLANT COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 8 1 DOG ATTACK LINCOLN OR SI

LIVE PUP REPORTEDLY ATTACKED BY THREE DOGS

DEAD P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 8 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

CARCASS; CAUGHT ON HOOK OF IPHC (INTERNATIONAL 

PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION) LONGLINE GEAR DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 8 11 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY KING WA DEAD

CARCASS; PIECE OF FISHING LINE AND REMNANT OF HOOK 

FOUND IN LARGE INTESTINES DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 8 29 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER PLANT STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 8 30 VESSEL STRIKE SKAGIT WA DEAD

CARCASS; CRESCENT-SHAPED GASH IN LEFT SIDE BELOW 

RIBS WITH INTERNAL ORGANS PROTRUDING, AS WELL AS 

GASH ON SIDE OF HEAD CAUSED BY SMALL BOAT 

PROPELLER; LEFT EYE GONE DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 5 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY KING WA NSI

FISH HOOK IN FACE

NSI P5B 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 8 SHOOTING ISLAND WA DEAD

CARCASS; GOOD BODY CONDITION; BULLET WOUND (30 

MM X 20 MM) BEHIND LEFT EAR OPENING; EXIT WOUND (70 

MM X 70 MM) 4.5 CM BELOW AND TO RIGHT OF RIGHT EAR; 

THIRD HOLE (40 MM) 27 MM DIRECTLY BELOW RIGHT EAR; 

NO BULLETS OR FRAGMENTS FOUND. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 9 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER PLANT STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2011 9 12 SHOOTING THURSTON WA DEAD

CARCASS; TRACKING WOUND ON LEFT SIDE OF TOP OF 

SKULL WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING; TOP OF SKULL 

SHATTERED AND HEMORRHAGING IN BRAIN TISSUE DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 14

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN JUAN WA SI

PHOTO OF LIVE PUP SHOWED SOME FISHING GEAR 

ATTACHED TO ITS REAR FLIPPERS; ANIMAL NEVER LOCATED 

SO UNABLE TO EXAMINE. GEAR MAY IMPEDE ABILITY TO 

FEED AND TRAVEL. SI P6 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 19 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL KING WA NSI

LIVE ENTANGLEMENT IN TRIBAL FISHING NET; ANIMAL 

DISENTANGLED AND RELEASED NSI P7B 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 9 23PACIFIC WHITING TRAWL 

FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; BROUGHT IN WITH CARGO OF WHITING FISHING 

VESSEL; APPEARED TO HAVE DIED IN TRAWL NET OR IN 

CARGO HULL DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 9 25 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER PLANT STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2011 9 29 GILLNET FISHERY KITSAP WA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER PLANT STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 10 14 GILLNET FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

ADULT HARBOR SEAL WITH FISHING NET DEEPLY CUTTING 

INTO NECK. SI P8A 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 10 16 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

CAPTURED AND DIED DURING TRANSPORT TO RELEASE SITE DEAD P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 10 25 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SMALL BULLET HOLE WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING IN ABDOMEN; INTESTINES TIGHTLY 

TWISTED; LOTS OF FLUID IN ABDOMINAL AND THORACIC 

CAVITIES DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 10 30 GILLNET FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT NET; CIRCULAR 

HOLE ON LEFT DORSAL SIDE OF THORACIC AREA (LIKELY 

GAFF RATHER THAN BULLET HOLE), WITH ABDOMEN CUT 

OPEN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2011 11 1 GILLNET FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN APPROXIMATELY 36-FT 

MONOFILAMENT NET WITH LEAD LINE ATTACHED AND 

TWINE THAT WAS USED TO REPAIR HOLES IN THE NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 11 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2011 11 20 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL MASON WA DEAD REPORTED TO NOAA BY TRIBE AS KILLED IN GILLNET DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 11 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT INTO POWER GENERATING STATION; 

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM 

AND RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 1 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT; ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING 

WATER SYSTEM. ANIMAL RELEASED AT BEACH WITH NO 

INJURIES. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2012 1 6 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

CARCASS; RADIOGRAPH SHOWED BULLET IN HEAD AND 

COMPOUND SKULL FRACTURE; MARKED HEMORRHAGE IN 

BRAIN CAVITY; STOMACH HAD PARTIALLY DIGESTED FISH DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 1 22 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 2 2 HARASSMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNWEANED PUP SEPARATED FROM MOTHER BY DOGS NOT 

UNDER CONTROL OF OWNER. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB 

CENTER. DEAD P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 2 4 SHOOTING LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; LIKELY GUNSHOT WOUND TO ORBITAL AREA OF 

LEFT EYE--SHATTERED ETHMOID, LACRIMAL, AND 

ZYGOMATIC BONES DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 2 6 HARASSMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNWEANED PUP SEPARATED FROM MOTHER BY DOGS NOT 

UNDER CONTROL OF OWNER. ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHABILITATION CENTER. TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG # 17896 SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 2 11 HARASSMENT SANTA BARBARA CA SI

UNWEANED PUP SEPARATED FROM MOTHER BY DOGS NOT 

UNDER CONTROL OF OWNER. ANIMAL RELEASED FROM 

REHABILITATION CENTER. TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG # 17897 SI P14 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 2 24 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 3 3 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 3 10 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; BULLET HOLES AND TRACKS WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGING DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 4 1 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY KING WA DEAD

CARCASS; ENTANGLED IN MONOFILAMENT LINE

DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 3 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI

HARASSED, ILLEGAL PICK-UP, TRANSFERRED TO REHAB 

FACILITY, TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 5 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 11 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

RELEASED TO BEACH WITHOUT INJURIES. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 13 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

HARASSED; ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; 3 

INCH LONG WET UMBILICUS PRESENT; GOOD BODY 

CONDITION; NON-RESPONSIVE, NOT VOCAL, SHIVERING; 

ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, WHERE IT DIED DEAD P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 4 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; FISHING LINE FOUND IN INTESTINE OF ANIMAL; 

PERITONITIS AND BUNCHED UP INTESTINE AT LOCATION OF 

FISHING LINE OBSTRUCTION DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

RELEASED TO BEACH WITHOUT INJURIES. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 4 24 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL FOUND IN POWER PLANT INTAKE SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 5 12 HARASSMENT DEL NORTE CA NSI

ILLEGAL PICK UP BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC, WHO WAS 

INSTRUCTED TO RETURN IT TO WHERE IT WAS FOUND; 

ILLEGAL PICK UP AND RELOCATION BY ANOTHER COUPLE, 

WHO CALLED IT IN AS A STRANDING; TAGGED WITH 

ORANGE ROTOTAG #7553 NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 5 19 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; SHOT IN NECK/SCAPULAE AREAS; EXCELLENT 

BODY CONDITION; UTERUS DISTENDED; MILK IN MAMMARY 

GLANDS DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 5 21 VEHICLE COLLISION PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; CAUSE OF DEATH APPEARS TO BE TRAUMA FROM 

SMALL-WHEELED VEHICLE; LEFT EYE BULGING; TONGUE 

BITTEN; ABRASIONS ALL ALONG VENTRAL SIDE, HAIR 

RUBBED OFF IN 4-CM-WIDE, 51-CM-LONG STRIPE DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 5 23 VESSEL STRIKE DEL NORTE CA SI

BOAT STRIKE CAUSING SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA, LABORED 

BREATHING, AND BILATERAL MAXILLARY FRACTURES; 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY; CAUSE OF DEATH = 

SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA DEAD P15 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 6 14 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN FRANCISCO CA SI

MEMBER OF PUBLIC SCOOPED ANIMAL OUT OF WATER 

WITH NET, REMOVED FISHING HOOK, LINE, AND WEIGHT 

AND THREW THEM BACK INTO WATER, AND PLACED 

ANIMAL ON DOCK; MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT, ACTIVE, ALERT; 

SMALL ABRASION ON LOWER LIP; TRANSFERRED TO REHAB, 

TREATED AND RELEASED. NSI P5C 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 6 15 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 6 16 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA, EYES CLEAR AND ALERT, SHAKING; 

DIED OVERNIGHT; FOUND APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES OF 

FISHING LINE IN STOMACH; POSSIBLY ATTACKED BY DOG 

WHILE STILL ALIVE DEAD P2, P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 6 18 SHOOTING ISLAND WA DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT TO HEAD, JUST BEHIND EYES; BULLET 

EXITED ON OTHER SIDE DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 6 18 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; TWO BULLET HOLES IN NECK WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; ABDOMINAL ORGANS HEMORRHAGED; 

BRUISING ALONG DORSAL SPINE; GOUGE MARK ON RIGHT 

VENTRAL HIND FLIPPER DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 7 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

RELEASED TO BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 7 8 HARASSMENT SKAGIT WA SI

PUBLIC USE OF BEACH SEPARATED MOTHER AND PUP; PUP 

DIED DEAD P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 7 13 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 7 15

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

FISHERMAN SELF REPORT. EXACT DATE NOT GIVEN, THUS 

MID-MONTH (DAY=15) IS USED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 7 15NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

OCEAN TROLL FISHERY, TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

FISHERMAN SELF REPORT. EXACT DATE NOT GIVEN, THUS 

MID-MONTH (DAY=15) IS USED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 8 1 DOG ATTACK SNOHOMISH WA SI

LIVE PUP HAD SEVERAL PUNCTURE WOUNDS FROM DOG 

ATTACK; TRANSFERRED TO REHAB AND DIED DEAD P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 8 1 DOG ATTACK SNOHOMISH WA SI

LIVE PUP HAD 5 PUNCTURE WOUNDS (2 ON LEFT HIP, 2 ON 

RIGHT HIP, AND A DEEP ONE ON LEFT LATERAL SIDE) FROM 

DOG ATTACK; TRANSFERRED TO REHAB AND DIED DEAD P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 8 11 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

PUP SUCKED INTO INTAKE VALVE OF IDLING, LARGE, 

COMMERCIAL CATAMARAN; DECAPITATED CARCASS HAD 

SEMICIRCULAR LACERATIONS ON THORAX DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 8 12 SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; ADULT FEMALE WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT 

WOUNDS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 8 14 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; CLEAR ENTRANCE/EXIT BULLET HOLES IN BODY 

WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE AND THREE BROKEN RIBS DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2012 8 18 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; ONE OF FOUR PUPS CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILLNET DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2012 8 18 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; ONE OF FOUR PUPS CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILLNET DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2012 8 18 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; ONE OF FOUR PUPS CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILLNET DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2012 8 18 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL THURSTON WA DEAD CARCASS; ONE OF FOUR PUPS CAUGHT IN TRIBAL GILLNET DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2012 8 20 SHOOTING PIERCE WA DEAD

CARCASS; TRACKING WOUND; MARKED HEMORRHAGE 

FROM ENTRY WOUND IN FRONT OF LEFT EAR TO BEHIND 

LEFT EYE, WHERE PELLET WAS LODGED IN SKULL DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2012 8 20 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD

PUP OBSERVED STRUCK BY VESSEL; CARCASS FOUND ON 

BEACH NEXT DAY WITH TWO, LARGE, PARALLEL (CRESCENTSHAPED), PENETRATING LACERATIONS--TRANSVERSE TO THE 

RIGHT DORSAL SIDE DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 8 21 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA SI

SEVERAL GASHES ON STOMACH; LETHARGIC, ALLOWING 

PEOPLE TO APPROACH; DIED IN REHAB DEAD P15 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 9 2 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; VERY GOOD BODY CONDITION; DISTINCT BULLET 

HOLE AT LEFT DORSAL NASAL AREA AND EXIT WOUND AT 

PALATE; EXTENSIVE TRAUMA ALONG ENTIRE LEFT SIDE AND 

ON RIGHT VENTRAL SURFACE, PROBABLY DUE TO A SECOND 

BULLET DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 9 4 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

DEAD PUP WITH TWO SYMMETRICAL CUTS ACROSS 

ABDOMEN CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER WOUNDS; 

MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES ASSOCIATED WITH EXTERNAL 

WOUNDS; LACERATIONS OF HEART, RIGHT LUNG, SPLEEN, 

AND LIVER; HEMORRHAGE OF RIGHT ADRENAL AND LEFT 

KIDNEY DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 9 6 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; CLEAR BULLET HOLE IN NECK; SKULL SHATTERED

DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 9 8 VESSEL STRIKE JEFFERSON WA DEAD

CARCASS; TWO DEEP LACERATIONS APPROXIMATELY 12 

INCHES APART; ANTERIOR LACERATION SEVERED RIBS, 

LUNG, AND LIVER ON RIGHT SIDE; POSTERIOR LACERATION 

SEVERED LUMBAR SPINE, SPINAL CORD, AND COLON DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 9 15 DOG ATTACK WHATCOM WA SI

LIVE PUP WITH BITE WOUNDS DIED DURING EXAM; 

MALNUTRITION COMPLICATED BY BITE WOUNDS WAS 

SUSPECTED CAUSE OF DEATH DEAD P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 9 18 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD

DEAD PUP WITH CURVED WOUNDS AND IMPRESSIONS 

CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER INJURIES DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 9 20 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT LOS ANGELES CA DEAD ANIMAL FOUND IN POWER PLANT INTAKE SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 9 22SHOOTING/HOOK AND LINE 

FISHERY CLATSOP OR DEAD

CARCASS; ANIMAL VERY THIN; THREE FISH HOOKS LOOSE IN 

STOMACH; SHOTGUN PELLETS IN LEFT NOSE; SUBSTANTIAL 

HOLE IN LEFT ORBITAL BONE, WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGE AROUND BOTH EYE SOCKETS 

AND SIDES OF NOSE; SUSPICIOUS HOLE MIDWAY ALONG 

BLADDER DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 9 24 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 9 26 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; PENETRATING WOUND ON LEFT CHEEK, 

APPROXIMATELY 3 CM BELOW EYE, WITH TRACKING 

WOUND INTO UPPER CHEEK DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 4 GILLNET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

CARCASS; DIAMOND-SHAPED PATTERN IMPRINTED ON 

PELT; HISTOPATHOLOGY CONFIRMED PULMONARY 

HEMORRHAGE AND CONGESTION. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 10 15 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

CARCASS; TWO FISH HOOKS WITH FISHING LINE FOUND IN 

STOMACH; NO INDICATION OF INFECTION IN STOMACH; 

LINEAR LACERATION INSIDE MOUTH, POSSIBLY FROM 

INGESTED FISH HOOKS DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 15

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

FISHERMAN SELF REPORT. EXACT DATE NOT GIVEN, THUS 

MID-MONTH (DAY=15) IS USED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 15

NORTHERN WASHINGTON 

MARINE SET GILLNET FISHERY, 

TRIBAL CLALLAM WA DEAD

FISHERMAN SELF REPORT. EXACT DATE NOT GIVEN, THUS 

MID-MONTH (DAY=15) IS USED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 10 17 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. 

RELEASED ALIVE TO BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2012 10 25 VESSEL STRIKE WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; GOOD BODY CONDITION; FLESH MISSING FROM 

SKULL, ENDING IN CONCISE LINE BEHIND SKULL; TOP OF 

SKULL INTACT WITH BROKEN SHARD COVERING BOTTOM 

HALF OF BRAIN; LEFT HIP/UPPER LEG BONE PROTRUDING 

FROM BODY DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2012 11 4 SHOOTING LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD; ENTRY WOUND 

JUST VENTRAL AND CAUDAL TO RIGHT LOWER JAW; EXIT 

WOUND AT LOWER LEFT JAW; FRACTURED DENTARY DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 1 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM; 

RELEASED TO BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 1 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM; 

RELEASED TO BEACH NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 2 7 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 2 13 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM; 

NO INJURIES; RELEASED TO BEACH NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 2 25 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; PICKED UP OUT 

OF SURF BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC AND PLACED AGAINST SIDE 

OF CLIFF; LANUGO COAT, UMBILICUS PRESENT; 

MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT SI P14 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 9 HARASSMENT HUMBOLDT CA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; ILLEGAL PICK UP BY PUBLIC WHO 

KEPT IT IN BATHTUB FOR UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF TIME; 

FEVER, UNDERWEIGHT; VOLUNTEERS PUT PUP BACK WHERE 

IT WAS FOUND; WHEN MOTHER DID NOT RETURN, PUP WAS 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 12 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; BROUGHT TO LIFEGUARDS; THIN, 

DEHYDRATED SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 3 12 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; HARASSED; 

WRAPPED IN TOWEL AND MOVED TOWARD PARKING LOT 

BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC; LANUGO COAT; 3-INCH FRESH PINK 

UMBILICUS; EMACIATED SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 3 17 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; ALMOST ENTIRE SKULL 

"BLOWN AWAY"; SOME HEMORRHAGE IN BODY; BLOODY 

FLUID IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; 

UTERUS/FETUS COMPLETELY DETACHED AND UTERUS 

TORN; INTESTINES TWISTED DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 3 19 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION AND BLUBBER LAYER; 7 X 8 

CM HOLE IN DORSAL SKULL; ENTIRE SKULL SHATTERED; LEFT 

EYE BLOODY; RIGHT EYE GONE; BLOOD FROM NOSE AND 

MOUTH; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 3 24 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SHOTGUN PELLET HOLES 

THROUGH SKIN OF HEAD AND MOUTH; PELLET HOLES IN 

SKULL; HEMORRHAGE IN SOME ORGANS AND VARIOUS 

AREAS OF BODY; MODERATE BLOOD IN THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 6 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; HARASSED; 

PICKED UP BY PUBLIC, WRAPPED IN TOWEL, AND PLACED 

ELSEWHERE ON BEACH; EMACIATED SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 4 6 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 4 10 SHOOTING COWLITZ WA DEAD

X-RAY REVEALED BULLET AND POSSIBLE FRAGMENTS IN 

PELVIC AREA, BULLET/PELLET FRAGMENTS IN SKULL DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 4 17 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

GOOD BODY CONDITION; EYES BULGING; BLOOD FROM 

NOSE AND MOUTH; TREMENDOUS DEEP HEMORRHAGE IN 

HEAD, NECK, AND VARIOUS AREAS OF BODY AS WELL AS 

SOME INTERNAL ORGANS; BLOOD IN THORACIC CAVITY; 

INTESTINES TWISTED DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 5 20 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; SKULL EXPOSED; BULLET 

FOUND IN BODY; BULLET HOLES IN SKULL AND BODY; SPINE 

FRACTURED FROM BULLET; PELVIS FRACTURED; 

TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF 

ANIMAL; GENITAL AREA SWOLLEN; INTESTINES AND FETUS 

TWISTED DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 5 30 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

HEAD REMOVED, FISH HOOK AND LINE IN INTESTINES; 

VERTEBRAE APPEARED BROKEN AT POSTERIOR END OF 

ANIMAL WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; LEFT SIDE OF 

PELVIS HEMORRHAGED; ABDOMINAL ORGANS BROWNISH 

GRAY AND SOUPY AS IF AFFECTED BY GASTRIC FLUID DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 6 8 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA NSI

HARASSMENT; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC PUSHED PUP ON 

BEACH BACK INTO WATER; POSSIBLE ACOUSTIC 

HARASSMENT; ACTIVE PILE-DRIVING IN VICINITY OF BEACH NSI P9 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 6 9 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA NSI

HARASSMENT; REPORTS THAT MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE 

PUTTING PUP BACK IN WATER; NO SIGN OF FEMALE 

ATTENDING PUP; NUMEROUS PEOPLE AND DOGS PRESENT NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 6 25 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI DOG BITES, NO OTHER DETAILS PROVIDED. SI P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 6 27

AQUACULTURE FACILITY 

ENTANGLEMENT MASON WA DEAD

FOUND ENTANGLED IN GEODUCK AQUACULTURE NETTING; 

LINEAR IMPRESSION ACROSS NECK AT BASE OF LOWER JAW, 

SWELLING IN NECK AND SHOULDER AREA, NAIL BROKEN ON 

FIRST DIGIT OF RIGHT FLIPPER, AND WATER AT BASE OF 

LUNGS CONSISTENT WITH ENTANGLEMENT AND 

SUBSEQUENT DROWNING; INSIDE OF LIPS BLUE; 

CONJUNCTIVA RED BLOOD COMING FROM NOSE; HIND 

FLIPPERS SWOLLEN DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 7 1 HARASSMENT THURSTON WA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; PUP WAS 

FREQUENTLY HAULING OUT NEAR BOATS BUT FEMALE WAS 

COMING AT NIGHT TO FEED IT SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 1 HARASSMENT MASON WA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MEMBER OF PUBLIC CONTINUED TO FEED 

AND HOLD PUP AFTER REPEATEDLY ADVISED NOT TO; PUP 

ABANDONED DUE TO HUMAN INTERFERENCE AND POSSIBLY 

PREMATURITY SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 4 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA SI

ILLEGAL PICKUP; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC REFUSED TO RETURN 

NEWBORN PUP TO BEACH; MATERNAL SEPARATION SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 7 9 DOG ATTACK PIERCE WA NSI

ATTACKED ON PUBLIC BEACH BY OFF-LEASH DOG; PUP HAD 

A COUPLE OF SMALL PUNCTURES ON LEFT HIND FLIPPER; 

SLIGHTLY THIN, WITH WHITE STUB OF UMBILICUS; 

RELOCATED TO GERTRUDE ISLAND NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 7 13 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA NSI

HARASSMENT; MEMBER OF PUBLIC SEEN CLIMBING OUT TO 

TOUCH SEAL PUP NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 7 15 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA NSI

HARASSMENT; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE TOUCHING AND 

PICKING UP PUP; PUP WAS GIVEN FLUIDS NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 7 16 HARASSMENT KITSAP WA NSI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WERE 

REPORTED HARASSING PUP ON BEACH AND NOT ALLOWING 

IT TO REST; UMBILICUS PRESENT; RELOCATED TO REHAB SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 7 17 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; REPORTS OF PUBLIC HARASSING 

PUP OVER 2.5 DAYS; RELOCATED TO REHAB SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 7 21 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; REPORTS THAT PUP WAS 

ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND HANDLED BY PUBLIC, MOVED 

FROM ROCK JETTY TO SHORE; UMBILICUS ATTACHED SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 7 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

FISHING LINE WAS REMOVED FROM ANIMAL'S TORSO; 

LACERATION ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BODY CUTTING 

INTO MUSCLE ABOVE THE FRONT RIGHT FLIPPER NSI P7B, P8A 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 7 29 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA SI

PUP REPORTED HIT BY A BOAT AND RESCUED FROM A 

GROUP OF TEENAGERS ATTEMPTING TO BEAT IT WITH 

OARS. SI P15 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 7 31 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; PUP BORN ON DOCK AT BUSY BAY; 

MOTHER NEVER RETURNED; RELOCATED TO GERTRUDE 

ISLAND HARBOR SEAL HAULOUT; EAGLE OBSERVED 

SCAVENGING ON IT NEXT TO DOCK DEAD P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 8 2 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN DIEGO CA DEAD ANIMAL DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER SYSTEM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 3 HARASSMENT KING WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; BOATERS HARASSED PUP; PUP 

WAS ABANDONED; ANIMAL TRANSFERRED TO REHAB; 

OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 3 HARASSMENT KITSAP WA SI

PUP EUTHANIZED DUE TO ABANDONMENT AND INFECTION, 

BUT HARASSMENT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO 

ABANDONMENT DEAD P14 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 8 3 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; HARASSMENT; PUP AT 

HAULOUT/ROOKERY AREA WITH VERY HIGH LEVELS OF 

DISTURBANCE BY HUMANS AND DOGS; MEMBERS OF 

PUBLIC OBSERVED NEAR SEAL, KICKING/NUDGING IT; THIN 

PUNCTURE ON HIND FLIPPER; RELOCATED TO GERTRUDE 

ISLAND HARBOR SEAL HAULOUT; FOUND DEAD 2 DAYS 

LATER. DEAD P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 8 3 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; BULLET HOLES; 

HEMORRHAGE; BROKEN BONES DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 4 GILLNET FISHERY, TRIBAL KITSAP WA DEAD

CREASES AROUND NOSE INDICATIVE OF ENTANGLEMENT; 

LEFT EYE BULGING SLIGHTLY; BLOOD AROUND NOSE AND 

MOUTH; CAUSE OF DEATH = PROBABLE ENTANGLEMENT DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 5 SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

CARCASS; FRESH DEAD; APPEARED HEALTHY; FOUND 

BULLET HOLE BUT NO BULLET DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 7 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

HARASSMENT BY MEMBERS OF PUBLIC AND DOGS; THIN, 

DEHYDRATED SEAL WAS TRANSFERRED TO REHAB, TREATED, 

AND RELEASED NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 8 7 VESSEL STRIKE THURSTON WA DEAD

PROPELLER MARKS ON BACK, HEAD, AND PELVIC AREA 

SLICED THROUGH BONE AND MAJOR ORGANS; MASSIVE 

INTERNAL DAMAGE PREMORTEM; CHOP MARKS ON RIGHT 

SIDE OF NECK (APPROX. 5 CM LONG), FROM MID-BACK TO 

TOP OF HEAD THROUGH SKULL AND BONE (APPROX. 18 CM 

LONG), AND ACROSS LEFT SHOULDER (APPROX. 9 CM 

LONG); SLICE ALONG DORSAL RIGHT PELVIC AREA AND ON 

LEFT SEVERED L FEMUR (APPROX. 12 CM LONG) DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 9 HARASSMENT CLALLAM WA SI

REPORTS OF MEMBERS OF PUBLIC PICKING UP, HANDLING, 

APPROACHING, AND THROWING ROCKS AT SEAL PUP; 

WEANED PUP WITH ALL TEETH ERUPTED DEAD P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 23

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

CARCASS; HEAD HAD BEEN CUT OFF WITH SHARP 

INSTRUMENT; GOOD BODY CONDITION; RED FROTH IN 

TRACHEA. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 8 28 MARINE DEBRIS MASON WA DEAD

SEAL WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE LEG OF A SMALL PAIR OF 

JEANS; INTERNAL PATTERNS OF BRUISING SUGGEST ANIMAL 

SWAM INTO WAIST OF THE JEANS, BECAME STUCK IN THE 

NARROW PART OF ONE OF THE LEGS, AND DIED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 8 30 HARASSMENT SKAGIT WA SI

ILLEGAL PICK UP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; MEMBER OF 

PUBLIC PICKED UP SEAL PUP ON SANDBAR IN RIVER AND 

PUT IT IN HIS BOAT; WDFW OFFICER REMOVED PUP FROM 

BOAT SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 9 9 SHOOTING DOUGLAS OR DEAD

ARROW RETRIEVED FROM CARCASS BY NOAA 

ENFORCEMENT AGENT DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 9 15 VESSEL STRIKE WHATCOM WA DEAD

VESSEL STRIKE; LARGE GASH ON SIDE OF SKULL (SKULL FELT 

COMPRESSED INTO LITTLE PIECES) AND 3 INCH SLICE ALONG 

RIGHT SIDE JUST BELOW THE HEAD AND ABOVE THE 

SHOULDER DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 9 21 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

MATERNAL SEPARATION; PUP WAS UNDERWEIGHT, 

LETHARGIC, AND BREATHING LABORED; MEMBER OF PUBLIC 

PICKED UP PUP AND CARRIED IT AROUND; PUP SWAM 

AWAY AND WAS REPORTED DEAD ON A NEARBY BEACH THE 

NEXT DAY DEAD P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 2 DOG ATTACK JEFFERSON WA SI

SEAL PUP FOUND ALIVE ON BEACH WITH BLOOD ON HEAD 

AND FACE, A FEW BLOOD SPOTS ON DORSAL AND LATERAL 

SIDES, AND FOAM COMING FROM MOUTH; FRESH DOG 

PRINTS AND BLOOD SMEARS FOUND IN THREE AREAS ON 

BEACH IN CLOSE PROXIMITY; ANIMAL DIED BEFORE IT 

COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO REHAB DEAD P9 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; MARKED 

SWELLING AND HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH NET 

MARKS ON NOSE; GOOD BODY CONDITION AND PARTIALLY 

DIGESTED FOOD IN STOMACH; NET IMPRESSION ACROSS 

NOSE, LEFT SIDE OF NECK, ACROSS BACK BETWEEN 

FOREFLIPPERS, AND ON LEFT SIDE OF PELVIC AREA DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; MARKED 

SWELLING AND HEMORRHAGE AROUND LIPS AND BETWEEN 

EYES WITH ASSOCIATED LINE MARKS; IMPRESSION ACROSS 

HEAD JUST BEHIND EYES; LEFT UPPER LIP SWOLLEN; 

IMPRESSIONS ACROSS BACK BETWEEN FOREFLIPPERS AND 

ANTERIOR TO TAIL DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; IMPRESSION 

AROUND NOSE WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; 

IMPRESSION ON DORSAL SURFACE FROM LEFT AXILLA 

ACROSS BACK; PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON DORSAL SIDE OF 

RIGHT AND LEFT HIND FLIPPERS; PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON 

DORSAL SURFACE OF RIGHT FOREFLIPPER; FLIPPER JOINTS 

APPEAR SWOLLEN NEAR PUNCTURES; THREE SHALLOW 

PUNCTURES ON CHEST BETWEEN LEFT FLIPPER AND 

MIDLINE DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; AREAS OF 

BRUISING AND PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED 

WITH WRAPS; EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION; PARTIALLY 

DIGESTED FISH IN STOMACH; PIECE OF NET RECOVERED 

FROM NECK; BRAIDED MONOFILAMENT (14 STR); POSSIBLE 

SUPERFICIAL, NON-INFECTED PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON LEFT 

HIND FLIPPER; NET WRAPPED 5X AROUND NECK; POSSIBLE 

NET LINES AROUND ABDOMEN DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; HEMORRHAGE 

ASSOCIATED WITH NET IMPRESSIONS; MARKEDLY THIN; RED 

SEROUS FLUID COMING FROM UMBILICUS; PUNCTURE 

WOUND ON LEFT FOREFLIPPER; PUNCTURE WOUND ON 

RIGHT HIND FLIPPER; PUNCTURE WOUND ON RIGHT LOWER 

LIP DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; EXCELLENT BODY 

CONDITION; IMPRESSIONS ON FACE AND NECK WITH SOME 

ASSOICATED HEMORRHAGE; REDDISH FROTH IN TRACHEA 

DOWN INTO BRONCHIALS; BLOOD COMING FROM NOSE 

AND MOUTH; IMPRESSION AROUND BACK OF NECK WITH 

WRAPS AROUND TO FRONT; IMPRESSION IN CENTER OF 

CHEST; IMPRESSION FROM LEFT UPPER LIP TO RIGHT EYE, 

POSSIBLY RUNNING THROUGH EYE DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2013 10 4 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY JEFFERSON WA DEAD

ONE OF SEVEN ANIMALS FOUND IN NET; IMPRESSION 

ACROSS NOSE WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; SOME 

FISH BONES AND OTOLITHS IN STOMACH; MODERATELY 

THIN; IMPRESSION ACROSS NOSE AND ON LEADING EDGE 

OF RIGHT FLIPPER; PUNCTURES ON VENTRAL SIDES OF HIND 

FLIPPERS (NONE APPEARED TO BE INFECTED); ONE LARGER 

LESION ON INSIDE DIGIT OF RIGHT FLIPPER DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 6 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI

PUP HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF PUBIC AND DOGS ON VERY 

PUBLIC BEACH; EYE INFECTION; PROBABLE RESPIRATORY 

INFECTION; LACERATION ON THE RIGHT REAR FLIPPER. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 10 16 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

PUP HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND DOGS; 

PUP HAD EYE INJURY, FEVER, AND PUNCTURE WOUNDS, 

PROBABLY FROM DOGS. SI P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 10 18 VEHICLE COLLISION MONTEREY CA DEAD

SECOND-HAND REPORT OF ANIMAL STRUCK BY CAR, PARTS 

COLLECTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2013 11 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL WAS CAUGHT BECAUSE IT APPEARED TO HAVE 

FISHING LINE AROUND ITS NECK; HALF-INCH WIDE WOUND 

ENCIRCLING ANIMAL'S NECK WAS EXAMINED AND IT WAS 

DETERMINED THAT FISHING LINE WAS NO LONGER PRESENT 

AND WOUND WAS HEALING, SO ANIMAL WAS RELEASED ON 

SITE NSI P7B 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 11 22 SHOOTING CURRY OR DEAD

WOUND TO FACE AND DAMAGE TO ORBIT STRONGLY 

SUGGEST GUNSHOT DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2013 12 1 VESSEL STRIKE LINCOLN OR DEAD

LIKELY VESSEL STRIKE OR SHOOTING; FIVE BROKEN RIBS 

WITH HEMORRHAGE DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 12 9 ENTRAPMENT SNOHOMISH WA DEAD

FOUND IN TRIBAL HATCHERY CONTAINMENT AREA.

DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2013 12 10 HARASSMENT KITSAP WA SI

HARASSMENT; 28-35 FOOT SILVER BOAT WITH CRAB 

PULLING EQUIPMENT OBSERVED THROWING A LIVE 

HARBOR SEAL PUP OUT OF BOAT; TIME SPENT ABOARD 

BOAT UNKNOWN; POSSIBLE CAPTURE MYOPATHY 

CONSIDERATIONS SI P4 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2013 12 24 MARINE DEBRIS THURSTON WA DEAD FOUND WRAPPED IN ANCHOR LINE OF A BUOY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 1 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION HUMBOLDT CA DEAD HARBOR SEAL CARCASS WITH HEAD CUT OFF DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 2 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 4 2 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS CAUGHT AND KILLED IN A RESEARCH 

GILLNET. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 4 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 7 HARASSMENT MARIN CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 4 8 SHOOTING LANE OR DEAD

A SUBADULT HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A 

GUNSHOT WOUND. A BULLET FRAGMENT WAS FOUND IN 

THE ANIMAL'S NECK. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 15 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 19 HARASSMENT MARIN CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 25 HARASSMENT SAN MATEO CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM 

ROOKERY BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 4 25

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION WHATCOM WA DEAD

A MUMMIFIED / SKELETONIZED HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND 

ENTANGLED IN DERELICT GILLNET GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 5 3 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET HOLES IN 

ITS BODY AND EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGING. A NECROPSY 

WAS CONDUCTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 5 14 MARINE DEBRIS SAN JUAN WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL WAS REPORTED TO BE ENTANGLED IN 

WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PACKING BAND. SI P8A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 5 14 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET HOLES IN 

ITS BODY AND EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGING. A NECROPSY 

WAS CONDUCTED AND A PELLET WAS COLLECTED FROM A 

BULLET WOUNDS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 5 23 MARINE DEBRIS SAN JUAN WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL WAS REPORTED TO BE ENTANGLED IN 

ORANGE / RED THICK ROPE WRAPPED AROUND THE NECK 

TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ANIMAL'S BACK. SI P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 5 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA DEAD

 LARGE BLUE ROPE AROUND THE ANIMAL'S NECK. LOOKS 

LIKE A SLIP KNOT. ABOUT 3 FEET OF TRAILING ROPE AFTER 

THE LOOP AROUND ITS NECK. NO LONG TERM MARKINGS 

OF ROPE ON THE ANIMAL, SUCH AS A PINK RING OF FLESH. 

THE FUR IS STILL INTACT AND LOOKS ONLY A LITTLE 

IRRITATED. ROPE AROUND NECK EXTERNAL EXAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 5 30 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES SI P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 6 2 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES SI P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 6 12 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND REMOVED 

FROM THE BEACH FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE 

ANIMAL WAS RETURNED TO THE BEACH, BUT FOUND DEAD 

LATER THAT DAY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 6 23 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE HARRASSED BY 

BOATERS, KIDS, AND DOGS. THE ANIMAL EVENTUALLY DIED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 6 26 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

BODY CONDITION WAS GOOD. MONOFILAMENT LINE 

WRAPPED AROUND NECK, IT WAS LOOSE SO NOT TOO DEEP. 

(1/8") BUT APPEARED TO RUB AND MAKE A WIDER WOUND. SI P8A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 3 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPEATEDLY HAULING OUT IN 

AREAS WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PEOPLE OVER 

SEVERAL DAYS AND WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP. THE PUP 

WAS RELOCATED TO A REMOTE BEACH. SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 6 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA NSI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE HAULED OUT IN 

A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. A TRAINED RESPONDER ATTEMPTED 

TO RELOCATE THE ANIMAL, BUT WAS HARRASSED BY 

PROPERTY OWNERS. THE PUP WOUND UP BEING LEFT IN 

PLACE. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2014 7 9 HARASSMENT JEFFERSON WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARRASSED WHILE HAULED OUT - 

A WOMAN MOVED IT AND ATTEMPTED TO FEED IT, DOGS 

WERE IN THE AREA AND INTERACTING WITH THE PUP. 

ACCORDING TO REPORTING PARTIES THE PUP HAD BEEN 

UNATTENDED FOR 4 DAYS. A TRAINED REPONDER REMOVED 

THE SEAL FROM THE BEACH AND TO A REHABILITATION 

FACILITY. THE SEAL WAS REHABILITATED AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 11 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS PET, FED, AND HARRASSED BY THE 

PUBLIC. AS A RESULT, THE ANIMAL WAS SENT TO A REHAB 

FACILITY, BUT DIED AT THE FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 13 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

OVER A PERIOD OF DAYS A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS PET AND 

HARRASSED BY THE PUBLIC. PEOPLE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO 

FEED THE PUP POTATO CHIPS. THE PUP DIED SHORTLY 

AFTER TRAINED RESPONDERS ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST THE 

PUP. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 16 HARASSMENT SKAGIT WA NSI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTEDLY WET WITH A HOSE 

WHILE HAULED OUT ON A PRIVATE BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 17 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE HARRASSED BY 

PEOPLE AND DOGS WHILE IT WAS HAULED OUT ON A 

BEACH. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2014 7 22 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS ILLEGALLY PICKED UP AND FED BY 

A HUMAN OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS. THE ANIMAL 

EVENTUALLY DIED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 22 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARRASSED BY PEOPLE AND 

DOGS. PEOPLE WERE TOUCHING, FEEDING, AND PETTING 

THE SEAL. LEVEL-A INDICATES THE ANIMAL WAS 

REHABILITATED AT WOLF HOLLOW AND THEN RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 7 23 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTEDLY HARRASSED BY 

DOGS AND PEOPLE. PEOPLE WERE TOUCHING, FEEDING, 

AND PETTING IT. THE LEVEL-A INDICATES THE PUP WAS 

ABANDONED AND INJURED. THE PUP WAS SENT TO WOLF 

HOLLOW FOR REHABILITATION BUT DIED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2014 7 25 HARASSMENT PIERCE WA NSI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE ILLEGALLY 

PICKED UP. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2014 8 8 HARASSMENT KITSAP WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE IN DISTRESS 

OVER SEVERAL DAY PERIOD BY A PROPERTY OWNER. WHEN 

TRAINED RESPONDERS ARRIVED TO RELOCATE THE PUP 

THEY FOUND IT SUCKLING ON THE THE PROPERTY OWNER'S 

LEG. THE SEAL WAS RELOCATED, BUT THEN RETURNED ON 

ITS OWN TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. THE PUP WAS THEN 

SENT TO TO BE REHABILITATED AND WAS LATER RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 8 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD. GILLNET FISHING 

WAS REPORTED IN THE AREA AT THE TIME. THE ANIMAL 

EXHIBITED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AROUND ITS HEAD AND 

A LINEAR IMPRESSION AROUND ITS NECK. THE REPORTING 

PARTY, A HIGH QUALITY SOURCE OF INFORMATION, 

SUSPECTED THE MORTALITY WAS FISHERIES RELATED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 8 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD. THE ANIMAL 

EXHIBITED LINEAR IMPRESSIONS AROUND NECK AND ON 

EYES. THE REPORTING PARTY, A HIGH QUALITY SOURCE OF 

INFORMATION, SUSPECTED THE MORTALITY WAS FISHERIES 

RELATED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 8 26 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET HOLES IN 

ITS BODY, A FRACTURED SKULL, AND OTHER SEVERE 

TRAUMA. A FIELD NECROPSY WAS PERFORMED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 8 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION PIERCE WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD AT A BOAT RAMP. THE 

ANIMAL EXHIBITED SLICE WOUNDS ON THE VENTRAL SIDE 

OF ITS NECK AND LESIONS AND PENETRATING WOUNDS 

CONSISTENT WITH NET INJURIES. A NECROPSY INDICATED 

SIGNS OF SLICING / MUTILATION AND SUSPECTED NET 

IMPRESSIONS ON THE HEAD. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 3

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION KITSAP WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL WAS REPORTED TO BE ENTANGLED IN A 

NET. AT LOW TIDE THE REPORTING PARTY RETURNED AND 

THE NET WAS EXPOSED. THEY FOUND THE SEAL 

DISENTANGLED, MUDDY, AND LAYING ON THE NET. IT HAD 

BEEN STABBED 5 TIMES IN THE CHEST AND WAS 

SURROUNDED BY A POOL OF FRESH BLOOD. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 10 SHOOTING CLALLAM WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD, IN A 

NEIGHBORHOOD SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE 

WATER, WITH BULLET HOLES IN ITS BODY AND EVIDENCE OF 

RECENT BLOOD LOSS. THE REPORTING PARTY BELIEVES THIS 

IS A FISHERIES RELATED MORTALITY. NO NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 9 20 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMALS APPEARS ALERT, HYDDRATED AND IN OVERALL 

GOOD BODY CONDITION. FIRST SPOTTED BY THE PUBLIC ON 

MAY 18TH 2014. AUGUST 21 WAS REPORTED BY PUBLIC 

THAT THE FISHING LINE BROKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE IF 

IT WAS EMBEDDED. WE FIRST GOT EYES ON IT 9/18/14. 

MADE A RESCUE ATTEMPT BUT NOT SUCCESSFUL. 2ND 

ATTEMPT WAS 9/19- HAD BEEN MONITORING ANIMAL FOR 

ABOUT 3 WEEKS. RESCUED DUE TO SUSUPECTED HUMAN 

INERACTION. APPEARANCE OF POSSIBLE ENTANGLEMENT 

AROUND THE ANIMALS NECK (MONOFILAMENT) 

NSI P7B 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 9 20 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET 

HOLES AND HEAVY HEMORRHAGING. A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2014 9 29

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD IN DERELICT GILLNET 

GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 10 17 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA SI

SINGLE PIECE OF MONOFILAMENT LINE AROUND THE 

NECK,STARTED CUTTING INTO THE ANIMAL ON THE RIGHT 

SIDE AND UNDERNEATH. LACERATION WAS 

APPROXIAMTELY 1/2" WIDE AND 1/2" DEEP SI P8A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 11 25 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD AND REPORTED TO BE 

SHOT. THE ANIMAL SHOWED SIGNS OF TRAUMA, 

HEMORRHAGING, AND SKULL DAMAGE. A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2014 12 2 SHOOTING CLALLAM WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A TRACKING 

BULLET WOUND TO ITS HEAD. THE REPORTING PARTY 

BELIEVES THIS WAS A FISHERIES-RELATED MORTALITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 1 20 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH REPORTED BULLET 

HOLES AND ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN ITS BODY, NECK, 

AND POSTERIOR SKULL AND FRACTURED CERVICAL 

VERTEBRAE. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 5 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. TREATED IN REHAB 

FACILITY AND RELEASED. CONSIDERED SERIOUS INJURY 

BECAUSE ANIMAL WAS A DEPENDENT PUP. SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 13 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB. DEPENDENT PUP AND MATERNAL 

SEPARATION = SERIOUS INJURY. SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 19 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT PUP WITH UMBILLICUS AND TAR SPOTS 

OVER DORSUM AND FLIPPERS. TREATED IN REHAB AND 

RELEASED. DEPENDENT PUP AND MATERNAL SEPARATION = 

SERIOUS INJURY. SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 20 HARASSMENT MARIN CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 2 21 SHOOTING GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

A SUBADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THE 

ANIMAL HAD SUSTAINED A PENETRATING INJURY, WITH 

CORRESPONDING ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS, AND THE 

SKULL WAS SHATTERED. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 3 5 SHOOTING CLALLAM WA DEAD

A FRESHLY DEAD ADULT HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND IN PORT 

ANGELES. THERE WERE TWO HOLES, ONE ON EITHER SIDE 

OF THE HEAD JUST POSTERIOR FROM THE EYE SOCKETS. THE 

REPORTING PARTY BELIEVED THE ANIMAL WAS SHOT. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 3 6 GILLNET FISHERY SKAGIT WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD IN A STATE OF 

MODERATE DECOMPOSITION IN DERELICT GILLNET THAT 

WAS STRETCHED BETWEEN TWO PINNACLES NEAR SARES 

HEAD. THE NET APEARED TO BE NEW AND WAS THOUGHT 

TO BE LOST IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 3 21 HARASSMENT ORANGE CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB. DEPENDENT PUP AND MATERNAL 

SEPARATION = SERIOUS INJURY. SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 3 26 HARASSMENT SONOMA CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 17 HARASSMENT MENDOCINO CA SI

NEONATE WITH UMBILICUS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE 

WILD BY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. TREATED AND RELEASED 

FROM REHAB. DEPENDENT PUP AND MATERNAL 

SEPARATION = SERIOUS INJURY. SI P14 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 4 21 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A SUBADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THERE 

WAS TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT THE 

HEAD AND BODY. AT LEAST ONE PROJECTILE WAS FOUND IN 

THE SKULL. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 4 24 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THERE 

WAS HEMORRHAGING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE BODY 

AND A BLOOD FILLED ABDONMINAL CAVITY. THE ANIMAL 

WAS IN EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. PROJECTILES WERE 

RECOVERED FROM THE SKULL AND ABDOMEN. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 29

UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH ABDOMINAL PUNCTURE 

WOUND TREATED IN REHAB AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 4 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT PUP WITH TAR ON FACE. TREATED IN REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT PUP WITH TAR ON FACE. TREATED IN REHAB 

FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 6 3 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL THAT INGESTED TROLL FISHERY GEAR WAS 

OBSERVED WITH A FLASHER HANGING FROM ITS MOUTH. SI P2 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 6 4 DOG ATTACK SONOMA CA DEAD OFF LEASH DOG ATTACKED AND KILLED SEAL. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 6 6 OIL / TAR LOS ANGELES CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF MANHATTAN BEACH TAR 

INCIDENT. 51-75% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON NECK, 

SHOULDERS, MOST OF DORSAL SIDE, SMALL PATCHES ON 

VENTRAL SIDE. IN ADDITION TO STANDARD SEAWORLD 

NECROPSY SAMPLES TAKEN, OILED WILDLIFE CARE 

NETWORK NECROPSY SAMPLE COLLECTING PROTOCOLS 

WERE FOLLOWED. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 6 7 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HANDLED, PICKED UP, AND 

RELOCATED BY THE PUBLIC. THE PUP WAS REHABILITATED 

AND RELEASED ON SAN JUAN ISLAND ON AUGUST 29. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 6 12 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA SI HIT BY BOAT, CUT ON NECK. DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 6 30 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS MOVED AND HARASSED BY 

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE ANIMAL WAS CAPTURED, 

REHABILITATED, AND RELEASED ON AUGUST 29, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 7 3 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS ATTACKED BY A DOG AND 

HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE PUP WAS 

REHABILITATED AND RELEASED AT SAN JUAN ISLAND ON 

AUGUST 29, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 4 HARASSMENT CLALLAM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HAULED OUT ON A POPULAR 

BEACH DURING A 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. THE PRESENCE 

OF PEOPLE ON THE BEACH AND FIREWORKS DROVE THE PUP 

INTO THE WATER, WHERE IT WAS REPORTED TO SUSTAIN 

INJURIES WHICH LED TO ITS DEATH. THERE ARE NO OTHER 

DETAILS. IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IT 

WILL BE ASSUMED THAT HUMAN HARASSMENT LED TO THE 

SEAL'S DEATH. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 7 MARINE DEBRIS COOS OR SI

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS OBSERVED OVER A 

COUPLE MONTHS WITH A CIRCUMFERENTIAL NECK 

ENTANGLEMENT CAUSED BY A PACKING BAND. THE 

ENTANGLED SEAL SUCCESSFULLY REARED A PUP. THE 

PACKING BAND WAS NOTED TO BE CUTTING INTO THE SKIN 

AND BLUBBER. SI P8a 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 8 HARASSMENT GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

A FEMALE HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS REPORTED TO BE ON A 

BEACH FOR A 24 HOUR PERIOD. DURING THIS TIME THERE 

WERE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF HARASSMENT, INCLUDING 

REPORTS OF PEOPLE THROWING THE SEAL. THE PUP WAS 

DEAD BY THE TIME STRANDING NETWORK RESPONDERS 

ARRIVED. IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

THIS WILL BE ASSUMED TO BE A HUMAN-CAUSED 

MORTALITY DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THE HARASSMENT.

DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 15 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS CAUGHT AND KILLED IN A SALMON 

RESEARCH NET. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2015 7 16 HARASSMENT THURSTON WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS ON A BUSY BEACH. IT WAS 

OBSERVED TO BE UNATTENDED FOR TWO DAYS, AND 

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE BEGINNING TO APPROACH 

AND TOUCH IT. THE PUP WAS REHABILITATED AND WAS 

RELEASED AT SOLO POINT ON OCTOBER 12, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 7 18 DOG ATTACK HUMBOLDT CA SI DOG BITES. TREATED IN REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 7 18 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF THE 

PUBLIC AND A DOG. THE PUP SUSTAINED SEVERAL 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS WHICH BECAME INFECTED. THE SEAL 

WAS REHABILITATED AND RELEASED AT SAN JUAN ISLAND 

ON OCTOBER 15, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 7 19 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR DEAD

AN ADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THE 

SEAL HAD INGESTED HOOK AND LINE AND HEMORRAGING 

WAS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE BODY, POSSIBLY 

INDICATING THE ANIMAL WAS SHOT. HOWEVER, THIS 

MORTALITY WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO INGESTED GEAR, SINCE 

IT CAN BE MORE READILY CONFIRMED THAN THE GUNSHOT 

INJURIES AND LIKELY OCCURRED PRIOR TO BEING SHOT. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 7 24 HARASSMENT SAN JUAN WA SI

A MALE HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF 

THE PUBLIC AND DOGS AT A STATE PARK. PEOPLE WERE 

POURING WATER ON THE PUP AND DRIVING IT INTO THE 

WATER. REHABILITATION WAS ATTEMPTED, BUT THE 

ANIMAL HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL HOOD CANAL 2015 7 25 HARASSMENT KITSAP WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF THE 

PUBLIC AT A BUSY BOAT LAUNCH. THE SEAL WAS 

REHABILITATED AND RELEASED AT JETTY ISLAND IN EVERETT 

ON OCTOBER 9, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 7 27 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS LOCATED AT A BOAT LAUNCH. 

THE SEAL WAS PICKED UP BY STRANDING NETWORK 

RESPONDERS, REHABILITATED, AND RELEASED ON OCTOBER 

3, 2015. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 8 10 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL IN EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION WAS 

FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET / PELLET HOLES AND 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE IN THE HEAD, NECK, PELVIS, 

AND TAIL. ONE OF THE ANIMAL'S LUMBAR VERTEBRA WAS 

BROKEN. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 8 17 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A HOLE IN ITS 

VENTRAL NECK WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING. THERE 

WAS TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGING THROUGHOUT THE 

BODY. THE REPORTING PARTY NOTED THIS ANIMAL WAS 

SHOT. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 8 19 DOG ATTACK DEL NORTE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH DOG BITES. TREATED AT 

REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 8 27 HARASSMENT WHATCOM WA NSI

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE REPORTEDLY POURING 

WATER OVER A BEACHED HARBOR SEAL PUP. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 8 27 VESSEL STRIKE PIERCE WA DEAD

A MALE HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS FOUND FRESH DEAD. THE 

ANIMAL HAD SIX PARALLEL DEEP LACERATIONS ON THE LEFT 

SIDE OF THE BODY FROM THE BASE OF THE SKULL TO THE 

HIND FLIPPER CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER INJURY. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 8 28 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY PACIFIC WA DEAD

AN ADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL CARCASS WAS FOUND. THE 

SEAL HAD INGESTED FISHING GEAR AND APPEARED TO BE 

SHOT IN THE HEAD AND BODY INDICATED BY HOLES AND 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE. GIVEN THE TWO SOURCES OF 

INJURY, THIS MORTALITY WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO INGESTED 

GEAR, SINCE IT CAN BE MORE EASILY CONFIRMED THAN THE 

GUNSHOT INJURIES AND LIKELY OCCURRED PRIOR TO BEING 

SHOT. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 9 7 SHOOTING LINCOLN OR DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THE ANIMAL 

APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT, AND BOTH ENTRY AND EXIT 

WOUNDS WERE EVIDENT. THE PROJECTILE PENTRATED 

FROM THE LEFT THORACIC TO RIGHT THORACIC AREA. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 9 18 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY MONTEREY CA DEAD

FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND NECK AND SEEMS TO 

EXTEND INTO THE BODY AS IF SWALLOWED. ONLY HALF OF 

LOWER MANDIBLE REMAINING. DEAD NA 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 9 23 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD

A FRESH DEAD HARBOR SEAL AND TWO BIRDS WERE FOUND 

ENTANGLED IN A DERLICT / ABDONDONED GILLNET. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 9 24 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD AND ENTANGLED IN 

GILLNET. THE SEAL WAS IN A STATE OF MODERATE 

DECOMPOSITION. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 9 24 SEAL BOMB SNOHOMISH WA SI

A HARBOR SEAL WAS OBSERVED IN EDMONDS THAT WAS 

BLEEDING HEAVILY FROM ITS NOSE AND WITH OBVIOUS 

INJURIES TO ITS EYES. CAPTURE ATTEMPTS BY NOAA AND 

THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE 

ANIMAL WAS NOT SEEN AGAIN. THE REPORTING PARTY 

BELIEVED THE SEAL'S INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED WHEN THE 

SEAL INGESTED A SEAL BOMB. SI P9 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 9 26 ENTRAPMENT KITSAP WA NSI

A HARBOR SEAL CLIMBED ONTO A BOAT AND AFTERWARD 

WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT AND RETURN TO THE WATER. 

THE SEAL REMAINED ABOARD OVERNIGHT UNTIL THE 

REPORTING PARTY ARRIVED AND WAS ABLE TO POSITION A 

BOARD IN SUCH A FASHION THAT THE SEAL WAS ABLE TO 

CLIMB OFF THE BOAT AND INTO THE WATER. NSI P9 0 N N

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 9 29 SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

A FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. A 

RADIOGRAPH CONFIRMED THE ANIMAL HAD BEEN SHOT. 

THERE WERE MULTIPLE PROJECTILES IDENTIFIED IN THE 

ANIMAL'S SKULL. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 10 4 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

A SUBADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD. THE 

ANIMAL APPEARED TO BE SHOT. THERE WERE CLEAR 

ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS IN THE ANIMAL'S SKULL AND 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 10 13 SHOOTING WHATCOM WA DEAD

AN ADULT FEMALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD WITH 

WHAT WAS NOTED TO BE A "CLEAR BULLET WOUND." 

FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A TRACKING WOUND. 

NO BULLET WAS RECOVERED. DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 10 14

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN JUAN WA DEAD

THREE HARBOR SEALS WERE FOUND ENTANGLED IN 

SUBMERGED GILLNET. EACH SEAL WAS FRESH DEAD. THIS IS 

SEAL THREE OF THREE. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 10 14 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD

THREE HARBOR SEALS WERE FOUND ENTANGLED IN 

SUBMERGED GILLNET. EACH SEAL WAS FRESH DEAD. THIS IS 

SEAL ONE OF THREE. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

WASHINGTON 

NORTHERN INLAND 

WATERS 2015 10 14 GILLNET FISHERY SAN JUAN WA DEAD

THREE HARBOR SEALS WERE FOUND ENTANGLED IN 

SUBMERGED GILLNET. EACH SEAL WAS FRESH DEAD. THIS IS 

SEAL TWO OF THREE. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2015 10 18 ENTRAPMENT PIERCE WA DEAD

AN ADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL WAS OBSERVED CAUGHT IN 

A GATE BETWEEN TWO PONDS AT A CITY PARK. THE ANIMAL 

APPEARED TO BE FRESH DEAD. THE CARCASS WAS 

RECOVERED A COUPLE DAYS LATER WHEN IT WAS FLOATING 

IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE PONDS. THE SEAL HAD 

BROKEN AND MISSING UPPER AND LOWER TEETH AS WELL 

AS HEMORRHAGING UNDER ITS MOUTH. STRANDING 

RESPONDERS SUSPECT THESE INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED 

WHEN THE ANIMAL WAS TRAPPED IN THE GATE.

DEAD N/A 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 10 24 HOOK AND LINE FISHERY LINCOLN OR SI

A ROBUST, WEANED, HARBOR SEAL PUP WAS OBSERVED 

HAULED OUT WITH A FISHING LURE HANGING FROM ITS 

MOUTH. SI P2 1 N Y

HARBOR SEAL

SOUTHERN PUGET 

SOUND 2015 10 30

SET GILLNET FISHERY 

INTERACTION PIERCE WA DEAD

A FRESH DEAD SUBADULT MALE HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND 

IN THE VICINITY OF ACTIVE SET GILLNET FISHING. THE 

ANIMAL HAD LINEAR LACERATIONS ON BOTH EYES 

CONSISTENT WITH ENTANGLEMENT AND MULTIPLE 

PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON THE ABDOMEN AND CHEST, 

POSSIBLY FROM A GAFF. BOTH FRONT AND BACK FLIPPERS 

WERE ALSO SEVERED. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HARBOR SEAL

OREGONWASHINGTON COAST 2015 11 18UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA DEAD

A HARBOR SEAL WAS FOUND FRESH DEAD WITH A 

CIRCUMFERENTIAL NECK ENTANGLEMENT CAUSED BY 

WHAT APPEARED TO BE GHOST TRAWL NET. THE NET HAD 

PELAGIC GOOSENECK BARNACLES GROWING ON IT 

INDICATING THAT IT HAD BEEN ADRIFT FOR A WHILE. DEAD N/A 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 5 8 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

ANIMAL STRUCK JUST FORWARD OF THE DORSAL FIN. ONLY 

20 FT OF THE ANIMAL REMAINED AFTER THE PROPELLER 

CUT THE HEAD, PECTORAL FINS AND THORACIC CAVITY 

AWAY DEAD NA 1 N Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 5 10

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

3/8" GREEN LINE WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT PECTORAL FIN 

AT INSERTION; NO BODY WRAPS OBSERVED; 3 BUOYS 

INVOLVED IN ENTANGLEMENT; LINE TRAILS TO ~1 FT PAST 

FLUKES ENDING IN EITHER LOOP OR BITTER ENDS; GOOD 

BODY CONDITION (DARK SKIN, NO CYAMIDS); WHEEZY 

BLOWS; WITH OTHER ANIMALS; FEEDING, APPROACHING 

BOAT (CURIOUS); PARTIAL SELF-RELEASE; 2 BUOYS 

OBSERVED WITH 12-15 FT OF LINE FREE-FLOATING, NOT 

COLLECTED. NO CONFIRMATION THAT WHALE SHED ALL 

GEAR.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 5 12 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR NSI

A 38' SAILBOAT PARTICIPATING IN A RACE WAS STRUCK BY A 

BREACHING WHALE. RIGGING AND MAST WAS DAMAGED 

AND SKIN WAS LEFT BEHIND. SIZE OF WHALE ESTIMATED AT 

30 FT. VESSEL WAS TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 9 KTS NSI L6C 0 N N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 7 16

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI (PRORATE)

APPROX. 40' HUMPBACK WHALE WITH ROPES AND "CRAB 

POTS" WRAPPED AROUND THE FLUKES. ANIMAL ACTIVE 

AND SWIMMING NORTH, NO RESIGHT, NO RESPONSE SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 8 14

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP 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 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 8 20

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SNOHOMISH WA SI (PRORATE)

TRAILING A RED AND WHITE BOUY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE AND 

DID NOT SEE ANY LINES WRAPPED AROUND THE BODY. 

HEADED SOUTH WHEN LAST SIGHTED. GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. POSSESSION BAR, MUKILTEO, 

WA.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 8 25

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(RECREATIONAL) SAN JUAN WA SI (PRORATE)

ORIGINALLY SIGHTED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ON JULY 31, 

2011 WITH A RECREATIONAL CRAB POT GEAR LINE AND 

BUOY TRAILING 15-25 FEET BEHIND THE ANIMAL. HAD BEEN 

SEEN IN ACTIVE PASS AND OFF POINT ROBERTS BEFORE THIS 

SIGHTING. ANIMAL WAS REPORTED AS DETERIORATING IN 

CONDITION. SEEN ON AUGUST 25TH IN FALSE BAY OFF THE 

WEST SIDE OF SAN JUAN ISLAND. DISENTANGLEMENT 

EFFORT UNSUCCESSFUL. SERIOUS INJURY PRORATE VALUE 

OF 1 DUE TO DETERIORATING CONDITION. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 10 1

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SAN MATEO CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED IN "CRAB POTS"; ANIMAL HEADING SSE AT A 

FEW KNOTS; NO RESIGHTS, NO RESPONSE; FINAL OUTCOME 

UNKNOWN

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2012 5 13

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

DIVE BOAT REPORTED A 25-FOOT HUMPBACK WHALE 

ENTANGLED IN LINE WITH A OBLONG ORANGE BUOY 

TRAILING 10 - 15 FEET BEHIND THE ANIMAL. ANIMAL IS 

MOBILE AND HEADING TOWARDS NW. INJURIES AT BASE OF 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE AND ALONG LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES; 

INJURIES LOOK OLDER WITH SOME GROWTH ON TIP OF 

FLUKE; LONG ORANGE BUOY ON 10-15 FT OF LINE TRAILING; 

RESIGHTED 5/14 AND 5/15; NO RESPONSE ATTEMPTED. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2012 6 9

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

SUBADULT, 35-FOOT, HUMPBACK WHALE REPORTED BY 

MULTIPLE PARTIES LATE IN THE DAY ENTANGLED IN 

APPROXIMATELY 1/2", YELLOW LINE AROUND TAIL AND 

PECTORAL FLIPPERS NO BUOYS WERE OBSERVED AND NO 

INDICATION OF ANIMAL'S CONDITION. ANIMAL HEADING 

WEST IN HEAVY SEA STATE.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2012 7 12 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR SI (PRORATE)

REPORTED TO HAVE LINES WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL 

WITH SEVERAL BUOYS. FISHERMAN ON SCENE CUT ALL 

BOUYS AND AS MUCH LINE AS POSSIBLE FROM THE ANIMAL 

WHILE IT "REMAINED COMPLACENT AT THE SURFACE." 

SOME LINE WAS NOT REMOVED FROM THE WHALE FROM 

THE TAIL AREA AND WAS REPORTED AS BEING "EXHAUSTED 

BUT HEALTHY." AFTER DISENTANGLMENT THE WHALE 

STARTED MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. NO 

CONFIRMATION THAT ALL GEAR WAS REMOVED, GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UKNOWN. NEAR NETARTS, OR. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2013 6 10 VESSEL STRIKE MARIN CA DEAD

LATER EXAM OF BONES FOUND NO DAMAGE TO SKULL BUT 

TRAUMA TO VERTEBRAE AND PERHAPS RIBS IN AREA 

BEHIND SKULL, BROKEN BACK; SIGNIFICANT PARASITE 

LOAD; FRACTURED BOD OF TWO VERTEBRAE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 4 27

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI

CDFW DUNGENESS CRAB TRAP + 200 FT OF LINE; 

FISHERMEN SET GEAR IN MONTEREY BAY. RESPONSE 

EFFORT INITIATED ON 4-27 IN MONTEREY, SATELLITE TAG 

APPLIED TO WHALE TO ALLOW TRACKING. WEATHER DID 

NOT ALLOW FOR DISENTANGLEMENT EFFORT IMMEDIATELY 

AND WHALE WAS TRACKED TO SANTA BARBARA, WHERE ON 

14 MAY IT IS COMPLETELY DISENTANGLED BY WHALE 

ENTANGLEMENT TEAM. DEEP LACERATION IS NOTED ON 

CAUDAL PEDUNCLE AND IS APPARENT FROM PHOTOS. GEAR 

DESCRIBED AS WRAPPED TIGHTLY AND TWISTED AROUND 

FLUKES THREE TIMES. ANIMAL WAS RESIGHTED IN JUNE 

2014 IN MONTEREY AND INJURY WAS NO LONGER 

CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING.

NSI L2 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 5 1

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI

MULTIPLE TIGHT WRAPS OF MODERATE GAUGE, LIKELY 

BLUE STEEL LINE, AROUND BODY AND LIKELY AROUND 

RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER, SUCH THAT THE RIGHT FLIPPER IS 

PULLED LATERALLY AND UP TOWARDS THE SURFACE. NO 

GEAR OBSERVED TRAILING. ANIMAL ASSESSED BUT NO 

RESPONSE. POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 

ENTANGLEMENT. DESCRIBED AS CRAB POT GEAR ON 

MARINELIFESTUDIES.ORG NARRATIVE. CLASSIFIED AS 'L2' 

DUE TO DESCRIPTION OF GEAR BEING TIGHTLY WRAPPED 

AROUND ANIMAL. SI L2 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 5 6

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(OREGON) GRAYS HARBOR WA SI

SUCCESSFUL DISENTANGLEMENT OF WHALE BY CASCADIA 

RESEARCH. WHEN ENCOUNTERED, WHALE WAS 

IMMOBILIZED BY GEAR AROUND TAILSTOCK AND FLUKES. 

WHALE WAS DESCRIBED AS ONLY MOVING VERTICALLY IN 

THE WATER COLUMN, WITH LITTLE HORIZONTAL 

MOVEMENT. THE WHALE SWAM RAPIDLY AWAY AFTER 

DISENTANGLEMENT AND WAS NOT RESIGHTED. GEAR 

POSITIVELY-IDENTIFIED AS OREGON CRAB POT GEAR BY 

BUOY NUMBER. GEAR HAD BEEN SET 50 MILES SOUTH OF 

WHERE WHALE WAS ENCOUNTERED APPROXIMATELY ONE 

WEEK PRIOR. NSI L2 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 5 6

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

DRAGGING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GEAR OFF PISMO 

BEACH; HEADING SLOWLY NORTH; POSSIBLY LIFE 

THREATENING; NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE POSSIBLE DUE TO 

WEATHER. SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT AND 

CONFIGURATION OF GEAR UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 5 22

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

BLUE / GREEN POLYPROPYLENE LINE AND ASSOCIATED 

BULLET BUOYS FOUND ON A SEVERED PAIR OF HUMPBACK 

FLUKES WEST OF SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND. PHOTOS AND 

SAMPLE TAKEN BY BIOLOGIST J. STAHL. NUMBERS ON 

BUOYS IDENTIFIED IT AS CALIFORNIA DUNGENESS CRAB POT 

GEAR SET IN THE FARALLONS AND HALF MOON BAY AREA IN 

MARCH/APRIL. TWO SETS OF GEAR ON SAME WHALE. 

SPECIES ID VIA GENETICS AT SWFSC. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 6 5 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI

SPOT PRAWN TRAPS - ENTANGLED IN MIDDLE OF 10 TRAP 

SET WITH OVER 2,000 FEET OF GREEN AND BLACK 

POLYPROPYENE ROPE AND ANCHOR. ROPE ENCIRCLED 

MIDDLE OF WHALE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND PINNED ONE 

OF THE WHALE'S PECTORAL FLIPPERS. FLUKES WERE 

IMMOBILIZED AS WELL. GEAR TYPE CONFIRMED BY BUOY 

NUMBERS AND FISHERMAN WHO WAS CONTACTED. GEAR 

HAD BEEN SET APPROX. 2 MILES FROM WHERE WHALE WAS 

FOUND. RESCUE EFFORT INITIATED, ANIMAL COMPLETELY 

DISENTANGLED AND SWAM TOWARDS SANTA CRUZ ISLAND. 

SOME DETAILS OF THIS ACCOUNT WERE TAKEN FROM THE 

CONDOR EXPRESS VESSEL WEBSITE: 

http://condorexpress.com/blog/2014/06/08/entangledhumpback-whale-set-free/

NSI L2 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 6 27

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD

DEEP ENTANGLEMENT WOUNDS ON TAIL STOCK; DEAD 

STRANDING; NOT WHALE FROM 4/27/2014--CONFIRMED 

VIA PHOTO ID; GEAR DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT ON 

CARCASS. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 7 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI

ENTANGLED WITH SIGNIFICANT WRAPS OF LINE AND GEAR 

AROUND BODY. PHOTOS OF LARGE GAUGE ROPE CUTTING 

THROUGH PECTORAL FLIPPER AND WRAPPED AROUND 

BODY. REPORTING PARTY APPROACHED THE WHALE IN AN 

ATTEMPT TO REMOVE GEAR, BUT WHALE DOVE AND WAS 

NOT RESIGHTED. SI L2 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 7 25 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA NSI

WHALE SURFACED 30 FEET IN FRONT OF 57.8 FT 

COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL MOVING AT 7.5 KTS. WHALE 

SLAPPED TAIL AND APPARENTLY STRUCK BOW. WHALE 

DESCRIBED AS UNINJURED, 'COSMETIC' DAMAGE ABOVE 

WATERLINE ON VESSEL INDICATED ON SELF-REPORTING 

FORM. WHALE RESURFACED AND DOVE WITH NO 

APPARENT INJURY. LARGE WHALE CRITERIA L6C APPLIED 

FOR NON-SERIOUS INJURY AS VESSEL WAS MOVING <10 KTS 

AND NO DISCERNABLE INJURY TO WHALE. NSI L6C 0 N N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 7 25 VESSEL STRIKE MONTEREY CA NSI

WHALE SURFACED 30 FEET IN FRONT OF 57.8 FT 

COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL MOVING AT 7.5 KTS. WHALE 

SLAPPED TAIL AND APPARENTLY STRUCK BOW. WHALE 

DESCRIBED AS UNINJURED, 'COSMETIC' DAMAGE ABOVE 

WATERLINE ON VESSEL INDICATED ON SELF-REPORTING 

FORM. WHALE RESURFACED AND DOVE WITH NO 

APPARENT INJURY. LARGE WHALE CRITERIA L6C APPLIED 

FOR NON-SERIOUS INJURY AS VESSEL WAS MOVING <10 KTS 

AND NO DISCERNABLE INJURY TO WHALE. NSI L6C 0 N N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 8 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION GRAYS HARBOR WA DEAD

FRESHLY DEAD, SIGNS OF RECENT ENTANGLEMENT AT 

TAILSTOCK AND FLUKES: 3-5 LINES, TISSUE NECROTIC, 

CELLULITIS. NO LINES OR GEAR RECOVERED. PHOTOS SENT 

TO CA, NO MATCH TO RECENTLY DISENTANGLED WHALES. 

DID NOT MATCH WHALE DISENTANGLED OFF WA COAST 

EARLIER THIS YEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 8 28 DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

DUNGENESS CRAB TRAP ATTACHED, NO LICENSE NUMBER; 

BLUE POLYLINE, WEATHERED BUOY, DUNGENESS CRAB POT; 

HEAD RAISES AND CHIN SLAPS; SELF RELEASE AFTER BOAT 

FENDER WAS ATTACHED AS MEANS OF RELOCATING 

ANIMAL, RESIGHTED GEAR FREE. NSI L3 0 Y N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 12

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

ENTANGLED HUMPBACK WHALE WITH TWO BULLET BUOYS 

TRAILING ORANGE AND YELLOW AND 10-20 FT OF LINE. 

ANIMAL LOST DUE TO BAD SEA STATE CONDITIONS; LIKELY 

TRAP; ENTANGLEMENT DOES NOT INVOLVE FLUKES OR 

PEDUNCLE AND IS BELIEVED TO INVOLVE PECTORAL 

FLIPPERS AND MOUTH; PHOTO IN ACCESS DATABASE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 13 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

SPOT PRAWN TRAPS - ENTANGLED WITH 25 TRAP SET-- 

INITIALLY ONLY CUT OFF SOME GEAR BUT WHALE SHED 

REST OF GEAR AND SATELLITE PACKAGE LATER. GEAR 

ACTUALLY RETRIEVED BUT SATELLITE PACKAGE LOST. 

POSSIBLE RESIGHT OF WHALE SEEN PREVIOUS DAY? NSI L3 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 19

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI (PRORATE)

SEEN BY NOAA BIOLOGIST (SB) DURING LEATHERBACK 

SURVEYS OFF SEAL ROCK AREA. WHALE TRAILING 3 YELLOW 

BUOYS AND 150 OF LINE. ESTIMATED TRAVEL AT 5 KTS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 20 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

SPOT PRAWN TRAPS - ENTANGLED WITH 25 TRAP SET-- 

INITIALLY CUT OFF SOME GEAR BUT WHALE SHED REST OF 

GEAR AND SATELLITE PACKAGE LATER. GEAR RETRIEVED BUT 

SATELLITE PACKAGE LOST. GEAR INVOLVED SAME VESSEL 

AS 9/13 ENTANGLEMENT. VESSEL HAD SET GEAR IN CLOSE 

PROXIMITY AND BOTH GEAR SETS ENTANGLED DIFFERENT 

WHALES WITHIN A WEEK. NSI L3 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 20

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE)

SEEN BY NOAA BIOLOGIST (SB) DURING LEATHERBACK 

SURVEYS OFF LA PUSH, WA. WHALE TRAILING 3 YELLOW 

AND ONE RED BUOY MULTIPLE TRAILING LINES. NOT A 

RESIGHT OF WHALE SEEN PREVIOUS DAY BECAUSE 

DISTANCE COVERED (240 MILES) IS TOO GREAT. PHOTO 

AVAILABLE.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 9 21 CA SPOT PRAWN TRAP FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING ANIMAL; CARRYING BUOYS LIKELY SAME 

SET FROM 9/20/14 THAT WAS SHED FROM OTHER ANIMAL. 

ASSUMED TO BE DIFFERENT ANIMAL BECAUSE OF LACK OF 

DETAIL ON RECORD.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 10 5 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI

LARGE LACERATION ACROSS BACK BETWEEN BLOWHOLE 

AND DORSAL FIN. LACERATION APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES 

LONG AND 10 INCHES DEEP. MAINLY USING LEFT PECTORAL 

FLIPPER FOR MOBILITY, OCCASIONALLY FLUKES, NOT AT ALL 

WITH RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER. ASSUMPTION IS BOAT 

STRIKE. DID NOT APPEAR TO BE TOO THIN, BUT IT WAS 

OBVIOUS THIS ANIMAL WAS UNABLE TO DIVE OR USE ITS 

RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER AND ONLY SOME MOVEMENT 

FROM TAIL FLUKES. SI L5A 1 N Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 10 11

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH POT 

FISHERY OFFSHORE OR DEAD

A HUMPBACK WHALE WAS OBSERVED ENTANGLED DEAD IN 

SABLEFISH POT GEAR APPROX. 35 MILES W OF CANNON 

BEACH. THE ENTANGLEMENT OCCURRED IN 145 FATHOMS 

OF WATER AND THE WHALE WAS DISCOVERED WRAPPED IN 

THE GROUND LINE THREE POTS IN FROM THE END OF THE 

STRING. THE GROUND LINE IS REPORTED AS SINKING TYPE 

(LEAD LINE) WHEN BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE THE 

OBSERVER ON BOARD REPORTED THERE WAS NO 

DISCERNABLE MOVEMENT. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 10 12 VESSEL STRIKE SAN DIEGO CA SI

ANIMAL FIRST SIGHTED ALIVE OFF ORANGE COUNTY 

OCTOBER 3RD WITH HEALING DORSAL PROPELLOR WOUND 

& LIMITED MOBILITY. SIGHTED ALIVE AGAIN OFF 

OCEANSIDE OCT. 6 AND DEL MAR OCT. 7, 3/4 MILE 

OFFSHORE. MULTIPLE VERTEBRAL, RIB, SCAPULAR 

FRACTURES, AND HEMORRHAGE OBSERVED AT NECROPSY. 

DETAILS OF LACERATION / INJURY LACKING WHEN ANIMAL 

SEEN ALIVE, HOWEVER USE OF L5A CRITERIA REFLECTS 

LIKELY SEVERITY OF INJURY BECAUSE WHALE HAD LIMITED 

MOBILITY WHEN OBSERVED. DEAD L5A 1 N Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 10 29 MARINE DEBRIS MONTEREY CA SI

WHALE ENTANGLED IN A WAVE RIDER BUOY THAT HAD 

STOPPED TRANSMITTING ON 4 OCTOBER. A TEAM WAS 

SENT TO CHECK ON BUOY FOUND THE ENTANGLED 

HUMPBACK WHALE IN BUOY LINES ON 24 OCTOBER. WHALE 

WAS DESCRIBED AS 'WEAK' AND 'STRUGGLING'. WHALE LICE 

WERE PRESENT AND THE CONDITION OF THE SKIN IMPLIED 

POOR HEALTH. WHALE ENTANGLED AROUND CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE ; CAUGHT IN BUNGEE BETWEEN 10 FT CHAIN 

AND LINE THAT RUNS TO 300 LB ANCHOR; VIDEO AND 

PHOTOS SHOWED SEVERE ENTANGLEMENT AND 

LACERATION AT CAUDAL PEDUNCLE WITH SUBSTANTIAL 

NECROTIC TISSUE. SUCCESSFULLY DISENTANGLED 10/29/14, 

BUT CONSIDERED A SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO CONSTRICTING 

NATURE OF GEAR, LENGTH OF TIME WHALE WAS 

ENTANGLED, NECROTIC CONDITION OF FLUKES, AND 

OVERALL POOR HEALTH OF WHALE. SEE 

MARINELIFESTUDIES.ORG FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SI L2 1 N Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 11 11

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

FREE-SWIMMING WHALE REPORTED AS ENTANGLED, LIKELY 

CRAB POT.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 1 8

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

WHITE CIGAR BUOY ON LEFT SIDE OF WHALE BETWEEN 

MOUTH AND PECTORAL FIN, BLUE STEEL LINE OBSERVED, 

ABRASIONS ON LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES. ANIMAL WAS 

SEEN FLUKING / DIVING BASED ON PHOTOS. NOTHING ELSE 

WAS VISIBLE OTHER THAN THE WHITE CIGAR BUOY. 1ST 

RESPONSE TEAM FAST RAFT COULD NOT RELOCATE. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED. AMOUNT AND CONFIGURATION OF 

ATTACHED GEAR UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 1 19

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

3 BUOYS SEEN IN TOTAL, COULDN'T EXACTLY SEE WHERE 

THE ENTANGLEMENT WAS ON THE WHALE - POSSIBLE 

MOUTH/PECTORAL FIN. LINE RUNNING BACK TO BUOYS 

ABOUT 150 FT BEHIND THE WHALE,: PHOTOS OF 

ENTANGLEMENTS AND BUOYS, TAGS REVIEWED. 

FISHERMAN ID NUMBER NOT READABLE BUT WE ARE ABLE 

TO DETERMINE THAT IT IS CA DUNGNESS CRAB TIER 1 GEAR. 

WHALE WAS NOT FLUKING SO COULDN'T SEE THE TAIL. 

DIVING. SWIMMING ABOUT 5 KNOTS. FAST RAFT 

RESPONDED AND GOT ON ANIMAL AT 36.795 121.8917 

WITH WHALE HEADING NORTH. WHALE SWIMMING AND 

DRAGGING 1ST FLOAT UNDERWATER. COULDN'T SEE 

WHERE LINE ORIGINATED. FRESH ABRASIONS VISIBLE ON 

TOP OF PEDUNCLE AND BEHIND DORSAL INDICATING 

RECENT MIGRATION OF THE GEAR FROM THE DORSAL FIN 

BACK TO THE TAIL. ALTHOUGH SOME EVIDENCE OF 

MIGRATION OF GEAR THAT WOULD INDICATE LOOSELY 

WRAPPED GEAR (CATEGORY L3) THE ENTIRE 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 2 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

1-2 INCH LINE WRAPPED OVER DORSAL SIDE OF WHALE 

HALFWAY BETWEEN BLOWHOLE AND DORSAL FIN; PHOTO 

OF ENTANGLEMENT AND FLUKE SHOT AVAILABLE BUT NOT 

REVIEWED; ROPE IS FOULED WITH KNOTS/TWISTS; EXTENT 

OF ENTANGLEMENT UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 2 17

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(RECREATIONAL) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

GEAR WAS SET NEAR MOSS LANDING ON 2/11; 

ENTANGLEMENT OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN 2/11-

15TH; 2-3 ORANGE BOUYS TRAILING APPROX 10 FT BEHIND 

WHALE; POSSIBLE MOUTH/PECTORAL FLIPPER 

ENTANGLEMENT AS REPORTED BY RESPONDERS; FOUND 

WHILE LOOKING FOR 2/16 HUMPBACK ENTANGLEMENT 

REPORT; CONVERSATION WITH FISHERMAN: 1 CRAB POT 

SET ON 300 FT OF LINE IN 173 FT OF WATER. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 3 6

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD

THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF AT LEAST ONE 

PREVIOUS ENTANGLEMENT AND POSSIBLY MULTIPLE 

ENTANGLEMENTS ON A MODERATELY-DECOMPOSED 

STRANDING. LINE MARKS WERE OBSERVED AROUND THE 

PEDUNCLE AT THE LEVEL OF THE GENITAL SLIT, AT THE 

CRANIAL MARGIN OF THE RIGHT PECTORAL FIN, AND AT THE 

CAUDAL MARGIN OF THE RIGHT PECTORAL FIN. THERE WAS 

ALSO A MODERATE LINE MARK THAT RAN TRANSVERSALLY 

ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLEATS AT THE LEVEL OF THE AXILLA. 

THESE WOUNDS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HEALING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 3 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT SIGNIFICANTLY EMBEDDED, TIGHT WRAP 

BUT TAIL IS FREE, COULDN'T SEE ANY GEAR IN THE MOUTH. 

CATEGORIZED AS L2 BECAUSE OF DESCRIPTIVE EVIDENCE OF 

EMBEDDED OR CONSTRICTING WRAP. NO PHOTOS TO 

REVIEW SI L2 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 4 VESSEL STRIKE SAN MATEO CA DEAD

LIMITED NECROPSY REVEALED HEMORRHAGING ON THE 

LEFT LATERAL SIDE AT END OF RIBS. FOUR PROCESSES OF 

LUMBAR VERTEBRAE WERE BROKEN BENEATH 

HEMORRHAGING. GOOD BLUBBER THICKNESS AND BODY 

CONDITION. EXTENSIVE PARASITES IN GI TRACT. NECROPSY 

REPORT ATTACHED TO HARD COPY FOR MORE DETAILS. CASACC-6993 DEAD L12 1 N Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 14

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE TOWING 2 YELLOW BUOYS (ONE WITH A SMALL 

WHITE BUOY ATTACHED AS EXTRA FLOTATION), ORANGE 

TRAP TAG PRESENT BUT UNREADABLE, BUOY NUMBER , 

PHOTOS AVAILABLE, CDFW DUNGENESS TIER 6 PERMIT. 

UNCERTAINTY OVER WHETHER WHALE SELF-RELEASED 

FROM GEAR, NOT CONFIRMED, THUS TREATED AS AN L10 

SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE GEAR CONFIGURATION IS 

UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 16

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) SANTA BARBARA CA NSI

ANIMAL LIKELY HAS LINE THROUGH MOUTH AND TRAILS TO 

EITHER SIDE TO LENGTH OF BODY. BOTH SIDES TERMINATED 

BY SPONGEX BUOYS (GREEN WITH RED TO ON ONE SIDE 

AND WHITE ON THE OTHER.). ANIMAL APPEARS IN GOOD 

CONDITION, FEEDING WITH OTHER ANIMALS. WHALE 

OBSERVED ACTIVELY FEEDING WITH OTHER ANIMALS. 

FEEDING ANIMAL IMPLIES THAT GEAR IS NOT 

CONSTRICTING, THUS L3 DETERMINATION MADE. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. NSI L3 0 N N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 24

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

STATIONARY WHALE BREATHING AT SURFACE, ASSOCIATED 

WITH BUOY WITH PARTIAL TAG NUMBER. NO PHOTOS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 5 28

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

DISCOVERED 6/2/15 WHEN DANA WHARF SPORTFISHING 

EXAMINED 5/28 PHOTOS. AT LEAST ONE WRAP OF HEAVY 

GAUGE MONOFILAMENT LINE, LIKELY REPRESENTING 

LONGLINE GEAR, AROUND THE ANIMAL'S PEDUNCLE AND 

FLUKE. GEAR IS ALREADY DEEPLY EMBEDDED AND WOUNDS 

APPEAR FRESH. THE AMOUNT OF GEAR TRAILING IS 

UNDETERMINED. NO RESPONSE WAS MOUNTED DUE TO 

THE BELATED NATURE OF THE REPORT. SI DETERMINATION 

CRITERION L2 APPLIED AS THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT GEAR IS 

CUTTING INTO WHALE. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA.

SI L2 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 9

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE DOCUMENTED ENTANGLED WITH CRAB POT GEAR 

WHICH HAD BEEN LOST PREVIOUS YEAR. UNKNOWN 

DURATION OF ENTANGLEMENT, NO ASSUMPTION IS MADE 

THAT ENTANGLEMENT STARTED WHEN GEAR WAS LOST, AS 

GHOST GEAR IS ROUTINELY INVOLVED IN ENTANGLEMENTS 

AFTER LOSS. WHALE THRASHING AROUND IN RELATIVELY 

SHALLOW WATER. WHALE SELF-RELEASED FROM GEAR 

AND/OR GEAR BROKE FREE ON ROCKS IN SHALLOW WATER. 

THE FISHERY WAS IDENTIFIED BY BUOY NUMBERS. TRAP 

AND ROPE REPORTED AS 'EXTREMELY SHREDDED'. 

FISHERMAN CONFIRMED THAT ALL GEAR WAS RETRIEVED, 

THUS ASSIGNED A NON-SERIOUS INJURY BASED ON THE 

SELF-RELEASE OF ANIMAL. RESPONSE TEAM INCLUDED K. 

FORNEY, WHO RETRIEVED GEAR. PHOTOS OF WHALE NOT 

AVAILABLE. GEAR PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA.

NSI L3 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 12

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE REPORTED AS FLOPPING AROUND IN NETTING 0.5 

FROM SHORE. REPORT ALSO DETAILS A CRUSHED WHITE 

BUOY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGHTING. NO RESPONSE, NO 

FURTHER DETAILS.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 21

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI

REPORTED BY USCG. WHALE WITH BUOYS (ONE YELLOW, 

ONE WHITE) AND ROPE NEAR HEAD, ANOTHER BUOY NEAR 

FLUKES (NOT APPARENT IN PHOTOS). WHALE SHOWS RIDGE 

BETWEEN HEAD AND DORSAL FIN, INDICATING SOME 

EMACIATION AND APPARENT DECLINE IN HEALTH. FULL 

GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY 

J. CARRETTA AND A. HENRY. SI L10 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 22

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE REPORTED SWIMMING IN CIRCLES OF CAPITOLA 

WITH YELLOW AND ORANGE BUOYS NEAR HEAD. NO 

PHOTOS. FULL GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. LACK OF 

ORANGE BUOY(S) REPORTED FROM PREVIOUS-DAY WHALE 

IS EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE CASE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 6 25

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE INITIALLY PHOTOGRAPHED ON 6/25 TRAILING THREE 

BUOYS AND APPROX. 125 FT. OF ROPE. DEEP LACERATIONS 

ON CAUDAL PEDUNCLE AND FLUKE / TAIL STOCK 

INTERSECTION, APPEARED TO BE FRESH WOUNDS. WHALE 

SUBSEQUENTLY PHOTOGRAPHED ON 7/16, STILL TRAILING 

GEAR. WHALE APPARENTLY SELF-RELEASED FROM GEAR 

AFTER SATELLITE PACKAGE WAS ATTACHED TO GEAR. GEAR 

WAS RECOVERED ON 7/24 AND IDENTIFIED AS DUNGENESS 

CRAB POT GEAR. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. NSI L3 0 Y N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 7 3

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(OREGON) MONTEREY CA SI

PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWED CIRCUMFERENTIAL CONSTRICTING 

INJURY BEHIND BLOW HOLE REGION. ROPES EXTENDED 

THROUGH THE MOUTH AND RAN TIGHTLY OVER ITS BACK 

DEFORMING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD, AND WOUND 

AROUND ITS RIGHT FLIPPER, TRAILING A TANGLE OF LINES 

AND PINK BUOYS. FISHERMAN CONFIRMED GEAR WAS SET 

OFF CAPE MEARES, OREGON IN DECEMBER (OREGON 

FISHERY). RESCUE RESPONSE EFFORT RESULTED IN THE 

REMOVAL OF ALL GEAR EXCEPT FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF 

EMBEDDED LINE LEFT BEHIND EXPECTED TO BE SHED BY 

ANIMAL AS IT HEALS. CATEGORIZED AS L3 / NSI BECAUSE OF 

GEAR REMOVAL AND PROGNOSIS FOR SURVIVAL. 

PHOTOGRAPHS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA.

NSI L3 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 7 7

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLALLAM WA SI (PRORATE)

THE ENTANGLEMENT IS DESCRIBED AS EXTENSIVE AROUND 

THE BODY WITH BOTH MESH AND LINE.ÿ MESH TYPE 

UNKNOWN.ÿ NO DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, WHALE APPEARS 

STATIONARY. NO PHOTOS.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 7 12

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MENDOCINO CA SI (PRORATE)

4 ORANGE AND WHITE BULLET BUOYS DESCRIBED AS CRAB 

BUOYS BEING TRAILED APPROX. 30 FT. BEHIND ANIMAL. NO 

PHOTOS.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 7 13

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MENDOCINO CA SI (PRORATE)

HUMPBACK TRAILING MULTIPLE BLACK AND WHITE BUOYS, 

MULTIPLE BODY LENGTHS BEHIND WHALE. FULL GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. BUOY COLORS DIFFER FROM 

7/12 SIGHTING IN SAME AREA, NOT A RESIGHT. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 7 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

AT LEAST 2 ORANGE/PINK BUOYS FOULED TRAILING CLOSE 

BEHIND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ANIMAL - ENTANGLEMENT 

APPEARS TO BE FORWARD OF THE PEDUNCLE. KELP 

APPEARS TO BE ALSO WRAPPED UP IN THE ENTANGLEMENT 

BUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WHALE. ANIMAL REPORTED 

TO BE FEEDING AND SWIMMING NORMALLY. FULL GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN AND POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS 

INJURY EXISTS OVER TIME. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. 

CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 8 10

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

AT LEAST 2 RED / WHITE BUOYS BEING TRAILED BY WHALE, 

ABRASIONS ON LEADING EDGE OF FLUKES. CONFIGURATION 

AND AMOUNT OF GEAR IS UNKNOWN. A TELEMETRY BUOY 

WAS ATTACHED TO GEAR AND THE WHALE WAS TRACKED 

TRAVELING TO NEAR THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER BY 8/14 

AND THEN WAS LAST DETECTED AGAIN ON 9/4 FAR 

OFFSHORE OF MONTEREY BAY BEFORE TRANSMISSIONS 

FAILED. THE WHALE WAS NOT VISUALLY RELOCATED 

DURING THIS TIME. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 8 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA SI (PRORATE)

TRAILING TWO ORANGE TORPEDO BUOYS APPROX. 100 FT. 

BEHIND ANIMAL WITH GREEN/BLUE LINE/ROPE. GEAR NOT 

VISIBLE AND CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT OF GEAR 

UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 10

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

REPORTED BY FREE DIVER. 1/2 INCH YELLOW LINE WRAPPED 

AROUND BODY IN FRONT OF PECTORAL FLIPPER AND 

YELLOW/WHITE BUOY ATTACHED SITTING ON THE BACK, 25 

FEET OF TRAILING LINE, NO PHOTOS. FULL GEAR 

CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 14

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

NO TRAILING BUOYS, BLUE ROPE BEHIND DORSAL AROUND 

BODY IN FRONT OF FLUKES, SWIMMING WITH ANOTHER 

WHALE. GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. NO PHOTOS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 24 VESSEL STRIKE CLATSOP OR SI (PRORATE)

AN ARTICULATED TUG AND BARGE REPORTING STRIKING A 

HUMPBACK WHALE OF UNKNOWN SIZE IN THE COLUMBIA 

RIVER. THE ANIMAL WAS SIGHTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 

COLLISION AND ROLLED OVER. COLUMBIA RIVER BAR 

PILOTS FLEW OVER THE AREA WITH THEIR HELICOPTER AND 

CLAIMED THE WHALE WAS SWIMMING AROUND 

NORMALLY. NO DATA ON VESSEL SIZE AND SPEED. BASED 

ON OTHER ARTICULATED TUGBOAT / BARGE SIZES, IT IS 

ASSUMED THE VESSEL WAS MUCH LARGER THAN THE 

WHALE (VESSEL SIZE > 65 FT). THIS RECORD IS ASSIGNED AS 

L7A. SI 

(PRORATE) L7A 0.56 N Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 25

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

1ST SIGHTING 4-5 YELLOW FOAM FLOATS WITH RED 

CIRCULAR LINE AROUND FLOAT; APPROX 40 FT BEHIND 

WHALE, 2ND SIGHTING HAD GEAR TRAILING 150 FT; DORSAL 

AND FLUKE PHOTOS AND VIDEO AVAILABLE FROM 2ND 

REPORT. PHOTOS TOO DISTANT TO DETERMINE 

CONFIGURATION AND AMOUNT OF GEAR. PHOTOS 

EXAMINED BY J. CARRETTA. 

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

WHALE SEEN WITH GREEN 55 GALLON DRUM OR RUBBER 

DOCK FENDER AND LINE WRAPPED AROUND HEAD, 

BETWEEN PECTORAL FLIPPERS AND BLOWHOLE. DRUM IS 

ABOVE WATER WHEN WHALE SURFACES AND LINE WRAPS 

COMPLETELY AROUND ANIMAL LIKE A BRIDLE. MULTIPLE 

SIGHTINGS OF WHALE FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER. 

UNDERWATER AND ABOVE-WATER PHOTOS OF WHALE 

SHOW A VERY EMACIATED ANIMAL. SERIOUS INJURY WITH 

CONSTRICTING GEAR AND POOR ANIMAL CONDITION. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND J. BARLOW. SI L2 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 9 29

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(CALIFORNIA) ORANGE CA SI (PRORATE)

YELLOW POLY ROPE WRAPPED AROUND CAUDAL 

PEDUNCLE, 20-30 FEET OF LINE TRAILING, 1 SMALLER WHITE 

FOAM BUOY CLOSER TO FLUKE; ONE YELLOW/WHILE FLOAT 

WITH DUNGENSSS CRAB TRAP TAG BUOY TIER 4 CA ON LINE 

TOWARDS THE END OF THE LINE. NO PHOTOS / VIDEO TO 

EXAMINE. GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. NO INSIGHT 

INTO WHETHER GEAR IS CONSTRICTING OR LOOSE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 17 GILLNET FISHERY LOS ANGELES CA SI

LARGE MASS OF BLUE GILLNET THROUGH MOUTH AND 

AROUND HEAD AND RIGHT PECTORAL FLIPPER. NET 

APPEARS TO PIN PECTORAL FIN TO BODY. ANIMAL 

BREACHING. NET CUTTING INTO ROSTRUM AND ABRASIONS 

ON LEADING EDGES OF FLUKES. CONSTRICTING NATURE OF 

GILLNET WARRANTS AN L2 SERIOUS INJURY DESIGNATION. 

ANIMAL WAS RESIGHTED ON 10/31 IN ORANGE COUNTY, 

STILL ENTANGLED WITH PECTORAL FLIPPER PINNED TO 

BODY. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND A. HENRY.

SI L2 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 17

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

CIRCUMFERENTIAL, CONSTRICTING INJURY BEHIND HEAD, 

MATERIAL NOT IDENTIFIED. ANIMAL APPEARS EMACIATED 

AND PERHAPS DEFORMED IN REGION OF INJURY. ATTACHED 

MATERIAL MAY BE LIMITING ABILITY TO FEED. HEALTH 

DECLINE AND CONSTRICTING NATURE OF INJURY 

WARRANTS AN L2 SERIOUS INJURY DESIGNATION. PHOTOS 

REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA, D. WELLER, AND A. HENRY. SI L2 1 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 23

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

BLUE / GREEN ROPE WRAPPED AROUND HEAD AND 

TAILSTOCK OF ANIMAL. ROPE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE 

CONSTRICTING. ROPE POSSIBLY GOES THROUGH MOUTH. 

NO TRAILING BUOYS. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 25 LOBSTER TRAP ENTANGLEMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

EXCELLENT UNDERWATER VIDEO SHOWS HEALTHY WHALE 

WITH LINE WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND FLUKES. ANIMAL IS 

TOWING A POT/TRAP WITH APPROXIMATELY 175 FT OF LINE 

AND 2 WHITE BUOYS WITH BLACK AND BLUE NUMBERS. 

TRAP HAS CEMENT BLOCKS INSIDE. WHALE DISENTANGLED 

COMPLETELY AND GEAR RECOVERED, FISHERY POSITIVELY 

IDENTIFIED AS CA LOBSTER TRAP. GEAR WAS SET IN LA 

JOLLA AREA. VIDEO REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. NSI L3 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 10 28

DUNGENESS CRAB POT FISHERY 

(OREGON) SANTA BARBARA CA SI

OREGON DUNGENESS CRAB GEAR (2 SETS OF GEAR WITH 

250 FT. OF LINE). GEAR ORIGINALLY SET JUST NORTH OF 

CALIF./OREGON BORDER. ORANGE / RED BUOYS WITH LINE 

LACERATING INSERTION POINT OF PECTORAL FLIPPER. 

PHOTOS SHOW AN OPEN WOUND AT BASE OF PECTORAL 

FLIPPER. 10/31 RESCUE EFFORT RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT 

AMOUNT OF GEAR BEING REMOVED. REMAINING GEAR 

CONSISTED OF A SINGLE PASS OF GEAR THROUGH THE 

MOUTH, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE SHED BY ANIMAL. L3 

NON-SERIOUS INJURY AS A RESULT OF RESCUE EFFORT TO 

REMOVE CONSTRICTING GEAR. NSI L3 0 Y N

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 11 7

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SAN DIEGO CA SI (PRORATE)

REPORTED AS BLUE LINE AROUND PEDUNCLE AND TRAILING 

2 WHITE BUOYS; PHOTOS CONFIRM ENTANGLEMENT, BUT 

PHOTO QUALITY IS POOR AND GEAR CONFIGURATION IS 

UNKNOWN. PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

HUMPBACK WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 11 8

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA NSI

REMNANT OF PREVIOUS ENTANGLEMENT WITH PIECE OF 

LINE OF UNKNOWN LENGTH ON DORSAL FIN; LINE 

FRAGMENT? POSSIBLY EMBEDDED IN DORSAL FIN OR 

ATTACHED ON BARNACLE ANTERIOR TO DORSAL FIN; 

ANIMAL DOES HAVE INDICATIONS OF PREVIOUS 

ENTANGLEMENT ON FLUKE (SEE PHOTOS); LINE DESCRIBED 

AS YELLOW "NYLON" - APPEARS TO BE MULTISTRAND 

TWISTED LINE. ENTANGLEMENT APPEARS TO BE LOOSE 

AND DRAPED OVER DORSAL FIN, WHALE LOOKS HEALTHY. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA AND A. HENRY. NSI L3 0 N N

MINKE WHALE CA-OR-WA 2011 12 18

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY SAN DIEGO CA NSI

ANIMAL DISENTANGLED AND RELEASED WITHOUT TRAILING 

GEAR. NSI L3 0 N N

MINKE WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 6 6 MARINE DEBRIS MENDOCINO CA SI

ANIMAL REPORTED LIVE ON BEACH ROCKS WITH BLOOD 

COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY. THE 

ANIMAL HAD BRUISING IN THE THORACIC AREA WHERE 

THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF HUMAN INTERACTION, THOUGHT 

TO BE A METAL CABLE OF SOME KIND, THAT FRACTURED 

THE VERTEBRA IN THAT AREA. USED CRITERIA L5A DUE TO 

EVIDENCE OF BLOOD COMING FROM BODY. DEAD L5A 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2011 1 20 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN 1/2" ROPE NETTING AROUND NECK. 

DISENTANGLED, IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON SITE. NSI P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2011 3 21 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2011 3 25 CATCH SHARES HOOK AND LINE OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2011 4 3 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAN MATEO CA DEAD ANIMAL DIED UNDER ANAESTHESIA DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2011 4 8 OIL / TAR ORANGE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT ANIMAL WITH TAR ON MUZZLE AND EYE. 

TAKEN INTO REHAB CENTER FOR TREATMENT SI P9 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2011 6 26 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE WA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2011 7 19

SHORESIDE HAKE MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2011 11 8 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

ENTANGLED WITH GREEN PACKING STRAP AROUND NECK, 

MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT. VETERINARY STAFF DISENTANGLED 

AND IMMEDIATELY RELEASED AT STRANDING SITE SI P1, P7B 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 1 1 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD A BULLET HOLE WITH ASSOC. HEMORRHAGE AT STERNUM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 1 10 MARINE DEBRIS MARIN CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK, DISENTANGLED ON SITE.; 

ORIGINALLY OBSERVED ENTANGLED 11/16/2009 NSI P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 2 21 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

BULLET HOLES IN HEAD AND BODY WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; TREMENDOUS HEMORRHAGE AT NECK, 

FLIPPERS, AND BETWEEN DORSAL SCAPULAE; INTESTINES 

TWISTED; HEART SEEMED SMALL AND HAD A RIP ACROSS 

RIGHT VENTRICLE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 3 26 OIL / TAR ORANGE CA SI

MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION, TAR ON RIGHT SIDE OF 

FACE. TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND RELEASED. 

TAGGED WITH ROTOTAG #22335. NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 6 12 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CLEAR ENTRANCE AND EXIT BULLET HOLES WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING IN BODY; GAFF CUT ON 

ABDOMEN; HEAD GONE; BLOOD IN THORACIC AND 

ABDOMINAL CAVITIES. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 7 3 VESSEL STRIKE DEL NORTE CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, LACERATION ON LEFT SHOULDER FROM 

POSSIBLE BOAT STRIKE, UNDERWEIGHT, BLEEDING FROM 

NOSE. ANIMAL TAKEN INTO REHAB, TREATED AND 

RELEASED. TAGGED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #7529. NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 7 25 SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. TWO BULLET HOLES WITH 

ASSOCIATED TRACKS AND HEMORRHAGE IN NECK; 

HEMORRHAGE AT RIGHT LATERAL JAW, RIGHT LUNG, AND 

KIDNEYS, SIGNIFICANT BLOOD IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 9 6

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 10 12 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD AT-SEA HAKE OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 10 14 AK BSAI ATKA MACKEREL TRAWL OFFSHORE AK DEAD CAUGHT AND KILLED IN TRAWL GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2012 10 23

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION OFFSHORE AK DEAD

A DEAD NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL WAS FOUND IN A 

FISHING VESSEL'S TANK DURING OFFLOAD. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 1 27 HARASSMENT MARIN CA NSI

HARASSED MALNUTRITION, TRAUMA, FULL BLACKCOAT, 

HARASSED BY PEOPLE - PLACED BACK IN WATER BY PUBLIC 

WITH TOWEL, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT, SUNKEN EYES. NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 2 10 MARINE DEBRIS UNKNOWN CA NSI

MARINE DEBRIS ENTANGLEMENT, PREVIOUS 

ENTANGLEMENT INFECTION. ANIMAL WAS POLE SYRINGED. 

THERE WAS AN EXAMINATION OF THE WOUND ON THE 

NECK. THERE WAS THOUGHT TO BE A DEEPLY IMBEDDED 

ENTANGLEMENT. SEVERAL INCISIONS WERE MADE TO 

LOCATE THE ENTANGLEMENT. NO ENTANGLEMENT WAS 

FOUND AND THE WOUND WAS SCRUBBED WITH BETADINE. 

PREVIOUS TAG WAS FOUND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TAG 

AGAIN. ANIMAL WAS PREVIOUSLY ENTANGLED AND 

DISENTANGLED ON 11/10/2011 AT THE SAME LOCATION.

NSI P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 2 28 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA NSI HARASSMENT, MALNUTRITION. NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 3 21 HARASSMENT MONTEREY CA SI

HARASSED BY PEOPLE AND DOGS, EMACIATED, MATERNAL 

SEPARATION. SI P14 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 3 27 HARASSMENT SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

HARASSED BY PEOPLE AND DOGS, EMACIATED, MATERNAL 

SEPARATION. SI P14 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 5 4 AK BSAI FLATFISH TRAWL OFFSHORE AK DEAD

AN ELEPHANT SEAL WAS CAUGHT AND KILLED BY TRAWL 

GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 6 24 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY MONTEREY CA SI

NYLON NETTING ENTANGLEMENT AROUND UPPER BODY, 

DISENTANGLED ON SITE. NSI P7B, P8A 0 Y N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 9 15 AT-SEA HAKE PELAGIC TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

LIVE ELEPHANT SEAL BROUGHT ON BOARD, UNIFORM DARK 

COLORATION WITH DARK WHISKERS. HAD A PINK TAG ON 

HIND FLIPPERS #N854. RELEASED ALIVE. NSI P4 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 9 30 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI

ENTRAINMENT DIRECT OBSERVATION. THE ANIMAL WAS 

DISCOVERED IN DIABLO CANON POWER PLANT INTAKE 

STRUCTURE FOREBAY. THE SEAL WAS HEALTHY AND 

APPEARED UNINJURED. IT WAS EVALUATED AND HELD 

OVERNIGHT BEFORE BEING RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY. NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 10 12 VESSEL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO CA DEAD

SKULL IN MANY PIECES WITH HEMORRHAGE IN TISSUES 

OVER TOP OF CRANIUM. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 10 21 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

HARD WHITE PLASTIC ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK. 

ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED DURING PHYSICAL RESTRAINT 

IN THE FIELD DURING SRO RESCUE, NOT TAGGED. NSI P8A, P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 10 24 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

BLACK 1/4 INCH PACKING STRAP ENTANGLED AROUND 

NECK, CUTTING IN ABOUT 4 INCHES VENTRALLY. FIELD 

SEDATION USED DURING SRO RESCUE, IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

ON BEACH. SPECIMENS COLLECTED. NSI P8A, P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 10 31 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. ANIMAL SIGHTED 

DURING ANO NUEVO ISLAND SEA LION CAPTURES. 

ENTANGLEMENT REMOVED DURING PHYSICAL RESTRAINT 

ON THE FIELD, NOT TAGGED. NSI P8A, P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 11 7 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. DISENTANGLED ON 

SCENE AND GREASE MARK APPLIED IN FIELD DURING SRO 

RESCUE. NSI P8A, P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 11 13

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

ANIMAL WAS HOOKED NOT ENTANGLED.ÿ UNABLE TO 

DETERMINE IF HOOKED IN THE MOUTH OR INGESTED.ÿ 

STOPPED THE VESSEL AS SOON AS ANIMAL BECAME VISIBLE 

AND BROUGHT THE ANIMAL CLOSER TO THE BOAT TO GET A 

PHOTO AND ATTEMPT TO DEHOOK.ÿ ANIMAL WAS 

STRUGGLING AND FOR THE SAFETY OF THE VESSEL AND THE 

ANIMAL, WE CUT THE LINE. THE ENTIRE INTERACTION 

LASTED FOR 1-2 MINUTES. UNABLE TO DEHOOK FOR SAFETY 

REASONS. CUT THE LINE BELOW THE WEIGHT, LEAVING THE 

HOOK, APPROX. 9 M MONO WITH THE LIGHTSTICK 

ATTACHED. APPROX. 37 43 N AND 129 59 W. SI P5A 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 11 19 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD

THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DECOMPOSITION AND 

APPEARED TO BE FAIRLY FRESH. ANIMALS HEAD WAS 

SHREDDED UP WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE FRESH WOUNDS. 

IT CAME UP IN THE NET DEAD. MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED BY 

PROPELLER, BUT CAUSE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2013 12 1 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

WHITE PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT. DISENTANGLED 

ON SITE. NOT ABLE TO BE GREASE MARKED OR TAGGED. 

ENTANGLEMENT CUT ON DORSAL SIDE BUT TOO EMBEDDED 

TO BE FULLY REMOVED. SI P8A 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 2 26 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI

FULL BLACKCOAT, MILDLY UNDERWEIGHT, SHIVERING, NO 

TEETH. HARASSED. NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 3 HARASSMENT SANTA CRUZ CA NSI

LETHARGIC, NOT MOVING WHEN APPROACHED BY DOGS 

AND PEOPLE, MODERATELY UNDERWEIGHT. HARASSED. NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 9 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC. TAR ON DORSUM, 2 PATCHES 

RIGHT CRUDAL AND RIGHT DORSAL/LAST RIB. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 14 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, TAR ON RIGHT SIDE. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 14 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, HARASSED BY PEOPLE - POURING 

WATER. HARASSED/ OIL/TAR EXTERNAL EXAM SI P1 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 18 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI EMACIATED, OIL / TAR. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 19 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI EMACIATED ANIMAL HARASSED BY DOGS ON BEACH NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 20 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI EMACIATED, LETHARGIC ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 21 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 30 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

EMACIATED, TAR ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND ON LEFT SIDE OF 

BACK. OIL/TAR. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 3 31 MARINE DEBRIS SONOMA CA SI

BLACK RUBBER CORD AROUND NECK. DISENTANGLED AND 

TAGGED ON BEACH. GOOD BODY WEIGHT, MOLTING. NSI P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 3 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI EMACIATED AND ACTIVE. OIL / TAR SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 5 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA NSI

EMACIATED ANIMAL ON BEACH TOUCHED/HANDLED BY 

MEMBERS OF PUBLIC NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 7 HARASSMENT SAN MATEO CA NSI

EMACIATED ANIMAL ON BEACH TOUCHED/HANDLED BY 

MEMBERS OF PUBLIC NSI P10 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 8 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 13 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

WHITE PACKING STRAP ENTANGLEMENT EMBEDDED IN 

NECK. STRAP REMOVED DURING RECSUE EFFORT. NSI P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2014 4 29 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI EMACIATED ANIMAL WITH OIL / TAR. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2014 7 24 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD MULTIPLE SHOTS DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2014 9 21

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA BREEDING 2014 11 14

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA NSI

ANIMAL HOOKED IN MOUTH/LIP, ANIMAL ALONGSIDE 

VESSEL, HOOK REMOVED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO GEAR 

REMAINING ON ANIMAL, NO BLEEDING OR VISIBLE INJURY. NSI P5C 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 3 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD

ANIMAL IN RIGOR MORTIS BROUGHT UP IN NET. ANIMAL 

CONDITION (NO DECOMPOSITION EVIDENT) EVIDENCE OF 

DROWNING. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 23 HARASSMENT SAN DIEGO CA SI

PEOPLE DRAGGING THE SEAL UP AND DOWN THE BEACH. 

TRANSFERRED TO REHAB FACILITY, OUTCOME UNKNOWN. SI P9 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 28 BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA SAN DIEGO CA DEAD

HUMAN KILLED SEAL BY THROWING LARGE ROCK ON ITS 

HEAD MULTIPLE TIMES. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 2 28 HARASSMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

BAD LOCATION, HARASSED BY DOGS, GOOD BODY WEIGHT 

AND CONDITION, PINK GUMS, VOCAL, FULL BLACK COAT. 

TREATED AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. CONSIDERED A 

DEPENDENT ANIMAL RELEASED ALONE AND THUS 

CONSIDERED A SERIOUS INJURY. SI P14 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 4 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI

EMACIATED, TAR PATCHES ON RIGHT REAR FLIPPERS. 

ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 4 OIL / TAR SAN MATEO CA SI

EMACIATED. LARGE AMOUNT OF TAR ON LEFT SIDE OF 

NECK. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 24 OIL / TAR SAN DIEGO CA SI

THIN AND LETHARGIC. TAR ON NECK AND SIDE IN MULTIPLE 

SPOTS (LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE) ABOUT 1.5X1.5 INCHES WIDE. 

PEOPLE ON THE BEACH WERE PETTING THE SEAL. TREATED 

AT REHAB FACILITY AND RELEASED. NSI P9 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 4 25

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE WA DEAD ANIMAL HAULED UP DEAD IN LONGLINE SABLEFISH GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 22 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

SMALL PUNCTURE ON RIGHT VENTRAL MANDIBLE. ANIMAL 

COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON VENTRAL 

THORAX, VENTRAL CHIN, AND ON FLIPPER. TREATED AND 

RELEASED FROM REHAB FACILITY. NSI P9 0 N N

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN 

ON HEAD AND FLANKS. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF THE 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. DIED IN REHAB 

FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 23 OIL / TAR SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

UNDERWEIGHT, FRESH TAR ON BODY, BLOODY HIND END, 

LETHARGIC. TAR SAMPLED AT SLO AS PART OF SANTA 

BARBARA OIL SPILL. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 23

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE WA DEAD SMALL ELEPHANT SEAL DROWNED IN THE NET. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 24 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON VENTRUM, 

SHOULDERS BILATERALLY, HIND FLIPPERS AND RIGHT 

LATERAL ABDOMEN. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF 

REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL EUTHANIZED 

IN REHAB DUE TO SEVERE CATARACTS. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 24 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

SWOLLEN RECTAL AREA. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING 

SEEN ON HIND FLIPPER AND VENTRUM. ANIMAL WAS 

COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR VENTURA CA SI

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. LESS THAN 2% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

VENTRUM, HIND FLIPPERS, AND TAIL. THIN AND 

DEHYDRATED. EUTHANIZED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 5 25 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

THIN, DEHYDRATED. SMALL LACERATIONS ON HEAD ABOVE 

RIGHT EYE AND MUZZLE. 2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON 

FACE, NECK, CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND HIND FLIPPERS. 

ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH OIL SPILL 

RESPONSE. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 6 6 OIL / TAR SANTA BARBARA CA SI

2-25% EXTERNAL OILING SEEN ON DORSAL AND VENTRAL 

ABDOMEN. UNDERSIDE OF BOTH FRONT AND REAR 

FLIPPERS. ANIMAL COLLECTED AS PART OF REFUGIO BEACH 

OIL SPILL RESPONSE. ANIMAL DIED IN REHAB FACILITY. 

NECROPSY REVEALED COMPLEX MANDIBULAR FRACTURE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 7 21

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 10 1 MARINE DEBRIS SAN MATEO CA SI

ENTANGLEMENT AROUND NECK CUTTING INTO THE 

VENTRAL SIDE AND LOOSE ON THE BACK OF THE NECK. 

REMOVED IN FIELD WITHOUT SEDATION. NSI P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 10 23

CATCHER PROCESSOR MIDWATER 

TRAWL OFFSHORE OR DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 12 7 MARINE DEBRIS SAN LUIS OBISPO CA SI

DISENTANGLED ON THE BEACH FROM A ROPE AROUND 

NECK, WOUND BLED SLIGHTLY AFTER DISENTANGLEMENT. NSI P7B 0 N N

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALIFORNIA 2015 12 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD ANIMAL KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN N PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2011 4 8 TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS; PLASTIC PACKING BAND CUTTING INTO NECK; 

OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO SKIN, BLUBBER, AND MUSCLE; 

ENTANGLED IN GREENISH TRAWL NET DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN FUR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2011 6 22 TRAWL FISHERY (UNKNOWN) PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; GREEN MULTIFILAMENT NET (LIKELY FROM 

TRAWL NET) WRAPPED AROUND NECK DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN N PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2012 5 6UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION ORANGE CA SI

MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION; DEEP LACERATION TO 

VENTRAL SIDE OF NECK DUE TO NET/FISHING LINE NO 

LONGER ON ANIMAL. TAKEN TO REHAB FACILITY, TREATED 

AND RELEASED WITH ORANGE ROTOTAG #22371. NSI P8A 0 Y N

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN N PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2012 5 28 POWER PLANT ENTRAINMENT SAN LUIS OBISPO CA DEAD

CARCASS DISCOVERED IN STATION COOLING WATER 

SYSTEM DEAD NA 1 N Y

NORTHERN FUR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 6 14

UNIDENTIFIED NET 

FISHERY/SHOOTING PACIFIC WA DEAD

CARCASS; GREEN NET AROUND NECK WITH ASSOCIATED 

HEMORRHAGE; BULLET HOLES (POSSIBLY ENTRANCE/EXIT) 

NEAR BOTH SCAPULAE, WITH ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

NORTHERN FUR SEAL CALIFORNIA 2012 7 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR SI

LIVE ANIMAL, ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR, RESCUED BY 

TUNA FISHERMEN; TRANSFERRED TO REHAB AND RELEASED 

THE NEXT DAY NSI P7B 0 Y N

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN N PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2014 5 12UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR DEAD

TWO FUR SEALS WERE FOUND DEAD AND ENTANGLED IN A 

MASSIVE WAD OF BLUE GREEN TRAWL NET. THIS IS FUR 

SEAL ONE OF TWO. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN N PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2014 5 12UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR DEAD

TWO FUR SEALS WERE FOUND DEAD AND ENTANGLED IN A 

MASSIVE WAD OF BLUE GREEN TRAWL NET. THIS IS FUR 

SEAL ONE OF TWO. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN N PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2014 5 21UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

A FUR SEAL WAS FOUND DEAD AND A NECROPSY WAS 

CONDUCTED. A NET WAS RECOVERED, BUT NO 

INFORMATION ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THE NET WAS 

REPORTED. THE REPORTING PARTY INDICATED THE 

MORTALITY WAS FISHERIES RELATED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN FUR SEAL

EASTERN N PACIFICCALIFORNIA 2014 12 3 OIL / TAR MONTEREY CA SI

EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, NON-RESPONSIVE TO HUMAN 

CONTACT, AND ALERT. TAR SPOT ON LEFT SIDE. MATERNAL 

SEPARATION, PNEUMONIA, OIL. SI P1 1 N Y

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 10 27

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2012 1 8

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 11 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 11 25

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 1 3

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 4 3 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SANTA CRUZ CA DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, CARCASS DISPOSED 

AT SEA DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 9 10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2012 6 28 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR DEAD ONE OF THREE ANIMALS CAUGHT IN A RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2012 6 28 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR DEAD ONE OF THREE ANIMALS CAUGHT IN A RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2012 6 28 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR DEAD ONE OF THREE ANIMALS CAUGHT IN A RESEARCH TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2012 6 29 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA SI

NET WAS BEING HAULED ABOARD WHEN AN ANIMAL WAS 

OBSERVED WITH ITS TAIL FLUKE CAUGHT BETWEEN BARS OF 

MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. ANIMAL WAS 

TURNED TO RELEASE TAIL FLUKE AND RELEASED DOWN 

TRAWL RAMP. ÿANIMAL WAS OBSERVED TO BE SWIMMING 

IN WATER AFTER RELEASE. S4 SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE 

ANIMAL WAS REMOVED FROM WATER, BROUGHT ON DECK 

(TRAWL RAMP).ÿ SI S4 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2012 8 18 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ANIMAL CAUGHT IN RESEARCH TRAWL, CARCASS DISPOSED 

AT SEA DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2012 8 24 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF TWO PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

MIDWATER TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2012 8 24 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF TWO PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

MIDWATER TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 8 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR DEAD

ANIMAL ENTANGLED IN MIDWATER TRAWL, DORSAL FIN 

SNAGGED ON NET MESH ANTERIOR TO MARINE MAMMAL 

EXCLUDER DEVICE. ANIMAL BROUGHT ON BOARD, SEXED 

AND PHOTOGRAPHED AND DISPOSED OVERBOARD. TRAWL 

NET WAS OUTFITTED WITH ACOUSTIC PINGERS AND 

CAMERA. DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 8 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR NSI

ONE OF TWO ANIMALS CAUGHT INSIDE MIDWATER TRAWL 

AND SEEN TO ESCAPE NET. VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS THAT 

ENTRAPMENT WAS LESS THAN 30 SECONDS AND THAT 

ANIMALS CONTINUED TO VOCALIZE BEFORE EXITING THE 

MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. NSI S7B 0 N N

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 8 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE OR NSI

ONE OF TWO ANIMALS CAUGHT INSIDE MIDWATER TRAWL 

AND SEEN TO ESCAPE NET. VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS THAT 

ENTRAPMENT WAS LESS THAN 30 SECONDS AND THAT 

ANIMALS CONTINUED TO VOCALIZE BEFORE EXITING THE 

MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. NSI S7B 0 N N

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 9 14 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF THREE ANIMALS KILLED IN A RESEARCH TRAWL 

OUTFITTED WITH A MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 9 14 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF THREE ANIMALS KILLED IN A RESEARCH TRAWL 

OUTFITTED WITH A MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 9 14 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

ONE OF THREE ANIMALS KILLED IN A RESEARCH TRAWL 

OUTFITTED WITH A MARINE MAMMAL EXCLUDER DEVICE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 3 26 VESSEL STRIKE SAN JUAN WA DEAD

THIS ANIMAL HAD A LARGE LACERATION THAT APPEARED 

TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A PROPELLER STRIKE. A 

NECROPSY ON THE ANIMAL REVEALED INTERNAL BRUISING, 

SEVERAL FRACTURED VERTEBRAE, AND A SKULL FRACTURE 

ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 5 14 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD KILLED IN GEAR DEAD NA 1 Y Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE CA DEAD

OFF POINT SUR, CALIFORNIA, A PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN WAS CAUGHT IN A COBB MIDWATER TRAWL. 

DOLPHIN WAS DEAD WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE INJURIES. DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2014 6 21 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD

ONE OF SIX PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS CAUGHT IN A 

SURFACE TRAWL DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2015 8 26 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OFFSHORE WA DEAD

TAKE OCCURRED DURING THE SECOND SURFACE TRAWL OF 

THE NIGHT AT APPROX. 200M BOTTOM DEPTH. WEATHER 

WAS VERY CALM AND THE MOON WAS BRIGHT (1/3 PHASE). 

TOW WAS 30 MINUTES AND DOLPHIN WAS FIRST NOTED 

UPON RETRIEVAL OF THE NET. THE DOLPHIN WAS CAUGHT 

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE GRID ON THE MARINE MAMMAL 

EXCLUDER DEVICE BY ITS LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER AND WAS 

DEAD UPON PULLING THE NET UP ONTO THE BOAT. DEAD NA 1 N Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2015 8 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD 1 OF 2 ANIMALS KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED 

DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2015 8 30 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE CA DEAD 2 OF 2 ANIMALS KILLED IN GEAR. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

RISSO'S DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 9 29

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

RISSO'S DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2013 4 19

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

ANIMAL HAD GOOD BODY CONDITION; UTERUS RUPTURED 

AND BRUISED; FETUS SUBSTANTIALLY HEMORRHAGED; 

MUCH HEMORRHAGE THROUGHOUT ANIMAL; A LOT OF 

BLOODY FOAM IN TRACHEA AND BRONCHI (THIS IS 

INDICATIVE OF DROWNING); LOWER LEFT FRONT TOOTH 

GONE. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

SEI WHALE CA-OR-WA 2015 8 12 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA DEAD

MODERATELY DECOMPOSED, MILDLY BLOATED WITH 

SLOUGHING SKIN. JAWS APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY 

SEPARATED. THE CARCASS APPEARED TO HAVE AN 

"INDENT" ON THE BODY JUST BEHIND THE THROAT 

GROOVES ON THE RIGHT VENTRAL SURFACE. THERE WAS 

NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF HEMORRHAGING IN THE 

SURROUNDING SURFACE TISSUE (SEE PHOTOS). RIGHT 

FLIPPER WAS SNAPPED IN HALF. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF 

HEMORRHAGING OR BLOOD IN THE BONE OR 

SURROUNDING TISSUE OF THE FLIPPER (SEE PHOTO). LACK 

OF HEMORRHAGING SUGGESTS THAT THIS WAS A POSTMORTEM VESSEL COLLISION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

SHORT-FINNED PILOT 

WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 1 5

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD

OBSERVER PROGRAM, ALSO RECORDED AS A SELFREPORTED CASE BY VESSEL CAPTAIN. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

SHORT-FINNED PILOT 

WHALE CA-OR-WA 2014 1 19

CA SWORDFISH DRIFT GILLNET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA DEAD OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

SPERM WHALE CA-OR-WA 2012 1 21 VESSEL STRIKE PACIFIC WA DEAD

SKULL SEVERELY FRACTURED; BACK APPEARED TO BE 

BROKEN; HEMORRHAGE AT HEAD AND RIGHT SCAPULA. DEAD NA 1 N Y

STRIPED DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2011 3 12

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LINCOLN OR DEAD

CARCASS CUT OPEN ALONG DORSUM, SMALL CUTS AT 

AXILLA AND PECTORAL FLIPPER DEAD NA 1 Y Y

STRIPED DOLPHIN CA-OR-WA 2015 11 6

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CLATSOP OR DEAD

FRESH DEAD ANIMAL WITH RIGHT FLIPPER AND RIGHT 

FLUKE SEVERED; VARIOUS GASHES, CUTS (SOME PARALLEL), 

AND ABRASIONS ON HEAD AND BODY; BLOWHOLE 

REDDENED AND SWOLLEN; HEMORRHAGE ALL ALONG 

MANDIBLES; SEVERE INFESTATION OF EMBEDDED AND 

ENCYSTED PARASITES IN COLON. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2013 6 3 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

BULLET HOLES AT VENTRAL THORAX AND NECK WITH 

ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; LOWER JAW BROKEN; UPPER 

JAW MISSING DEAD NA 1 N Y

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2014 10 15

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION HOOKED IN LIP IN LOWER MOUTH. 

LEADER WAS CUT AND HOOK AND SHORT SECTION OF LINE 

REMAINED ON ANIMAL. SI P5B 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2015 7 18 SHOOTING CLATSOP OR DEAD

SUSPECTED SHOOTING; MUCH OF THE CARCASS WAS 

FURLESS; NUMEROUS SUSPICIOUS HOLES ALONG LEFT SIDE 

OF BODY WITH POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; THE 

ANIMAL HAD GOOD TO EXCELLENT BODY CONDITION. DEAD NA 1 N Y

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2015 12 4

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

HOOKED IN LIP (LOWER RIGHT, ALONG WITH A FISH 

INITIALLY) BY 18/0 OFFSET FLAT CIRCLE HOOK (4.8MM 

DIAMETER). ANIMAL WAS STRUGGLING AS IT WAS PULLED 

AND HELD BEHIND THE VESSEL. LINE CUT: HOOK AND 2M 

MONOFILAMENT LEADER LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P5B, P6 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED OTARIID NA 2015 12 7

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

HOOKED IN LEFT PECTORAL FLIPPER BY 18/0 OFFSET FLAT 

CIRCLE HOOK (4.8MM DIAMETER). ANIMAL WAS 

STRUGGLING AS IT WAS PULLED TOWARD THE VESSEL. LINE 

CUT: HOOK, 2M MONOFILAMENT LEADER, AND LIGHT STICK 

LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P6 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2012 6 3 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY TILLAMOOK OR SI

LIVE ANIMAL (POSSIBLY FUR SEAL) WITH BLUE/GREEN 

FISHING NET WRAPPED AROUND ITS MID-SECTION SI P6 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2012 6 5 MARINE DEBRIS LANE OR SI

YOUNG, LIVE ANIMAL (POSSIBLY SEA LION) WITH A ROPE 

AND WHITE SIGN WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND ITS NECK SI P8A 1 N Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2012 8 24

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

LIVE ANIMAL, SWIMMING JUST OFFSHORE, ENTANGLED IN 

CRAB GEAR (BUOY AND LINE VISIBLE) SI P6 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2015 9 21

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR DEAD

KILLED IN GEAR. WEATHER TOO ROUGH TO DETERMINE 

SPECIES. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2015 12 2

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

HOOKED IN MOUTH AREA (PART NOT SPECIFIED, ALTHOUGH 

HOOK ATTACHMENT SEEN, SO INGESTION UNLIKELY) BY 

18/0 OFFSET FLAT CIRCLE HOOK (4.8MM DIAMETER). THE 

ANIMAL WAS BEING PULLED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE 

VESSEL WHEN THE LINE BROKE WHERE HOOK ATTACHED: 

HOOK LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P5A 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2015 12 5

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

HOOKED IN CHEEK (LEFT) BY 18/0 OFFSET FLAT CIRCLE HOOK 

(4.8MM DIAMETER). ANIMAL WAS STRUGGLING AS IT WAS 

PULLED AND HELD BEHIND THE VESSEL. LINE CUT: HOOK 

AND 1M MONOFILAMENT LEADER LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P6 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED PINNIPED NA 2015 12 6

HAWAII LONGLINE SHALLOW SET 

FISHERY OFFSHORE CA SI

HOOKED IN UNKNOWN BODY LOCATION (POSSIBLY THE 

HEAD OR MOUTH) BY 18/0 OFFSET FLAT CIRCLE HOOK 

(4.8MM DIAMETER). AS THE ANIMAL WAS BEING BROUGHT 

CLOSER TO THE VESSEL, THE BRANCHLINE SLID OFF THE 

MAINLINE, WHICH WAS BROKEN: HOOK, 5.6 

MONOFILAMENT LEADER, 45G AND 75G WEIGHT, AND 12M 

BRANCHLINE LEFT ON ANIMAL. SI P6 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2011 4 12

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR DEAD NWFSC GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM DEAD NA 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2011 5 2

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE CA SI

DETERRENCE USED. DURING HAULBACK OF SABLEFISH 

LONGLINE, ONE OF THE CREW SPOTTED A SEA LION AND 

FIRED A SHOT AT IT TO SCARE IT AWAY. UNLCEAR IF BULLET 

STRUCK ANIMAL, THUS CONSERVATIVE ASSESSMENT IS A 

SERIOUS INJURY. SI P9 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2011 9 23

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

A SEA LION WAS FEEDING ON CATCH DURING RETRIEVAL OF 

LONGLINE GEAR. THE SKIPPER HAD ONE OF THE CREW 

THROW A BOMB AS A DETERRENCE. I ONLY BRIEFLY CAUGHT 

A GLIMPSE OF THE ANIMAL SWIMMING UNDERWATER AND 

COULD NOT TELL IF IT WAS A STELLER OR A CALIFORNIA SEA 

LION NSI P9 0 N N

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2011 9 23

LIMITED ENTRY SABLEFISH HOOK 

AND LINE OFFSHORE OR NSI

THE SKIPPER SAW A SEA LION FEEDING ON CATCH DURING 

RETRIEVAL OF LONGLINE GEAR. I DID NOT GET A GOOD 

LOOK AT THE ANIMAL. ONE OF THE CREW THREW A SEAL 

BOMB AT IT AS A DETERRENCE. NSI P9 0 N N

UNIDENTIFIED SEA LION NA 2013 3 4 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR NSI

SEA LION ENTANGLED IN GEAR BEFORE RETURNING TO SEA 

WITHOUT TRAILING GEAR. NSI P7B 0 N N

UNIDENTIFIED SEAL NA 2011 12 15 CATCH SHARES BOTTOM TRAWL OFFSHORE OR SI

SEAL CAUGHT BY NET. CAME UP ALIVE AND BLEEDING 

FROM CHEST. CREW YELLED AT IT AND SCARED IT OFF. 

INJURIES UNKNOWN SEVERITY. DESIGNATED AS SERIOUS 

INJURY BECAUSE OF VISIBLE BLOOD LOSS. SI P3, P7B 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2011 7 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI FREE-SWIMMING ENTANGLED WHALE IN UNKNOWN GEAR SI L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2011 9 5

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT LINCOLN OR SI

ENTANGLED LARGE WHALE ABOUT 6 NM NW OF YAQUINA 

BAY. IT WAS OBSERVED BY FISHERMAN WHO LOST SIGHT OF 

IT IN FOG AND INCREASINGLY CHOPPY SEAS; REPORTED 

SEEING A LARGE WHALE (FLUKES ABOUT 6-7 FEET WIDE) 

WITH TWO BUOYS ATTACHED TO IT: ONE RED AND WHITE 

NEAR ANIMAL'S MID-SECTION AND ONE WHITISH CLOSER 

TO THE TAIL OR DORSAL "RIDGE" AREA; ANIMAL WAS SEEN 

DIVING (WITH FLUKES UP) AND THEN REAPPEARING JUST 

BELOW THE SURFACE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2012 6 24

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT SONOMA CA SI (PRORATE)

SECOND-HAND REPORT FROM USCG OF A WHALE 

ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR. CONFIGURATION AND 

AMOUNT OF GEAR UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2012 8 16 VESSEL STRIKE LOS ANGELES CA SI

CAPTAIN REPORT OF VESSEL STRIKE; CAPTAIN SAW SPOUTS 

AND TOOK VESSEL OFF AUTOPILOT TO ATTEMPT TO DIVERT 

AROUND THE WHALES; FELT A "NUDGE"; PASSENGER 

REPORTED SEEING THE WHALE POP UP AND RUN INTO THE 

SIDE OF THE VESSEL; 2ND OPERATOR SAW WHALE IN THE 

WAKE OF THE VESSEL BUT DID NOT OBSERVE ANY BLOOD IN 

THE WATER; DIVER EXAMINATION OF THE VESSEL HULL 

SHOWED NO SIGNS OF IMPACT OR DAMAGE. THIS WAS THE 

FERRY ROUTE BETWEEN CATALINA AND LONG BEACH, 

TYPICALLY VESSELS ARE >65FT AND TRAVEL IN EXCESS OF 10 

KTS. SI L6A 1 N Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2013 8 23 UNIDENTIFIED NET FISHERY CURRY OR SI

REPORTEDLY HAD NET WRAPPED AROUND TAIL; 10-20 FEET 

OF MATERIAL TRAILING BELOW; SEVERAL FIST-SIZED WHITE 

BUOYS ATTACHED SPENDING ALL TIME AT SURFACE NOT 

BLOWING MUCH. LATER REPORTED OFFSHORE OF 3310 

NESIKA BEACH ROAD 42.50 -124.42 SI L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2014 3 4

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT TILLAMOOK OR SI

REPORTED BY COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN, A 25' 

"HUMPBACK" WHALE WITH "KING CRAB" RED POLY BUOY 

WRAPPED AROUND TAIL AND TRAILING BUOY ATTACHED TO 

HEAD; FISHERMAN TRIED TO CUT LINE WITH KNIFE ON END 

OF POLE BUT THE WHALE WAS TOO ACTIVE; WAS 

SWIMMING AND DIVING, HEADING IN SOUTHWARD 

DIRECTION, SEA STATE DETERIORATING WTH APPROACHING 

STORM SYSTEM. SPECIES ID NOT CONFIRMED. SI L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2014 4 16

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION CURRY OR SI

REPORTED ENTANGLED WHALE TRAILING GEAR JUST 

OUTSIDE BROOKINGS HARBOR. NO DETAILS ON GEAR TYPE 

OR SEVERITY OF ENTANGLEMENT SI L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2014 6 5

UNIDENTIFIED POT/TRAP FISHERY 

ENTANGLEMENT ORANGE CA DEAD

1 MI OFF SAN CLEMENTE. SUSPECTED LOBSTER TRAP 

ENTANGLEMENT, COULDN'T READ LICENSE NUMBERS; DEAD 

FLOATING WHALE. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2014 9 26

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA CRUZ CA SI (PRORATE)

2 "MOSSY" BOUYS, 1 WHITE, 1 UNKNOWN COLOR. AMOUNT 

AND CONFIGURATION OF ATTACHED GEAR UNKNOWN. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 3 1

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION VENTURA CA DEAD

PHOTOS OF LINE RUNNING FROM MOUTH AREA, NO BUOYS 

OR MARKINGS, ANIMAL DEAD AND CARCASS IN POOR 

OVERALL CONDITION; LIKELY A GRAY WHALE GIVEN 

SIZE/TIMING/LOCATION/APPARENT MORPHOLOGY, BUT 

RECORDED AS UNIDENTIFIED. DEAD NA 1 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 5 3

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE REPORTED WITH 'TAIL WRAP' AND TWO BUOYS: 

WHITE AND YELLOW/ORANGE.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 5 9

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MENDOCINO CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE TOWING THREE ORANGE FOAM BUOYS AND ROPE. 

GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 5 28 GILLNET FISHERY SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE REPORTED BY SAILING VESSEL AS ENTANGLED IN 

GILLNET / WEBBING NEAR TAIL, WITH 'LOTS OF BUOYS'. 

TWO BUOYS WERE ORANGE-COLORED. WHALE BEHAVIOR 

REPORTED AS THRASHING HARD. NO PHOTOS. THOUGHT TO 

BE EITHER HUMPBACK OR GRAY WHALE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 8 25

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION LOS ANGELES CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE PULLING TWO BUOYS, SEEMED LIKE LINE ON TAIL; 

CONFIRMED FROM DIRECT CONVERSATION AND DETAILS 

PROVIDED BY DIVER. NO PHOTOS.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 8 27

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE)

TWO SMALL TORPEDO BUOYS TRAILED 40 FT BEHIND 

WHALE, BUOY COLORS ARE ORANGLE, YELLOW, AND RED, 

LINE DESCRIBE AS BLUE SPECTRA 1/8 OR 1/4 INCH, 

RESIGHTED LATER WITH LINE THROUGH MOUTH WITH FULL 

WRAP AROUND BODY; WHALE ROLLING AND BREACHING. 

GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN. CANNOT TELL IF GEAR 

IS LOOSE OR CONSTRICTING. NO PHOTOS. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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Appendix 4. Records of human-related injury and mortality, 2011-2015.

Species Stock or Area Year Month Day Interaction Type County or Locale State

Initial Injury 

Assessment Comments

Final Injury 

Assessment

Serious 

Injury 

Criteria 

Code

Serious 

Injury 

Proration 

Value

Count 

Against 

LOF

Count 

Against 

PBR

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 9 27 GILLNET FISHERY VENTURA CA SI (PRORATE)

GILLNET WRAPPED AROUND AND COVERING MOST OF TAIL 

WITH LINE AND NETTING TRAILING 40 FEET BEHIND WHALE ; 

BLUE (LEAD) AND WHITE (FLOAT) LINES AND NETTING 

BETWEEN. NO PHOTOS, UNKNOWN GEAR CONFIGURATION 

OR ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRICTING / NON-CONSTRICTING 

GEAR POSSIBLE. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 11 7

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MARIN CA SI (PRORATE)

WHALE TRAILING LINE AND A BUOY CLOSE TO BODY SEEN 

DURING CA DEP. OF FISH AND WILDLIFE OVERFLIGHT. 

PHOTOS REVIEWED BY J. CARRETTA. POSSIBLE HUMPBACK. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 11 21

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION SANTA BARBARA CA SI (PRORATE)

MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED SEEING A WHALE WITH 

LINE AND A BUOY WRAPPED AROUND BODY. NO PHOTOS. 

GEAR CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN.

SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

UNIDENTIFIED WHALE NA 2015 11 27

UNIDENTIFIED FISHERY 

INTERACTION MONTEREY CA SI (PRORATE)

RED/ORANGE BULLET SHAPED BUOY TRAILING BEHIND THE 

WHALE AT THE SURFACE; REPORT THAT WHALE STUCK ON 

CRAB NET; CIRCLED AROUND TO GET A BETTER LOOK BUT 

LOST IT. NO PHOTOS. GEAR TYPE CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. 

UNKNOWN GEAR CONFIGURATION. SI 

(PRORATE) L10 0.75 Y Y

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