US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments 2015

This report was prepared by staff of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC). NMFS staff presented the reports at the February 2014 meeting of the Atlantic Scientific Review Group (ASRG) , and subsequent revisions were based on their contributions and constructive criticism

For Each Stock Assessed The Following is provided

STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Estimates Of Population Size

ANNUAL HUMAN-CAUSED MORTALITY AND SERIOUS INJURY

List Of References Cited

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Table 1 contains a summary, by species, of the information included in the stock assessments, and also indicates those that have been revised since the 2014 publication. Most of the changes incorporate new information into

sections on population size and/or mortality estimates. A total of 43 of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico stock assessment reports were revised for 2015. The revised SARs include 27 strategic and 16 non-strategic stocks.

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A2 - Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)

AB - "Under the 1994 amendments of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) were required to generate stock assessment reports (SARs) for all marine mammal stocks in waters within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The first reports for the Atlantic (includes the Gulf of Mexico) were published in July 1995 (Blaylock et al. 1995). The MMPA requires NMFS and USFWS to review these reports annually for strategic stocks of marine mammals and at least every 3 years for stocks determined to be non-strategic. Included in this report as appendices are: 1) a summary of serious injury/mortality estimates of marine mammals in observed U.S. fisheries (Appendix I), 2) a summary of NMFS records of large whale human-caused serious injury and mortality (Appendix II), 3) detailed fisheries information (Appendix III), 4) summary tables of abundance estimates generated over recent years and the surveys from which they are derived (Appendix IV), a summary of observed fisheries bycatch (Appendix V), and a list of reports not updated in the current year (Appendix VI). Table 1 contains a summary, by species, of the information included in the stock assessments, and also indicates those that have been revised since the 2014 publication. Most of the changes incorporate new information into sections on population size and/or mortality estimates. A total of 43 of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico stock assessment reports were revised for 2015. The revised SARs include 27 strategic and 16 non-strategic stocks. This report was prepared by staff of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC). NMFS staff presented the reports at the February 2014 meeting of the Atlantic Scientific Review Group (ASRG), and subsequent revisions were based on their contributions and constructive criticism. This is a working document and individual stock assessment reports will be updated as new information becomes available and as changes to marine mammal stocks and fisheries occur. The authors solicit any new information or comments which would improve future stock assessment reports"--Executive Summary. [doi:10.7289/V57S7KTN(http://doi.org/10.7289/V57S7KTN)]

AB - Gordon T. Waring, Elizabeth Josephson, Katherine Maze-Foley, and Patricia E. Rosel, Editors ; with contributions from (listed alphabetically) Barbie Byrd, Timothy V.N. Cole, Laura Engleby, Lance P. Garrison, Joshua Hatch, Allison Henry, Stacey C. Horstman, Jenny Litz, Marjorie C. Lyssikatos, Keith D. Mullin, Christopher Orphanides, Richard M. Pace, Debra L. Palka, Melissa Soldevilla, and Frederick W. Wenzel.

AB - "May 2016."

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AB - Includes bibliographical references.

AU - Byrd, Barbie L.

AU - Cole, Timothy V. N.

AU - Engleby, Laura

AU - Garrison, Lance Preston, 1970-

AU - Hatch, Joshua M.

AU - Henry, Allison

AU - Horstman, Stacey C.

AU - Litz, Jenny Alison, 1974-

AU - Lyssikatos, Marjorie

AU - Mullin, Keith (Keith D.)

AU - Orphanides, Christopher

AU - Pace, Richard M.

AU - Palka, Debra L., 1959-

AU - Soldevilla, Melissa S.

AU - Wenzel, Frederick W.

AU - Waring, Gordon T. (ed.)

AU - Josephson, Elizabeth (ed.)

AU - Maze-Foley, Katherine (ed.)

AU - Rosel, Patricia E. (ed.)

AN - noaa:11985

DO - http://doi.org/10.7289/V57S7KTN

KW - Estimates

KW - Marine mammal populations

KW - Marine mammals

KW - Marine mammal populations

KW - Estimates

KW - Marine mammals

PY - 2016

T3 - NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NE ; 238

TI - US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal stock assessments - 2015

M3 - Technical Memorandum

UR - https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/11985

ER -

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