Sources of human-related injury and mortality for U.S. Pacific West Coast marine mammal stock assessments, 2008-2012

"This report contains updated records of human-caused injury and mortality to pinnipeds and cetaceans from 2008 to 2012, for marine mammal populations that occur in U.S. west coast waters and which are evaluated in Pacific region marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) (Carretta et al. 2013a, 2013b). Mortality records, while included in this report, were not evaluated for SI/NSI status. Subsistence and directed takes (i.e., gray whales taken by Russian natives) are not reported here but are reported in SARs published by NMFS. Previous records, including cases from 2007 reported in Carretta et al. (2013a), are archived online together with 2008-2012 records from the current report. These are available at swfsc.noaa.gov/Bycatch.aspx"--Summary. James V. Carretta, Sarah M. Wilkin, Marcia M. Muto, Kristin Wilkinson, and Jeremy Rusin. "August 2014." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references.