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Description:
Title:
Serious Injury Determinations for Small Cetaceans off the Southeast U.S. Coast, 2016–2020
Author(s):
Maze-Foley, Katherine
Garrison, Lance P.
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2022
Abstract:
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to distinguish between injuries to marine mammals that are serious and not serious, where a “serious injury” is defined as an injury that is more likely than not to lead to the death of the animal. During 2012 NMFS issued a policy directive and procedural directives to establish a process for distinguishing serious from non-serious injuries (NMFS 2012a, b). This document summarizes serious injury determinations for small cetaceans in southeast U.S. waters during 2016–2020.
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Format:
PDF
Type of Resource:
Reference Document
Genre:
Southeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document MMTD ; 2022-02
Note:
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to distinguish between injuries to marine mammals that are serious and not serious, where a “serious injury” is defined as an injury that is more likely than not to lead to the death of the animal. During 2012 NMFS issued a policy directive and procedural directives to establish a process for distinguishing serious from non-serious injuries (NMFS 2012a, b). This document summarizes serious injury determinations for small cetaceans in southeast U.S. waters during 2016–2020.
Grant no. NA15OAR4320064
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