Bottlenose dolphin deaths already exceed earlier massive die-off (West coast, USA)

Dolphins migrating south (these photographed in 2011) are dying in high numbers this year, already exceeding the massive die-off in 1987-’88. / GARY EMEIGH/THE NEWS JOURNAL

November 8^th, 2013. The numbers of dead bottlenose dolphins that have stranded from New York to Florida since July already exceed the massive die-off that devastated the population in 1987-88, according to federal officials.

The strandings and deaths are expected to continue to rise as the coastal population continues its migration south, said Teri Rowles, coordinator of the federal fisheries and marine mammal health and stranding response program.

Between July and Nov. 3, Rowles said, 753 bottlenose dolphins have stranded. In a normal year, during the same time frame, 74 bottlenose dolphins would strand, she said. In this event, 95 percent of the dolphins that have washed to shore are dead and most of the live ones die a short time later.

“We’re less than halfway through that [1987-88] time frame and we have surpassed the number of Cetaceans in that die-off,” Rowles said.

That earlier die-off was believed to have killed off about 30 percent of the coastal population, she said.

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To Stranded No More : please, let us know about you if you read this article (we have a postmail adress, see our website, if you prefer). Your group has been usurpated and nobody is able to inform on what happened with you. Really worry, knowing what the French Navy is able to do with us, we can’t imagine in USA !

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