Florida Strandings!
Florida stranding summaries: 1978-2010
DISCLAIMER:  All data should be considered preliminary and unverified unless otherwise stated.
Species
 1977
 1978
 1979
 1980
 1981
 1982
 1983
 1984
 1985
 1986
 1987
 1988
 1989
 1990
 1991
 1992
 1993
 1994
 1995
 1996
 1997
 1998
 1999
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004
 2005
 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Atlantic Spotted  Dolphin
4
 1
 2
 0
 2
 6
 0
 0
 1
 4
 2
 1
 1
 5
 3
 8
 5
 2
 2
 0
 3
 2
 2
 0
 2
 1
 5
 2
 1 6 0 5 3
Bearded Seal   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bottlenose Dolphin
35
 20
 41
 43
 73
 44
 40
 45
 63
 127
 219
 105
 140
 183
 200
 244
 204
 190
 271
 167
 140
 244
 253
 161
 172
 143
 245
 190
 259 165 142 114 175
Bryde's Whale
1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1 0 0 1 0
Clymene Dolphin
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 10
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 24
 0
 1
 17
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0 0 0 0 0
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
2
 1
 0
 1
 2
 1
 0
 1
 3
 2
 1
 2
 2
 0
 3
 1
 0
 2
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0 2 1 0 0
Densebeaked Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0 0 0 0 0
Dwarf Sperm Whale
2
 2
 5
 3
 2
 3
 10
 5
 3
 3
 3
 3
 4
 2
 3
 4
 1
 4
 2
 8
 9
 0
 6
 2
 6
 3
 4
 1
 2 3 2 1 2
False Killer Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 28
 0
 1
 5
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 0 0 2 0
Fin Whale
0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0 0 1 0 0
Fraser's Dolphin
0
 0
 0
 17
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 29
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 10
 1
 0
 1 0 0 0 0
Gulf Stream Beaked Whale
4
 1
 1
 2
 0
 2
 0
 2
 1
 1
 5
 0
 0
 4
 0
 0
 4
 4
 2
 4
 3
 1
 0
 4
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0 1 1 2 1
Harbor Porpoise
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0 0 0 0 0
Harbor Seal
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 1 0 0 0 0
Hooded Seal
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 3 0 0 0 0
Humpback Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 2
 2
 1
 1
 2
 5
 1
 1
 0
 1
 0
 2
 1
 2
 4
 0
 1
 1 2 1 2 0
Killer Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 0 0 0 0
Melon-headed Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 7 0 1 0 1
Minke Whale
0
 1
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 1
 2
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 0 0 0 0
Pan-tropical Spotted Dolphin
0
 0
 0
 3
 0
 5
 0
 2
 0
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 7
 3
 4
 15
 1
 1
 4
 0
 0
 1
 2
 2
 0
 0 0 0 1 0
Pygmy Killer Whale
1
 0
 1
 3
 2
 2
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 7
 1
 0
 0
 0
 2
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 0 2 0 0
Pygmy Sperm Whale
13
 14
 8
 13
 16
 24
 13
 19
 18
 13
 9
 12
 15
 14
 33
 14
 18
 16
 10
 16
 22
 7
 8
 22
 14
 33
 10
 4
 4 5 7 6 17
Right Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 3
 0
 1
 0
 2
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 2 1 2 1 0
Risso's Dolphin
0
 0
 3
 1
 6
 1
 4
 3
 1
 2
 1
 0
 1
 1
 1
 1
 0
 1
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 1
 1
 2
 2
 5
 0 7 0 0 0
Rough-toothed Dolphin
0
 1
 6
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 3
 0
 0
 0
 14
 1
 0
 1
 3
 1
 35
 14
 0
 1
 19
 1
 2
 49
 67
 1 1 1 0 1
Sei Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 0 0 0 0
Short-finned Pilot Whale
 140
 0
 7
 4
 2
 1
 0
 0
 7
 32
 30
 0
 0
 0
 38
 13
 7
 47
 48
 2
 2
 18
 2
 0
 9
 0
 29
 4
 0
 0 0 0 0 4
Sperm Whale
2
 0
 12
 0
 2
 2
 0
 4
 2
 0
 2
 5
 6
 1
 2
 0
 3
 1
 1
 2
 2
 1
 5
 1
 3
 2
 1
 1
 1 2 1 0 2
Spinner Dolphin
1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 6
 1
 0
 0 0 2 0 7
Striped Dolphin
2
 1
 1
 2
 0
 0
 0
 7
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 6
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 1 0 0 0 0
True's Beaked Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown Balaen Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown Beaked Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 2
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 2
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 1
 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown Cetacean
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 2
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 1
 0
 3
 2
 4
 5
 4
 2
 1
 2
 3 2 0 0 2
Unknown Dolphin
0
 0
 0
 0
 6
 0
 4
 6
 5
 10
 31
 36
 48
 22
 28
 9
 4
 7
 0
 3
 1
 0
 4
 4
 6
 5
 2
 3
 21 9 13 8 8
Unknown Kogia
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 5
 4
 1
 0
 0 1 1 1 1
Unknown Stenella
0
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 1
 3
 5
 1
 0
 0
 1
 4
 0
 1
 2
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 0
 0 4 0 0 0
Unknown Toothed Whale
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 1
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1 1 0 1 0
Unknown Marine Mammal
 


























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TOTAL
 174
 67
 56
 92
 73
 120
 109
 78
 109
 162
 210
 286
 178
 229
 305
 325
 306
 333
 316
 315
 248
 224
 268
 277
 243
 218
 262
 337
 299
 316 214 197 146 225