1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023
This is a summary of reported incidents during the period 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023.

 

ID Date observed Sex Age class Location Popn1 or species Obs type Necropsy status Possible cause of death Pathology report
H305 06/08/2022 Female Adult Farewell Spit NCSI Beachcast Complete

Natural causes - infection

Possible bycatch

H305 (PDF, 30k)
H306 12/08/2022 Male Adult Gillespies Beach WCSI Beachcast None - Decomposed    
H307 02/10/2022 Male Adult Hokitika WCSI Beachcast Complete Indeterminable H307 (PDF, 26k)
H308 24/10/2022 Female Subadult Wairau river mouth ECSI Stranding Complete Natural causes - disease H308 (PDF, 27k)
6157 4/10/2022 Unknown Adult Kaikoura ECSI Entanglement - cray pot NA - dolphin freed NA NA
H309 21/11/2022 Female Adult Pegasus Bay ECSI Entanglement - trawl Complete Known bycatch in a commercial trawl net H309 (PDF, 24k)
H310 21/11/2022 Male Calf Pegasus Bay ECSI Entanglement - trawl Complete Known bycatch in a commercial trawl net H310 (PDF, 23k)
H311 29/11/2022 Female Calf Lavericks Bay, Banks Peninsula ECSI Beachcast Complete Natural causes - maternal separation H311 (PDF, 24k)
6161 11/12/2022 Unknown Adult Waitaki rivermouth ECSI Beachcast None - decomposed NA NA
6162 01/01/2023 Male Calf Spencer Park, Chch ECSI Beachcast None NA NA
H312 09/01/2023 Male Calf Taylor's Mistake, Chch ECSI Beachcast Complete Unknown trauma H312 (PDF, 125K)
H313 12/01/2023 Male Calf Akaroa ECSI Floating at sea Complete Suspected maternal separation H313 (PDf, 31K)
H314 15/03/2023 Unknown Adult Farewell Spit NCSI Beachcast Complete Boat strike H314 (PDf, 33K)
6513 18/03/2023 Unknown Adult Golden Bay NCSI Beachcast NA - too decomposed    
6514 21/03/2023 Unknown Unknown New Brighton ECSI Live stranded, washed back out NA    
H315 21/03/2023 Male Adult Awhitu Peninsula WCNI Beachcast Complete Toxoplasmosis H315 (final) (PDF, 210K)
6512 12/02/2023 Unknown Adult Karamea WCSI Beachcast NA - body not found    
H316 30/04/2023 Female Adult North of Taiaroa Head ECSI Entanglement - set net Complete (pending histo) Known bycatch H316 (PDF, 25K)
TBD 30/05/2023 Unknown Unknown Karamea WCSI Beachcast NA - skull only    
H317 03/06/2023 Female Subadult Pegasus Bay ECSI Entanglement - trawl Complete

Known bycatch in a commercial trawl net

H317 (PDF, 282K)
H318 25/07/2023 Unknown Unknown Muriwai WCNI Beachcast NA - recovery not possible