1 August 2019 - 31 July 2020
There have been nine reported incidents during the period 1 August - 31 July 2020. Note that due to the summer break and then the COVID-19 response, recent Hector's dolphin carcasses have been frozen and are awaiting examination once Massey University re-opens their services.
ID Date observed Sex Age class Location Popn1 or species Obs type Necropsy status Possible cause of death Pathology report

5240/

H284

 28/11/2019 Male Adult Brown's Beach, Temuka ECSI Beachcast Complete Natural causes - Fungal Pneumonia H284 (PDF, 25K)
5241 9/12/2019 Male Juvenile Awamoa Creek mouth, Oamaru ECSI Beachcast None Unknown - body unable to be recovered NA

5242/

H285

 10/12/2019 Female Adult Milford Sound foreshore WCSI Beachcast Complete Natural causes - disease H285 (PDF, 27K)

5243/

H288

 1/01/2020 Male Neonate Cole Creek, West Coast WCSI Beachcast Complete Natural causes - general H288 (PDF, 26K)

5244/H287

 11/04/2020 Female Adult Port Underwood ECSI Beachcast Complete Natural causes - general H287 (PDF, 31K)

5245

 03/03/2020 Unknown Adult South of Banks Peninsula ECSI Entanglement None Known bycatch in a commercial set net NA

5246/H289

 20/07/2020 Female Adult Karamea WCSI Beachcast Complete Unknown trauma H289 (PDF, 26K)

5247/H286

 28/01/2020 Unknown Unknown Westport WCSI Beachcast None (carcass lost) Unknown NA

5248

 10/04/2020 Unknown Unknown Buller WCSI Beachcast None Unknown - skin and bones NA

1) Population key:

  • WCSI - West Coast South Island
  • ECSI - East Coast South Island
  • SCSI - South Coast South Island
  • WCNI - West Coast North Island