1 August 2019 - 31 July 2020
Introduction
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 |
- WCSI - West Coast South Island
- ECSI - East Coast South Island
- SCSI - South Coast South Island
- WCNI - West Coast North Island