Home About Us Strandings Gallery/Articles Education Ways to Help Fundraiser Events Links Thanks/Sponsors Seal Adoptions Site Map	2012 Stranding Totals                             2012 Stranding Totals                       Total Stranded Live Stranded Dead Transferred In Euthanized Released Currently at MMSC Transferred Out Died before reaching MMSC Died at Center Human Interaction Boat/ Prop Strike Recovery Rates (per # live strandings)   SEALS   Grey 12 12 0 0 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 66.7%   Harbor 7 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0%   Harp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Hooded 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   TOTALS 19 13 6 0 2 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 69.2%   CETACEANS   Atlantic   White-   Sided   Dolphin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!%   Beluga   Whale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!%   Bottlenose   Dolphin 19 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 #DIV/0!   Common   Dolphin 9 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.0%   Fin Whale 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Humpback   Whale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Harbor   Porpoise 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV\0!   Manatee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Minke   Whale 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 #DIV/0!   Gervais   Beaked   Whale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0! Pilot Whale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Cuvier's   Beaked   Whale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A   Pygmy   Sperm   Whale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Dwarf   Sperm   Whale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Grampus   Risso's   Dolphin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Striped   Dolphin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Unknown   Dolphin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Unknown   Whale 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   TOTALS 36 8 28 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 12.5%   TURTLES   Leather-   back 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Green 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 #DIV/0!   Hawksbill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0!   Kemp's   Ridley 9 3 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 100.0%   Logger-   head 41 1 40 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 #DIV/0!   Unknown 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 #DIV/0!   TOTALS 58 6 52 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 12 8 100.0%   GRAND   TOTALS 113 27 86 0 3 9 1 5 2 3 15 10 55.6%   10/25/2012  MMSC TOTAL STRANDINGS BY YEAR AND TYPE ANIMAL 2001 - Current YEAR TOTAL CETACEANS SEALS TURTLES 2001 175 29 88 58 2002 138 25 39 74 2003 157 34 61 62 2004 214 60 63 91 2005 224 60 108 56 2006 150 34 59 57 2007 145 47 67 31 2008 162 43 75 44 2009 163 41 81 41 2010 187 43 107 37 2011 198 42 122 34 2012 113 36 19 58 updated 10/25/2012 From 1975 to present, the percentages of strandings handled by MMSC are: COUNTY STATE # OF ANIMALS PERCENTAGE ATLANTIC NJ 565 13.74% BERGEN NJ 1 0.03% BURLINGTON NJ 8 0.22% CAMDEN NJ 2 0.06% CAPE MAY NJ 1133 28.12% CUMBERLAND NJ 50 1.22% ESSEX NJ 2 0.03% GLOUCESTER  NJ 3 0.08% HUDSON NJ 11 0.28% MERCER NJ 2 0.06% MIDDLESEX NJ 44 1.08% MONMOUTH NJ 854 20.17% OCEAN NJ 1264 30.30% SALEM NJ 97 2.66% UNION NJ 9 0.25% NO RECORDS NJ 2 0.06% ALL DE 21 0.58% ALL FL 1 0.03% All MA 2 0.06% ALL MD 8 0.22% ALL ME 4 0.11% ALL NC 9 0.22% ALL PA 5 0.14% ALL VA 11 0.30% TOTAL   4108 100.00%  update 10/25/2012
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