Manatee Mortality: 1974-2003

Total Manatee Mortality in Florida
By Year and Cause 1974-2004

														YEAR
	TOTAL	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04
Watercraft Collisions	1306	3	6	10	13	21	24	16	24	20	15	34	33	33	39	43	50	47	53	38	35	49	42	60	54	66	82	78	81	95	73	69
Flood gate/Canal lock	180	0	1	4	6	9	8	8	2	3	7	3	3	3	5	7	3	3	9	5	5	16	8	10	8	9	15	8	1	5	3	3
Other Human	136	2	1	0	5	1	9	2	4	1	5	1	3	1	2	4	5	4	6	6	6	5	5	0	8	6	8	8	8	9	7	4
Perinatal	1111	0	7	14	9	10	9	13	13	14	18	25	23	27	30	30	38	44	53	48	39	46	56	61	61	53	53	58	62	53	72	72
Cold Stress	285	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	9	14	46	1	0	2	4	0	17	4	9	5	14	31	17	45	49
Natural	752	0	1	2	1	3	4	5	9	41	6	24	19	1	10	15	18	21	13	20	22	33	35	101	42	12	37	37	34	59	102	25
Undetermined	1558	2	13	32	80	40	23	19	64	35	30	41	38	45	22	25	40	41	39	46	36	40	55	166	65	76	69	69	108	67	78	54

TOTAL	5328	7	29	62	114	84	77	63	116	114	81	128	119	122	114	133	168	206	174	163	145	193	201	415	242	231	269	272	325	305	380	276

Prepared using 1974-2004 manatee mortality data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

Prepared by Save the Manatee Club.

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