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Database summary
Database summary
2,083,665
Total records
2,317,178
Total individuals
Record class
Records
Individuals
Catch
2,071,551
2,071,551
Sighting
7,648
228,061
Stranding
3,597
15,922
Bycatch
601
1,198
Entanglement
178
305
Shipstrike
73
83
Species (Top 6)
Records
Individuals
Fin whale
738,120
738,197
Sperm whale
536,560
539,780
Blue whale
312,454
315,909
Sei whale
214,148
214,177
Minke whale - Antarctic
120,118
121,092
Humpback whale
113,830
241,346
Records from State waters
Records
Sightings
Strandings
New South Wales
709
447
(63.05%)
262
(36.95%)
Victoria
1,310
710
(54.2%)
600
(45.8%)
Queensland
663
465
(70.14%)
198
(29.86%)
Northern Territory
57
39
(68.42%)
18
(31.58%)
South Australia
511
144
(28.18%)
367
(71.82%)
Tasmania
4,244
2,981
(70.24%)
1,263
(29.76%)
Western Australia
1,555
1,220
(78.46%)
335
(21.54%)
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Andrew's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)
Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii)
Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea)
Australian snubfin dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni)
Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Bottlenose dolphin - Common (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose dolphin - Indo-Pacific (Tursiops aduncus)
Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni)
Common dolphin - Long-beaked (Delphinus capensis)
Common dolphin - Short-beaked (Delphinus delphis)
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Dugong (Dugong dugon)
Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)
Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus)
False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus)
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus)
Grouper (Grouper)
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Hector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori)
Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)
Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger)
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin (Sousa chinensis)
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus)
Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra)
Minke whale - Antarctic (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
Minke whale - Common (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Other marine fauna (Other marine fauna)
Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
Pilot whale - Long-finned (Globicephala melas)
Pilot whale - Short-finned (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
Pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus)
Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda)
Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata)
Pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)
Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis)
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
Southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons)
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)
Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)
Southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii)
Spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptricia)
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Spinner dolphin - dwarf (Stenella longirostris roseiventris)
Strap-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon layardii)
Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
Subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis)
True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus)
Unidentified baleen whale (Unidentified baleen whale)
Unidentified beaked whale (Unidentified beaked whale)
Unidentified Bryde's/Fin/Sei type (Unidentified Bryde's/Fin/Sei type)
Unidentified cetacean (Unidentified cetacean)
Unidentified Delphinid 'whale' (Unidentified Delphinid 'whale')
Unidentified dolphin (Unidentified dolphin)
Unidentified Kogia (Unidentified Kogia)
Unidentified large cetacean (Unidentified large cetacean)
Unidentified Melon-headed/Pygmy killer type (Unidentified Melon-headed/Pygmy killer type)
Unidentified pilot whale (Unidentified pilot whale)
Unidentified porpoise (Unidentified porpoise)
Unidentified sea lion (Unidentified sea lion)
Unidentified sea turtle (Unidentified sea turtle)
Unidentified seal (Unidentified seal)
Unidentified small cetacean (Unidentified small cetacean)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
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Australian Marine Mammal Centre
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
International Whaling Commission
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