Summary of Reported Whale-Vessel Collisions in Alaskan Waters

Table 2

Summary of whale-vessel collisions reported in Alaska 1978–2011. Rejected reports are not included.

Species	Confidence category			Total	Number of known dead
	Definite strike	Probable strike	Possible strike
Humpback whale	78	8	7	93 (86.1%)	17
Fin whale	3			3 (2.8%)	2
Gray whale	1			1 (0.9%)	1
Sperm whale	1			1 (0.9%)
Cuvier’s beaked whale		1	1	2 (1.9%)	2
Stejneger’s beaked whale			1	1 (0.9%)	1
Beluga whale			1	1 (0.9%)	1
Unidentified whale	6			6 (5.6%)	1
Total	89 (82.4%)	9 (8.3%)	10 (9.3%)	108 (100%)	25