The Florida manatee is listed as “threatened” by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The Florida Fish and Wildlife Service lists eight categories of manatee death: watercraft, flood gate/canal lock, other human related, perinatal, cold stress, other natural, undetermined and verified/not recovered. For more information on these categories, visit the FWC Manatee Web Site.
2016 - 18 mortalities
Five were watercraft-related, one was perinatal, four were natural, and eight were undetermined.
2015 - 13 mortalities
One was watercraft-related, one was flood gate/canal lock, one was perinatal, two were cold stress, one was natural, and seven were undetermined.
2014 - 7 mortalities
Two were watercraft-related, one was perinatal, and four were undetermined.
2013 - 16 mortalities
Two were watercraft-related, one was flood gate/canal lock, one was perinatal, one was cold stress, and eleven were undetermined.
2012 - 15 mortalities
Three were watercraft-related, one was flood gate/canal lock, three were perinatal, one was cold stress, one was natural, and six were undetermined.
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