Conducting aerial surveys is one of the most successful ways to determine where manatees are in Broward County. Periodic helicopter flights allow for the greatest flexibility in speed and altitude to survey all tidally influenced waterways between Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. Here we can see injured manatees, newborn calves, inspect environmental concerns, violations and other issues to report to the appropriate agencies.
Manatee Survey Results - 02/17/22
North Fork New River | 8
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New River | 7
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South Fork New River | 19
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North New River Canal | 1
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FPL Cooling Lakes | 64
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Dania Cutoff Canal | 18
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Intracoastal Waterway from Port Everglades South | 20
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FPL Port Cooling Canal | 164
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Intracoastal Waterway North of Port Everglades | 19
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Atlantic Ocean | 2
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TOTAL | 322
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Manatee Survey Results
Survey Date | #Manatees
| Survey Date | #Manatees | Survey Date | #Manatees | Survey Date | #Manatees | Survey Date
| #Manatees
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| Survey Date
| #Manatees |
01/05/17
| 132 | 01/04/18 | 528 | 01/03/19 | 224 | 12/31/19 | 113 | 01/07/21 | 388
| | 01/04/22
| 21
|
01/10/17
| 252 | 01/08/18 | 767 | 01/10/19 | 358 | 01/08/20 | 254 | 01/13/21 | 365 |
| 01/19/22
| 144
|
01/17/17 | 211 | 01/17/18 | 759 | 01/16/19 | 170 | 01/15/20 | 97 | 01/19/21 | 747 |
| 01/27/22
| 403
|
01/23/17 | 234 | 01/25/18 | 721 | 01/22/19 | 564 | 01/23/20
| 173 | 01/25/21 | 458 | | 02/01/22
| 441
|
01/31/17 | 324 | 01/30/18 | 688 | 02/01/19 | 443 | 01/29/20
| 359
| 02/02/21 | 390 | | 02/10/22
| 341
|
02/07/17
| 281 | 02/07/18 | 350 | 02/06/19 | 473 | 02/05/20
| 444
| 02/11/21 | 152 | | 02/17/22
| 322
|
02/16/17 | 130 | 02/14/18 | 110 | 02/12/19 | 112 | 02/11/20
| 213
| 02/16/21 | 44 | | | |
02/23/17 | 39 | 02/22/18 | 25 | 02/21/19 | 37 | 02/18/20 | 30 | 02/25/21 | 31 | | | |
03/02/17 | 11 | 02/28/18 | 11 | 02/26/19 | 21 | 02/25/20 | 22 | 03/04/21 | 23 | | | |
03/07/17 | 16 | 03/09/18 | 19 | 03/07/19 | 11 | 03/03/20 | 39 | 03/12/21 | 25 | | | |
03/14/17 | 10 | 03/14/18 | 13 | 03/12/19 | 14 | 03/10/20 | 23 | 03/16/21 | 14 | | | |
03/22/17 | 9 | 03/22/18 | 12 | 03/18/19 | *cxl | 03/18/20 | 26 | 11/16/21
| 25
| | | |
03/29/17
| 13 | 03/28/18 | 22 | 03/26/19 | 9 | 03/25/20 | 0 | 11/23/21
| 37
| | | |
05/09/17 | 23 | 05/16/18 | 9 | 04/24/19
| 19 | 04/15/20 | 0 | 12/02/21
| 92
| | | |
08/30/17 | 7 | 07/12/18 | 6 | 07/01/19
| 11 | 07/15/20 | 0 | 12/09/21
| 61
| | | |
10/26/17 | 4 | 10/15/18 | cxl | 10/29/19
| 2 | 10/15/20 | 0 | 12/14/21
| 83
| | | |
11/16/17 | 9 | 11/20/18 | 10
| 11/20/19
| 24 | 11/17/20 | 4 | 12/23/21
| 42
| | | |
11/20/17 | 11 | 11/29/18 | 11 | 11/26/19 | 249 | 11/23/20 | 21 | 12/30/21
| 45
| | | |
11/30/17 | 27 | 12/06/18 | 104 | 12/05/19 | 335 | 12/03/20 | 15 |
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12/06/17 | 44 | 12/13/18 | 154 | 12/11/19 | 275 | 12/10/20 | 252 |
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12/12/17
| 78 | 12/19/18 | 515 | 12/17/19 | 135 | 12/16/20 | 256 |
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12/19/17 | 385
| 12/26/18 | 465 | 12/24/19 | 143 | 12/22/20 | 243 |
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| | | | | | 12/29/20 | 396 |
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*flight cancelled due to weather
Manatee Mortality
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.
- 2020 - 20 moralities: Two were watercraft-related, one was perinatal, one was cold stress, two were natural, seven were undetermined and seven were not necropsied (pandemic-related limitations in necropsy response).
- 2019 - 14 mortalities: Three were watercraft-related, three were cold stress, one was perinatal, and seven undetermined.
- 2018 - 21 mortalities: Six were watercraft-related, two were human-other, three were cold stress, two were natural, and eight undetermined.
- 2017 - 13 mortalities: Six were watercraft-related, one was natural, and six were undetermined.
- 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.