Survey Flights

Along the ICW and canals

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

Location	# Manatees
North Fork New River	8
New River	7
South Fork New River	19
North New River Canal	1
FPL Cooling Lakes	64
Dania Cutoff Canal	18
Intracoastal Waterway from Port Everglades South	20
FPL Port Cooling Canal	164
Intracoastal Waterway North of Port Everglades	19
Atlantic Ocean	2
TOTAL	322

Manatee Survey Results

2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
Survey Date	#Manatees	Survey Date	#Manatees	Survey Date	#Manatees	Survey Date	#Manatees	Survey Date	#Manatees	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
12/06/17	44	12/13/18	154	12/11/19	275	12/10/20	252
12/12/17	78	12/19/18	515	12/17/19	135	12/16/20	256
12/19/17	385	12/26/18	465	12/24/19	143	12/22/20	243
						12/29/20	396

*flight cancelled due to weather

Manatee Mortality

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.

Manatee Survey Results - 02/17/22

Manatee Survey Results

Manatee Mortality

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