Table 4. Database data for harbour porpoises with fatal pharyngeal entrapment of fish from 1990 to 2019 (excluding the nine cases from the island of Sylt in 2016).

No.	Stranding date	Stranding location	Sex	Nutritional status	Decomposition status	Age (years)/age class	Fish family or species	Localisation of the fish
1	90/–/–	North Sea, Sylt	male	–	severe	4.00	Common sole	pharynx
2	90∕07∕01	North Sea, North Friesland	male	–	severe	3.25	Common sole	–
3	91∕05∕31	North Sea, Sylt	female*	moderate	good	4.00	Common sole	pharynx/nasal passage
4	91∕06∕01	North Sea, Sylt	male	–	moderate	5.75	Common sole	pharynx
5	91∕06∕07	North Sea, Amrum	female	good	severe	4.00	Common sole	pharynx
6	91/–/–	North Sea, Sylt	male	–	severe	2.25	flatfish	–
7	91∕08∕01	North Sea, Sylt	male	moderate	moderate	5.00	flatfish	pharynx
8	91/–/–	North Sea, North Friesland	male	–	moderate	4.30	Common sole	pharynx
9	92∕04∕17	North Sea, Sylt	female	good	moderate	3.75	flatfish	–
10	92∕07∕18	North Sea, North Friesland	female	–	moderate	adult	Common sole	pharynx/nasal passage
11	92∕08∕17	North Sea, Sylt	male	–	severe	adult	flatfish	pharynx
12	92∕09∕16	North Sea, Sylt	female	–	moderate	adult	Common sole	pharynx/nasal passage
13	92∕09∕17	North Sea, St. Peter Ording	male	–	severe	adult	Common sole	pharynx/nasal passage
14	93∕05∕04	North Sea, Sylt	female	n.a.	good	adult	flatfish	pharynx/nasal passage
15	93∕06∕07	North Sea, Sylt	male	–	moderate	2.00	Common sole	pharynx
16	93/–/–	North Sea, Sylt	female	n.a.	severe	6.50	flatfish	pharynx/nasal passage
17	95∕04∕03	North Sea, Sylt	female*	n.a.	severe	9.50	flatfish	–
18	94∕05∕01	North Sea, Amrum	female	good	moderate	3.00	flatfish	–
19	94∕06∕01	North Sea, Sylt	female	good	good	9.00	flatfish	–
20	94∕09∕27	North Sea, Sylt	female**	good	moderate	3.50	flatfish	–
21	95∕05∕08	North Sea, Sylt	female*	good	moderate	10.00	Common sole	pharynx
22	95∕06∕08	North Sea, Sylt	female	n.a.	severe	13.00	flatfish	–
23	95/–/–	North Sea, Sylt	female**	n.a.	severe	17.00	flatfish	pharynx
24	95∕07∕05	North Sea, Sylt	female	n.a.	severe	4.00	flatfish	–
25	95∕07∕07	North Sea, Sylt	female	n.a.	moderate	7.50	Common sole	pharynx
26	98∕04∕15	North Sea, Sylt	female*	good	good	10.00	flatfish	–
27	98∕04∕28	North Sea, Sylt	female*	moderate	good	12.00	flatfish	–
28	00/–/–	North Sea, Pellworm	male	good	moderate	7.00	flatfish	pharynx/nasal passage
29	02∕01∕01	North Sea, North Friesland	female	good	good	adult	flatfish	–
30	07∕04∕12	North Sea, Sylt	female	good	fresh	adult	Common sole	–
31	08∕04∕14	North Sea, Sylt	male	good	good	6.00	flatfish	–
32	09∕05∕22	North Sea, Sylt	female*	moderate	moderate	16.00	flatfish	–
33	10∕05∕16	North Sea, Sylt	male	good	good	8.00	Common sole	pharynx
34	15∕05∕10	North Sea, Sylt	male	moderate	moderate	adult	flatfish	pharynx
35	16∕08∕29	Baltic Sea, Laboe	female	–	severe	adult	Codfish	pharynx
36	16/–/–	–	female	good	good	adult	flatfish	pharynx
37	17∕04∕15	North Sea, Sylt	female*	moderate	fresh	6–7	flatfish	pharynx/nasal passage
38	17∕04∕26	Baltic Sea, Booknis	female	moderate	moderate	adult	flatfish	pharynx
39	17∕06∕29	North Sea, Eider barrier	male	–	severe	juvenil	flatfish	pharynx/nasal passage

Notes.

^*pregnant.

^**lactating.

^n.a.not assessed.

^-no specification.