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Stranding map

One year, two different hotspot maps

Each glowing dot is a county, sized by its 2025 stranding count. Comparing cetaceans with sea turtles reveals different rescue pressure across offshore islands, the northeast and the east coast.

Cetaceans

In 2025, strandings concentrated in the offshore counties of Lienchiang, Kinmen and Penghu: 65 animals, or 51% of the year.

Lienchiang: 26Lienchiang 26Kinmen: 24Kinmen 24Penghu: 15Penghu 15Yilan: 14Yilan 14New Taipei: 9Taoyuan: 7Miaoli: 7Kaohsiung: 6Hualien: 4Taitung: 3Changhua: 3Tainan: 3Pingtung: 3Hsinchu: 2Keelung: 2

Sea turtles

Yilan led 2025 with 76 animals, followed by Penghu at 58 and Taitung at 57 — hotspots spanning the northeast, an offshore island and the east coast.

Yilan: 76Yilan 76Penghu: 58Penghu 58Taitung: 57Taitung 57New Taipei: 39Pingtung: 39Miaoli: 17Kaohsiung: 11Keelung: 10Hualien: 7Taoyuan: 5Tainan: 5Hsinchu City: 2Kinmen: 2Taichung: 1Changhua: 1
Highlighted counties for this animal Other counties Dot size ∝ stranding count (animals)