Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Kasuya, T.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Read, A. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Mortality of dolphins and porpoises in coastal fisheries off Peru and southern Ecuador in 1994
Van Waerebeek, Koen; Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Félix, Fernando; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; García-Godos, Aquiles; Chávez-Lisambart, Laura; Ontón, Karina; Montes, David; Bello, Ruth
Biological Conservation (1997)
Of 722 cetaceans captured mostly in multi-filament gillnets and landed at Cerro Azul, central Peru, in 87 days during January–August 1994, 82.7% were dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus, 12.6% Burmeister's porpoise…
Status of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish waters
Teilmann, J.; Lowry, N.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1996)
Harbour porpoises are widely distributed in the seas around Denmark. Total abundance in Danish waters is estimated as approximately 100,000 animals. Population density varies considerably by area. There are probably…
Sightings of Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America
Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Würsig, Bernd; Würsig, Melany; Harris, Guillermo; Norris, Kenneth S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Although thought to be fairly common off the western and southeastern coasts of South America, Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) has seldom been seen alive by cetacean researchers. Published sightings are…
Notes on the biology of the Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America
Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Norris, Kenneth S.; Harris, Guillermo; Oporto, Jorge A.; Castello, Hugo P.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Published and new fresh and museum specimens of Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, collected prior to the recent research in Peru, Chile and Argentina, are listed and described. Distribution is from…
Harbour porpoises in the north Atlantic: edited extract from the Report of the IWC Scientific Committee, Dublin 1995
Donovan, G.P.; Bjorge, A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
At the meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee held in Dublin in May 1995, the special topic addressed by the sub-committee on small cetaceans was the North Atlantic harbour porpoise.…
Exploitation of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish waters: A historical review
Kinze, C.C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Historically harbour porpoises have been taken at six major catch sites in Danish waters. The most important site, in the northern Little Belt at Middelfart, was first mentioned in 1357…
A note on catches and exploitation of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena L. 1758) around the Faroe Islands
Larsen, B.H.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
This note provides information on harbour porpoises around the Faroe Islands based on interviews with islanders. The harbour porpoise hunt has never been of importance in the Faroe Islands although…