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…
Report of the harbour porpoise age determination workshop, Oslo, 21-23 May 1990
Bjorge, A.; Hohn, A.A.; Kvam, T.; Lockyer, C.; Schweder, T.; Aarefjord, H.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
A workshop on age determination in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was held in Oslo, Norway, 21-23 May 1990. During the workshop, the principles of formation of dental layers were reviewed,…
Diving behaviour of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena
Westgate, Andrew J.; Head, Andrew J.; Berggren, Per; Koopman, Heather N.; Gaskin, David E.
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. (1995)
The diving behaviour of seven free-ranging harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was examined using time–depth recorders. In total, 8167 individual dives were recorded over 254 h. The longest period of data collection…
Aspects of the biology of Burmeister’s porpoise from Peru
Reyes, J.C.; van Waerebeek, K
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis), one of the most common small cetaceans in Peruvian waters, suffers the second highest fishing mortality. Biological data obtained from porpoises caught in gillnets off Peru…
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…
Account of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) strandings and bycatches along the coast of British Columbia
Baird, R.W.; Guenther, T.J.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Little is known about the biology or status of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in British Columbia (BC), Canada. In this study, all available records of stranded and incidentally caught…
A review of factors involved in zonation in Odontocete teeth, and an investigation of the likely impact of environmental factors and major life events on harbour porpoise tooth structure
Lockyer, C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Variation in zonation and Growth Layer Group (GLG) formation and underlying causes are reviewed. Five different types of anomaly were investigated in the teeth of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): pulp…
Life in the fast lane: The life history of harbor porpoises from the gulf of Maine
Read, Andrew J.; Hohn, Aleta A.
Marine Mammal Sci (1995)
We describe the life history of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine by examining 239 animals killed in gill net fisheries and comparing these findings with the results of…
Distribution of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus, based on sightings from systematic surveys
Gerrodette, Tim; Fleischer, Luis A.; Perez-Cortes, Hector; Villa-Ramirez, Bernardo
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Sightings of 37 groups of vaquitas, Phocoena sinus, with an estimated total of 62 individuals, are reported from six major systematic surveys and four small boat surveys in the Gulf…
Blood chemistry of wild harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena (L.)
Koopman, H. N.; Westgate, A. J.; Read, A. J.; Gaskin, D. E.
Marine Mammal Sci (1995)
Blood chemistry values were measured from 31 harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) released from herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Sodium, phosphorus, calcium, chloride, magnesium, total protein, albumin, globulin,…