Ophelia (1999)
In July 1989, a lone male harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), estimated to be no more than a few days old, was found stranded on the coast near Newport, Oregon, USA.…
Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Read, A. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
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A preliminary analysis of recent captures of small cetaceans in Peru and Chile
Van Waerebeek, Koen; Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Sanino, Gian Paolo; Montes, David; Ontón, Karina
Scientific Committee Meeting Documents (1999)
Limited monitoring of 30 fishing ports on the central and northern Peruvian coast, from 03º29’S to 14º10’S, in the period 1995-99, yielded evidence of small cetacean exploitation in 25 ports…
Testicular and ovarian development in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Karakosta, C. V.; Jepson, P. D.; Ohira, H.; Moore, A.; Bennett, P. M.; Holt, W. V.
Journal of Zoology (1999)
Testicular and ovarian development in neonatal and juvenile harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena was examined, using tissue from animals (males n= 65 and females n= 10) stranded or caught off the…
Spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912
Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Clapham, P. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
The use of time/area closures to reduce bycatches of harbour porpoises: lessons from the Gulf of Maine sink gillnet fishery
Murray, K. T.; Read, A. J.; Solow, A. R.;
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2000)
In 1994, the United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) implemented a series of time/area closures for the Gulf of Maine sink gillnet fishery to reduce the bycatch of harbour…
Vaquita bycatch in Mexico’s artisanal gillnet fisheries: Driving a small population to extinction
D'agrosa, Caterina; Lennert-Cody, Cleridy E.; Vidal, Omar
Conservation Biology (2000)
The world's most endangered marine cetacean, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), continues to be caught in small-mesh gillnet fisheries throughout much of its range. We monitored fishing effort and incidental vaquita…
The effects of acoustic alarms on the behavior of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in a floating pen
Kastelein, R. A.; Rippe, H. T.; Vaughan, N.; Schooneman, N. M.; Verboom, W. C.; De Haan, D.
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
In an attempt to test the effectiveness of sounds in deterring harbor porpoises from nets and reducing porpoise bycatch in gill net fisheries, two harbor porpoises, kept in a large…
Yangtze river population of Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Reeves, Randall R.; Jefferson, Thomas A.; Kasuya, Toshio; Smith, Brian D.; Wang, Ding; Wang, Peilie; Wells, Randall S.; Würsig, Bernd; Zhou, Kaiya
Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia (2000)
The population of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) that inhabits China’s Yangtze River is unique. All other known populations of the species are distributed principally in marine waters. This population is…
Ingestion of plastic and unusual prey by a juvenile harbour porpoise
Baird, Robin W.; Hooker, Sascha K.
Marine Pollution Bulletin (2000)
(...) On 11 September 1997, a harbour porpoise was found dead on a beach near Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada (45° 41′N, 62° 42′W), bordering Northumberland Strait in the Gulf of…