Report of the International Whaling Commission (1996)
The reported decline of the harbour porpoise in the coastal areas of the North Sea after 1940, has also been seen in Dutch waters. Information on the distribution and abundance…
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…
Catch and struck-and-lost rate in the Japanese Dall’s porpoise hand-harpoon fishery
Fujise, Y.; Ishikawa, H.; Saino, S.; Kawasaki, M.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1993)
Data from surveys conducted between 1989 and 1992 were used to examine fishing mortality and struck-and-lost rates in three major operating grounds of the Japanese Dall's porpoise harpoon fishery. The…
A note on the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the coastal waters of Spain
Lens, S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1997)
Information on the harbour porpoise in Spanish waters was collected and reviewed, giving an updated list of observations (strandings, incidental catches and sightings) for the period 1978-94 . The species…
A note on odontocete mortality from fishing gear entanglements off southern California
Heyning, J. E.; Lewis, T. D.; Woodhouse, C. D.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Strandings and sightings data of toothed whales entangled in fishing gear are documented for the Southern California Bight from 1975-90. Entanglements involve three fisheries: a nearshore set gillnet fishery; an…
Seasonal changes in density and behavior of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) affecting census methodology in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Taylor, B. L.; Dawson, P. K.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1984)
The purpose of this study was to gather base-line life history data on the harbor porpoise. The information presented here describes only those aspects which would affect a census. During…
A review of studies on attempts to reduce the entanglement of the Dall’s Porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, in the Japanese salmon gillnet fishery
Hatakeyama, Y.; Ishii, K.; Akamatsu, T.; Soeda, H.; Shimamura, T.; Kojima, T.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Dall's porpoises, Phocoenoides dalli, were often incidentally caught in the Japanese salmon gillnet fishery in the North Pacific. In order to investigate the reasons for entanglement, their auditory characteristics and…
Response of free-ranging harbour porpoises to potential gillnet modifications
Silber, G. K.; Waples, K. A.; Nelson, P. A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Thousands of porpoises die annually in monofilament gillnets. Simple net modifications may alleviate the problem. In June through August 1988, we quantified harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) reactions to weighted vertical…
Preliminary report on the small cetaceans stranded on the coasts of Tierra del Fuego
Goodall, R. N. P.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1977)
Little is known of the small cetaceans of the Southern Ocean. In view of the enormous amounts of water and little land in this area, records from Tierra del Fuego…
Post-ban small cetacean takes off Peru: A review
Van Waerebeek, K.; Reyes, J. C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Information on small cetacean mortality in Peruvian fisheries is reviewed for the 1990-1993 period, i.e. after the national ban on cetacean exploitation. Most ports along the Peruvian coast were sampled…