COSEWIC Status Reports (2003)
Species Information The harbour porpoise is one of the smallest cetacean species, born at 80-90 cm and only occasionally reaching lengths of close to 2 m. In general, harbour porpoises…
Analysis of seasonal changes in reproductive organs from Icelandic harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Halldórsson, Sverrir Daníel; Víkingsson, Gísli Arnór
NAMMCOSP (2003)
In this study, we analyse some aspects of the macro- and microscopical appearance of gonads of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from Icelandic coastal waters. Sampling of animals bycaught in gillnets…
Status, ecology and life history of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), in Danish waters
Lockyer, Christina; Kinze, Carl
NAMMCOSP (2003)
A review of historical harbour porpoise catches in Danish waters, together with current distribution, are provided. Most information on distribution is derived from historical catch data with a total of…
Source of Aegean Sea harbour porpoises
Rosel, P. E.; Frantzis, A.; Lockyer, C.; Komnenou, A.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2003)
Documented sightings of harbour porpoises in the Mediterranean are rare, although the species is common in the neighbouring North Atlantic and Black Sea. However, in the past 2 decades, 4…
Status and conservation of facultative freshwater cetaceans in Asia
Smith, B. D.; Jefferson, T. A.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris and finless porpoises Neophocaena phocaenoides are referred to as facultative freshwater cetaceans because they occupy both fresh- and nearshore marine waters. In Asia, the especially rapid…
Effect of the sound generated by an acoustic harassment device on the relative abundance and distribution of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Retreat Passage, British Columbia
Olesiuk, Peter F.; Nichol, Linda M.; Sowden, Margaret J.; Ford, John K. B.
Marine Mammal Sci (2002)
We describe an experiment conducted to assess the impact of the sound generated by an acoustic harassment device (AHD) on the relative abundance and distribution of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)…
An automatic system for detecting and classifying the vocalisations of harbour porpoises
GILLESPIE, DOUGLAS; CHAPPELL, OLIVER
Bioacoustics (2002)
A system for automatically detecting the vocalisations of Harbour Porpoises Phocoena phocoena is described. The system consists of a high frequency hydrophone, an analogue electronics module and software running on…
Abundance decline in the finless porpoise population in the Inland Sea of Japan
Kasuya, T.; Yamamoto, Y.; Iwatsuki, T.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
From 5 March to 1 July, 1999 and 2000, we made six shipboard surveys for finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the Inland Sea, which is believed to be inhabited by…
Geographical variation in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) skulls: Support for a separate non-migratory population in the Baltic proper
Huggenberger, S.; Benke, H.; Kinze, C.C.
Ophelia (2002)
We measured metric and scored non-metric characters of 242 harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) skulls from the North and the Baltic Sea and subdivided them into three geographical areas: The German…
Fisheries related mortality of small cetaceans in neritic waters of Peru in 1999-2001
Van Waerebeek, K.; Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Montes, D.; Onton, K.; Santillan, L.; Van Bressem, M.-F.; Vega, D.;
Scientific Committee Meeting Documents (2002)
Fifteen fishing centres on the northern and central coasts of Peru, including large industrial fishing ports and smaller fish landing sites were surveyed for cetacean landings periodically over 29 months,…