NAMMCOSP (2003)
A total of 1,268 harbour porpoises were obtained from fishing nets in Icelandic coastal waters from September to June in the years 1991 to 1997. Foetal sex ratio was 1.2:1…
Influence of sea state on density estimates of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Teilmann, J.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2003)
A ship-based line transect survey was conducted in the Great Belt, Denmark, from 7-20 April 1994, covering an area of 705 linear kilometres. A total of 497 sightings were collected…
Considering other consumers: Fisheries, predators, and Atlantic herring in the Gulf of Maine
Read, A. J.; Brownstein, C. R.
Conservation Ecology (2003)
After decades of overexploitation and severe depletion, Atlantic herring stocks in waters of the northeastern United States have recovered. Fishery managers now consider the herring resource to be underexploited. Nevertheless,…
Entrapment of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
Neimanis, A. S.; Koopman, H. N.; Westgate, A. J.; Murison, L. D.; Read, A. J.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are small coastal cetaceans vulnerable to mortality in fishing operations. Not all interactions are fatal, however, and each year many porpoises swim into and are subsequently…
Organochlorine residues in harbour porpoises from Southwest Greenland
Borrell, Asunción; Aguilar, Alex; Cantos, Gemma; Lockyer, Christina; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Jensen, Jette
Environmental Pollution (2004)
During the 1995 hunting season, 75 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were sampled in three locations in West Greenland: Maniitsoq, Nuuk, and Paamiut. Sex, age, morphometrics, reproductive condition, and organochlorine compound…
Updated estimates of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) bycatch in the Danish North Sea bottom-set gillnet fishery
Vinther, M.; Larsen, F.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
The bycatch of harbour porpoise in the Danish North Sea bottom-set gillnet fisheries between 1987-2001 is estimated using two methods involving extrapolation of observer data. When observed entanglements are extrapolated…
By-catch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the lower Bay of Fundy gillnet fishery, 1998–2001
Trippel, E. A.; Shepherd, T. D.
Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2004)
The most serious threat to the status of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is incidental mortalities caused by entanglement in fishing gear. As part of an ongoing study to evaluate the…
Effects of the Horns Reef Wind Farm on harbour porpoises
Tougaard, J.; Teilmann, J.; Hansen, J. R.
Interim Report to Elsam Engineering A/S for the Harbour Porpoise Monitoring Program (2004)
This report was requested by Elsam Engineering A/S. It consists of a summary of results obtained in 2004 from the ongoing monitoring program of harbour porpoises in and around Horns…
Behaviour and physiological effects of transmitter attachments on a captive harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Geertsen, B. M.; Teilmann, J.; Kastelein, R. A.; Vlemmix, H. N. J.; Miller, L. A.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
A captive harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was monitored for 80 consecutive days, 10 days before attachment of a satellite dive recorder and a VHF-radio tag, 30 days during attachment and…
Multidisciplinary investigation of stranded harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Washington State with an assessment of acoustic trauma as a contributory factor (2 May–2 June 2003)
Norman, S. A.; Raverty, S.; McLellan, B.; Pabst, A.; Ketten, D.; Fleetwood, M.; Gaydos, J. K.; Norberg, B.; Barre, L.; Cox, T.; Hanson, B.; Jeffries, S.
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWR-34 (2004)
Observations of altered behavior of marine mammals in the area of mid-range sonar use by the naval vessel USS SHOUP in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Haro…