Marine Pollution Bulletin (1996)
Levels of organochlorine compounds (PCDD, PCDF, PCB and organochlorine pesticides) were determined in cetaceans collected from the west coast of North America between 1986 and 1989. The samples included gray…
Exploitation of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish waters: A historical review
Kinze, C.C.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Occurrence, behavior and feeding habits of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) at Pajaro Dunes, Monterey Bay, California
Sekiguchi, K.
Aquatic Mammals (1995)
From September 1984 to November 1985, sightings of 1594 groups of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were made from a high vantage point at Pajaro Dunes, Monterey Bay, California, in a…
What do stranding data say about harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)?
Polacheck, T.; Wenzel, F.W.; Early, G.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History maintains a centralized database on marine mammal strandings that occur along the eastern United States coastline. Data from this stranding database plus additional…
Harbour porpoises in the north Atlantic: edited extract from the Report of the IWC Scientific Committee, Dublin 1995
Donovan, G.P.; Bjorge, A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
At the meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee held in Dublin in May 1995, the special topic addressed by the sub-committee on small cetaceans was the North Atlantic harbour porpoise.…
The Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): Some considerations regarding species interactions, energetics, density dependence and bycatch
Brodie, P.F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
The numbers of North Atlantic harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) within the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine were considered to be declining as a consequence of bycatch in the sink gillnet…
Distribution, abundance, habitat use, and respiration patterns of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) off the northern San Juan Islands, Washington
Raum-Suryan, K. L.
Master's Thesis - San Jose State University (1995)
Boat and shore-based surveys were conducted from June to August 1991 and June to October 1992 to determine harbor porpoise distribution, density, abundance, and habitat use off the northern San…