Biological Conservation (1994)
A global review of mortality of porpoises in gillnet fisheries indicates that individuals of all six species become entangled and die in gillnets. Harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena are taken throughout…
A global review of mortality of porpoises in gillnet fisheries indicates that individuals of all six species become entangled and die in gillnets. Harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena are taken throughout…
Marine mammal stock assessments provide information that is valuable to public sector management and the private fishing sector; however, data are costly to collect. The precautionary approach, which is widely…
This is the first study estimating cetacean by-catch in the Turkish western Black Sea turbot fishery. One turbot fishing boat was observed during two fishing seasons, from April through July…
Gillnet fisheries in El Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora and neighboring fishing camps, in the upper Gulf of California, Mexico, were monitored for 114 days, from 23 January to 7…
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…
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…
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…
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in California are subject to incidental mortality in gillnet fisheries. The status of this population is uncertain. We review information on population structure and conclude that…
This paper examines trends in abundance and distribution of harbour porpoises in Swedish waters. Returns from questionnaires suggested a decline in number of sightings per year in all areas around…
This paper presents information on the distribution of harbour porpoise in Norwegian coastal and adjacent waters based on incidental sightings during the period 1964-1968, bycatches in the driftnet salmon fishery…