Report of the International Whaling Commission (1983)
Catch statistics for 15 species of small cetacean are analysed, based on catch data collected for the 6 years from 1976 to 1981. Commercial catching of animals either by harpoon…
The harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (L.): Regional populations, status, and information on direct and indirect catches
Gaskin, D. E.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1984)
The distribution of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (L.). is re-examined using a compilation of all available recent information. Three isolated major populations of this species exist: in the North…
Exploitation of small cetaceans off Argentina 1979-1986
Goodall, R. N. P.; Galeazzi, A. R.; Lichter, A. A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1988)
Types of fisheries and exploitation of small cetaceans in Argentinian waters are reviewed. During the study period, live-captures included five specimens of Cephalorhynchus commersonii for Germany, while eight of Tursiops…
Exploitation of small cetaceans off southern South America
Goodall, R. N. P.; Cameron, I. S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1980)
The legal position regarding cetaceans in Argentina and Chile is reviewed. Known live captures to date have involved one species, Cephalorhynchus commersonii. Incidental take is discussed for both countries. Dolphins…
Notes on the small cetaceans off the coasts of France
Duguy, R.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1977)
(...) Strandings of cetaceans on the coasts of France have been the object of systematic study, published in the form of annual reports, only since 1971. From that date until…
Examination of Japanese statistics for the Dall’s porpoise hand harpoon fishery
Kasuya, T.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1992)
In response to a request from the IWC Scientific Committee, this paper investigates the disagreement between two sets of Japanese statistics for the Dall's porpoise fishery, with particular reference to…
Mortality of small cetaceans and the crab bait fishery in the Magallanes area of Chile since 1980
Lescrauwaet, A.-C.; Gibbons, J.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Since 1974, species of small cetaceans, fur seals, sea lions, sea birds and to some extent sea otters, have been taken deliberately each year for bait in the Chilean artisanal…
Status of small cetacean populations in the Black Sea: Review of current information and suggestions for future research
Buckland, S. T.; Smith, T. D.; Cattanach, K. L.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1992)
The available information on the status of populations of three species of dolphins in the Black Sea is reviewed. These populations were subject to a commercial fishery from 1870 to…
Catch of belugas, narwhals and harbour porpoises in Greenland, 1954-75, by year, month and region
Kapel, F. O.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1977)
Preliminary notes on the occurrence and exploitation of smaller Cetacea in Greenland were presented in a previous paper (Kapel, 1975). In the present paper a more detailed presentation of the…
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…