(2023)
Incidental capture in fishing gear is today affecting at least 112 marine mammal species worldwide and for many smaller toothed whale species (Odontocete), gillnets are considered to be the largest…
Knowing the fishery to know the bycatch: Bias-corrected estimates of harbour porpoise bycatch in gillnet fisheries
Kindt-Larsen, Lotte; Glemarec, Gildas; Berg, Casper W.; Königson, Sara; Kroner, Anne-Mette; Søgaard, Mathias; Lusseau, David
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2023)
Incidental captures (bycatch) remain a key global conservation threat for cetaceans. Bycatch of harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in set gillnets is routinely monitored in European Union fisheries, but generally relies…
Evolutionary history and seascape genomics of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) across environmental gradients in the North Atlantic and adjacent waters
Celemín, Enrique; Autenrieth, Marijke; Roos, Anna; Pawliczka, Iwona; Quintela, María; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Benke, Harald; Siebert, Ursula; Lockyer, Christina; Berggren, Per; Özturk, A. Amaha; Özturk, Bayram; Lesage, Véronique; Tiedemann, Ralph
Molecular Ecology Resources (2023)
The Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is a highly mobile cetacean species primarily occurring in coastal and shelf waters across the Northern hemisphere. It inhabits heterogeneous seascapes broadly varying in salinity…
The first case of reintroduction and behavioral adaptability of Yangtze finless porpoise
Qiu, Jian-Song; Sun, Xiao-Dong; Wang, Ding; Hao, Yu-Jiang; Zheng, Jing-Song; Li, Wei-Lun; Fan, Fei; Deng, Xiao-Jun; Mao, Jun-Feng; Zeng, Qiang; Jiang, Hua-Yan; Deng, Zai-Gui; Gong, Cheng; Xu, Chun-Yong; Wang, Ke-Xiong; Mei, Zhi-Gang
Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica (2023)
The ex situ conservation of the first-class protected animal in China, Yangtze finless porpoise (YFP), have gained preliminary success. As the last step in ex situ conservation, reintroduction is an…
Distribution, abundance, and density of harbor porpoises in Hood Canal, Washington
Rone, Brenda K.; Zerbini, Alexandre N.; Falcone, Erin A.; Keene, Erin L.; Schorr, Gregory S.
The Journal of Wildlife Management (2024)
Harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are the only cetaceans routinely sighted in Hood Canal, a narrow fjord that comprises the western edge of Puget Sound, Washington, USA. Harbor porpoises are sensitive…
Using marine mammal necropsy data in animal health surveillance: The case of the harbor porpoise in the Southern North Sea
IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.; van den Broek, Jan; Kik, Marja J. L.; Leopold, Mardik F.; Bravo Rebolledo, Elisa; Gröne, Andrea; Heesterbeek, Hans
Frontiers in Marine Science (2024)
Rapid changes of marine ecosystems resulting from human activities and climate change, and the subsequent reported rise of infectious diseases in marine mammals, highlight the urgency for timely detection of…