Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Sightings of 37 groups of vaquitas, Phocoena sinus, with an estimated total of 62 individuals, are reported from six major systematic surveys and four small boat surveys in the Gulf…
Population biology and incidental mortality of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus
Vidal, O.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
This paper reviews available information on the population biology and incidental mortality of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus. A re-examination of previous records and the collection of new records reveals that…
Sightings of Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America
Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Würsig, Bernd; Würsig, Melany; Harris, Guillermo; Norris, Kenneth S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Although thought to be fairly common off the western and southeastern coasts of South America, Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) has seldom been seen alive by cetacean researchers. Published sightings are…
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.…
Notes on the biology of the Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America
Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Norris, Kenneth S.; Harris, Guillermo; Oporto, Jorge A.; Castello, Hugo P.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Published and new fresh and museum specimens of Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, collected prior to the recent research in Peru, Chile and Argentina, are listed and described. Distribution is from…
Distribution and abundance of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in Norwegian waters
Bjorge, A.; Oien, N.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
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…
Geographical variation of external measurements and three subspecies of Neophocaena phocaenoides in Chinese waters
Gao, Anli; Zhou, Kaiya
Acta Theriologica Sinica (1995)
The finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, is distributed in the form of a narrow band along the coast line of tropical and temperate Asia and in the Yangtze river.The differences of…
Sightings of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Swedish waters before 1990
Berggren, P.; Arrhenius, F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
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…
Densities and seasonal distribution of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Swedish Skagerrak, Kattegat and Baltic seas
Berggren, P.; Arrhenius, F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Strip transect aerial surveys were conducted in the Skagerrak and Kattegat Seas for 8 days in June-August, and 2 days in October 1991. Nine sightings of harbour porpoises were recorded…
Interactions between marine mammals and the coastal fisheries of Necochea and Claromecó (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)
Corcuera, J.; Monzon, F.; Crespo, E. A.; Aguilar, A.; Raga, J. A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Coastal and pelagic fishing activities in the area of Necochea harbour, where high mortality of franciscanas (Pontoporia blainvillei) in gillnets had been previously reported, and at Claromeco, a small gillnet…