Investigations on Cetacea (1993)
Of the 79 recent species of cetaceans 51 have been examined relative to the osteology of the flipper and the scapula and, in addition to this, video-recordings of 13 different…
Prevalence of morbilliviruses among pinniped and cetacean species
Visser, I. K. G.; Van Bressem, M. F.; Van de Bildt, M. W. G;; Groen, J.; Orvell, C.; Raga, J. A.; Osterhaus, A. D. M. E.;
Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE (1993)
Since 1987, morbillivirus infections have caused serious disease outbreaks with high mortality among aquatic mammals. Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica) in Siberia were involved in an outbreak caused by a virus…
Evidence of Poxvirus in dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) and Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) from coastal Peru
Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Reyes, Julio C.; Dekegel, Daniel; Pastoret, Paul-Pierre
Journal of Wildlife Diseases (1993)
In 1990, 74 dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) and 10 Burmeister's porpoises (Phocoena spinipinnis) were examined for the presence of hyperpigmented marks and pinhole lesions on the skin (tattoo lesions) at…
External morphology of Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli): Growth and sexual dimorphism
Amano, Masao; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki
Canadian Journal of Zoology (1993)
We studied development and sexual dimorphism in external measurements of Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) from the northwestern North Pacific. Relative rates of increase in the measurements of the head and…
A review of the Japanese squid driftnet fishery with notes on the cetacean bycatch
Yatsu, A.; Hiramatsu, K.; Hayase, S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
The Japanese squid driftnet fishery began in 1978 in the northwestern Pacific, targeting the flying squid, Ommastrephes bartrami, and was effectively closed in 1992. In response to the rapid growth…
Net fisheries and net mortality of small cetaceans off Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Goodall, R. N. P.; Schiavini, A. C. M.; Fermani, C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
There are five basic types of inshore fishing off Argentinian Tierra del Fuego: coastal fishing with gillnets or lines along the northeastern coasts; beach seining, use of wicker pots, and…
A review of cetacean and pinniped mortality in coastal fisheries along the west coast of the USA and Canada and the east coast of the Russian Federation
Barlow, J.; Baird, R. W.; Heyning, J. E.; Wynne, K.; Manford, A. M. II; Lowry, L. F.; Hanan, D.; Sease, J.; Burkanov, V. N.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Many passive net fisheries exist along the Pacific coastlines of the USA (California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska), Canada (British Columbia) and the Russian Federation. Some incidental marine mammal mortality occurs…
Cetaceans and gillnet fisheries in Mexico, Central America and the wider Caribbean: A preliminary review
Vidal, O.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Findley, L. T.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
This paper reviews published and unpublished information on the mortality of cetaceans in gillnets in Mexico, Central America and the wider Caribbean. Data on this incidental mortality are provided from…
Interactions between marine mammals and fisheries in some coastal fishing areas of Argentina
Crespo, E. A.; Corcuera, J. F.; Cazorla, A. L.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Interactions between marine mammals and fisheries were monitored along the southwestern Atlantic coast of Argentina from Bahia Samborombon (Buenos Aires Province) to Tierra del Fuego Island. A variety of fisheries…
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…