Briefing to the 66th Standing Committee of CITES (2016)
The vaquita and the totoaba have much in common: both are critically endangered, both are protected from international trade under CITES and both are endemic to a relatively small area…
A preliminary evaluation of incidental mortality of small cetaceans in coastal fisheries in British Columbia, Canada
STACEY, PAM J.; DUFFUS, DAVID A.; BAIRD, ROBIN W.
Marine Mammal Sci (1997)
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The effects of acoustic alarms on the behavior of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in a floating pen
Kastelein, R. A.; Rippe, H. T.; Vaughan, N.; Schooneman, N. M.; Verboom, W. C.; De Haan, D.
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
In an attempt to test the effectiveness of sounds in deterring harbor porpoises from nets and reducing porpoise bycatch in gill net fisheries, two harbor porpoises, kept in a large…
Records of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in fishing nets during the interwar period in Poland: Verification of archival materials
Psuty, Iwona
Aquatic Mammals (2013)
The Polish fisheries administration registered incidents of harbour porpoises caught by fishermen from fishing bases within the country's borders between 1922 and 1938. These data are unique in the Baltic…
An unusual mortality event of Harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) off central California: Increase in blunt trauma rather than an epizootic
Wilkin, Sarah; Cordaro, Joe; Gulland, Frances M. D.; Wheeler, Elizabeth; Dunkin, Robin; Sigler, Teri; Casper, Dave; Berman, Michelle; Flannery, Moe; Fire, Spencer; Wang, Zhihong; Colegrove, Kathleen; Baker, Jason
Aquatic Mammals (2012)
In 2007, the apparent increase in the number of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranding along the central California coast compared to the number of strandings the previous year resulted in…
Observations of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) on the Polish Baltic Coast
Skora, K. E.; Pawliczka, I.; Klinowska, M.
Aquatic Mammals (1988)
Information on the harbour porpoise in Polish waters is reviewed and a corrected and updated list of catches, strandings and sightings given. The number of records per year has changed…
A typical case history of the net-caught harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, from Danish waters
Andersen, S.H.
Aquatic Mammals (1974)
The harbour porpoise and all other cetaceans are totally protected in Danish waters, but not in the waters around Greenland and the Faroe Islands. This means that it is forbidden…
Harbour porpoise interactions with the 2001 selective salmon fisheries in southern British Columbia and license holder reported small cetacean by-catch
Hall, A.; Ellis, G.; Trites, A.W.
Selective Salmon Fisheries Science Program Report (2002)
We estimated the incidental mortality of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in selective salmon fisheries in southern British Columbia from reports received from federal fisheries observers (2001) and license holders (1997…
The exploitation of small cetaceans in coastal Peru
Read, Andrew J.; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Reyes, Julio C.; McKinnon, Jeff S.; Lehman, Lynda C.
Biological Conservation (1988)
Several species of small cetaceans are captured by fishermen in Peruvian coastal waters and used for human consumption. A large directed fishery exists for one species, the dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus…
Risk factors affecting the vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo; Taylor, Barbara L.
Marine Mammal Sci (1999)
Despite the vaquita being commonly cited as one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world, there is still disagreement over which factors put the species at greatest risk…