NAMMCOSP (2003)
A review of historical harbour porpoise catches in Danish waters, together with current distribution, are provided. Most information on distribution is derived from historical catch data with a total of…
Abundance decline in the finless porpoise population in the Inland Sea of Japan
Kasuya, T.; Yamamoto, Y.; Iwatsuki, T.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
From 5 March to 1 July, 1999 and 2000, we made six shipboard surveys for finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the Inland Sea, which is believed to be inhabited by…
Post-mortem findings and causes of death of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded from 1990 to 2000 along the coastlines of Belgium and northern France
Jauniaux, T.; Petitjean, D.; Brenez, C.; Borrens, M.; Brosens, L.; Haelters, J.; Tavernier, T.; Coignoul, F.
Journal of Comparative Pathology (2002)
Between the years 1990 and 2000, an attempt was made to determine the causes of death of 55 harbour porpoises stranded along the Belgian and northern French coasts. From 1990…
First records of the spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica in continental Australian waters
Evans, Karen; Kemper, Catherine; Hill, Mark
Marine Mammal Sci (2001)
(...) The spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica (Lahille, 1912), is a little-known species found in cool temperate, sub- and low-antarctic waters of the Southern Hemisphere (Jefferson et al. 1993, Goodall and…
Post-mortem findings in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the German North and Baltic Seas
Siebert, U.; Wünschmann, A.; Weiss, R.; Frank, H.; Benke, H.; Frese, K.
Journal of Comparative Pathology (2001)
Between 1991 and 1996, necropsies were performed on 445 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), in various states of preservation, stranded on German coasts or accidentally caught by German fishermen. The animals…
Pulmonary pathology of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded in England and Wales between 1990 and 1996
Jepson, P. D.; Kuiken, T.; Bennett, P. M.; Baker, J. R.; Simpson, V. R.; Kennedy, S.
Veterinary Record (2000)
The pathological changes observed in the lungs of 197 freshly dead to moderately decomposed harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded in England and Wales between October 1990 and December 1996 were…
Post-mortem investigations on stranded dolphins and porpoises from Hong Kong waters
Parsons, E. C. M.; Jefferson, T. A.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases (2000)
Stranded cetaceans reported from the territorial waters of Hong Kong during the period May 1993 to March 1998 were examined to establish factors that may have contributed to their death.…
An adult-like sonar wave shape from a rehabilitated orphaned harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Kamminga, C.; Engelsma, F.J.; Terry, R. P.
Ophelia (1999)
In July 1989, a lone male harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), estimated to be no more than a few days old, was found stranded on the coast near Newport, Oregon, USA.…
Identification of the first harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) calving ground in the North Sea
Sonntag, R. P.; Benke, H.; Hiby, A. R.; Lick, R.; Adelung, D.
Journal of Sea Research (1999)
We investigated the occurrence of harbour porpoises in the North Sea off Schleswig-Holstein by conducting aerial surveys with emphasis on calves. Fourteen per cent of the sighted porpoises off the…
Documenting the bycatch of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in coastal gillnet fisheries from stranded carcasses
Cox, T. M.; Read, A. J.; Barco, S.; Evans, J.; Gannon, D. P.; Koopman, H. N.; McLellan, W. A.; Murray, K.; Nicolas, J.; Pabst, D. A.; Potter, C. W.; Swingle, W. M.; Thayer, V. G.; Touhey, K. M.; Westgate, A. J.
Fishery Bulletin (1998)
We examined 107 harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) carcasses recovered from beaches in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina between 1994 and 1996 for evidence of entanglement in fishing gear. Stranded porpoises…