Preliminary Notes on the Occurrence and Exploitation of Smaller Cetacea in Greenland

Approximately 1000 common or harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are taken annually, not including the by-catch in salmon driftnets. Catches of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) and beluga (white whale, Delphinapterus leucas) fluctuate in the low to middle hundreds annually. Estimates of the annual catc...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Author: Kapel, Finn O.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1975
Subjects:
General Medicine
Greenland
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Beluga
Beluga*
Delphinapterus leucas
minke whale
Monodon monoceros
narwhal*
Phocoena phocoena
Thule
White whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f75-128
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f75-128
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Summary:Approximately 1000 common or harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are taken annually, not including the by-catch in salmon driftnets. Catches of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) and beluga (white whale, Delphinapterus leucas) fluctuate in the low to middle hundreds annually. Estimates of the annual catches in the Thule district are 100 beluga and 300 narwhals. Sporadic catches of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephata melaena) seldom exceed 100 animals per annum. Catches of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) have risen since the late 1950s, with approximately 200 or more per annum taken in West Grenland since the mid 1960s. An annotated bibliography of titles on smaller Cetacea in Greenland is given.

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