Preliminary Report on the Former Net Fisheries for Tursiops truncatus in the Western North Atlantic
The net fishery for Tursiops truncatus, the bottlenose dolphin, is relatively well documented at Cape Hatteras, less so at Cape May. The Cape Hatteras fishery peaked in 1885–90, with catches of 2000 and more per annum. Catches were largest during fall and spring months; few porpoises remained, or we...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1975
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f75-136 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f75-136 |
| Summary: | The net fishery for Tursiops truncatus, the bottlenose dolphin, is relatively well documented at Cape Hatteras, less so at Cape May. The Cape Hatteras fishery peaked in 1885–90, with catches of 2000 and more per annum. Catches were largest during fall and spring months; few porpoises remained, or were caught, in the area in summer. School size was up to 600, with a nearly equal sex composition but a wide size range in spring. Possibly there was more segregation in fall. Fetal lengths reported might indicate two breeding peaks. The present status of the population is not known. |
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