Revised 12/15/2003 HARBOR PORPOISE (Phocoena phocoena): Morro Bay Stock STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

• Main Authors: Southern Oregon, Morro Bay, Cape Blanco, Cape Mendocino
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: coast; Barlow; British Columbia; Canada; Chivers; Morro; Pacific; Kamchatka; Phocoena phocoena; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.8237; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/po2003poha-mo.pdf

In the Pacific, harbor porpoise are found in coastal and inland waters from Point Conception, California to Alaska and across to Kamchatka and Japan (Gaskin 1984). Harbor porpoise appear to have more restricted movements along the western coast of the continental U.S. than along the eastern coast. R...