Return of the Salish Sea Harbor Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena: Knowledge Gaps, Current Research, and What We Need to Do to Protect Their Future

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Cindy R. Elliser, Anna Hall
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: harbor porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; Salish Sea; conservation; knowledge gaps; current research; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.618177; https://doaj.org/article/9e0a504a5e7d47fd9a2e1ea30bd6d9e4

The harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of the most abundant coastal cetacean species in the Northern Hemisphere with differential levels of regional knowledge. Gaps are particularly evident for the Pacific subspecies Phocoena phocoena vomerina. In the Salish Sea (a transboundary body of wate...