Incidental capture of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in three gillnet fisheries of the northwest Atlantic - an investigation of possible factors

• Main Author: Hood, Catherine Catania
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2001
• Subjects: Hake; Island Bay; Manan; Harbour porpoise; Newfoundland; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/1186/; https://research.library.mun.ca/1186/1/Hood_CatherineCatania.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/1186/3/Hood_CatherineCatania.pdf

There is increased concern for harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) susceptibility to incidental mortality in commercial fisheries throughout their range. In order to obtain information on the incidental capture of harbour porpoise in the western North Atlantic, research was conducted in three fishi...