Documenting the bycatch of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in coastal gillnet fisheries from stranded carcasses
We examined 107 harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) carcasses recovered from beaches in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina between 1994 and 1996 for evidence of entanglement in fishing gear. Stranded porpoises ranged in length from 102 to 128 cm, indicating that only juvenile porpoises are prese...
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Main Authors: |
Cox, T. M.,
Read, A. J.,
Barco, S.,
Evans, J.,
Gannon, D. P.,
Koopman, H. N.,
McLellan, W. A.,
Murray, K.,
Nicolas, J.,
Pabst, D. A.,
Potter, Charles W.,
Swingle, W. M.,
Thayer, V. G.,
Touhey, K. M.,
Westgate, A. J. |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Language: | unknown |
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1998
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10088/11246
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