Factors Affecting Harbour Porpoise Bycatch Occurrence In the Swedish Skagerrak and Kattegat Seas

• Main Author: Niu, Jingyao
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning 2019
• Subjects: Harbour porpoise; bycatch; incidental catch; fishery; marine mammal; Ecology; Ekologi; Kattegat; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-396236

Incidental catch (bycatch) in fisheries is one of the major threats to marine mammal populations worldwide. The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena, Linneaus 1758) is one of the most common cetaceans in northern Europe. Previous studies have reported high bycatch numbers of harbour porpoises in gill...