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In press         [ top ]

Bräger, S., Dawson, S.M., Slooten, E., Smith, S., Stone, G.S. and Yoshinaga, A. In press. Site fidelity and along-shore range in Hector's dolphin, an endangered marine dolphin from New Zealand. Biological Conservation.

Perrin, W.F. In press. Problems of marine mammal conservation in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Fishery Science.

Smith, T., T. Schweder, C. Allison, D. Palka, A. Punt, and D. Butterworth. In press. Effects of combinations of uncertainties on the risk performance of the IWC's commercial whaling management procedure. Reports of the International Whaling Commission.

Trippel, E.A., Holy, N.L., Palka, D.L., Shepard, T.D., Melvin, G.D., and Terhune, J.M. In press. Nylon Barium Sulphate Gillnet Reduces Porpoise and Seabird Mortality. Marine Mammal Science.

2003         [ top ]

Barlow, J. and Cameron Grant A. 2003. Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gill net fishery. Marine Mammal Science 19(2):265-283.
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Dolar, M.L.L., Walker, W.A., Kooyman, G.L. and Perrin, W.F. 2003. Comparative feeding ecology of spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) and Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Sulu Sea. Marine Mammal Science 19.
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Kaschner, K. 2003. Review of small cetacean bycatch in the ASCOBANS area and adjacent waters - current status and suggested future actions. ASCOBANS. 4th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 4). Doc. 21.
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Read, A.J., D.M. Waples, K.W. Urian, and D. Swanner. 2003. Fine-scale behaviour of bottlenose dolphins around gillnets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. (Suppl.).

Secchi, E.R., D. Danilewicz and P.H. Ott. 2003. Applying the phylogeographic concept to identify franciscana dolphin stocks: implications to meet management objectives. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 5(1):61-68.
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Tonay, A.M. and Öztürk, B. 2003. Cetacean bycatches in turbot fishery on the western coast of the Turkish Black Sea. Oray, I.K., Çelikkale, M.S., Özdemir, G. (eds.). International Symposium of Fisheries and Zoology. Istanbul.
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2002         [ top ]

Baird, R., Stacey, P., Duffus, D., Langelier, K. 2002. An evaluation of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mortality incidental to fishing operations in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(3):289-296.
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Baldwin, R., Collins, T., Van Waerebeek, K. and Minton, G. 2002. The Indian Ocean humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829). A status report for the Arabian region. Paper SC/54/SM6, Scientific Committee of the IWC. Shimonoseki, Japan, 26 April-10 May 2002.

Berggren, P., Wade, P.R., Carlström, J. and Read, A.J. 2002. Potential limits to anthropogenic mortality for harbour porpoises in the Baltic region. Biological Conservation 103:313-322.
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Collins, T., Minton, G., Baldwin, R., Van Waerebeek, K., Davies, A.H. and Cockroft, V. 2002. A preliminary assessment of the frequency, distribution and causes of mortality of beach cast cetaceans in the Sultanate of Oman, January 1999 to February 2002. Paper SC/54/O4, Scientific Committee of the IWC.

Dolar, M.L.L., Perrin, W.F., Gaudiano, J.P., Yaptinchay, A.A. and Tan 2002. Preliminary report on a small estuarine population of Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris in the Philippines. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 10:155-160.
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Ferrero, R.C., R.C. Hobbs and G.R. VanBlaricom. 2002. Indications of habitat use patterns among small cetaceans in the central North Pacific based on fisheries observer data. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(3):311-321.
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Hall, M.A. and G.P. Donovan. 2002. Environmentalists, fishermen, cetaceans and fish: Is there a balance and can science help to find it?. In: Marine Mammals, Biology and Conservation. Evans & Raga (eds.). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Hammond, P.S., P. Berggren, H. Benke, D.L. Borchers, A. Collet, M.P. Heide-Joergensen, S. Heimlich, A.R. Hiby, M.F. Leopold and N. Oeien. 2002. Abundance of harbour porpoise and other cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters. Journal of Applied Ecology 39(2):361-376.
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Jefferson, T. A., B.E. Curry, and R. Kinoshita. 2002. Mortality and morbidity of Hong Kong finless porpoises, with special emphasis on the role of environmental contaminants. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 10:161-171.
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Larsen, F., Vinther, M. & Krog, C. 2002. Use of pingers in the Danish North Sea wreck net fishery. Paper SC/54/SM32, IWC Scientific Committee. 8 pp.
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Larsen, F., Eigaard, O.R. & Tougaard, J. 2002. Reduction of harbour porpoise by-catch in the North Sea by high-density gillnets. Paper SC/54/SM30, IWC Scientific Committee. 13 pp.
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Majluf, P., E.A. Babcock, J.C. Riveros, M.A. Schreiber, and W. Alderete. 2002. Catch and bycatch of sea birds and marine mammals in the small-scale fishery. Conservation Biology 16(5):1333-1343. October 2002.
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Palka, D. 2002. Incorporating uncertainty into marine mammal management. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 27, Bethesda, Maryland. In: Incorporating uncertainty into fishery models. J.M. Berkson, L.L. Kline, and D.J. Orth (eds.). 157-170.

Perrin, W.F., B. Würsig and J.G.M. Thewissen (Eds.). 2002. Encyclopedia of marine mammals. 1414 pp. Academic Press, San Diego.

Slooten, E., Dawson , S.M. and Rayment, W. 2002. Quantifying abundance of Hector's Dolphins between Farewell Spit and Milford Sound. DOC Science Internal Series 35. 18 pp. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Van Waerebeek, K., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Montes, D., Onton, K., Santillan, L. and Van Bressem, M.-F. 2002. Fisheries related mortality of small cetaceans in neritic waters of Peru in 1999-2001. Paper SC/54/SM10, Scientific Committee of the IWC. Shimonoseki, Japan, 26 April-10 May 2002.

Van Waerebeek, K., Barnett, L., Camara, A., Cham, A., Diallo, M., Djiba, A., Jallow, A.O., Ndiaye, E. and Ould Bilal, O.S. 2002. Status and biology of the Atlantic humpback dolphin Sousa teuszii. Paper SC/54/SM9, Scientific Committee of the IWC. Shimonoseki, Japan, 26 April-10 May 2002.

Vinther, M. and Larsen, F. 2002. Updated estimates of harbour porpoise by-catch in the Danish bottom set gillnet fishery. Paper SC/54/SM31, IWC Scientific Committee. 10 pp.

2001         [ top ]

Bache, S.J. 2001. A primer on take reduction planning under the Marine. Ocean & Coastal Management 44(3-4):221-239.
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Bejder, L. and Dawson, S.M. 2001. Abundance, residency and habitat utilisation of Hector's dolphins in Porpoise Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35:277-287.
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BerÓn-Vera, B., Pedraza, S.N., Raga, J.A., Gil de Pertierra, A., Crespo, E.A., Alonso, M.K. and R.N.P. Goodall. 2001. Gastrointestinal helminths of Commerson's dolphins Cephalorhynchus commersonii from central Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 47:201-208.
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Clapham, P., Clapham, P., J. Barlow, T. Cole, D. Mattila, R. Pace, D. Palka and J. Robbins. 2001. Stock definition, abundance and demographic parameters of humpback whales from the Gulf of Maine. Paper SC/53/NAH10, Scientific Committee of the IWC. 18 pp.

Cox, T.M., A.J. Read, A. Solow and N. Tregenza. 2001. Will harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) habituate to pingers?. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3(1):81-86.
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Dawson, S.M., Slooten, E. Pichler. F., Russell, K. & Baker, C.S. 2001. North Island Hector's dolphins are threatened with extinction. Marine Mammal Science 17(2):366-371.
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Dawson, S.M. 2001. Protective Measures Also Needed to Protect Hector's Dolphin, Says Otago University Marine Scientist. Otago University News Release, 17 August 2001.

Kaschner, K. and Wolff, G. 2001. German fisheries: Institutional structure for reporting of catches and fleet statistics (1991–99). In: Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, Effort & National/Regional Datasets. D. Zeller, R. Watson & D. Pauly (eds.). Fisheries Centre Research Reports 9(3).

Kaschner, K., Watson, R., Christensen, V., Trites, A.W., Pauly, D. 2001. Modeling and mapping trophic overlap between marine mammals and commercial fisheries in the North Atlantic. In: Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, Effort & National/Regional Datasets. D. Zeller, R. Watson & D. Pauly (eds.). Fisheries Centre Research Reports 9(3).

Kaschner, K. 2001. Harbour porpoises in the North Sea and Baltic – bycatch and current status. Report for the Umweltstiftung WWF Deutschland. 82 pp.

Kaschner, K., Watson, R., Trites, A.W., Pauly, D. 2001. A spatially explicit model of marine mammal food consumption in the North Atlantic – incorporation of habitat preferences using GIS. 2nd Workshop on the Use of Geomatic Technologies for Marine Mammal Scientists - Society of Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conf., Vancouver, Canada.

Knowlton, A.R. and S.D. Kraus. 2001. Mortality and serious injury of northern right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the western North Atlantic ocean. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management Special Issue 2:193-208.
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Palka, D. and Hammond, P.S. 2001. Accounting for responsive movement in line transect estimates of abundance. Candian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 58:777-787.
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Palka, D. and Rossman, M.C. 2001. Bycatch estimates of coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in U.S. Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries for 1996 to 2000. Northeast Fish. Sci. Cent. Ref. Doc. 01-15. 77 pp. Available from National Marine Fisheries Service, 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026.

Reeves, R.R., Read, A.J., Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G. 2001. Report of the Workshop on Interactions between Dolphins and Fisheries in the Mediterranean: Evaluation of Mitigation Alternatives. Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Applicata al Mare. 44 pp.
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Robbins, J. and D. Mattila. 2001. Monitoring entanglements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Maine on the basis of caudal peduncle scarring. Paper SC/53/NAH25, Scientific Committee of the IWC. 14 pp.

Secchi, E.R., Ott, P.H., Crespo, E.A., Kinas, P.G., Pedraza, S.N. and P. Bordino. 2001. A first estimate of franciscana (Pontoporia blainveillei) abundance off southern Brazil. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3(1):95-100.
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Spencer, N.S., M.B. Santos Vazquez, and G.J. Pierce. 2001. Evaluation of the state of knowledge concerning by-catches of cetaceans, 31/12/1999 - 31/10/00. Final Report to the European Commission.
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Öztürk, B., Öztürk, A.A., and Dede, A. 2001. Dolphin bycatch in the swordfish driftnet fishery in the aegean sea. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit. 36.
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2000         [ top ]

Alder, J., Pitcher, T., Preikshort, D., Kaschner, K. and Ferriss, B. 2000. How good is good? A rapid appraisal technique for evaluation of the sustainability status of fisheries of the North Atlantic. In: Methods for assessing the impact of fisheries in marine ecosystems of the North Atlantic. Pauly, D. and Pitcher, T. J. (eds.). Fisheries Centre Research Reports 8(2).

Hall, M.A., Alverson, D.L., and K.I. Metuzals. 2000. Bycatch: problems and solutions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 41(1-6):204-219.

Jefferson, T.A. 2000. Population biology of the Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin in Hong Kong waters. Wildlife Monographs 144. 65 pp.

Kastelein, R.A., WWL Au, de Haan, D. 2000. Detection distances of bottom-set gillnets by harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Marine Environmental Research 49:359-375.
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Larsen, F. and Rye Hansen, J. 2000. On the potential effects of widespread use of pingers in the North Sea. Paper SC/52/SM28, Scientific Committee of the IWC.

Larsen, F. 2000. Improving the mechanism of pinger attachment for the Danish North Sea gillnet fishery. Paper SC/52/SM27, Scientific Committee of the IWC. 6 pp.
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Murray, K.T., A.J. Read and A.R. Solow. 2000. The use of time/area closures to reduce bycatches of harbour porpoises: lessons from the Gulf of Maine sink gillnet fishery. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 2:135-141.
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Palka, D. 2000. Abundance of the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy harbor porpoise stock based on shipboard and aerial surveys in 1999. NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 00-07.

Read, A.J., 2000. Potential mitigation measures for reducing by-catches of small cetaceans in ASCOBANS waters. ASCOBANS.
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Read, A.J. and Wade, R.P. 2000. Status of Marine Mammals in the United States. Conservation Biology 14(4):929-940.
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Reeves, R.R., B.D. Smith and T. Kasuya. 2000. Biology and Conservation of Asian River Cetaceans. IUCN/SSC Occasional Papers 23.
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Reeves, R.R., T.A. Jefferson, T. Kasuya, B.D. Smith, D. Wang, P. Wang, R.S. Wells, B. Würsig, and Zhou, K. 2000. Report of the Workshop to Develop a Conservation Action Plan for the Yangtze River Finless Porpoise, Ocean Park, Hong Kong, 16-18 September 1997. In: Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia. R.R. Reeves, B.D. Smith, and T. Kasuya (eds.). IUCN/SSC Occasional Papers 23:67-80. 152 pp.

Stone, G.S., Cavagnaro, L., Hutt, Alistair, Kraus, S., Baldwin, K. and J.Brown. 2000. Reaction of Hector's dolphins to acoustic gillnet pingers. 29 pp. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Taylor, B.L., Wade, P.R., De Master, D.P., Barlow, J. 2000. Incorporating Uncertainty into Management Models for Marine Mammals. Conservation Biology 14(5):1243-1252.
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Thode, A., T. Norris, and J. Barlow. 2000. Frequency beamforming of dolphin whistles using a sparse three-element towed array. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 107(6):3581-3584.

Thompson, P.M., Wilson, B., Grellier, K. & Hammond, P.S. 2000. Combining power analyses and population viability analyses to compare traditional and precautionary approaches to conservation of coastal cetaceans. Conservation Biology 14(5):1253-1263.

Van Waerebeek, K., Ndiaye, E., Djiba, A., Diallo, M., Murphy, P., Jallow, A., Camara, A., Ndiaye, P. and Tous, P. 2000. A survey of the conservation status of cetaceans in Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. 80 pp. UNEP/CMS Secretariat, Bonn, Germany.

1999         [ top ]

Baldwin, K.C. and S.D. Kraus. 1999. Marine mammals – gear interactions: Problems, acoustic mitigation strategies, open ocean aquaculture. UJNR Technical Report 26.

Bowman, B., E. Lyman, D. Mattila, C. A. Mayo. 1999. Developing a network of marine professionals for the rescue of entangled whales. Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii.
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Harwood, J. 1999. A risk-assessment framework for the reduction of cetacean by-catches. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 9:593-599.
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Jaramillo-Legorreta, A.M., L. Rojas-Bracho and T. Gerrodette. 1999. A new abundance estimate for vaquitas: First step for recovery. Marine Mammal Science 15(4):957-973.
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Kaschner, K., Lepper, P.A., Goodson, A.D. & Trites, A.W. 1999. Increasing pinger efficacy to reduce cetacean by-catch in commercial fisheries using multi-path ranging. Paper SC/51/SM1, Scientific Committee of the IWC. 10 pp. May 1999, Grenada (unpublished).

Kaschner, K., Goodson, A.D. & Connelly, P.R. 1999. Source level estimation of dolphin communication calls as a potential method for species identification. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 106, 2164.

Katona, S.K., S.D. Kraus. 1999. Efforts to conserve the North Atlantic right whale. In: Conservation and Management of Marine Mammals. Twiss, J.R. and R.R. Reeves (eds.). 311-331. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

Kraus, S. 1999. The once and future ping: Challenges for the use of acoustic deterrents in fisheries. Marine Technology Society Journal 33(2):90-93.
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Larsen, F. 1999. The effect of acoustic alarms on the by-catch of harbour porpoises in the Danish North Sea gill net fishery. Paper SC/51/SM41, Scientific Committee of the IWC. 8 pp.
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Lyman E., B. Bowman, D. Mattila and C.A. Mayo 1999. A technique for disentangling large free-swimming whales. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii.

Morizur, Y., Berrow, S.D., Tregenza, N.J.C, Couperus, A.S. and Pouvreau, S. 1999. Incidental catches of marine-mammals in pelagic trawl fisheries of the northeast Atlantic. Fisheries Research 41:297-307.
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Palka, D. and Pollard, J. 1999. Adaptive line transect survey for harbor porpoises. In: Marine mammal survey and assessment methods.3-12. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherland.

Perrin, W.F., M.L.L. Dolar and D. Robineau. 1999. Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) of the western Pacific and Southeast Asia: pelagic and shallow-water forms. Marine Mammal Science 15:1029-1053.
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Schiavini, A., Pedraza, S.N., and E.A. Crespo. 1999. Abundance of Dusky Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) off north and central Patagonia, Argentina, in spring and a comparison with incidental catch in fisheries. Marine Mammal Science 15(3):828-840.
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Silvani, L., M.Gazo and A. Aguilar. 1999. Spanish driftnet fishing and incidental catches in the western Mediterranean. Biological Conservation 90(1):79-85.
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Sonntag, R.P., Benke, H., Hiby, A.R., Lick, R. and D. Adelung. 1999. Identification of the first harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) calving ground in the North Sea. Journal of Sea Research 41:225-232.
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Trippel, E.A., Strong, M.B., Terhune, J.M., and J.D. Conway. 1999. Mitigation of harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena) by-catch in the gillnet fishery in the lower Bay of Fundy. Candian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 56:113–123.
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Van Waerebeek, K., André, M., Sequeira, M., Martín, D., Robineau, D., Collet, A., Papastavrou, V. and Ndiyaye, E. 1999. Spatial and temporal distribution of the minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Lacépčde, 1804), in the southern northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, with reference to stock identity. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1(3):223-37.
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Van Waerebeek, K., Van Bressem, M.F., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Sanino, G.P., Montes, D., Ontón, K. 1999. A preliminary analysis of recent captures of small cetaceans in Peru and Chile. Paper SC/51/SM17, Scientific Committee of the IWC.

Van Waerebeek, K. and Ofori-Danson, P.K. 1999. A first checklist of cetaceans of Ghana, Gulf of Guinea, and a shore-based survey of interactions with coastal fisheries. Paper SC/51/SM35, Scientific Committee of the IWC. 9 pp.

Öztürk, B., Öztürk, A.A., and Dede, A. 1999. Cetacean bycatch in the western coast of the Turkish Black Sea in 1993-1997. Evans, P.G.H., J. Cruz and J. A. Raga (eds.). Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Valencia, Spain.
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1998         [ top ]

Bravington, M.V., Northridge, S.P., Hammond, P.S., Palka, D.L. 1998. Criteria for assessing the status of harbour porpoises in the North Sea and adjacent waters: A suggested way forward. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 48:272-286.
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Caswell, H., S. Brault, A.J. Read and T.D. Smith. 1998. Harbor porpoise and fisheries: an uncertainty analysis of incidental mortality. Ecol. Appl. 8:1226-1238.

Cox, T.M., Read, A.J., Barco, S., Evans, J., Gannon, D.P., 1998. Documenting the bycatch of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in coastal gillnet fisheries from stranded carcasses. Fishery Bulletin (96)4:727-734.
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Dawson, S.M., Read, A.J. & Slooten, E. 1998. Pingers, porpoises and power: Uncertainties with using pingers to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans. Biological Conservation 84(2):141-146.
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Fiedler, P.C., J. Barlow, and T. Gerrodette 1998. Dolphin prey abundance determined from acoustic backscatter data in eastern Pacific surveys. Fishery Bulletin 96:237-247.
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Forney, K. A. and J. Barlow. 1998. Seasonal patterns in the abundance and distribution of California cetaceans, 1991-92. Marine Mammal Science 14(3):460-489.

Hall, M.A. 1998. An ecological view of the tuna-dolphin problem: impacts and trade-offs. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 8:1-34.

Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Dolar, M.L.L., Alcala, A.C., Dans, A., Gonzales, P. Angle, N.R., Lepiten, M. Oliver, W.L., Ong, P.S., Rickart, E.A., Tabaranza, B.R. and Utzurrum, R.C.B. 1998. A Synopsis of the Mammalian Fauna of the Philippine Islands. Fieldiana: Zoology 88. 61 pp.

Julian, F. and M. Beeson 1998. Estimates of marine mammal, turtle, and seabird mortality for two California gillnet fisheries: 1990-1995. Fishery Bulletin 96(2):271-284.
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Mattila, D.K. and J. Robbins. 1998. Monitoring of entanglement scars on the caudal peduncle of humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine. Report to the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Wade, P.R. 1998. Some concerns regarding the use of ensuring population growth as a conservation criteria. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 48:271-272.
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Zerbini, A.N. and J.E. Kotas 1998. A note on cetacean bycatch in pelagic driftnetting off Southern Brazil. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 48:519-524.
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1997         [ top ]

Barlow, J., T. Gerrodette and G. Silber. 1997. First estimates of vaquita abundance. Marine Mammal Science 13(1):44-58.
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Chivers, S.J., K.M. Robertson, and M.D. Henshaw 1997. Composition of the incidental kill of cetaceans in California gillnet fisheries: 1990-1995. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 47:909-915.
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Connelly, P.R., Goodson, A.D., Kaschner, K., Lepper, P.A., Sturtivant, C.R. and Woodward, B. 1997. Acoustic techniques to study cetacean behaviour around pelagic trawls. ICES 85th Statutory Meeting, Baltimore, USA, October 1997. In: ICES Council Meeting Papers. Copenhagen (Denmark). ICES 7. 6 pp.

Couperus, A.S. 1997. By-catch of marine mammals and discards in pelagic fisheries (MAMDIS). CFP 94/018 Final Report. 21 pp. Agricultural Research Department, Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research.
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Crespo, E.A., Pedraza, S.N., Dans, S.L., Alonso, M.K., Reyes, L.M., Garcia, N.A., Coscarella, M. and A.C.M. Schiavini. 1997. Direct and indirect effects of the high seas fisheries on the marine mammal populations in the Northern and Central Patagonian Coast. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science 22:189-207.
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Dans, S.L., Crespo, E.A., Garcia, N.A., Reyes, L.M., Pedraza, S.N., Alonso, M.K. 1997. Incidental mortality of patagonian dusky dolphins in mid-water trawling: Retrospective effects from the early 1980s. Annual Report, International Whaling Commission 47:699-703.
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Dolar, M.L.L., Perrin, W.F., Yaptinchay, A.A., Jaaman, S.A.B. J.H., Santos, M. Alava, M. and Suliansa, S.B. 1997. Preliminary investigation of marine mammal distribution, abundance, and interactions with humans in the Southern Sulu Sea. Asian Marine Biology 14:61-81.

Kaschner, K., Connelly, P.R., Goodson, A.D. & Lepper, P.A. 1997. Acoustic species-characteristic features of communication signals of Marine Mammal: the potential of source level estimates for some free-ranging North Atlantic odontocetes. Proceedings of Institute of Acoustics Conference, Underwater Bio-Sonar Systems & Bioacoustics Symposium, Loughborough University, UK, 16-17 December.

Kaschner, K. 1997. Acoustic analysis techniques to study the behaviour of cetaceans in the vicinity of pelagic trawl nets. Master Thesis, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg.

Kraus, S.D., Read, A., Anderson, E., Baldwin, K., Solow, A., Spradlin, T. and J. Williamson 1997. Acoustic alarms reduce porpoise mortality. Nature 388:525.

Lepper, P.A., Kaschner, K. & Goodson, A.D. 1997. Development of a simplified ray path model for estimating the range and depth of vocalising marine mammals. Proceedings of Institute of Acoustics Conference. Underwater Bio-Sonar & Bio-Acoustics Symposium, Loughborough University, UK, 16-17 December.

Read, A.J. and A.J. Westgate. 1997. Monitoring the movements of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with satellite telemetry. Marine Biology 130:315-322.

Smith, B.D. and W.F. Perrin (Eds.). 1997. Asian Marine Biology 14:1-214. [Special issue on marine mammals of Southeast Asia].

Stacey, P.J., D.A. Duffus and R.W. Baird. 1997. A preliminary evaluation of incidental mortality of small cetaceans in coastal fisheries in British Columbia, Canada. Marine Mammal Science 13(2):321-326.
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Stone, G., S. Kraus, A. Hutt, S. Martin, A. Yoshinaga, and L. Joy. 1997. Reducing By-catch: Can acoustic pingers keep Hector’s dolphins out of fishing nets?. Marine Technology Society Journal 31(2):3-7.
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Tregenza, N.J.C., Berrow, S.D., Hammond, P.S. & Leaper, R. 1997. Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis L., bycatch in bottom set gillnets in the Celtic Sea. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 47:835-839.
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Tregenza, N.J.C., Berrow, S.D., Hammond, P.S. & Leaper, R. 1997. Harbour porpoise, Phocoenaphocoena L., bycatch in set gill nets in the Celtic Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 54:896-904.
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Van Waerebeek, K., Van Bressem, M.F., Félix, F., Alfaro, J., García-Godos, A., Chávez, L., Ontón, K., Montes, D. and Bello, R. 1997. Mortality of dolphins and porpoises in coastal fisheries off Peru and southern Ecuador in 1994. Biological Conservation 81:43-49.
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Vidal, O., J. Barlow, L.A. Hurtado, J. Torre, P. Cendón, and Z. Ojeda. 1997. Distribution and abundance of the Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) and the tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) in the upper Amazon River. Marine Mammal Science 13(3):427-445.
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1996         [ top ]

Bratten, D. and M.A. Hall. 1996. Working with fishers to reduce bycatch: the tuna-dolphin problem in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings: Fisheries Bycatch: Consequences and Management, August 27-28, 1996, Dearborn, MI. Alaska Sea Grant Report 97-02.

Dolar, M.L.L. 1996. Possibilities for coexistence with marine mammals in the Philippines. International Marine Biological Research Institute, Kamogawa, Japan 5:17-23.

Dolar, M.L.L. and Perrin, W.F. 1996. Preliminary results on the distribution and abundance of cetaceans in the Philippines. International Marine Biological Research Institute, Kamogawa, Japan 6:9-23.

Donahue, M. and E.F. Edwards. 1996. An annotated bibliography of available literature regarding cetacean interactions with tuna purse seine fisheries outside of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. National Marine Fisheries Service contract number43ABNF501378.
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Hall, M.A. 1996. On bycatches. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 6:319-352.

Palka, D., A.J. Read, A.J. Westgate, and D.W. Johnston 1996. Summary of current knowledge of harbour porpoises in US and Canadian Atlantic waters. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 46:559-565.
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Palka, D. 1996. Update on abundance of Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy harbor porpoises. NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 96-04. 37 pp.

Palka, D. 1996. Effects of Beaufort sea state on the sightability of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 46:575-582.
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Perrin, W.F., Dolar, M.L.L. and Alava, M. (eds.). 1996. Report of the Workshop on the Biology and Conservation of Small Cetaceans and Dugongs of Southeast Asia, Dumaguete, 27-30 June, 1996. 101 pp. Bangkok:UNEP.

Perrin, W.F., Dolar, M.L. 1996. Preliminary results on spinner dolphins, Stenella longirostris, from the Philippines. International Marine Biological Research Institute 6:25-33. Kamogawa, Japan.

Read, A.J., Nicolas, J.R., Craddock, J.E. 1996. Winter capture of a harbor porpoise in a pelagic drift net off North Carolina. Fishery Bulletin 94(2):381-383.
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Trippel, E.A., Wang, J.Y., Strong, M.B., Carter, L.S. and J.D. Conway. 1996. Incidental mortality of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) by the gill-netfishery in the lower Bay of Fundy. Candian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 53:1294-1300.
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Wang, J.Y. and Gaskin, D.E. and B.N. White. 1996. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, subpopulations in North American waters. Candian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 53:1632-1645.
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1995         [ top ]

Brown, M.W., J.W. Allen, and S.D. Kraus. 1995. The designation of seasonal right whale conservation areas in the waters of Atlantic Canada. In: Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries. Shackell, N.L. and J.H.M. Willison (eds.). 90-98.

D'Agrosa, C., Vidal, O., and Graham W. 1995. Mortality of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) in Gillnet fisheries during 1993-94. In: Biology of the phocoenids: A collection of papers. Bjorge, A., and Donovan, G.P. (eds.). Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 16:283-291.
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Hall, M.A. 1995. Strategies to reduce the incidental capture of marine mammals and other species in fisheries. Whales, seals, fish and man. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of Marine Mammals in the North East Atlantic, TromsŘ, Norway, 29 November-1 December 1994 537-544.

Hammond, P.S. 1995. Estimating the abundance of marine mammals: a North Atlantic perspective. In: Whales, seals, fish and man. Blix, A.S., Wallře, L. & Ulltang (eds.). Developments in Marine Biology 4:3-12.

Palka, D. 1995. Abundance estimate of Gulf of Maine harbor porpoise. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 16:28-50.

Palka, D. 1995. Influences on spatial patterns of Gulf of Maine harbor porpoises. In: Whales, seals, fish and man. A.S. Blix, L. Wallře and Ř. Ulltang (eds.). 69-75.

1994         [ top ]

Alverson, D.L., Freeberg, M.H., Pope, J.G., and S.A. Murawski. 1994. A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 339. 233 pp.
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Berrgren, P. 1994. Bycatches of the Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Swedish Skagerrak, Kattegat and Baltic Seas; 1973-1993. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 211-215. Special Issue 15.
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Bowles, A., Smultea, M., Wursig, B., DeMaster, D. and Palka, D. 1994. Relative abundance and behavior of marine mammals exposed to transmissions from the Heard Island Feasibility Test. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96(4):2469-2484.

Dawson, S.M. 1994. The potential for reducing entanglement of dolphins and porpoises with acoustic modifications to gillnets. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Spec. Issue 15:573-578.

Dolar, L.L. 1994. Incidental takes of small cetaceans in fisheries in Palawan, Central Visayas and Northern Mindanao in the Phillipines. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 15:355-363.
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Dolar, M.L.L., Leatherwood, S., Wood, C., Alava, M.N.R., Hill, C. and Aragones, L.V. 1994. Directed fisheries for cetaceans in the Philippines. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 44:439-449.

Dolar, M.L.L. 1994. Incidental takes of small cetaceans in fisheries in Palawan, central Visayas and northern Mindanao in the Philippines. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Spec. Issue 15:355-363.

Hatakeyama, Y., K. Ishii, T. Akamatsu, H. Soeda, T. Shimamura, and T. 1994. A review of studies on attempts to reduce the entanglement of the Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, in the Japanese salmon gillnet fishery. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special issue:549-563.
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Jefferson, T.A., B.E. Curry, and N.A. Black. 1994. Harbor porpoise mortality in the Monterey Bay halibut gillnet fishery, 1989. In: Gillnets and Cetaceans. W.F. Perrin, G.P. Donovan, and J. Barlow (eds.). Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 15:445-448.
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Jefferson, T.A. and B.E. Curry. 1994. A global review of porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) mortality in gillnets. Biological Conservation 67(2):167-183.
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Kaschner, K. 1994. Whale watching in Australia in 1993, A Response to the IWC’s Questionnaire on Whale watching (Report compiled for Greenpeace Australia).

Maigret, J. 1994. Marine Mammals and Fisheries Along the West African Coast. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 307-316. Special Issue 15.
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Perrin, W.F., G.P. Donovan and J. Barlow (Eds.). 1994. Gillnets and cetaceans. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 15. 629 pp.

Slooten, E. and Dawson, S.M. 1994. Hector's Dolphin. In: Handbook of Marine Mammals. S.H. Ridgway and R. Harrison (eds.). 5:311-333. Academic Press. New York.

Van Waerebeek K. and J.C. Reyes. 1994. Post-ban small cetacean takes off Peru: a review. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 15:503-520.
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Van Waerebeek K. and J.C. Reyes. 1994. Interactions between small cetaceans and Peruvian fisheries in 1988-1989 and analysis of trends. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 15:495-502.
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Van Waerebeek K. and J.C. Reyes. 1994. A note on incidental fishery mortality of southern minke whales off western South America. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 15:521-523.
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Van Waerebeek, K. 1994. A note on the status of the dusky dolphin in Peru. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 15:525-528.
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Vidal O., K. Van Waerebeek and L.T. Findley 1994. Cetaceans and gillnet fisheries in Mexico, Central America and the Wider Caribbean: a preliminary review. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 15:221-233.
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1993         [ top ]

Barlow, J., L. Fleischer, K.A. Forney and O. Maravilla-Chavez. 1993. An experimental aerial survey for vaquita (Phocoena sinus) in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. Marine Mammal Science 9(1):89-94.
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Dawson, S.M. and Slooten, E. 1993. Conservation of Hector's dolphins: The case and process which led to establishment of the Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal Sanctuary. Aquatic Conservation 3:207-221.

Dolar, M.L.L. and Wood, C. 1993. Survey of marine mammals in the central Visayas and Mindanao. Enviroscope 8:1-7.

Kraus, S.D., R.D. Kenney, A.R. Knowlton, and J.N. Ciano. 1993. Endangered right whales of the southwestern North Atlantic. Rept. to Minerals Management Service under Contract No. 14-35-0001-30486. 69 pp.

Read, A.J., S.D. Kraus, K.D. Bisack, and D. Palka. 1993. Harbor porpoises and gill nets in the Gulf of Maine. Conservation Biology 7(1):189-193.
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Read, A.J., S.D. Kraus, K.D. Bisack, and D. Palka. 1993. Harbor porpoises and gill nets in the Gulf of Maine. Conservation Biology 7(1):189-193.

Schaeff, C.M., S.D. Kraus, M.W. Brown, and B.N. White. 1993. Assessment of the population structure of western North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaenaglacialis) based on sighting and mtDNA data. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:339-345.
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Vidal, O. and 1993. Aquatic Mammal Conservation in Latin America: Problems and. Conservation Biology 7(4):788-795.
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Williams, J.A. and Dawson, S.M. and Slooten, E. 1993. Abundance and distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:2080-2088.
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1992         [ top ]

Anganuzzi, A.A., Cattanach, K.L., Buckland, S.T. 1992. Relative abundance of dolphins associated with tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific in 1990 and trends since 1975, estimated from tuna vessel sightings data. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 42:541-546. (IWC SC/43/SM-14).
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Jefferson, T.A., B. Würsig, and D. Fertl. 1992. Cetacean detection and responses to fishing gear. In: Marine Mammal Sensory Systems. J. A. Thomas, R. A. Kastelein, and A. Y. Supin (eds.). 663-684. Plenum Press.

Kraus, S.D. and M.W. Brown. 1992. A right whale conservation plan for the waters of Atlantic Canada. In: Science and the management of protected areas: Developments in landscape management and urban planning, Vol. 7. Elsevier, London. Willison et al. (eds.). 79-85.

Leatherwood, S., Dolar, M.L.L., Wood, C., Aragones, L. and Hill, C.L. 1992. Marine mammal species confirmed from Philippine waters. Silliman Journal 36:65-86.

Slooten, E., Dawson, S.M. and Lad, F. 1992. Survival rates of photographically identified Hector's dolphins from 1984 to 1988. Marine Mammal Science 8(4):327-343.
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1991         [ top ]

Dawson, S.M. 1991. Modifying gillnets to reduce entanglement of cetaceans. Marine Mammal Science 7(3):274-282.
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Dawson, S.M. 1991. Incidental catch of Hector's dolphins in inshore gillnets. Marine Mammal Science 7(3):283-295.
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Kraus, S.D. and R.D. Kenney. 1991. Information on right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in three proposed critical habitats in U.S. waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean. U.S. National Tech. Info. Serv. Publ. PB91-194431. 65 pp.

Perrin, W.F., P.A. Akin and J.V. Kashiwada. 1991. Geographic variation in external morphology of the spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris in the eastern Pacific and implications for conservation. Fishery Bulletin 89:411-428.
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1990         [ top ]

Kraus, S.D. 1990. Fishery entanglements of marine mammals in the Gulf of Maine, 1975-1990. In: Resources and uses of Stellwagen Bank. Univ. Massachusetts, Boston, MA. Archer, J.H. (eds.). 107-111.

Kraus, S.D. 1990. Rates and potential causes of mortality in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Marine Mammal Science 6(4):278-291.
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Shaffner, M.L. 1990. Population viability analysis. Conservation Biology 4(1):39-40.
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1989         [ top ]

Perrin, W.F., R.L. Brownell, Jr., Zhou Kaiya and Liu Jiankang (Eds.). 1989. Biology and conservation of the river dolphins. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 3:1-17.

Perrin, W.F. (Compiler). 1989. Dolphins, porpoises, and whales. An action plan for the conservation of biological diversity: 1988-1992. 29 pp. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

1985         [ top ]

Hammond, P.S. and M.A. Hall. 1985. Dolphin mortality incidental to purse-seining for tunas in the eastern tropical Pacific inflicted by the US fleet in 1983 and non-US fleet in 1979-1983. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 35:431-433.
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1984         [ top ]

Hammond, P.S. 1984. Dolphin mortality incidental to purse-seining for tunas in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 1982. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 34:539-541.
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1995         [ top ]

Barnaby, R. 1995. Gulf of Maine Sink gill net fishery -- Harbor Porpoise Working Group. Castro, K.; Corey, T.; DeAlteris, J.; Gagnon, C. (eds.). East Coast Bycatch Conference., Rhode Island Sea Grant 115-118.
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