Assessment of Harbour Porpoise Bycatch along the Portuguese and Galician Coast: Insights from Strandings over Two Decades

Assessment of Harbour Porpoise Bycatch along the Portuguese and Galician Coast: Insights from Strandings over Two Decades

The Iberian harbour porpoise population is small and fisheries bycatch has been described as one of its most important threats. Data on harbour porpoise strandings collected by the Portuguese and Galician stranding networks between 2000 and 2020 are indicative of a recent mortality increase in the w...

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Main Authors: Andreia Torres-Pereira, Hélder Araújo, Silvia Silva Monteiro, Marisa Ferreira, Jorge Bastos-Santos, Sara Sá, Lídia Nicolau, Ana Marçalo, Carina Marques, Ana Sofia Tavares, Myriam De Bonis, Pablo Covelo, José Martínez-Cedeira, Alfredo López, Marina Sequeira, José Vingada, Catarina Eira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
Iberian Peninsula
marine mammals
<i>Phocoena phocoena</i>
fisheries
potential biological removal
critically endangered
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/16/2632

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