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ASCOBANS recovery plan for harbour porpoises in the Baltic Sea (Jastarnia Plan).(Documents)
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Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy
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January 1, 2003
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2003 Kluwer Law International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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1. THE PROBLEM
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is widely distributed in shelf waters of the temperate North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans and in some semi-enclosed seas (e.g. the Black and Baltic Seas). Although still numerically abundant as a species, at least in comparison to many other cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), the harbour porpoise has experienced major declines in portions of its range, including and perhaps most notably the Baltic Sea. The causes of population decline in the Baltic may include the commercial catching of porpoises historically (Kinze 1995), the periodic catastrophic mortality resulting from severe winter ice conditions ...
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