Scientists go whalin' in English estuary.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  March 26, 2001 ;     155 words ......that a type of whale known as the harbour porpoise is living in the Blackwater Estuary...been a number of strandings of the harbour porpoise as well as an increasing number of...the 1940s. CAPTION(S): SEARCHING: a harbour porpoise which scientists hope to find living...

First Case of a Monitored Pregnancy of a Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena...

Aquatic Mammals;  January 1, 2008 ;   Blanchet, Marie-Anne; Nance, Tiffany; Ast, Colleen; Wahlberg, Magnus; Acquarone, Mario;   787 words ......Denmark, Freja, a 10-y-old female harbour porpoise, became pregnant in September 2005...parameters occurring in a primiparous harbour porpoise during gestation, which could be used...pregnancy, husbandry, birth, parturition, harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena Introduction The...

Look at what I found when I went fishing! Anglers amazed as rare porpoise...

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  August 2, 2008 ;     581 words ......Sarah Miloudi and Andrew Dagnell ARARE harbour porpoise has been found washed up at a popular...researcher, confirmed the animal was a harbour porpoise, and said more and more were being...recently. He said: It's definitely a harbour porpoise. Although they are rare, my research...

A whale of a discovery.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 6, 2001 ;   Hunter, Don;   352 words ......high-pitched clicking noises emitted by the harbour porpoise in the Blackwater Estuary near Maldon...in British estuaries in the 1940s, harbour porpoise numbers have dropped sharply due to...numbers there and gather more data.' The harbour porpoise is a type of toothed whale ...

Porpoises, oysters and plankton at risk

The Independent - London;  September 20, 2000 ;   Severin Carrell;   634 words ......Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) cites the harbour porpoise, Britain's smallest cetacean, as one...fishing fleets. Post-mortem studies of harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphins from Liverpool...ENCROACHING MARINE AND COASTAL DISASTER HARBOUR PORPOISE Fishing fleets kill 6 per cent a ...

Efficiency of Fluorescent Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCRs) for...

Aquatic Mammals;  July 1, 2006 ;   Fontaine, Michaël C; Galan, Maxim; Bouquegneau, Jean-Marie; Michaux, Johan R;   787 words ......microsatellite loci previously used in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) studies with only...studies. Key Words: Phocoena phocoena, harbour porpoise, cetacean, microsatellites, multiplex-PCR, population genetics Introduction Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) are the smallest...

A mutual advantage from protecting dolphin friends

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  February 5, 2008 ;     787 words ......dolphins and their cetacean cousin - the harbour porpoise. The deployment of sonar devices complements...of how many of them there are." The harbour porpoise is a smaller cetacean that resembles...Unlike the bottlenose, you won't find a harbour porpoise in the throes of an aerial ...

Essex whale hunt.(ROP)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  March 27, 2001 ;     92 words ......Blackwater Estuary off Maldon for a type of whale known as the harbour porpoise. They said they had received 'positive soundings' and were...strandings in the area and a spate of reported sightings. The harbour porpoise, a type of toothed whale related to the dolphin, is the...

Essex whale hunt

Evening Mail;  March 27, 2001 ;     92 words ......Blackwater Estuary off Maldon for a type of whale known as the harbour porpoise. They said they had received 'positive soundings' and were...strandings in the area and a spate of reported sightings. The harbour porpoise, a type of toothed whale related to the dolphin, is the...

Celtic waters head east for industrial England ; Baggy, Bull and Morte....

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 9, 2008 ;     787 words ......aplomb. Second biggest is razor-backed Morte Point, which acts as a kind of precursor to...into holiday homes. But somehow it is Morte Point, situated a mile or so south of the...at once so beautiful and so terrible. Morte Point, or Death Point, is tipped by the Morte...

FISHERIES: EP COMMITTEE STANDS BY BALTIC DRIFTNET BAN.

European Report;  September 17, 2005 ;     516 words ......of the critically endangered Baltic Harbour porpoise . It is thought that this harbour porpoise population could be extinct in as...the possible recovery of the Baltic harbour porpoise population . According to environmentalists...

The killers lurking beneath the waves.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  January 18, 2005 ;     487 words ......sea creatures, including the gentle harbour porpoise, as well as leatherback turtles and...sustainably in Wales. '' The plight of the harbour porpoise off Wales has been mirrored by research...fishing nets. He said: ``A decline in harbour porpoise by-catch over the years in Wales ...

LOOKING FOR THE ELUSIVE PORPOISE.(News)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  June 17, 2004 ;     314 words ......all-Wales event can provide some positive sightings. The Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is the smallest member of the whale...difficult to see. The most common species in the UK is the harbour porpoise, which is recognised as a rare, threatened and vulnerable...

Second harbour porpoise found dead.(News)(Obituary)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  August 6, 2008 ;     67 words ...A SECOND harbour porpoise has been found dead in South Wales, experts have revealed. The animal was found in the water at Penarth and was reported to the...

No need to splash out to see cheerful acrobats of the sea; When we think...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 12, 2004 ;     547 words ......quite regularly around Wales - the harbour porpoise,bottlenose dolphin, common and Risso...communities and visitors alike.'' HARBOUR PORPOISE Sometimes called the `puffing pig...bottle nose dolphin; below right: a harbour porpoise; and main picture: a Risso's dolphin...