Harbour Porpoise
Draft Canadian Management plan - see threats.
Threats facing harbour porpoise from the BC Cetacean Sightings Network
Harbour porpoise listed as of “special concern” from BC Cetacean Sightings Network
More on harbour porpoise by the BC Cetaceans Sightings Network.
Video of large group of harbour porpoise
COSEWIC assessment - be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page for further reports on the species.
BC Cetacean Sightings Network species information
Voices of the Sea - website where you can hear the sounds of harbour porpoise, see the spectrogram of their sounds, see video clips and learn cool facts from scientists! Click on the porpoise and then click on the harbour porpoise at the bottom of the page.
See information from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
Video of “Daisy” the baby harbour porpoise rescued by Vancouver Aquarium.
Rare fungal disease in porpoises
Porpoise hybrid information from BC Cetacean Sightings Network
Specific information for British Columbia
Harbour porpoise and entanglement
Lesson plan on harbour porpoise by J. Hildering and Anna Hall, how they hear and with a focus on the possible impact of sound.
“Whales in Crisis” - 1 hr long National Geographic movie; includes the possible impacts of military sonar on cetaceans (interviews with Ken Balcomb when military sonar used in Puget Sound in 2003 and harbour porpoise stranded).
http://www.marinemammal.org/steller_sea_lion/harborporpoise/fastfacts.php- North Pacific information
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessment. See http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/eng/sct1/index_e.cfm and do a search for the common name of the animal you are studying. Proceed to "details" for the animal.
http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?SpeciesID=493 - threats to Canada' s harbour porpoise
http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/fishdeve/cetace16.htm - DFO page on porpoises
http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/publications/whalesdpbook/default_e.htm -Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of British Columbia, Canada
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species/species_harbourporpoise_e.asp - DFO pages on threats and natural history. Good summary.
"Smart Gear" = net technology to reduce chance of entanglement of small cetaceans.
http://www.killerwhale.ca/animals-harbour.html - Information from Environment Canada 2004
Pacific Wildlife Foundation’s species information. Everything from distribution maps to behaviour
http://www.pwlf.org/harbourporpoise/identification.htm - Identification guide from Pacific Wildlife Foundation
http://www.marinemammal.org/steller_sea_lion/harborporpoise/fastfacts.php- North Pacific information
http://www.crru.org.uk/education/factfiles/hporpoise.htm - Scottish Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit's information
http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/A59B71D6C8A9EB17802568F800443577 - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society's species information. Click "porpoises." Not a BC page.
http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/HarborPorpoise.htm - from the American Cetacean Society
Video
- Large group
- http://www.bostonharbor.com/HarborPorpoise.html
- http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/mammals/Phocoena_phocoena/Phocoena_phocoena_00.html?movietype=wmMed
http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/marine_mammals.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&record=Phocoena%20phocoena - lots of detail about identification some information about behaviour and threats. An international webpage.
http://www.ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/phocoena.htm Not a Canadian page
http://www.imma.org/porpoise.html - fact sheet Not a Canadian page
http://www.dosits.org/animals/intro.htm - study how marine mammals make sound and how sound effects them.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Phocoena_phocoena.html Not a Canadian page
http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/P_phocoena/p_phocoena.htm - this is a report by the Convention on Migratory Species looking at the threats to small cetaceans internationally. See the bottom of the document for threats.
http://www.vanaqua.org/aquanews/archive.html - enter the species name in the search field to get any AquaNews bulletins posted by the Vancouver Marine Sciences Centre
http://www.junglewalk.com/frames.asp - type in "harbor porpoise" (note spelling) in the search bar and you will get links to pictures and video
www.oceanlink.island.net - Bamfield Research Station’s detailed marine biology page search for your species
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=5 - Click "marine mammals" and do a search for your animal. Not a Canadian page