Harbour porpoise (Pacific Ocean population) COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the harbour porpoise (Pacific Ocean population) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Harbour Porpoise Phocoena Phocoena Pacific Ocean Population in Canada

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Table of contents

• Assessment Summary
• Executive Summary
• Species Information
• Distribution
• Habitat
• General Biology
• Population Size and Trends
• Limiting Factors and Threats
• Special Significance of the Species
• Existing Protection or Other Status
• Technical Summary
• Acknowledgements
• Literature Cited
• Biographical Summary of the Report Writer

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

Please note: Persons wishing to cite data in the report should refer to the report (and cite the author(s)); persons wishing to cite the COSEWIC status will refer to the assessment (and cite COSEWIC). A production note will be provided if additional information on the status report history is required.

COSEWIC 2003. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Pacific Ocean population) in Canada.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 22 pages (pp).

Baird, R.W. 2003. Update COSEWIC status report on the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Pacific Ocean population) in Canada, in COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Pacific Ocean population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-22 pp.

Previous report

Gaskin, D.E. 1991. COSEWIC status report on the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Northeast Pacific Ocean population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 60 pp.

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le marsouin commun (Phocoena phocoena) au Canada - Mise à jour.

Cover illustration

Harbour porpoise – photograph by R.W. Baird.

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