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    External Morphology and Weight - Length Relationships (WLRs) of Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) in the Black Sea
    (Central Fisheries Research Inst, 2020) Bilgin, Sabri; Kose, Ozay; Yesilcicek, Tuncay
    The present study summarized information on the morphometric characteristics and weight-length relationships (WLRs) of pregnant females, non-pregnant females and males of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Rize coast in the Black Sea, Turkey. A total of 68 harbour porpoises (31 males, 22 non-pregnant females and 15 pregnant females) were obtained as bycatch in the turbot gill net fisheries from April 2010 to July 2011. A total of 16 external morphological characteristics of the harbour porpoises were examined by Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The PCA results clearly showed that there is sexual dimorphism mainly in the general size between non-pregnant females and males and also pregnant females and males. The greatest body length in the sample was 142.0 cm for females and 128.0 cm for males. Weight-length relationships (WLRs) of harbour porpoise showed negative allometric growth characteristics (Pauly' t test, P<0.05). The slopes of the regression lines for males, non-pregnant females and pregnant females were significantly different from the isometric growth curve slope of 3 (Pauly' t test, P<0.001). Correlation coefficient (r) was significant for both sexes (P<0.05). These results will enable researchers, fishermen and fisheries management authorities to enhance the knowledge of harbour porpoises life history and ecology.
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    Incidental catches of endangered (Phocoena phocoena) and vulnerable (Delphinus delphis) cetaceans and catch composition of turbot bottom gillnet fisheries in the southeastern Black Sea, Turkey
    (Cahiers De Biologie Marine, 2018) Bilgin, Sabri; Kose, Ozay; Yesilcicek, Tuncay
    The present study summarizes information on the incidental catches of cetaceans and the catch composition of turbot bottom gillnet fisheries between March 2010 and September 2011 along the Rize coast in the southeastern Black Sea, Turkey. A total of 723 specimens (133 Scophthalmus maeoticus, 507 Raja clavata, 8 Squalus acanthias, 71 Phocoena phocoena, 4 Delphinus delphis) were recorded from 136 turbot gill net fishing operations. The 'danger index' or catch per unit effort (CPUE, individuals per km. day of netting) for cetaceans was 0.09 +/- 0.028 in 2010, 0.15 +/- 0.032 in 2011 and 0.13 +/- 0.023 overall for P. phocoena and < 0.003 overall for D. delphis. Monthly CPUE values for target S. maeoticus and non-target species R. clavata, and P. phocoena were similar in all years. An increasing CPUE trend between April and June was evident for target and non-target species in 2010 and 2011. The CPUE of P. phocoena was estimated highest in May as 0.18 +/- 0.088 in 2010 and in April as 0.26 +/- 0.086 in 2011. A similar pattern was evident for S. maeoticus and R. clavata. One-way ANOVA showed that no statistical significant difference of target and non-target species CPUE among 2010, 2011 and all data (P > 0.05). No new net damage due to cetacean interactions with the turbot gill nets was detected.