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Inventories of harbour porpoise Phocaena phocaena phocaena presence in Russian territorial waters of the Baltic Sea

Harbour porpoise is an object of Jastarnia group work. For example during the 16th meeting of ASCOBANS Advisory Committee it was agreed to submit a draft Resolution on the adoption of the revised Jastarnia Recovery Plan for Baltic Harbour Porpoises and the Conservation Plan for Harbour Porpoises in the North Sea to the 6th Meeting of Parties. It was also agreed that the Harbour porpoise population needs urgent conservation measures and for instance south-western Baltic sub-region seems to be a geographic gap between the Baltic and North Sea Action Plans. We suppose that Eastern part of the Baltic sea also needs to be studied in order to complete the data on P.p. phocaena distribution.

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Activity 1

Description:To work out questionnaires for fishermen and locals working in the Russian Part of the Gulf of Finland or living near the coast line. R42
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Activity 2

Description:To establish a network of contacts with commercial fishing brigades and individual fishermen in Kaliningrad region and Leningrad region. T47
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Activity 3

Description:To implement questionnaire survey by distribution (and further collection) of questionnaires among target groups and conducting of verbal interviews.
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Activity 4

Description:To implement a few field observations (using boat or catamaran) around the main islands, located in the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland in order to find bones or other remains of P.p. Phocaena on the shores. S44
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Activity 5

Description:To process collected data and write a report based on the results achieved. If the results are positive then develop a major project for more precise investigation of P. P. phocaena population in the Gulf of Finland and propose measures for its effective
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Scientific name Common name Class Order Family Appendix (App. I / App. II)
Phocoena phocoena Harbour Porpoise Mammalia Cetacea Phocoenidae - / -
Document Number Title CMS Instrument Publish date
AC17/Doc.6-02 rev.2 Project Proposals Received forFuture Funding ASCOBANS 28/09/2010
AC19/Doc.6-03 Project Report:Inventories of harbour porpoise Phocaena phocaena phocaena presence in Russian territorial watersof the Baltic Sea ASCOBANS 30/12/2011

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Implementing AgencyBiologists for Nature Conservation
Collaborating agenciesRussian State University named after Kant, St. Petersburg State University, WWF Sweden
Activity start dateJanuary 2011
Activity end dateOctober 2011
CMS AppendixAppendix II
Taxonomic groupMarine mammals
Target region
Target countryRussia
Final technical reportNo

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