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WhaleNet Duke University Marine Lab Harbor Porpoise Program Background Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in eastern Canada are listed as threatened by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada because of the large incidental catches of these animals in commercial fisheries (Gaskin 1992). The most recent DFO and NMFS estimates suggest that as many as 4.3 % of the Bay of Fundy ...