@article{,

title = {Living with dolphins: Local ecological knowledge and perceptions of small cetaceans along the Sindhudurg coastline of Maharashtra, India},

author = {Jog, Ketki,Sule, Mihir,Bopardikar, Isha,Patankar, Vardhan,Sutaria, Dipani},

url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12466},

issn = {1748-7692},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Marine Mammal Science},

volume = {34},

number = {128},

pages = {488-498},

abstract = {Two near shore small cetaceans occur commonly along the Maharashtra coast, the Indian Ocean humpback dolphin and Indo Pacific finless porpoise. These cetaceans frequently interact with fisheries in this region due to overlap in space and resource use. Besides stranding records, little ecological information is available about these species from Maharashtra. We conducted 143 semistructured interviews to document local ecological knowledge and community perceptions of small cetaceans in 30 coastal fishing villages in Sindhudurg. Perceptions of finless porpoises were largely neutral, whereas humpback dolphins were negative. A classification regression tree (CART) analysis (root node error: 60%) showed that the annual cost of gear damage was an important predictor variable of humpback dolphin perceptions, followed by occupation (gear type) and age. Entanglements were reported for both species in large and small gill nets, and shore seines. Perceived net damage and catch loss due to humpback dolphins was six times greater than that of finless porpoises. However, finless porpoises were reportedly more frequently entangled in gear than humpback dolphins. We provide an insight into the perceptions of cetaceans in the local community and the fisheries-cetacean interactions that shape them.},

keywords = {Arabian Sea, Bycatch, cetacean-fisheries interactions, competition, Finless Porpoise, humpback dolphin, India, local ecological knowledge, Marine mammals, Neophocaena phocaenoides, perceptions, Sousa plumbea},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{,

title = {First records of the Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise },

author = {Nanayakkara, Ranil P.,Jefferson, Thomas A.,Abayaratne, Sandaruwan},

url = {https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1811},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa},

volume = {9},

number = {181},

pages = {11081-11084},

abstract = {Thirty species of marine mammals have been recorded from Sri Lanka.  Amongst them the Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides is the only representative of the family Phocoenidae.  The only previous record from Sri Lanka was a specimen caught on the Wadge Bank by a Smithsonian Carangid Survey team in 1970.  Wadge Bank is west of the island and is, in fact, in Indian territorial waters.  Here we present the first legitimate records of the Finless Porpoise from Sri Lanka, based on one stranding and three live sightings.  Furthermore, the occurrence of threatened species such as the Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise in the waters of the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar indicates that a cross boundary research initiative between Indian and Sri Lankan scientists, simultaneously focusing on the conservation of the species, is essential.  We believe, through such an initiative, a more holistic approach could be adopted when studying and conserving the species, which could then be expanded to encapsulate many other marine species and ecosystems. },

keywords = {Arabian Sea, Finless Porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, Sri Lanka, stranding},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{,

title = {Marine Mammal Records from Iran},

author = {Braulik,G.,Ranjbar,S.,Owfi,F.,Aminrad,T.,Dakhteh,S.M.H.,Kamrani,E.,Mohsenizadeh,F.},

year  = {2010},

date = {2010-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Cetacean Research and Management},

volume = {11},

number = {334},

pages = {49-63},

abstract = {A total of 114 marine mammal records of 14 species were compiled from Iranian coastalwaters of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Eighty-one were from the Persian Gulf, 23from the Gulf of Oman and 10 were of unknown location. Records of finless porpoise(Neophocaena phocaenoides) (24), Indo-pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) (22)and Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) (21) were by far the most numerousa probable reflection of their inshore distribution and local abundance. Other speciesrecorded were common dolphin (Delphinus capensis tropicalis), rough-toothed dolphin(Steno bredanensis), striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), spinner dolphin (Stenellalongirostris), Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens),sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and dugong (Dugong dugon). Records of 24Mysticetes were compiled, 11 of which were tentatively identified as Bryde's whales(Balaenoptera edeni), three as Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), three as Humpbackwhales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and the remainder were unidentified. The largest threat tomarine mammals in Iran is likely to be incidental capture in fishing gear. Nine finlessporpoises were recorded as bycatch and this and other coastal species may be declining dueto unsustainable mortality rates. Other threats to the marine environment are discussed andrecommended marine mammal conservation and management small projects are described.},

keywords = {abundance, bottlenose dolphin, Bryde's whale, Common dolphin, conservation, Distribution, dolphin, dugong, fin whale, Finless Porpoise, fishing gear, Gulf of Oman, Humpback Whale, humpback whales, incidental capture, killer whale, location, mammals, management, marine, marine mammal, Marine mammals, mortality, mysticete, mysticetes, Oman, Porpoise, Risso's dolphin, rough-toothed dolphin, Spinner dolphin, whale, whales},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{,

title = {Molecular identification of delphinids and finless porpoise (Cetacea) from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal},

author = {Jayasankar, P.,Anoop, B.,Vivekanandan, E.,Rajagopalan, M.,Yousuf, K.M.M.,Reynolds, P.,Krishnakumar, P.K.,Kumaran, PL.,Afsal, V.V.,Krishnan, A.A.},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

journal = {Zootaxa},

volume = {1853},

number = {125},

pages = {57-67},

abstract = {The exact number of extant delphinid species from seas around India is still debated and the lack of adequate field keys

and reliable inventory has resulted in misidentification of several species. As a part of a project to develop a molecular

taxonomy of cetaceans from this region, partial sequences of mtDNA cytochrome b were generated from accidentally

caught/stranded delphinids and finless porpoise. Species were identified by phylogenetic reconstruction of sample

sequences with the reference sequences available in portals GenBank (NCBI) and the web-based program DNA Surveillance.

A comparison was made with the homologous sequences of corresponding species from other seas of the world.

Our molecular investigations allowed us to identify five species of cetaceans from Indian coasts, including Delphinus

capensis, previously reported as D. delphis. We detected unique haplotypes in Indo pacific humpbacked dolphin (Sousa

chinensis; n = 2) and finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides; n = 12) from Indian coast. On the other hand, some

haplotypes were shared with other regional populations in spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris; n = 16) and bottlenose

dolphin (Tursiops aduncus; n = 3). Common dolphins (Delphinus capensis; n = 2) had both unique and shared haplotypes

including one highly divergent sequence.},

keywords = {bottlenose dolphin, Common dolphin, D.capensis, DNA, Finless Porpoise, India, Neophocaena phocaenoides, sousa, species identification, Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris, taxonomy, tursiops aduncus},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{,

title = {Neophocaena phocaenoides},

author = {al-Robaae, Khalaf.},

year  = {1975},

date = {1975-01-01},

journal = {Bulletin of the Basrah Natural History Museum},

volume = {2},

number = {286},

pages = {47-49},

keywords = {Arabian Gulf, Finless Porpoise, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{,

title = {Contribution to the knowledge of marine fauna of Kurrachee},

author = {Murray, James. A.},

year  = {1884},

date = {1884-01-01},

journal = {Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.},

volume = {13},

number = {176},

pages = {348-352},

keywords = {Arabian Sea, Finless Porpoise, Indian Ocean, Kurachi, Pakistan},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}