incidental catch. Those interviewed by us reported 

 catching 0-3 harbor porpoises/year. Prescott and 

 Fiorelli (1980) suggested that the incidental catch by 

 gill nets in the Gulf of Maine may be as high as 300 

 harbor porpoises/year. In Charlotte County, how- 

 ever, the mortality appears to be no greater than that 

 inflicted by the weir fishery. 



Acknowledgments 



We thank W. Kozak and the members of the Fundy 

 Weir Fishermen Association for their invaluable 

 assistance in this study. The field assistance of past 

 and present members of the University of Guelph 

 Cetacean and Seabird Research Group is gratefully 

 acknowledged. Peter Watts donated his time and en- 

 ergy to aid in the design of the questionnaire. Finan- 

 cial aid was provided by DSS contract no. 

 01SU.FP802-1-2018 and a subcontract from the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service through the New 

 England Aquarium. Animals were collected under a 

 permit issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 



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D. E. Gaskin 



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