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QUELQUES CONSIDERATIONS SUR LA PRESENCE ET LA MORTALITE
DES DAUPHINS SUR LE LITTORAL ROUMAIN DE LA MER NOIRE


F. Vasiliu et Ligia Dima

Complexe Museal des Sciences Naturelles Constanta

Abstract
The work provides information on the strandings and by catches of the
dolphins along the Romanian Black Sea - shore throught '84-'90. The
respective data concerns 60 kms length from the total of 220 kms 
between Cap Midia and Vama Veche sites. In all mentioned years
without exception the most numerous landed and/or caught cetaceans
were Phocaena phocaena specimens (496 catches, 155 strandings-in
all) followed by Delphinus delphis (35 catches, 30 landings) and
Tursiops truncatus (7 catches, 8 strandings). For the last species
we emphase the uptakes to be performed by navy specialized crews
for non-consumptive uses in the Daulphinarium from Constanta. The
great number of the Ph. phocaena and D. delphis captures were
incidental, caused by the fishing gear.