TY - JOUR
T1 - Purposeful porpoise training at Fjord&Bælt
T2 - The first 25 years
AU - Wahlberg, Magnus
AU - Amundin, Mats
AU - Hansen, Kirstin Anderson
AU - Andersen, Søren Hechmann
AU - Blanchet, Marie-Anne
AU - Brando, Sabrina
AU - Buhl, Andreas Brogaard
AU - Desportes, Geneviéve
AU - Hansen, Sabina Fobian
AU - Lockyer, Christina
AU - Miller, Lee
AU - Rasmussen, Marianne
AU - Siebert, Ursula
AU - Thybo, Mette
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - During the past 25 years, Fjord&Bælt (F&B) in Denmark has kept harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) for research and education. Some animals were bycaught in static fishing gear and then brought to the center under a special permit, and some were born at the facility. At F&B, the harbour porpoises are trained several times every day for research projects, public presentations for visitors, and educational programs for schools. They are also provided with enrichment activities in addition to the enclosure’s natural and dynamic habitat. The center’s research on animal behaviour, reproductive and diving physiology, outreach, and bioacoustics have resulted in more than 60 scientific publications, involving scientists from research institutions in Denmark and abroad. There is a close collaboration between F&B and the adjacent Marine Biological Research Center (MRC) of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), also established in 1997.
AB - During the past 25 years, Fjord&Bælt (F&B) in Denmark has kept harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) for research and education. Some animals were bycaught in static fishing gear and then brought to the center under a special permit, and some were born at the facility. At F&B, the harbour porpoises are trained several times every day for research projects, public presentations for visitors, and educational programs for schools. They are also provided with enrichment activities in addition to the enclosure’s natural and dynamic habitat. The center’s research on animal behaviour, reproductive and diving physiology, outreach, and bioacoustics have resulted in more than 60 scientific publications, involving scientists from research institutions in Denmark and abroad. There is a close collaboration between F&B and the adjacent Marine Biological Research Center (MRC) of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), also established in 1997.
U2 - 10.1578/AM.49.1.2023.104
DO - 10.1578/AM.49.1.2023.104
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0167-5427
VL - 49
SP - 104
EP - 116
JO - Aquatic Mammals
JF - Aquatic Mammals
IS - 1
ER -