HD3510 Doodsoorzaken, dieet en toestanden aangespoelde bruinvissen (BO-11-011.04-041)

In the past years hundreds of harbour porpoises have stranded along the Dutch coast. They have been collected by a network of volunteers to conduct pathological research on to reveal their cause of death. Per year, about 150 porpoised were disected and researched, and remaining carcasses were stored in the freezer. At this moment, about 500 animals are still in the freezer. Within this project we will investigate these remaining porpoises and collected basic data, so that this valuable information will not be lost. From 2015 onwards, 50 freshly stranded animals will be disected annualy.