Anna Hall, MSc

B.Sc. (Hons). University of Victoria
MSc (University of British Columbia)

Tel: 604-822-8181
Fax: 604-822-8180
E-mail: hall@zoology.ubc.ca

Biography
The primary objective of my M.Sc. research was to describe harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) spatial distribution and habitat use as related to abundance and bathymetry in the waters of southern Vancouver Island. Data were collected through Distance-based line transect surveys over a one year period, for a total of 993 nautical miles. The secondary objective was to increase the current knowledge of harbour porpoise prey resources through examination of hard prey remains in the stomachs of post-mortem stranded animals.

Additionally in 2001, Graeme Ellis (Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada), Andrew W. Trites (director, MMRU) and myself, investigated the levels of incidental catch of harbour porpoise in the southern British Columbia commercial selective salmon fishery. For a PDF file of this report please see click here.

Publicaitons (MMRU)

Hall, A.M. 2004. Seasonal Abundance, Distribution and Prey Species of Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
in Southern Vancouver Island Waters. In Department of Zoology. University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
B.C. 109 pages PDF


Hall, A., Ellis, G., Trites, A.W. 2002. Harbour Porpoise Interactions with the 2001 Selective Salmon Fisheries
in Southern British Columbia and License Holder Reported Small Cetacean By-Catch. Selective
Salmon Fisheries Science Program Report. Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Krebs, C.J., Bredesen, E., Coombs, A., Daniel, R.,de Graf, R., Elz, A., Hall, A., Hooper, L., Hoover, T., Janmaat,
A., Mehranvar, L., Rubidge, E., Slooten, G., Tamkee, P., Welstead, K. 2001. Graphical Presentation of Data.
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 82(4): 247-248.