Abstract:The population density of bottlenose dolphins (aduncus)in Xiamen Dongshan water of the Taiwan Strait is 0.0436±0.0286 individuals/km 2.The sighting frequency of bottlenose dolphins in the southern part of the water is higher than those in the middle and northern parts of the water.Questionnaire survey and on board observation indicated that the sighting rate and incidental catch rate of small cetaceans of purse net is higher than that of trawl net,whereas that of trawl net is higher than that of gillnets...