Posts Tagged ‘Fishing net’
Important step forward for WDC’s fight to stop tragic deaths of dolphins and porpoises in nets
Scientific advisors to the European Commission (ICES) have officially announced their agreement with WDC and other partner organisations that measures are urgently required to reduce deaths of Bay of Biscay common dolphin, and Baltic harbour porpoise in fishing nets and gear (known as bycatch). The backing for WDC and partner’s comes in the form expert…
Read More80,000 dolphins dying each year in Indian Ocean nets
A new report has revealed the shocking figures behind dolphin deaths in fishing nets in the Indian Ocean, suggesting that populations may have dropped by over 80% in recent decades. The study, led by Dr Charles Anderson of the Manta Marine organisation and published in the journal Endangered Species Research, paints a catastrophic picture, revealing…
Read MoreEuropean Commission pressures UK government to protect porpoises
WDC has welcomed the announcement from the European Commission that the UK government should make an urgent move to protect important harbour porpoise habitats in its waters. WDC has been calling on the UK and devolved governments to protect harbour porpoises for many years and, in 2013, provided the UK government with a report titled…
Read MoreWDC sues US government to protect whales
WDC together with a coalition of other environmental and animal protection groups is suing the US federal government over a failure to take action to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Only about 450 North Atlantic right whales exist today, making them one of the world’s most endangered large whales. Without this additional protection,…
Read MoreWhale with 280 feet of fishing rope in its mouth is saved
Wildlife experts have saved the life of an endangered right whale which had 280 feet of fishing rope caught in its mouth. The whale was spotted by navy aircraft dragging hundreds of feet of the commercial fishing line in the sea off the coast of Georgia in the United States Experts from the Georgia Department…
Read MoreWDC survey finds New Zealanders are willing to pay to protect rare dolphins
An independent survey, commissioned by WDC, has revealed that 80% of New Zealanders not only want to see more protection measures for dolphins, they are also willing to help pay for them. Every year, between 110 and 150 New Zealand (Hector’s) dolphins die in fishing nets and, over past decades, the population has plunged from…
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