Posts Tagged ‘nets’
EU legal action against France, Spain and Sweden a big step in WDC’s campaign to stop death in nets
The European Commission has demanded that France, Spain and Sweden take immediate action to prevent the needless deaths of dolphins and porpoises killed every year in fishing nets (known as bycatch). WDC, whose research work led to this intervention, has been working tirelessly to get the EU to take action on the issue. Incidental capture in fishing…
Read MoreNew EU fisheries law fails to stop dolphins dying in nets
MEPs voted today in favour of a new Regulation that includes measures intended to tackle the massive problem of dolphins, porpoises, seabirds and other protected species dying in fishing gear (also known as bycatch). But this new law falls short of what is urgently needed to turn around Europe’s dolphin bycatch problem and does very…
Read MoreNew Zealand government to undertake net review after dolphin deaths
The government in New Zealand is reviewing the use of commercial set nets (a type of gillnet that is attached to the seabed) after the deaths of five Hector’s dolphins in one net in February. The incident took place off the Banks Peninsula off the east coast of the South Island. A complete ban on…
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