Posts Tagged ‘Uk bycatch’
No more dolphin, porpoise and whale deaths in UK fishing gear – join us in saying ‘Goodbye Bycatch’
More than 1,000 dolphins, porpoises and whales die in fishing gear in UK seas every year and this is known as ‘bycatch’. Here at Whale and Dolphin Conservation we’ve just launched a major campaign to stop these tragic deaths and we are providing the solutions governments need to make this happen. Tell the government you…
Read MoreNorway takes action to save porpoises from death in nets
The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry has announced new regulations on the use of acoustic transmitters (pingers) to try to save large numbers of porpoises and other marine mammals from becoming entangled and dying in fishing nets. In what the government describes as a rapid regulatory change, fishers in parts of Norway will now…
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WDC highlights how UK Government can save a dolphin a day
As WDC launches a campaign to stop around a thousand whales, dolphins and porpoises dying in nets and other fishing gear each year, a new report issued today from experts at WDC and co-sponsor of the study HSI (Humane Society International), outlines action the UK and devolved Governments can take now to lead the world…
Read MoreWe need less talk more action from UK governments on tackling dolphin and whale deaths in fishing gear
‘I want to see significant reductions in the number of dolphins and porpoises caught and killed in our fisheries’. This was the declaration made in 2017 by George Eustice MP, the then fisheries minister, and now secretary of state for environment, as he accepted a WDC petition signed by 75,000 of you. Our petition called…
Read MoreTragic tale of the UK orcas facing extinction
If you watched David Attenborough’s Extinction: The Facts, you’ll have heard the tragic account of the group of orcas known as the West Coast Community. They face almost certain extinction because of human chemical pollution. These orcas spend their time between Scotland, Wales and Ireland and until 2016 it was believed that there were nine…
Read MoreWe need urgent action to stop porpoises dying in nets in UK seas
Around 1,105 harbour porpoises die in UK fishing gear each year, mainly in the North Sea and Celtic and Irish Seas. What’s worse is that the real number is probably a lot higher as the estimate doesn’t include all UK fleets or those of other nations fishing in UK waters. We need urgent action to…
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