This has to stop!
Three Hector's dolphins killed in net off Canterbury coast
stuff.co.nz
Three of the endangered dolphins have been caught and killed off Canterbury's Banks Peninusla.
Yet more dolphin deaths in trawl nets. Hardly surprising! The dolphins often follow trawlers and dive into the net to catch fish. They can hear the trawlers for miles and we often see large groups of dolphins following trawler. This is a very dangerous way to find food, resulting in many dolphin deaths each year.
More Hector's dolphin deaths prompts call for trawling ban
nzherald.co.nz
Three more endangered Hector's dolphins die in trawl nets, angering environmentalists.
ANOTHER 3 Hector's dolphins killed in one trawl net at Banks Peninsula. This certainly calls into question the Ministry for Primary Industries' idea that very few dolphins are caught in trawl nets.
Three Hector's caught in trawl - fishing industry investigating
news.fuseworksmedia.com
A fisher in Pegasus Bay has reported the death of three Hector’s dolphins in a trawl net on Monday. Chief executive of Fisheries Inshore New Zealand, Dr Jeremy Helson, said this was a regrettable and unprecedented run of deaths and, while within the annual estimates of captures, the industry was e...
