Switch in fishing methods saves thousands of dolphins
Switch in fishing methods saves thousands of dolphins
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Switch in fishing methods saves thousands of dolphins | The Express Tribune
New fishing technique has drastically cut down entanglement, deaths of endangered species
Pakistan’s territorial waters are home to 25 kinds of dolphins, notably spinner, bottlenose and tropical dolphins – and these endangered creatures were falling prey to the nets in massive numbers.
In just five years, however, the number of dolphins killed had plunged exponentially to a mere 186.
Behind that drastic reduction was a small but crucial shift from that conventional fishing method – subsurface gill nets instead of the surface ones.