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Call to protect whales and dolphins at Indian Ocean hotspot. A remote part of the Indian Ocean is a hotspot for whales and dolphins, prompting researchers to call for a […]
Microplastics found embedded in tissues of whales and dolphins. Microscopic plastic particles have been found in the fats and lungs of two-thirds of the marine mammals in a graduate student’s study […]
Call for help to monitor UK’s smallest population of bottlenose dolphins. Researchers are calling for sailors, nature watchers, fishers and other boat operators to help them monitor the UK’s smallest […]
Scientists analyse dolphin breaths to better understand risks from surface oil. When oil spills occur, time is of the essence for responding to marine mammals. A Deepwater Horizon restoration project is […]
IMMP Supports CCTV Onboard Tuna Vessels to Ensure Dolphin Safe, writes *Kayleigh Brookes in an article on the IMMP website. Before the adoption of Dolphin Safe standards in 1990, due […]
Consumers want UK supermarkets to tackle dolphin deaths, survey reveals. Shoppers care about dolphins being killed in fishing gear and expect supermarkets to sort it out. A OnePoll survey commissioned […]
Dolphin Safe group accuses Seaspiracy film of false claims. The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) claims the recent Netflix film Seaspiracy falsely claims that the dolphin-safe tuna programme is a […]
NZ fishing companies join partnership to save rare dolphin. An unique partnership is launching a way to watch Māui dolphins from the skies, catalysing efforts to bring them back from […]
Taiwan fishing vessels target dolphins as bait for sharks. Dolphins are being deliberately targeted by Taiwanese fishing vessels to use as bait to catch sharks, an Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) […]
EC must stop France and Spain from killing thousands of dolphins – NGOs warn that thousands of common dolphins in the Bay of Biscay face horrific deaths in fishing nets […]
WWF’s River Dolphin River Initiative includes new Amazon river dolphin dashboard, collating two decades of population surveys and tagging On World River Dolphin Day, conservation group WWF is revealing the […]
Sanford welcomes dolphin transition plan. Sanford Limited, New Zealand’s oldest and largest seafood company, says it is pleased to see a transition plan for affected fishers has been included as […]
Sea Shepherd files lawsuit against US agencies over dolphin threat. Sea Shepherd Legal and its co-counsel, Earthrise Law Centre, filed a lawsuit on May 21st against US agencies that have failed […]
Study indicates alarming fall in Indian Ocean dolphin numbers. A study of how many dolphins are caught in tuna fishing nets estimates the mammals may now be at just 13 […]
EC concern over bycatches of dolphins. EC Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, has written to the Fisheries and Environment Ministers of 22 European Union Member States about the issue of incidental catches […]
Citizen science to protect Scottish whales and dolphins Record numbers of volunteers took part in research expeditions organised by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust last year, helping to launch […]
Lights on fishing nets reduces dolphin bycatch. Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new research shows. LED lights along the […]
New study into endangered dolphin. With less than 1,000 Yangtze finless porpoises (YFPs) believed left on the planet, SeaWorld in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Hydrobiology at the […]
Scottish bottlenose dolphins seen off Dutch coast. A recent unique sighting for the North Holland coast involved Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research scientist Jeroen Hoekendijk and fellow researchers from […]
New research on threats facing dolphins. A new scientific assessment of Hector’s and Māui dolphins has led to a revised understanding of their biology, their distribution and their main threats. […]
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