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England urged to protect dolphins before it’s too late

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Alarmed by the steady decline in the dolphin population, marine experts have issued a warning that unless steps are taken to prevent them from commercial fishing, the lovely creatures might just disappear from part of the UK’s coastline.

More than a dozen species of the creature are often found off the coasts of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly but over the last 14 years, there has been a steady decline, especially among the bottlenose dolphins. In contrast, the number of dead dolphins washed up on the beaches has gone up in this period.

Marine Connection and The Wildlife Trusts jointly prepared the report highlighting the plight of 14 species of whale, dolphin and porpoise in the south west, called England’s “Dolphin Coast”.

Lissa Goodwin, fisheries and policy officer for Marine Connection, said

Entanglement in fishing gear is the number one cause of death in stranded dolphins, particularly common dolphins and harbour porpoises.

If we want to reduce human impacts on dolphins and protect the region’s dolphins then we need to take urgent action.

The experts feel the number of dead dolphin and porpoises on the south west’s beaches is less than one percent of the total biocatch and said England was probably seeing the last dolphins frequenting its shores.

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