Posts Tagged ‘Hectors’
WDC survey finds New Zealanders are willing to pay to protect rare dolphins
An independent survey, commissioned by WDC, has revealed that 80% of New Zealanders not only want to see more protection measures for dolphins, they are also willing to help pay for them. Every year, between 110 and 150 New Zealand (Hector’s) dolphins die in fishing nets and, over past decades, the population has plunged from…
Read MoreCynical token gesture to protect North Island New Zealand dolphin
New Zealand Minister for Conservation Dr Nick Smith recently announced a 350km2 extension to the set netting ban in the North Taranaki Bight. Any extension to the tiny protected area for the NZ Dolphin is welcome but this announcement seems designed to delay and possibly even avoid the major extension to protection measures required to…
Read MoreInteresting exchange in the NZ Parliament on the issue of Maui dolphins
You can read more about WDC’s work to help protect Maui and Hectors dolphins
Read MoreMore Endangered New Zealand Dolphins Die In Nets
Last week, on the 22nd of February, two more New Zealand (Hector’s) dolphins died, entangled in a gill net washed ashore on a beach on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. The two dolphins were found near the Waimakariri River mouth some 30 km inside the northern limit of the Banks Peninsula Marine…
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