What shocked French marine researchers wasn't just the brutality of the deaths of the dolphins, they said, but the numbers involved — a record 1,100. The mass deaths, widely blamed on industrial fishing, have alarmed animal welfare groups. | CBCNews
Researchers suggest industrial fishing is to blame for more than 1,000 mutilated bodiesA dead dolphin appears on the shore of Rivedoux, Ré island on the Atlantic coast of western France.
"There's never been a number this high," said Willy Daubin, a member of La Rochelle University's National Centre for Scientific Research. "Already in three months, we have beaten last year's record, which was up from 2017 and even that was the highest in 40 years."Daubin said 90 per cent of the fatalities resulted from the dolphins being accidentally captured in industrial fishing nets. But the reason behind the spike this year is a mystery.
Rugy has come up with some plans, including bolstering research into existing acoustic repellent devices in place in 26 two-vessel trawlers off the Bay of Biscay, an industrial fishing hub in the Atlantic Ocean. When activated, the devices send unpleasant signals to nearby dolphins that cause them to swim away.
It claims many of the trawlers they watch in the region don't activate the repellent devices, fearing they will scare off valuable fish as well, and only turn them on if they are being checked by fishing monitors.
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