Fishermen kill record number of . . . dolphins!
October 17th, 2006 by admin
The Sarasota Herald Tribune reported on Monday that an unusually high number of bottlenose dolphins around the state have died this year from injuries caused by fishing hooks and line.
So far in 2006, scientists have found 13 dead dolphins entangled in fishing line, or who have ingested hooks or lures.
Scientists are not sure what is behind the increase in fishing-related deaths, but they speculate that dolphins increasingly associate fishermen with food (it is illegal to feed wild dolphins, intentionally or unintentionally by dumping “bait” into the water).