SANTOSH PATNAIK
Sighting a dolphin on the shores between Visakhapatnam and Kakinada may become a thing of the past with such a death reported at a regular interval.
North Andhra coast is a habitat for mostly bottlenose dolphins. Spinner, humpback and common dolphins are also found in limited numbers.
Dolphins provide relaxing moments for the mariners and tourists going on a boat ride being organised by AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC). There is also a proposal to promote dolphin tourism in a big way by deploying more vessels to enthral animal lovers.
Due to their dwindling number, dolphins are categorised in Appendix I of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Poaching, indiscriminate dumping of industrial effluents and spurt in commercial fishing have led to falling number of dolphins in North Andhra coast, a study revealed.
Being sports aquatic animals, dolphins are most loved creatures for people of all age groups.
They are not harmful and friendly to human beings and are good at imitating and mimicking them. For feeding they move from one place to another and are normally seen in near shore water.
“For past two decades or so, due to increased activity, their population has been under threat. During our study, we found dolphins, mostly bottlenose dolphins are dying because of killing by fishermen for its tasty meat, pollution caused by industrial effluents and increased fishing activity,” Dr. D.E. Babu, zoology professor of Andhra University, told The Hindu .
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/marine-pollution-poaching-threaten-dolphins/article4473774.ece
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| PITIABLE:The carcass of a bottlenose dolphin being shifted after it was swept ashore at Visakhapatnam. - Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam |
North Andhra coast is a habitat for mostly bottlenose dolphins. Spinner, humpback and common dolphins are also found in limited numbers.
Dolphins provide relaxing moments for the mariners and tourists going on a boat ride being organised by AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC). There is also a proposal to promote dolphin tourism in a big way by deploying more vessels to enthral animal lovers.
Due to their dwindling number, dolphins are categorised in Appendix I of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Poaching, indiscriminate dumping of industrial effluents and spurt in commercial fishing have led to falling number of dolphins in North Andhra coast, a study revealed.
Being sports aquatic animals, dolphins are most loved creatures for people of all age groups.
They are not harmful and friendly to human beings and are good at imitating and mimicking them. For feeding they move from one place to another and are normally seen in near shore water.
“For past two decades or so, due to increased activity, their population has been under threat. During our study, we found dolphins, mostly bottlenose dolphins are dying because of killing by fishermen for its tasty meat, pollution caused by industrial effluents and increased fishing activity,” Dr. D.E. Babu, zoology professor of Andhra University, told The Hindu .
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/marine-pollution-poaching-threaten-dolphins/article4473774.ece
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