World Wildlife Fund sounds alarm over trapped dolphins,whales...

Group sounds alarm over trapped dolphins
6/9/2005, 10:36 a.m. ET

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-saving-dolphins,0,628335.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

By HRVOJE HRANJSKI
The Associated Press

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — From Southeast Asia to the Black Sea, fishing nets have become deathtraps for thousands of whales, dolphins and porpoises — species whose survival will be threatened unless fishing methods change, the World Wildlife Fund said Thursday.

The U.S.-based environmental group released a marine scientists' report that listed species threatened by accidental catch, and recommended low-cost steps to reduce their entanglement in fishing gear.

The report identified dolphins in the Philippines, India and Thailand as urgent priorities.

Researchers estimate that fishing gear kills about 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises a year in the world's oceans...