Stop dolphins drowning in Australia's fisheries

Every year, alarming numbers of dolphins are being caught and killed in fisheries in southern Australia. All dolphins are protected under Australia's environment laws, so these drowning deaths are unacceptable. One man has the power to close to fishing areas where dolphins are getting caught. Sign you name below to Assistant Minister Richard Colbeck asking him to put an end to dolphin deaths.

Senator the Hon

Richard

Colbeck

Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources

Dear Assistant Minister,

I am extremely saddened to hear of the ongoing deaths of dolphins in the SESSF Gillnet Hook and Trap Fishery in southern Australia. I understand that between January and September this year 47 dolphins have died from being trapped and drowned in the gillnets. This is in addition to the 64 dolphins killed in 2017 in the same fishery. Whilst I understand that a strategy is in place to help prevent these deaths, it is clear that more urgent action needs to be taken to ensure the number of dolphin deaths is dramatically decreased. This ongoing high level of deaths should not be allowed to continue.

I ask you to ensure that every effort is taken to reduce dolphin deaths, such as the implementation of spatial closures to protect dolphins where large numbers are known to have been killed previously, and stricter measures put on fishers who continue to catch and kill dolphins in their nets.

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