Unsustainable Fishing to be Banned in Irrawaddy Dolphin’s Bornean Sanctuary

dolphins g73f77c859 1920 Unsustainable Fishing to be Banned in Irrawaddy Dolphin’s Bornean Sanctuary

Takeaways:

  • Indonesia’s fisheries ministry is working with a conservation NGO to prohibit fishing gear dangerous to critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins.
  • They are hoping to ban fishing with a type of gill net known as rengge, electrofishing, poison fishing, and fixed-net fishing.
  • The prohibition will apply to a stretch of the Mahakam River in Borneo.

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