Irrawaddy Dolphin Killed in Mekong River by Illegal Fishing

15 August 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Commission for Mekong River Dolphin Conservation and Ecotourism Development / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental & Natural Resources Management / Kampi village / kratie / Kratie city / Kratie Province / Lakes and Rivers / Land and Natural Resources / Laos / Mekong river / Rokar Kandal commune / Sambor district / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thmar Kre II river post / Wildlife protection / World Wildlife Fund

An Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead yesterday morning tied up in a fishing net and floating in the Mekong River in Kratie province, officials said.

Khieu Kin, chief of Kratie’s provincial fishery administration, said that the 2.03-meter long, 105kg female dolphin had likely become entangled in the net near Kampi village, a dolphin sanctuary popular with tourists, before floating down stream into a stretch of the Mekong River in Kratie City’s Rokar Kandal commune. …

In an effort to save the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, the government issued a sub-decree in September banning the use of gillnets along the 180-km section of river between Kratie city and the Lao border, where the dolphins are commonly found. …

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