Cambodia’s Mekong dolphin is dying despite efforts to save it

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 20:23:36 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/8/cambodias-mekong-dolphin-is-dying-despite-efforts-to-save-it>

"The fishing gangs visit the river at night and the rangers do nothing to stop
them.

Working in large groups, the boatmen use fishing methods that have long been
outlawed in this part of the mighty Mekong River like gillnetting, which uses
nets that hang like a curtain in the water and snag fish by their gills, and
electrofishing.

Normally, the rangers would intervene. But these days, they hang back out of a
mix of intimidation and sympathy for neighbours made desperate by the pandemic.

Cambodia’s strict fishing rules, first imposed in 2006, are crucial to the
fortunes of the Mekong dolphin, giving the rare but nationally beloved animal a
chance at survival after decades of population decline."

Via Susan ****

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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