Analysis - On the Moroccan Mediterranean coast, hundreds of boats equipped with large nets, called purse seines, go out six days a week to fish for small pelagic fish (coastal or oceanic fish).
On the Moroccan Mediterranean coast, hundreds of boats equipped with large nets, called purse seines, go out six days a week to fish for smallthe catch and pierce the nets, which extend like a wall into the sea. These nets are expensive to repair, and dolphins are sometimes caught, injured or killed.
The Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin subpopulation is still classified as"Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. However, there are concerns about theThe Moroccan fishermen who fish along the Mediterranean coast are frustrated by the negative impacts that dolphin behaviour has on their industry.
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