Irrawaddy dolphin deaths on Bangladesh’s coast worry environmentalists, authorities — Radio Free Asia

The carcass of an Irrawaddy dolphin lies on the Kuakata beach in Bangladesh’s Patuakhali district, May 14, 2022. Credit:  Dolphin Conservation Committee of Kuakata, Bangladesh.

Growing up, Nuru Majhi and his friends used to see dolphins jumping in Bangladesh’s southern coastal waters. “But now we see a lot less dolphins,” the 58-year-old fisherman from Patuakhali district told BenarNews. “The main cause of death is due to fishing nets. The number of fishermen has increased 10 times compared to 30 years

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