The fishing communities residing along the Mekong River in Cambodia have been urged to cooperate with the authorities and the Non-Governmental Organisations for Fisheries in dolphin conservation by not laying fishing nets to harm and cause the mammals’ deaths.
This is because when the dolphins get tangled up in the nets, rope, or fishing lines, they can get injured or die when trying to break free or they can die from infections or starvation.
WWF Cambodia country director Seng Teak said yesterday that all stakeholders must take proactive measures to prevent the remaining dolphins in Cambodia from dying after the recent incident at the Mekong River in Stung Treng province.
The last surviving freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin died on Tuesday after getting tangled in a fishing net near the border with Laos.
Teak said there is an utmost urgency to save the dolphins and it could only be done with the cooperation of the government, stakeholders, the people, including fishing communities, and by also taking control of the water flow along the Mekong River bordering near Laos.
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