Switch in fishing methods saves thousands of dolphins

Pakistan’s territorial waters are home to 25 kinds of dolphins, notably spinner, bottlenose and tropical dolphins – and these endangered creatures were falling prey to the nets in massive numbers.

In just five years, however, the number of dolphins killed had plunged exponentially to a mere 186.

Behind that drastic reduction was a small but crucial shift from that conventional fishing method – subsurface gill nets instead of the surface ones.