Court Dismisses Sea Shepherd Case Against NMFS on New Zealand’s Maui Dolphin
Yesterday the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York City dismissed a four-year effort to protect the diminishing Māui dolphin population using a series of trade restrictions. The Māui dolphin is found only off the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island.
In 2019 the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission estimated that only 57 Māui dolphins remained, from approximately 2,000 in 1971. The marine mammals were often the victim of bycatch in set nets along the northwest coast.
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