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    Dolphins Dying - Front page International Edition for The New York Times - 04/05/2020
  • NYTIMES _@ANDREAOLGAMANTOVANI
    Dolphins Dying - International Edition for The New York Times - 04/05/2020
  • Most of the 1,200 dolphins' deaths have been attributed to fishing activities. Once trapped in the nets, the mammals often die of asphyxia. Port of Chef Baie-La Rochelle
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Willy Dabin - Pelagis Observatory. " In order to avoid damaging their nets and get ride of the bodies more easily, some fishermen cut the dolphin' parts".
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Around 50 fishing vessels are harbored in the port of Chef Baie-La Rochelle, most of them small-scale coastal fisheries. 
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Press on dolphin stranding. Pelagis Observatory. Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Sylvain Helleux, 38, aboard his boat "The Terrible Child". Seeing dolphins swim around their vessels is part of the fishermen's life, he said. 
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Aboard Sea Shepherd's MV Sam Simon, 24 activists are volunteers . The operation Dolphin Bycatch started in February 2019 and will end in mid April 2019. 
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Sport of the Sea Shepherd team on the Sam Simon bridge at the end of the day. Aboard Sea Shepherd's MV Sam Simon, 24 activists are volunteers . 
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Roberto Dessena, chief mate, from Italy. Sea Sheperd's volunteers go on two-month campaign missions throughout the world. Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Every night around 1am and 5am, two teams of Sea Shepherd volunteers reach fishing vessels aboard inflatable dinghies, hoping to document dolphins bycatch.
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • In the winter, up to 200 000 common dolphins populate the Bay of Biscay. 40 per cent the species' total population in European waters.
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Every night around 1am and 5am, two teams of Sea Shepherd volunteers reach fishing vessels aboard inflatable dinghies, hoping to document dolphins bycatch.
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Rest room. With night-time sea outings, the crew rests during the day. Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Every night around 1am and 5am, two teams of Sea Shepherd volunteers reach fishing vessels aboard inflatable dinghies, hoping to document dolphins bycatch.
Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Pelagic fishing trawlers have been pinging acoustic repellents on theirs nets, but unwanted catches haven't ceased. Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.
  • Pelagic fishing trawlers have been pinging acoustic repellents on theirs nets, but unwanted catches haven't ceased. Andrea Mantovani for the New York Times.