DOC Plays Tag

NZ’s Department of Conservation plans to use state-of-the-art satellite tagging in its fight to save the Maui’s Dolphin, whose numbers have plummeted to less than 150. The tags will help researchers better understand the dolphins’ territorial range and feeding habits, allowing them – if necessary – to extend existing net fishing bans around the country. “Our efforts to save NZ’s rarest dolphin are being hampered by what we don’t know about them,” says DOC spokesman Rob McCallum. “With less than 150 … left, we need to consider all means available to find out what we need to know to save this dolphin. We can’t afford to wait.”