Drift nets "killing British dolphins"

A1 The huge drift nets that kill whales and dolphins are now being used by Mediterranean fishermen as well as Pacific nations.

No regulations governed the hunt - anyone with a rifle and a boat could kill dolphins without a licence.

Boats from these countries kill dolphins at twice the rate of American tuna fishers.

The Senate also sent to President Bush a five-year moratorium on tuna fishing by purse siene net, which can kill dolphins.

H. J. Heinz will stop buying tuna that is caught in nets that also trap and kill dolphins.

The Bush Administration has declared a ban on the import of fish caught with drift-nets, which have been widely blamed for killing dolphins, whales and seabirds.

Basically, John Key is killing whales and dolphins, and potentially ruining the seafood (crab...

The long lines are more selective, biologists say, and kill far fewer dolphins, whales and other marine mammals.

"Killing dolphins is undesirable for everyone."