Whales and dolphins are at risk of perishing

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have raised alarms about the number of whales and dolphins falling rapidly worldwide due to fishing activities. of human.

According to UNEP and IUCN, toothed whales are the most severely reduced due to injuries and deaths due to entanglement in fishing facilities such as trawls, traps, pens and trawl.

Lack of food and the necessity to change the daily food sources due to fish species that have been exhausted by whales are also a vital threat to the 13 species of whales on the sea and in the ocean.

For the first time, IUCN and the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Wildlife (CMS) have put 72 toothed whales into the list of protected species.

According to the Secretary of the Executive Committee of CMS Elizabeth Mrema, in the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, CMS continues to warn about the dangers that threaten the survival of mammals in the ocean, including risks. due to climate change and "eradication" fishing.

CMS also called on governments to strengthen their whale protection efforts./.