Abstract
A total of 315 dolphins were captured as by-catch, during the 575 fishing trips between 2017 and 2018, in two-landing sites (Imbikiri, Bayelsa State and Finima River State) offshore the Niger Delta Nigeria. The catches which consisted of 6 different species of cetacean , the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), the Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus), the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis), Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei). and the Long beak dolphin (Delphinus Capensis).
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