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Dolphin caught in a set net

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Dolphin caught in a set net

Hector’s and Māui’s dolphins fall foul of set nets which their sonar fails to ‘see’. In 2004 it was estimated there were only 111 Māui’s dolphins in North Island waters.

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by Steve Dawson

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Gerard Hutching, Dolphins – Hector’s and Māui’s dolphins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4679/dolphin-caught-in-a-set-net (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 September 2015.