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Update on the dead dolphins
20 November 2020
Last week, a 2.2-metre-long adult female dolphin of about 27 years old was found dead in Kroch Chmar district of Thbong Khmum province. The specialists group was not able to determine its weigh, nor any signs of physical injuries or gillnet entanglement as the carcass was much decomposed. Based on the preliminary report, the specialists group assumed that the dolphin was stranded away from its home range in Kratie province and could die of old age.
A few days later, a calf was also found dead in Kroch Chmar district. A preliminary examination shows that the dead dolphin was a male calf of about 7 days old, 12 kilogrammes and 103 centimetres long. The specialists group informed that no signs of physical injuries or gillnet entanglement have been identified on the carcass, suggesting that the animal died of unknown cause. According to Mr. Ouk Vibol, the two dolphins could be mother and baby.
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Numbers of Mekong river dolphins stabilize
Posted on 06 December 2020

Latest data on numbers of the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin in Cambodia shows that the population has stabilized after decades of serious decline.

However, we believe that urgent action is still needed to safeguard the species, whose population of only 89 is restricted to just a 180km stretch of the Mekong River. Irrawaddy dolphins are fully protected under Cambodian law but face a variety of threats such as illegal fishing practices, overfishing and dam development. WWF and the Cambodian government are committed to working with local communities and other partners to take action, ranging from improving fish stocks to stronger enforcement of fisheries law. There has also been positive news for river dolphins in South America with the launch by WWF and partners of the continent’s first ever river dolphin database. This brings together key data – from dolphin populations to dam developments – that make for better decision-making about how to safeguard these vulnerable animals.
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One less dolphin...
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Cambodia News,(Kratie Province): A female dolphin weighing more than 200 kilograms was found dead floating in the water at Prek Khsor, Sambok village, Sambok commune, Chit Borey district, Kratie province, this morning, on December 22, 2020.
Officials from Kratie Provincial Fisheries Administration confirmed that the dead female dolphin was about 230 cm long and weighed about 201 kg, and that it lived in a local pod at Anlong Kampi with the ID number 95.

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After examination, the Fisheries Administration District, in collaboration with WWF Kratie Province, found that this dolphin probably died of old age because the teeth were eroded, and there are no signs of illness, and no wounds or bruises on the body. They estimate that the body was found about 24 hours after it died.
RIP.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:09 pm Numbers of Mekong river dolphins stabilize
Posted on 06 December 2020

Latest data on numbers of the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin in Cambodia shows that the population has stabilized after decades of serious decline.

However, we believe that urgent action is still needed to safeguard the species, whose population of only 89 is restricted to just a 180km stretch of the Mekong River.
https://updates.panda.org/numbers-of-me ... -stabilize
I hope the lack of tourists is helping the 88 remaining dolfins have a undisturbed life and reproduce as much as possible.
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And now for some good news for the end of the year !

New Irrawaddy Dolphin Calf Sighted in the Mekong River
AKP Phnom Penh, December 28, 2020 --
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A new Irrawaddy dolphin calf was sighted at Kampi located in Sambok commune, Chet Borei district – one of the important deep pools between Kratie town and Cambodian-Lao border, according to a news release of WWF-Cambodia issued last night.

As part of their monthly monitoring of the Mekong Dolphin, the research team from the Government’s Fisheries Administration and WWF on Dec. 25 photographed an Irrawaddy dolphin calf as this newborn was swimming alongside a group of seven other adult animals.

The research team estimated that the new Irrawaddy dolphin calf is about four days old (until Dec. 27, 2020) and is the 9th calf to be recorded in 2020. The 2020 population census showed that just 89 dolphins remain in the Mekong River.
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Sad end for one of Kratie's adult dolphins.

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Cambodia News, (Kampi): An adult dolphin that belongs to the Kampi dolphin pod in Sambor commune, Kratie province, has been found dead, wrapped in fishing nets, and decomposing.
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After inspecting the dolphin carcass, the WWF team weighed it.
Photographs taken with the following summary data: The dead dolphin was a male, 198 cm long, weighing 85 kg, estimated lifespan of 12 to 15 years, swollen and dead for about 3 days. The dolphin's body was dissected for medical analysis on January 15, 2021, and is being stored in a freezer at the WWF Kratie office.
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This is the second dolphin to die this year in the Kampi area of the Mekong river; so far, one baby dolphin and one adult dolphin have been found dead.
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More details on the male dolphin that was found dead this week near Kratie, caught up in fishing nets.

Illegal fish nets kill adult male Irrawaddy dolphin in Kratie
Khouth Sophak Chakrya | Publication date 17 January 2021 | 23:01 ICT

Conservationists and communities in the Anlong Kampi Irrawaddy dolphin conservation area in Kratie province said that despite the ban on fishing and regular patrols, fishing offences in the area are still happening which they said is cause for alarm.

The concern was raised when an adult male Irrawaddy dolphin was recently found dead in the Mekong River in Sambok commune of Kratie’s Chitr Borei district.

Provincial Fisheries Administration deputy director Tan Someth Bunwat told The Post on January 17 that the dolphin was found stuck in a fishing net on the evening of January 14.

“Nets are the biggest risk for Irrawaddy dolphins. The carcass of the male dolphin that we found on January 14 had its tail and body entangled with fishing nets. This is our biggest concern,” he said.

The fishing net was made from soft nylon thread which does not easily dissolve in water.

According to Someth Bunwat, the carcass was 198cm long, weighed 85kg and was between 12 and 15 years old, which he said is of reproductive age.

The dolphin had been dead for around three days because it was rotten. The carcass is currently being kept at the World Wild Fund for Nature’s (WWF-Cambodia) Kratie office after undergoing a biopsy on January 15.

After this incident, the river guards increased their patrols day and night to determine the identity of the suspects who the authorities suspected were smuggled into the area.
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Floating guard post to protect Irawaddy dolphins in Mekong
Nov Sivutha | Publication date 04 February 2021 | 21:33 ICT

The Kratie provincial authority in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) is preparing to build a guard post in the Anlong Kampi area of the Mekong River in Chitr Borei district’s Sambok commune to watch for illegal fishing activities that may affect the Irrawaddy dolphin conservation area.

Irrawaddy dolphins are a critically endangered species with less than one hundred thought to remain, according to the WWF-Cambodia. It is estimated that 90 per cent of Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins live within a 190km stretch of the river located in Cambodia and Laos.

WWF-Cambodia country director Seng Teak told The Post on February 4 that the establishment of a floating guard station would enable prompt intervention whenever illegal fishing occurs near the Anlong Kampi conservation area. He said the station be staffed around the clock, and guards will patrol a 25km area of the river to protect dolphins from fishing nets, shock devices and other threats.

Teak said: “Currently, our team is cooperating with the provincial Fisheries Administration and preparing to construct a single floating guard station. In six months, we plan to go ahead with construction and operations in two more places. Our strategy is to continue to construct more. It’s a necessary thing to do.”

The WWF-Cambodia had reported declining annual deaths for Irrawaddy dolphins – from nine to six to two in the three years of 2015 to 2017, but a report from the Kratie Fisheries Administration indicates the numbers have recently risen, from five in 2018 to nine in 2020 – and two more in January of this year. This mortality rate represents a serious threat to the sustainability of the dolphin population in the Mekong River.
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Happy #WorldWildlifeDay 3rd March 2021!
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Celebrating Cambodia’s first Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin calf recorded in 2021
The new dolphin calf of about one-week old was spotted late last week swimming among other four adult dolphins in their natural habitat of Tbong Kla deep pool located in Steung Treng province.
This exciting encounter occurred during the dolphin monitoring activity and photo-ID based surveys conducted by the Cambodian Government's Fisheries Administration-WWF’s Mekong dolphin research team.
In 2020, a total of 9 dolphin calves were recorded, while the team documented 13 calves in their 2019 database.
A big thank you for the effort in the conservation of the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin by the Government's Fisheries Administration at national and provincial levels, all provincial and local authorities involved in both provinces, local communities, and members of WWF and partners.
- WWF Cambodia
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Another Dolphin Calf Spotted in Kratie Province
AKP Phnom Penh, March 06, 2021 --

A new dolphin calf of about six days old has been confirmed by the Fisheries Administration-WWF’s Mekong Dolphin Research Team.

This is the second Irrawaddy dolphin calf in the Mekong population for 2021, stressed WWF Cambodia in a press release posted on its official Facebook page yesterday.

The new calf was spotted on Mar. 4 swimming along with other four adult dolphins in their natural habitat of Kampi deep pool located in Kratie province, it pointed out.

The first dolphin calf for 2021 was recorded just on the past weekend in their natural habitat in Stung Treng province.

The current events represent one of the most encouraging encounters by the research team as part of their dolphin monitoring and photo-ID based surveys, the same source added.
- AKP
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