[MARINE_BIOLOGY_INTERNATIONAL] Record numbers of porpoises dying in Dutch waters

 

(Dutchnews.nl)

Record number of dead porpoise wash up on Dutch shores

Monday 08 August 2011

At least eight dead porpoise were found on beaches in Zeeland and the Zuid-Holland delta on Sunday, bringing the total so far this month to 15, according to the sea mammal association.

In a normal year, 15 porpoise are washed up in August as a whole. Never before have so many of the dead marine mammals been found in one day.

Porpoise breed in the Oosterschelde estuary.

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