WELLINGTON: New Zealand dismissed a call from top marine scientists to better protect a rare dolphin, saying existing safeguards for the creature dubbed “the hobbit of the sea” were sufficient.
The International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) scientific committee has warned that the Maui’s dolphin will become extinct unless fishing is banned in its habitat.
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