By: cigarettes

cigarettes — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:00:40 +0000

These false killer whales are at risk. They have the smallest population size of any toothed whale or dolphin in Hawaiian waters, they feed high on the food chain and have to compete with humans for food. They accumulate high levels of persistent organic pollutants such as PCBs and flame retardants.In Hawaiian waters, many are killed each year or seriously injured in the offshore longline fishery. Since 1999, so many have been killed its been impossible for the false killer whales to maintain a sustainable level. There is evidence the island-associated population has declined substantially during the last 20 years, and a petition to list them under the Endangered Species Act was recently submitted.

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