{"id":372,"date":"2018-10-09T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/09\/collecting-garbage-from-ocean-in\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:32","slug":"collecting-garbage-from-ocean-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/collecting-garbage-from-ocean-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting garbage from the ocean in the company of common dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">We already know that plastics are contaminating our oceans and that we must combat this catastrophe. But did you know that fishing nets are another major cause of mortality in our oceans?<b> 640,000 tonnes of fishing nets are discarded or lost in the sea every year<\/b>, with devastating impacts to marine life, as they can last 600 years in the ocean. It&#8217;s estimated that these <u><b>&#8220;ghost nets&#8221; capture and kill 136,000 seals, sea lions, turtles and large whales<\/b><\/u> every year. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nDuring all our trips we try to help the ocean, and today during our trip we collected a big &#8220;rope&#8221; that was lost in the ocean. We also saw a big group of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a> playing and socializing.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><i>Photos by Andreia Vieira  Rafael Martins<\/i><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43426700_252332502145742_6005834833660477440_n-1024x498.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"736\" data-original-width=\"1512\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43426700_252332502145742_6005834833660477440_n-1024x498.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43574624_2150233118322701_468795448430166016_n-1024x498.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"736\" data-original-width=\"1512\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43574624_2150233118322701_468795448430166016_n-1024x498.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><b><i>Ropes we found in the ocean during our tour<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Barbatana-dorsal-diferente-Dd-golfinho-comum.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Barbatana-dorsal-diferente-Dd-golfinho-comum.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"><b><i>Abnormal dorsal fin &#8211; common dolphin<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28229.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28229.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>Common Dolphin<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28329.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28329.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>Common Dolphin<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28429.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28429.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>Common Dolphin<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28529.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28529.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>Common Dolphins<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dd-golfinho-comum.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>Common Dolphins<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We already know that plastics are contaminating our oceans and that we must combat this catastrophe. 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