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Table 9.36: Common and bottlenose dolphin kills by jack mackerel trawlers in the Taranaki Bight, 1990-95.
| Season | Fishing ground | Observed kills1 | Estimated kills2 | Total number of trawl net tows | Percentage of tows observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-90 |
North Taranaki | 0 | * | 1,433 | 4% |
| South Taranaki | 23 | * | 1,724 | 15% | |
| 1990-91 |
North Taranaki | 0 | * | 794 | <1% |
| South Taranaki | 0 | * | 1,053 | 23% | |
| 1991-92 |
North Taranaki | 7 | * | 2,663 | 5% |
| South Taranaki | 22 | * | 1,010 | 10% | |
| 1992-93 | North Taranaki | 0 | * | 2,374 | 7% |
| South Taranaki | 9 | * | 992 | 15% | |
| 1993-94 | North Taranaki | 0 | * | 2,322 | 6% |
| South Taranaki | 8 | * | 1,079 | 24% | |
| 1994-95 | North Taranaki | 0 | * | 1,141 | 16% |
| South Taranaki | 21 | * | 600 | 34% |
Adapted from Baird (1996)
1 Dolphin kills witnessed by Ministry of Fisheries observers.
2 Official estimates of the total dolphin kill in the Taranaki Bight were unavailable on going to press, but a rough extrapolation from observed catches suggests that about 80-300 dolphins are caught each year (Slooten and Dawson, 1995).
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