The unfortunate mammal was found dead by amateur fishermen in the area and they immediately informed the port authority and the Fisheries Research Institute (IN.ALE), based in Nea Peramos in the municipality of Pangai
A dolphin approximately two meters long fell victim to the strong southerly winds that blew on Wednesday night in the bay of Kavala, as a result of which it washed up on the beach of Nea Karvali.
The unfortunate mammal was found dead by amateur fishermen in the area and they immediately informed the port authority and the Fisheries Research Institute (IN.ALE), based in Nea Peramos in the municipality of Pangaios.
Aris Christidis, technologist agronomist, working at the Fisheries Research Institute and responsible for cetacean mammals, who was informed about the incident, clarifies that it is an adult male bottlenose dolphin, which was washed out of the sea on Wednesday.
As he mentions, these animals do not approach the coasts and live in the wider area of ​​the sea bay of Kavala and in particular behind Thassos. They are usually not entangled in nets, because they feed in the deep on thrapsals and small pelagic fish of no economic value. Therefore, as he emphasizes, they have no reason to go to the net.
“I could rule out this cause of death which is common for other cetaceans”, underlines Mr. Christidis and continues: “These mammals live in large herds, which may count over 100 individuals, far from the coast, in clean (oligotrophic) waters and have a susceptibility to communicable diseases between them. Maybe this is the reason of death. Apparently the sick animal got tired of the south and ended up.”
This morning, the competent service of the municipality of Kavala collected the unfortunate mammal and took care of its landfill.
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