Dolphins 'facing death' despite driftnet ban

Many dolphins will be killed despite the imminent New Year introduction of an EU ban on driftnets, according to a conservation group.

In a statement, Out of the Driftnet, Into the Trawl, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), warned that although many dolphins will be saved by the end of the ‘‘walls of death’’ in Europe, thousands more will continue to be killed as fishermen turn to gill nets and pair trawling.