Protection Of Dolphins

EDM number 1451 in 1997-98, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 22/06/1998.

That this House welcomes the decision taken in Europe by member states to ban the use of drift nets by fishing fleets; notes that these nets are responsible for the deaths of thousands of dolphins each year, which are accidentally caught and killed in these nets; acknowledges that a ban on these nets is a positive step towards protecting dolphins by reducing the number of needless deaths; and calls upon the Government to do everything in its power to press for a world-wide ban on drift nets.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.