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DEEP TROUBLE

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The world’s smallest, rarest dolphin lives in New Zealand. After the expansion of gill-netting in 1970, the population and range of Hector’s dolphin diminished rapidly. One extremely isolated subspecies, Māui dolphin, now numbers barely 100 individuals. Yet science has revealed that the species may yet recover, even from the brink of oblivion.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 110 July – August 2011.
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The world’s smallest, rarest dolphin lives in New Zealand. After the expansion of gill-netting in 1970, the population and range of Hector’s dolphin diminished rapidly. One extremely isolated subspecies, Māui dolphin, now numbers barely 100 individuals. Yet science has revealed that the species may yet recover, even from the brink of oblivion.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 110 July – August 2011.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/mauis-dolphin-deep-trouble/