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What would you like to do to support care for our NZ dolphins?

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A - Stop eating certain fish, especially those caught in nets that catch a lot of dolphin
B - Do my next school project on dolphins so I can learn more about them
C - Become an ocean researcher and study dolphins for a living
D - Make movies or cartoons to educate people about the sea
E - I’d do something else!
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Our Seas Our Future - Sustainability Challenge

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Greenpeace launches campaign to ban single use plastic bags in NZ


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Conservation: Do your part and stop using single use plastics

This guide from Our Seas Our Future will help you reduce single use plastics from your life (and that of your family or school) so that less plastic ends up in the ocean! 

Endangered

 

An endangered species is a type of animal that is seriously at risk of dying out.

Pollution

 

The contamination (making less pure) of air, water, or soil due to harmful substances, usually as a result of human activities. There are different types of pollution, for example: chemical pollution, light pollution, or noise pollution.

Bycatch

 

A fish or other marine species that is caught accidentially while fishing for something else. For example dolphin or turtle being caught in nets meant to catch only fish; or too young or too small fish caught in nets that were meant to catch only larger fish.

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