▲ This photo, provided by Sokcho coast guard, shows coast guard identifying Pacific white-sided dolphin. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Yonhap) - At 4:50 a.m. on Monday, a fisherman found a Pacific white-sided dolphin accidentally caught in a net and died in the sea near Dongsan Port in Yangyang County and reported it to Sokcho Coast Guard.

 

This whale, which was unintentionally caught in a net, is about 245 centimeters long, 117 centimeters around, and weighs about 80 kilograms. The Coast Guard has issued a confirmation of whale disposal to the fishermen in question as no signs of illegal capture were found.

 

So far this year, a total of seven whales have been caught in the Sokcho Coast Guard area.

 

Last year, 37 whales were caught unintentionally in the sea.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

 

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