A dead Bruda whale was brought to Phuket's Marine Biology Centre last night, latest tragic victim in a trail of pain and destruction among the Andaman's marine life.The dead Bruda was brought to the centre from the southern province of Trang, where the creature became entangled in a fishing net, an official at the marine centre told Phuketwan today.

Dugongs, dolphins, turtles, and now a precious rare whale: the catalogue of destruction this monsoon season is a long one, indicating there has been no attention to relieve the cause of most of the suffering: fishing nets.

This week, one sharp-eyed part-time island diver spotted a supplement labeled Shark Cartilage in a Boots store on Phuket, and the international pharmaceutical retailer quickly announced that the product would be removed from the shelves in Thailand.

So many turtles are being washed up that it no longer makes news. And the cause is almost always the same: fishing nets.

Large marine creatures are either caught in trawls as boats actively seek schools of fish, or unlucky enough to become trapped in remnants of nets that have been discarded.... Read Full Article by Alan Morison

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