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Enforcement, ecotourism to help dolphins in Peru
February 2007
Humane Society International (HSI) and local Peruvian partner NGO Mundo Azul ("Blue World") joined efforts to stem the practice of killing dolphins by promoting "dolphin tourism" with local fishermen as an alternative source of income. HSI, Mundo Azul and the Peru Tourism Board (PromPerú) launched a series of informational workshops in the cities of Lima and Trujillo on the Peruvian coast, and in the town of Iquitos to demonstrate the benefits of dolphin conservation. These workshops were attended by artisanal fishermen, local tour operators and tourism promoters from the government.
One of several dolphins captured on film during a dolphin watch conducted as part of HSI's conference in Peru
HSI and Mundo Azul also led trainings in Lima, Trujillo and Chimbote for Peru’s ecological police. These trainings addressed topics including the history of dolphin killing in Peru, Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law and its regulation, Peru’s Fisheries Law, undercover investigation, and police enforcement and cooperation. After the trainings, HSI and Mundo Azul led the ecological police in raids on illegal dolphin meat markets. In the initial raids in Lima and Trujillo, three vendors of illegal dolphin meat were arrested and a total of 58.45 kg of dolphin meat were confiscated.
Peruvian police with the results of a raid on an illegal dolphin vendor in Trujillo, Peru
As follow up to these events, in February 2007 HSI and Mundo Azul hosted a U.S. State Department-sponsored conference in Lima that brought around 80 tour guide operators, fishermen, members of the hospitality industry, representatives of both non-governmental organizations and the Peruvian government, and officers from Peru's ecological police force to develop a national strategy to establish a responsible whale and dolphin watching industry in the country.
Two police officers in Trujillo, Peru show off their certificates from a training program on how to conduct a raid of illegal dolphin meat vendors
More information:
Conference Promotes Dolphin Conservation, Sustainable Tourism in Peru
February 2007
Humane Society International (HSI) and local Peruvian partner NGO Mundo Azul ("Blue World") joined efforts to stem the practice of killing dolphins by promoting "dolphin tourism" with local fishermen as an alternative source of income. HSI, Mundo Azul and the Peru Tourism Board (PromPerú) launched a series of informational workshops in the cities of Lima and Trujillo on the Peruvian coast, and in the town of Iquitos to demonstrate the benefits of dolphin conservation. These workshops were attended by artisanal fishermen, local tour operators and tourism promoters from the government.
One of several dolphins captured on film during a dolphin watch conducted as part of HSI's conference in Peru
HSI and Mundo Azul also led trainings in Lima, Trujillo and Chimbote for Peru’s ecological police. These trainings addressed topics including the history of dolphin killing in Peru, Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law and its regulation, Peru’s Fisheries Law, undercover investigation, and police enforcement and cooperation. After the trainings, HSI and Mundo Azul led the ecological police in raids on illegal dolphin meat markets. In the initial raids in Lima and Trujillo, three vendors of illegal dolphin meat were arrested and a total of 58.45 kg of dolphin meat were confiscated.
Peruvian police with the results of a raid on an illegal dolphin vendor in Trujillo, Peru
As follow up to these events, in February 2007 HSI and Mundo Azul hosted a U.S. State Department-sponsored conference in Lima that brought around 80 tour guide operators, fishermen, members of the hospitality industry, representatives of both non-governmental organizations and the Peruvian government, and officers from Peru's ecological police force to develop a national strategy to establish a responsible whale and dolphin watching industry in the country.
Two police officers in Trujillo, Peru show off their certificates from a training program on how to conduct a raid of illegal dolphin meat vendors
More information:
Conference Promotes Dolphin Conservation, Sustainable Tourism in Peru