Dolphin Rescued From Fishing Line, Twice
Bottlenose Dolphin Tagged To Monitor Health
POSTED: Friday, March 19, 2010
UPDATED: 2:09 pm EDT March 19, 2010
OAK HILL, Fla. --
A team of experts assembled in Volusia County to help save a bottlenose dolphin that was trapped in fishing line.The adult male dolphin, named Rio, had previously become entangled in fishing line in the Indian River Lagoon in November 2008.Rio's health has been monitored and he was recently discovered to have fishing line wrapped tightly around his dorsal fin, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.His injuries were determined to be life-threatening and experts were assembled Friday to rescue him for the second time.Rio was found and completely disentangled near the same location he was freed the first time.Experts from NOAA, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, Marineland, the Wildlife Conservation Commission and the University of Florida assisted in the rescue.Rio was released wearing a radio tag, which can be used to relocate and monitor him.NOAA advised fishermen to recycle their used fishing line.
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