{"id":160039,"date":"2025-09-25T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/160039\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:30:13","slug":"photo-shows-dolphins-fin-tangled-in-monofilament-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/160039\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo shows dolphin\u2019s fin tangled in monofilament line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A PHOTO has shown a Risso\u2019s dolphin tangled in monofilament line in Shetland waters.<\/p>\n<p>The image, showing line on the animal\u2019s fin, was taken by Hugh Harrop of Shetland Wildlife off Trondra on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Harrop said monofilament is a \u201csilent killer of wildlife and can remain in the environment for hundreds of years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>NatureScot marine sustainability manager Karen Hall said one piece of good news was that the dolphin had moved off and was seen off St Ninian\u2019s on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s moving unrestricted, it\u2019s diving,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom that point of view it\u2019s able to move about the place, and it\u2019s not restricting its feeding or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hall said that \u201cnobody likes to see any wildlife directly affected by humans essentially, and that\u2019s what this is\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But it obviously remains unclear where the line has come from, with the marine mammal advisor saying it could well have originated from across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>Hall also highlighted that there are restrictions in place about the use of monofilament material, which is used in fisheries, in Scottish waters.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if entanglement is becoming a more common occurrence, the marine mammal specialist said it is difficult to know.<\/p>\n<p>The main evidence comes when things go \u201cbadly wrong\u201d \u2013 such as strandings on beaches, but at that stage the animal is dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult without close in photos of knowing how many animals are living in the wild with recognisable entanglements,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n<p>Shetland News is asking its readers to consider paying for membership to get additional perks:<\/p>\n<p>Removal of third-party ads;<br \/>\nBookmark posts to read later;<br \/>\nExclusive curated weekly newsletter;<br \/>\nHide membership messages;<br \/>\nComments open for discussion.<\/p>\n<p>If you appreciate what we do and feel strongly about impartial local journalism, then please become a member of Shetland News by either making a single payment, or setting up a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"row-text sign-in-message\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/account.shetnews.co.uk\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/2025\/09\/25\/photo-shows-dolphins-fin-tangled\/\" title=\"Sign in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a> to hide this message.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/payments_horizontal_2.png\" alt=\"Payment methods accepted\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A PHOTO has shown a Risso\u2019s dolphin tangled in monofilament line in Shetland waters. The image, showing line&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1397,4695,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-160039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-marine","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom","14":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}