Excessive tourism is killing dolphins off the coasts of Jeju Island, according to marine scientists and environmental activists.
Testing of dolphin meat available for purchase from a website in Japan has found it contains mercury levels 265 times the country’s regulatory limit.
A group of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins passes a tourist ship in coastal waters near Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo, Jeju Island, amid sunny weather on Monday.
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