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Joe Roberts explained that a member of the Dolphin Alliance <br />who is an Indian River County resident asked him to speak to the <br />Board about the proposed resolution. He stated that the Federal <br />government currently is reviewing regulations on the capture of <br />wild dolphins. A number of Indian River Lagoon dolphins have been <br />captured since the passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in <br />1972, and Dolphin Alliance members hope these resolutions will <br />encourage the Federal government to ban their capture. Mr. Roberts <br />further stated that The Dolphin Alliance is also involved in <br />repatriating previously captured dolphins. People tend to believe <br />that dolphins are continually smiling because of the bone structure <br />of their faces but in reality dolphins in captivity are suffering <br />from a great deal of stress. As a result, the average life span of <br />a dolphin in captivity is about 2-5 years whereas dolphins live 40- <br />50 years in the wild. <br />Mr. Roberts distributed the following information to the <br />Commissioners, and he indicated that the statistical estimates are <br />low because of undocumented captures: <br />According to NMFS publication, Mwagwam2 Orientated Research on Bottlenose D04UM <br />ML 1-85-251988, 68 dolphins have been captured from the Indian/Banana Rivet (IBR) system since <br />the adoption of MMPA If Pre/Act and NMFS takes are subtracted from the table below, the number <br />of actual captures appears to be 76 dolphins, exceeding the given number of 68 by NMFS researchist. <br />Prepared 09/06/92 to the best of our ability from available records. <br />,where actual takes exceeded authorization, actual take Ors used <br />KW = Dolphin(s) killed in the wild during capture. <br />CLAW, Inc Mary Mosley, President 321 East Tarpon Ave Tarpon Springs, R 34689 Ph (813) 938 -MM <br />M <br />G 9 1993 <br />Booz �o F'A'UF 794 <br />