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EUROPEAN CETACEAN BYCATCH CAMPAIGN |
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Reasonable people can usually communicate if they can define a common goal, and if they care to try. At this moment, without diverse stakeholders trying to communicate, cetaceans are in increasing danger, because the noise is increasing whether we talk about it or not. Some people are trying informally to bring these very diverse stakeholders together, with an acceptable risk of being misunderstood by both sides. Unless the advocates and scientists make an effort to get together, the agencies and politicians that decide the laws and policies will continue with their guesswork, and without facts to prevent them from asserting self-interests the laws protecting and conserving the environment will become worthless to all but those who want to abuse it. |