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RYA reacts to claims of ’deliberate harassment’
Author: Royal Yachting Association
The RYA (Royal Yachting Association) is disturbed by claims made by representatives of the Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that yachtsmen are ‘deliberately harassing’ dolphins. The RYA believes that yachtsmen are, by their nature, conservationists. As the national representative organisation for yachtsmen the RYA believes strongly in ‘education not legislation’ as the long-term route to responsible and safe behaviour at sea.
The RYA working with the World Wildlife Fund and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) has again recently been active in distributing guidelines on how sailors should respond to an encounter with a dolphin or whale at sea. Yachtsmen have also been asked to help in identifying and recording species for conservation purposes by the WDCS.
The RYA takes any activity that harms wildlife seriously and is committed to its current policy of education. Dolphins and whales are by their nature inquisitive animals and seem to enjoy the company of boats and are often to be seen riding on the boats bow wave. The RYA is concerned that these innocent and unexpected encounters will be misinterpreted under the new countryside legislation. In cases where harassment is clearly taking place by anyone the RYA would ask that these be reported to the Police or the RSPCA.
More Information:
- Royal Yachting Association
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