IMMS retrieves 1st live dolphin of 2020

Moby Solangi got a call to retrieve a dolphin from a Mississippi Gulf Coast beach. Most calls are for the retrieval of dead ones, but on May 29, the call from Long Beach was different. The dolphin was alive. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) has recovered 48 dead dolphins, but this one was the first recovery of a live dolphin in 2020. The discovery, which typically happens about once a year, may play a key role in IMMS’ study of the effects of the openings of the Bonnet Carré Spillway, which was opened for a historic third-consecutive year in April. The longest opening in the spillway’s history in 2019 killed oyster beds and blamed for the death of dolphins, sea turtles and other aquatic life due to the reduced salinity levels. (Source: Sun Herald 05/29/20) https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article243169356.html?#storylink=cpy