Hi - I'm Cedric from the actions team. Today, or should I say last night, the sea was pretty rough. I think the wind was around force 7 or 8, and there was a lot of movement and noise. So - sleep? Forget it! In my room we all did not sleep well, and the wake up call at 7.30 was very hard.

Anyway, my job today was to get the help of Sabine and Mike to fix the electrical problem we had on one of our boats. But wow, after a rough night (and some attention) our Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) seems to work! Good. So I wasn't in a hurry anymore...

...till we found that dead dolphin floating at sea. It was around 9am and believe me, this is one of the things you really don't want to see happening, even if this helps our campaign. No, really, it was a sad time.

With the rough weather, we decided not to launch the RIB to collect it - so we had to make a mob approach with the Esperanza. Well, I'd better say Frank had to show us his art of being captain. Twice we had to approach the dolphin because we were not able to grab it the first time. With the dolphin's 120 kilos and the height of the deck, it was pretty difficult to bring the dolphin on board. Finally we managed. It now RIPs in a freezer container.

And now? Now we get shelter to fix other stuff on the ship.

And for me, a little sleep... like a baby, please.

Cedric, Activist

The markings on the dead dolphin we found certainly suggest that it died in a fishing net, particularly the marks to the beak and fins.

If it was trapped in a net it would have died of asphyxiation, unable to reach the surface for air. Dolphins can also give themselves horrific internal injuries in the struggle to break free from a net. In some cases they have been known to break their own spine in the struggle.

We won't know the cause of death for sure until it has been taken back to land for a post mortem examination, though.

Willie

Do you have any idea why the dolphin died yet?

Salut Cedric

J'étais si triste pour voir les images de Dauphins morts. Je le trouve incroyable cet homme peut détruire sans raison quelque chose si beau s'inutilement. Je vraiment espère que vous et l'équipage gère « obtenir le coup » si nous pouvons tout a mis la pression de morwe sur le Parlement européen et les chalutiers de paire d'interdiction une fois pour toutes des eaux européennes.

Nous avons une réunion dans Hampshire ce weekend et il est espéré que nous pourrons avoir une liaison de texte/téléphone avec la Esperanza, le Climat de Londres, et GM de pays de Galles et nous.

Tout le meilleur pour le moment - la bonne chance.

Nick