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Posted by StriperChaser on January 30, 2005, 6:53 am January 30,2005 BEAUFORT - The scars and cuts Keith Rittmaster saw on a young dolphin earlier this month were the kind he'd rather not see again. Cuts down both sides of the dolphin's mouth showed where fishing line had cut into the bone. A gash near the tail went nearly to the spine. Aleta Hohn, a marine mammal biologist with the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration Lab in Beaufort, said one reward from the rescue is the lesson to be learned. Lost or "ghost" fishing gear and other items left in area waters can potentially cause problems for dolphins and other marine mammals. "It would be good if people make sure all fishing gear comes home with them and is not left free in the water where it becomes an opportunity for entanglement," she said.
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Dolphin-protection effort presses on
JANNETTE PIPPIN
DAILY NEWS STAFF 
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