“…The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis), a small cetacean, has an extensive range in shallow coastal waters from northern Australia and central China to South Africa, including at least 32 countries and territories Jefferson & Karczmarski 2001). Due to inhabiting close to coasts, most stocks are threatened by range-wide incidental mortality in fishing gear, and habitat degradation and loss (Jefferson & Karczmarski 2001;Ross et al 1994). The dolphin population is decreasing, and its status was defined as Near Threatened (NT) (IUCN 2015).…”