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I fished in Hawaii a few years back with a native Hawaiian commercial rod and reel fisherman. We caught Yellow Fin, Wahoo, Mahi, and a nice Blue Marlin on the day. If you can believe it, their dolphin problem is worse than our seal problem. A Pod of 200-300 dolphin will come through and eat everything in sight to the point where fishing is ruined for days. At the time the commercial guys would shoot 1 or 2 and the pod will take off for about a month or so. The DNR looks the other way b/c they too realize that the problem is so bad. The commercial guys pretty much police it themselves. I'm not a fan of killing a dolphin but I can also see the frustration in these guys when those pods come through and wipe everything out. They would troll skip jack tuna only to have dolphin flank the bait and wait for a strike. Once the fish was on the hook, the dolphin had an easy meal. It's their lively hood and if they don't do anything about, nobody else will. Very difficult situation as the last thing those guys want to do is kill an intelligent mammal like that.
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