he and a team of activists from the sea shepherd marine conservation organization are combing the beachsables d'olonne today, looking for dead dolphins. documenting the problem is important work. the sea is choppy right now and the wind and the currents wash the carcasses ashore. an hour later, they find a male dolphin on the beach these marks are proof. this dolphin tried to free itself from a fishing net. sea shepherd often puts dead dolphins like this on on display in public places. the goal is to shock people into awareness and force politicians to take action. but many here disapprove of sea shepherd's methods. the fishing boats that might have caught the dolphin in their nets are docked in the port of sable d'olonne. as their catch dwindles and their income drops, fishers here are resorting to ever larger trawling nets. gilles bardu mainly fishes for cod. he admits that a dolphin gets caught in his nets every once in a while. but he's dismissive of sea shepherd's claims. just because a dolphin might have some visible marks from a fishing net, that doesn't automatically mean that's