In fact, this species has been red-listed as “Near
Threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) due to identified threats such as habitat and seabed
destruction, water pollution, vessel disturbances, and accidental
by-catch . Although previous research has investigated
the dolphin's ecology (Jefferson, 2000; Parsons, 1998), distribution
, behaviors and even their reactions
to individual human disturbances , no
studies have attempted to spatially investigate their response to the
cumulative impacts in the area to this date.