33 Swimmers in Hawaii in Bother For Chasing After Dolphins

The feds are investigating a big group of swimmers accused of harassing a pod of dolphins in Hawaii … and the alleged violation is all on video.

Drone footage reveals an enormous group of snorkelers swimming proper behind a spinner dolphin pod in Hōnaunau Bay off the Huge Island, the people get tremendous near the marine mammals.

Hawaii’s Division of Land and Pure Assets introduced Tuesday they had been initiating instances towards 33 swimmers, who the feds say “look like aggressively pursuing, corralling, and harassing the pod.”

The state’s DLNR says they alerted the snorkelers to the potential violation whereas they had been nonetheless within the water, after which uniformed officers met the snorkelers after they had been again on land … with state and federal forces launching a joint investigation.

In case you did not know, it is towards federal legislation to swim inside 50 yards of spinner dolphins in Hawaii’s nearshore waters.