A study published in the journal Oikos, titled "Forecasting the impact of food-provisioning and other stressors on a marine top-predator population," found that without protective management, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin population off Bunbury would fall from 350 to eight over 100 years.

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-dolphin-tourism-contributes-decline.html)

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