Boating With the Dolphins in Hilton Head Island, SC

[NOAAFisheriesSE]

Feeding and attempting to feed wild dolphins is prohibited under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA) implementing regulations. The maximum civil penalty for violating the MMPA is $20,000; the maximum criminal fine is $25,000 and/or one year in jail.

[NOAAFisheriesSE]

Feeding wild dolphins is illegal because of scientifically documented harmful effects, including changing dolphins’ natural behavior, jeopardizing their health through ingestion of contaminated or inappropriate food and non-food items, and reducing their wariness of people and boats.

[NOAAFisheriesSE]

Dolphins then become vulnerable to injury or death from entanglement in fishing gear or boat strikes. Feeding wild dolphins may also increase the likelihood that dolphins will take bait and/or catch from recreational and commercial fishing gear. Further, feeding poses a significant safety risk to humans, as there are documented cases of people being bitten, hospitalized, and killed by wild marine mammals when attempting to feed and closely interact with them.

[NOAAFisheriesSE]

Please visit the “Don’t Feed Wild Dolphins” website for more information.

[ilovety65]

lovely!

[pieces141127]

They are so playful.

[makdak420]

u cant feed dolphins cause they come back...... the reason the dolphins follow boats is cause the fish caught up in the propellers feed the dolphins

[eviltommyboi]

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[bpreisner]

They appear to be and this is illegal.

[AlissaVictoria998]

how is it illegal? i dont remember it being illegal. because i went with these dolphin experts or something and they said it was fine, just not to feed them or something

[Jboobtime99]

idiot its not illegal. i hunt dolphins and make sweet wallets and lampshades out of them. theyre animals and we're humans, thats how it is supposed to work. just be glad youre not a dolphin

[Vampiremistress00]

@Jboobtime99 YOU ARE SICK!!!!!!!!!! I FUCKIN HATE PEOPLE LLIKE YOU YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DIE YOUR DEFITLLY GOING TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!! FROM FUN THERE JERK!!!

[MaNiMaBaLLa]

@Vampiremistress00 I guarentee he doesn't, I've never heard once of someone making a wallet out of a dolphin. And if i'm wrong, that's incredibly sick. Make it out of a shark or something, something that actually does cause harm to human life. Although I rather you not kill a shark Jboob, You're still probably a 10 year old e-thug.

[Lerd44]

@MaNiMaBaLLa: I sure hope you wouldn't make a wallet out of a shark, considering how many endangered shark species there are =/ "More than 100 shark species are being commercially exploited and some of them in such a drastic way that their long-term survival isn't guaranteed. Three sharks die every second." . But because sharks aren't cute like dolphins, nobody gives a sh*t about them... But you're right on one point: Jboob comment was stupid.

[SpazzFingersFB]

@Jboobtime99 You sir, are an asshole.

[mmdanceqt5678]

are they feeding the dolphins!!??

because you are NOT allowed to do that! they soon forget how to search for food themselves and then starve to death!!

please tell me you are not feeding those animals!!

[Pawwwla]

It appears that way, but we are actually just touching them. It is illegal and there is a fine if caught. We see these dolphins every time we go fishing in HH...they know we have bait and fish in the boat...

[AlissaVictoria998]

hilton head is amazing, i love dolphins. but i didnt know it was illegal. hmm

[JoBroKisses]

seen it yesterday! lets chat

looking for friends EY

[Wolvesrme18]

I live on Hilton Head!