A bottlenose dolphin mistakenly captured by a fisherman from East China's Fujian Province returned to the sea on Sunday.

The 100-kilogram dolphin, together with another smaller dolphin, was netted near the Taiwan Straits on April 9 by a Dongshan County fisherman. The man contacted the fishing department of nearby Xiamen after he discovered the dolphins were badly cut and their fins were bleeding.

After 10 days of treatment in Ocean World aquarium in Xiamen, the bigger of the two has totally recovered while the other is still undergoing treatment.

(China Daily April 23, 2003)