Tuna labeled 'dolphin safe' is still caught with practices involving the deliberate and life-threatening harassment of dolphins

Friday, January 13, 2012 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: dolphin safe, tuna, labels

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(NaturalNews) Starting the late 1980s, cans of tuna sporting "dolphin safe" labels started to appear in U.S. grocery stores. Brands carrying these labels were preferentially purchased by consumers appalled by fishing practices that had led to the death of 8 million dolphins since the 1960s -- namely, the deliberate encirclement and netting of dolphins in the Eastern Pacific, who tend to swim with schools of yellowfin tuna.

But not all dolphin safe labels are created equal. Earth Island Institute, the originator of the first and most widely used dolphin safe label, warns of two in particular: those from the U.S. Department of Commerce and those from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC, also known as AIDCP-APICD). Both organizations actively promote chasing and netting dolphins, and their labels do not guarantee that these practices were not used. Mexican tuna companies may also display dolphin safe labels even though they use dolphin netting practices.

Furthermore, non-dolphin-encircling tuna fishing practices may still net dolphins, sea turtles and other sea life as "accidental bycatch," most of which is not reported by monitors -- and this tuna, too, can be labeled "dolphin safe."

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Additional sources:
http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/dolphins-whales/the-disturbing-facts-about-dolphin-safe-tuna/4298
http://www.earthisland.org/dolphinSafeTuna/consumer/IATTClabelAlert.html
http://www.earthisland.org/dolphinSafeTuna/consumer/USDAlabelAlert.html