The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has Listed the Dolphin Killing Tuna Industry of Mexico as "Sustainable" But a UK Audit Questions Their Standards
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The International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute has achieved some major goals in protecting whales and dolphins in 2018. Looking forward to continuing our efforts in the new year.
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After ten years of litigation, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has concluded that the US Dolphin Safe tuna label should remain strong, and not be weakened to allow Mexican tuna, stained by the blood of dolphins, to be falsely labeled "Dolphin Safe". A huge victory!
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David Phillips is Director of the International Marine Mammal Project.
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The performing dolphins were captured in the bloody drive hunts of Taiji.
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Friend of the Sea has included new standards for whale watching and other activities to protect dolphins and whales.
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In the late 1980s, before the Dolphin Safe label, about 80,000 to 100,000 dolphins a year were being killed in tuna nets.
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Many of these myths come from the dolphin-killing tuna industry.
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Fishing gear can kill cetaceans at a high enough level that populations can become threatened.
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A round-up of our work this year to protect dolphins and whales around the world.
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