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Only Buy Dolphin Safe Tuna
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  2. Created By
    Willow Hales
    Olympia, WA
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Every year thousands of dolphins needlessly die because of unsafe tuna fishing. Buying dophin safe tuna is an easy way to save them.

In order for tuna to be considered “Dolphin Safe”, it must meet the following standards: No intentional chasing, netting or encirclement of dolphins during an entire tuna fishing trip;
No use of drift gill nets to catch tuna;
No accidental killing or serious injury to any dolphins during net sets;
No mixing of dolphin-safe and dolphin-deadly tuna in individual boat wells (for accidental kill of dolphins), or in processing or storage facilities;
Each trip in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) by vessels 400 gross tons and above must have an independent observer on board attesting to the compliance with points (1) through (4) above.

Click here for a list of dolphin safe tuna around the world.

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Every year thousands of dolphins needlessly die because of unsafe tuna fishing. Buying dophin safe tuna is an easy way to save them. <br /><br />In order for tuna to be considered &ldquo;Dolphin Safe&rdquo;, it must meet the following standards: No intentional chasing, netting or encirclement of dolphins during an entire tuna fishing trip;<br />No use of drift gill nets to catch tuna; <br />No accidental killing or serious injury to any dolphins during net sets;<br />No mixing of dolphin-safe and dolphin-deadly tuna in individual boat wells (for accidental kill of dolphins), or in processing or storage facilities; <br />Each trip in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) by vessels 400 gross tons and above must have an independent observer on board attesting to the compliance with points (1) through (4) above.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.earthisland.org/dolphinSafeTuna/DolphinSafeCanners.html">Click here for a list of dolphin safe tuna around the world. </a><br /><a href="http://www.earthisland.org/dolphinSafeTuna/DolphinSafeCanners.html"></a>

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