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ACT TO SAVE DOLPHINS FROM DEADLY TUNA NETS! BACKGROUND Earth Island Institute is organizing to keep the "dolphin safe" label,
found on all canned tuna in the U. S. since 1990, honest. This March, Secretary of Commerce William Daley will be making a decision on whether to seriously weaken the "dolphin safe" label. Without public pressure,
the definition of "dolphin safe" will be weakened to allow chase, harassment, netting, injuring, and even killing of dolphins when catching tuna, as long as an on-board observer reports no dolphins were killed
outright or "seriously injured. We cannot let this happen! The "dolphin safe" label now means no dolphins were intentionally chased and encircled with deadly tuna nets. Tuna fishermen in the Eastern Tropical
Pacific (ETP) target schools of dolphins because giant schools of tuna are known to swim beneath them. Over the past 4 decades, the tuna fisheries have killed more than 7 million dolphins. In 1990, consumer pressure brought
about the "dolphin safe" tuna program, which has significantly decreased dolphin deaths by 97% since its introduction. However, last year the tuna industries and governments of Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela
teamed up with free-trade advocates in the Clinton Administration and Congress to undercut U. S. dolphin protection laws and open U. S. markets to dolphin-deadly tuna. Scientific evidence demonstrates that the chasing and
netting of dolphins is causing serious harm to dolphins. Even with reduced dolphin mortality reported, there still has been no signs of recovery to the greatly diminished dolphin populations. Furthermore, it has been proven
that U. S. consumers do not want tuna caught by methods that kill and injure thousands of dolphins each year. Chasing and netting dolphins is NOT "dolphin safe"! We cannot let the Clinton Administration and foreign
fishing industries sell consumers falsely-labeled tuna stained with the blood of thousands of dolphins! We must fight to keep the label honest and keep the nets off dolphins!
What You Can Do! Ask that your letter be added to the official record. Address:
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