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Keep Tuna Safe for Our Families and for Dolphins
Target: Environmental Protection Agency
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
More than half of the tuna consumed by American families comes from non-U.S. producers. But some of these producers -- particularly in Ecuador and Mexico -- use practices that can hurt or kill dolphins and catch tuna with increased mercury levels.
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, large, mature yellowfin tuna often swim with pods of dolphins -- a relationship that's exploited by some commercial fishers using purse-seine nets that ensnare tuna and dolphins alike. Since the late 1950s, approximately seven million dolphins have died from this practice.
The practice poses an obvious risk to dolphins, but the large tuna that swim with dolphins often contain the highest levels of mercury. So this practice not only harms dolphins, it also poses a risk to people who are unlucky enough to eat tuna caught in such a manner.
Send a message to the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration to improve mercury testing so we can keep tuna safe for our families and for dolphins.
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, large, mature yellowfin tuna often swim with pods of dolphins -- a relationship that's exploited by some commercial fishers using purse-seine nets that ensnare tuna and dolphins alike. Since the late 1950s, approximately seven million dolphins have died from this practice.
The practice poses an obvious risk to dolphins, but the large tuna that swim with dolphins often contain the highest levels of mercury. So this practice not only harms dolphins, it also poses a risk to people who are unlucky enough to eat tuna caught in such a manner.
Send a message to the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration to improve mercury testing so we can keep tuna safe for our families and for dolphins.
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# 50:
6:22 am PDT, Jul 20,
Drew Rhoads, Tennessee
# 49:
6:18 am PDT, Jul 20,
Kim Kastilahn, Kansas
# 48:
5:49 am PDT, Jul 20,
Terry Lee, Michigan
# 47:
5:40 am PDT, Jul 20,
Wendy Horn, California
# 46:
5:30 am PDT, Jul 20,
DD Marie Lawson, Tennessee
# 45:
5:16 am PDT, Jul 20,
Amy Schumacher, Ohio
# 44:
4:58 am PDT, Jul 20,
Lonny Krebbs, Alabama
# 43:
4:49 am PDT, Jul 20,
Dianne Martin, Australia
Protect dolphins from death during fishing operations.
Protect dolphins from death during fishing operations.
# 42:
4:26 am PDT, Jul 20,
Walker Everette, New York
# 41:
4:20 am PDT, Jul 20,
Christofer Stanton, Alabama
# 40:
4:09 am PDT, Jul 20,
Suvi Harju, Finland
# 39:
3:59 am PDT, Jul 20,
Jenna Lake, United Kingdom
# 38:
3:36 am PDT, Jul 20,
Paivi Sudenheimo, Finland
# 37:
3:00 am PDT, Jul 20,
Tanya None, Australia
# 36:
2:00 am PDT, Jul 20,
Steve Klein, Canada
# 35:
1:46 am PDT, Jul 20,
Ange Barrett, United Kingdom
# 34:
1:33 am PDT, Jul 20,
Franziska Eber, Germany
# 33:
12:40 am PDT, Jul 20,
Cornelia Hanning, United Kingdom
Better testing for Mercury, encouraging/assisting others to use better nets/practices, just get all together and work on this together as that's the only way to work anything out that's positive for all parties longterm.
Better testing for Mercury, encouraging/assisting others to use better nets/practices, just get all together and work on this together as that's the only way to work anything out that's positive for all parties longterm.
# 32:
12:39 am PDT, Jul 20,
Mélanie Gautier, France
# 31:
12:20 am PDT, Jul 20,
Charlie Gargiulo, Massachusetts
# 30:
11:08 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Megan S, Minnesota
# 29:
10:31 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Siv Overrein, Norway
# 28:
9:54 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Maryann Barnes, Canada
Help design nets just for Tuna and not for dolphins.
Help design nets just for Tuna and not for dolphins.
# 27:
9:53 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Eliott Scheffler, Nebraska
Such reckless practices must no longer be tolerated.
Such reckless practices must no longer be tolerated.
# 26:
9:05 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Rhonda Winter, Maryland
# 25:
8:47 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Bess Katerinsky, New York
# 24:
8:41 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Kathryn Hamilton, Massachusetts
# 23:
8:28 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Alexandra Cohen, New York
# 22:
8:20 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Robert Hardy, Iowa
You must establish realistic practices to protect people from the high levels of mercury that tuna may contain. Since it is also true that these tuna often share the same space with Dolphins, you should work in cooperation with those agencies that can protect this species as well. Please increase you efforts to protect people and dolphins. Thank you
You must establish realistic practices to protect people from the high levels of mercury that tuna may contain. Since it is also true that these tuna often share the same space with Dolphins, you should work in cooperation with those agencies that can protect this species as well. Please increase you efforts to protect people and dolphins. Thank you
# 21:
8:10 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Jade Skye, South Carolina
# 20:
8:09 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Michelle Arnold-brownlee, California
Our families and the environment deserve this protection. Please do this little thing and make a big difference!!
Our families and the environment deserve this protection. Please do this little thing and make a big difference!!
# 19:
7:25 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Jordana ., Massachusetts
# 18:
7:06 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Glo Burk, New York
# 17:
6:40 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Christina Sott, United Kingdom
Men was always greedy but 7 million dolphins should be enough, isn' t that so? This way of big time fishery is really an issue which needs to be rethought and renewed for the benefit of all creation, which DOES include us, if we admit to it or not. We are NOT God!!!
Men was always greedy but 7 million dolphins should be enough, isn' t that so? This way of big time fishery is really an issue which needs to be rethought and renewed for the benefit of all creation, which DOES include us, if we admit to it or not. We are NOT God!!!
# 16:
6:38 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Rachael A, North Carolina
# 15:
6:17 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Marc Nerbonne, Canada
# 14:
5:49 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Stephanie Hines, Kansas
# 13:
5:01 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Christina Hardy, Oregon
Dolphins are such an intelligent breed of fish, please take the time to do something to help keep these beautiful creatures as well as ourselves healthy and happy.
Dolphins are such an intelligent breed of fish, please take the time to do something to help keep these beautiful creatures as well as ourselves healthy and happy.
# 12:
4:31 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Katie Mauritz, Oregon
Dolphins deserve quality food too... please do this little thing to make a big difference.
Dolphins deserve quality food too... please do this little thing to make a big difference.
# 11:
4:02 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Debbie Salgado, New York
# 10:
3:32 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Name not displayed, California
# 9:
3:28 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Susan Moran, United Kingdom
# 8:
3:21 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Staci Harris, Florida
# 7:
2:20 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 6:
2:01 pm PDT, Jul 19,
David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 5:
1:48 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Name not displayed, Mississippi
# 4:
1:42 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Lynn McKelvey, South Carolina
# 3:
1:31 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Name not displayed, California
Keep tuna safe for land and sea mammals alike!
Keep tuna safe for land and sea mammals alike!
# 2:
10:26 am PDT, Jul 19,
Chris Burley, Washington D.C.
# 1:
3:17 pm PDT, Jul 18,
Hilary Stamper, California
It is critical to protect dolphins in the pursuit of tuna, and it's also imperative that we protect children from brain damage caused by mercury consumption. Tuna is a very popular family food - please make sure it's safe for dolphins and families.
It is critical to protect dolphins in the pursuit of tuna, and it's also imperative that we protect children from brain damage caused by mercury consumption. Tuna is a very popular family food - please make sure it's safe for dolphins and families.