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Keep Tuna Safe for Our Families and for Dolphins
Target: Environmental Protection Agency
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
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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# 75,950:
9:55 am PDT, Jun 25,
Jeanette Jones, Texas
# 75,949:
9:49 am PDT, Jun 25,
Alex Staniforth, United Kingdom
Keeping Dolphins safe from these nets is important!
Keeping Dolphins safe from these nets is important!
# 75,948:
6:49 am PDT, Jun 25,
Marcia Warth, Ohio
# 75,947:
7:22 pm PDT, Jun 24,
Cathy Turner-Bruno, Canada
# 75,946:
4:23 pm PDT, Jun 24,
Kaori Tomioka, California
Please do everything in your power to improve mercury testing of imported canned tuna. 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. view more Since the late 1950s, approximately seven million dolphins have died from this practice. As a result, three dolphin populations in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean -- the northeastern offshore spotted, the eastern spinner, and the coastal spotted -- are listed as officially "depleted" under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. 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. Eating mercury-contaminated tuna can increase the risk of a host of health problems, including brain damage in children and heart attacks in adults. More comprehensive testing is critical to ensuring America's favorite fish is safe to eat and will help keep canned tuna safe for our families. Consumers deserve clear and well-researched advice on tuna consumption to protect everyone from unacceptable exposure to mercury. Thank you for considering my comments on this important issue. Sincerely, kaori Tomioka
Please do everything in your power to improve mercury testing of imported canned tuna. 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. view more Since the late 1950s, approximately seven million dolphins have died from this practice. As a result, three dolphin populations in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean -- the northeastern offshore spotted, the eastern spinner, and the coastal spotted -- are listed as officially "depleted" under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. 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. Eating mercury-contaminated tuna can increase the risk of a host of health problems, including brain damage in children and heart attacks in adults. More comprehensive testing is critical to ensuring America's favorite fish is safe to eat and will help keep canned tuna safe for our families. Consumers deserve clear and well-researched advice on tuna consumption to protect everyone from unacceptable exposure to mercury. Thank you for considering my comments on this important issue. Sincerely, kaori Tomioka
# 75,945:
9:48 am PDT, Jun 24,
Name not displayed, Virginia
# 75,944:
8:39 am PDT, Jun 24,
Shelley Evans, Canada
# 75,943:
6:55 am PDT, Jun 24,
Alex Burslem, United Kingdom
# 75,942:
2:38 am PDT, Jun 24,
NARET Marylin, Belgium
We must protect the dolphins.
We must protect the dolphins.
# 75,941:
1:03 pm PDT, Jun 23,
Paige Rios, California
# 75,940:
11:29 am PDT, Jun 23,
Casey Sandusky, California
# 75,939:
11:00 am PDT, Jun 23,
Jeffrey Cavner, Oregon
# 75,938:
11:05 pm PDT, Jun 22,
Amanda Weinert, Michigan
# 75,937:
10:47 pm PDT, Jun 22,
Alina Petrescu, Romania
# 75,936:
5:32 pm PDT, Jun 22,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 75,935:
3:47 pm PDT, Jun 22,
Edward Kotlan, Canada
# 75,934:
8:01 am PDT, Jun 22,
Ruriko Maeda, Japan
Don"t break nature and animals anymore. Animal and Environment protect.
Don"t break nature and animals anymore. Animal and Environment protect.
# 75,933:
3:42 am PDT, Jun 22,
Karin Blind, France
# 75,932:
10:44 pm PDT, Jun 21,
Autumn Adkins, West Virginia
# 75,931:
6:15 pm PDT, Jun 21,
Christopher Pond, Florida
# 75,929:
3:54 am PDT, Jun 21,
Dina Kraeva, Russian Federation
# 75,928:
6:23 pm PDT, Jun 20,
Frances M. Amaya, Texas
Let's all GO VEGAN! Stop the senseless killing! (I know, ALL killing is senseless.)
Let's all GO VEGAN! Stop the senseless killing! (I know, ALL killing is senseless.)
# 75,927:
5:08 pm PDT, Jun 20,
Amir Far, Canada
# 75,926:
12:36 pm PDT, Jun 20,
Hector T. Perez, Hawaii
# 75,925:
8:37 am PDT, Jun 20,
Name not displayed, Missouri
# 75,924:
4:18 pm PDT, Jun 19,
Erin Gray, Kansas
although I live in Kansas I am from So. Cal. and our oceans and all sea life are incredibly important to my family
although I live in Kansas I am from So. Cal. and our oceans and all sea life are incredibly important to my family
# 75,923:
4:11 pm PDT, Jun 19,
Hilton Blackwell, Hawaii
# 75,922:
1:42 pm PDT, Jun 19,
MILAN KOTHARI, United Kingdom
blue and yellow fin tunas are being killed for their meat these 4foot fish are killed sea mammels and humans but they need to be saved before the entire tunas are wiped out all because of the killing.
blue and yellow fin tunas are being killed for their meat these 4foot fish are killed sea mammels and humans but they need to be saved before the entire tunas are wiped out all because of the killing.
# 75,921:
1:18 pm PDT, Jun 19,
Maikki Urban, Sweden
# 75,920:
10:28 am PDT, Jun 19,
Lara Krämer, Germany
# 75,919:
7:43 am PDT, Jun 19,
Sherry Foco, Michigan
# 75,918:
5:44 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Debra Lewis, Virginia
# 75,917:
2:38 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Stephanie Hilpert, California
# 75,916:
6:35 am PDT, Jun 18,
Arianna Porter, New Hampshire
# 75,915:
10:54 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Fraditia Anggreini, Indonesia
# 75,914:
2:28 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Barbara Gustafson, Pennsylvania
I do not think it is right the People practice killing dolphins just so they can catch tuna. It is cruel and is making the Dolphins die out.
I do not think it is right the People practice killing dolphins just so they can catch tuna. It is cruel and is making the Dolphins die out.
# 75,913:
1:31 pm PDT, Jun 17,
Caitlin Lewis, Canada
# 75,912:
11:18 am PDT, Jun 17,
LYNN WILSON, Indiana
# 75,911:
8:25 pm PDT, Jun 16,
Andrea Gregorcyk, Texas
# 75,910:
6:53 pm PDT, Jun 16,
Alexandra Napolitano, Nevada
# 75,909:
8:44 am PDT, Jun 16,
Kenneth Lynn, Ohio
# 75,908:
3:04 am PDT, Jun 16,
Dawn Perry, Michigan
# 75,907:
7:28 pm PDT, Jun 15,
Lillian Sherman, Louisiana
# 75,906:
11:52 am PDT, Jun 15,
Mary Stuart, United Kingdom
# 75,905:
2:46 pm PDT, Jun 13,
Lubna Ibrahim, Jordan
# 75,904:
1:46 pm PDT, Jun 13,
Cristina Ruiz, Spain
Stop this please.
Stop this please.
# 75,903:
5:27 am PDT, Jun 13,
Marlena Alo, Guam
# 75,902:
1:39 am PDT, Jun 13,
Apolonia Pi, Poland
# 75,901:
1:56 pm PDT, Jun 12,
Marek Kocjan, United Kingdom