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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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# 250:
5:17 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Rachelle Ward, Arizona
# 249:
5:16 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Lesley Baker, Ohio
# 248:
5:10 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Dennis W. Hurst, Florida
# 247:
5:10 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Derek Demane, Connecticut
# 246:
5:08 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Agata Zach, New York
# 245:
5:06 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Ivars K jakovics, Maryland
# 244:
5:06 pm PDT, Jul 20,
George Fomin, Michigan
# 243:
5:06 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Michael S. Smith, New Jersey
# 242:
5:06 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Dorothy Shallue, Wisconsin
# 241:
5:05 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Cheryl Easton, Louisiana
# 240:
5:04 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Claire Flewitt, California
# 239:
5:04 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Linette Davis, California
# 238:
5:04 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Calista Bernard, Colorado
# 237:
5:03 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Rachel Hagan, California
# 236:
5:03 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Clyde Beardsley, Washington
# 235:
5:03 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Jennifer Czeisel, New York
# 234:
5:03 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Chelsea Braden, Ohio
# 233:
5:00 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Patt Claghorn, California
# 232:
5:00 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Greta Guarton, New York
# 231:
4:59 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Grace Holden, Virginia
I urge you to improve mercury testing and stop the horrible practice of purse-seine nets to catch tuna which results in the needless killing of so many dolphins.
I urge you to improve mercury testing and stop the horrible practice of purse-seine nets to catch tuna which results in the needless killing of so many dolphins.
# 230:
4:57 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Deborah Goodrich, California
As a vegetarian and an animal lover, I demand that Dolphins are safe from tuna nets and fishermen. Please make tuna safe or eat tofu!
As a vegetarian and an animal lover, I demand that Dolphins are safe from tuna nets and fishermen. Please make tuna safe or eat tofu!
# 229:
4:56 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Mitzi Koch, Illinois
# 228:
4:55 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Colleen Jennett, Texas
This country has an obesity epidemic. Tuna is a high protein, low calorie food. Please insure its safety.
This country has an obesity epidemic. Tuna is a high protein, low calorie food. Please insure its safety.
# 227:
4:55 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Sue Jankowski, New York
# 226:
4:54 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
I am vegan, and won't eat tuna. My concern is for the tuna, and the dolphins who get harmed as the tuna are harvested... Say NO to tuna!
I am vegan, and won't eat tuna. My concern is for the tuna, and the dolphins who get harmed as the tuna are harvested... Say NO to tuna!
# 225:
4:54 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 224:
4:54 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Kathy Zehren, Wisconsin
# 223:
4:54 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 222:
4:52 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Denise Jo Garner, Florida
# 221:
4:49 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, Missouri
# 220:
4:49 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Molly Boyer, California
# 219:
4:49 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Patrick Stoffel, Wisconsin
# 218:
4:49 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Jennie Boatman, Texas
# 217:
4:48 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Cindy Minde, Arizona
I don't eat tuna for the reason they kill the dolphins in the nets and I just can't stand that. So NO tuna in my house. I do think that they know what they are doing, just like everything else.
I don't eat tuna for the reason they kill the dolphins in the nets and I just can't stand that. So NO tuna in my house. I do think that they know what they are doing, just like everything else.
# 216:
4:47 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Nora Riffee, Missouri
# 215:
4:47 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Tina Rhea, Maryland
# 214:
4:46 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Bonnie Saunders, Virginia
# 213:
4:45 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Michael Maslanek, New York
# 212:
4:43 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Eric Kappenberg, New York
# 211:
4:42 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Jeanette Staffler, California
# 210:
4:40 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Candi Ausman, California
# 209:
4:39 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Janie Taylor, Georgia
# 208:
4:35 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Cindy Fox, California
# 207:
4:34 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Phil Caps, California
# 206:
4:33 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Ed Cornejo, California
# 205:
4:33 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Lois Crawley, Kansas
Please keep the tuna safe . You must cut down the mercury level to keep them safe for consumsion.
Please keep the tuna safe . You must cut down the mercury level to keep them safe for consumsion.
# 204:
4:28 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Chris Logan, Illinois
# 203:
4:27 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Brandi Bennett, Utah
# 202:
4:25 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Sherri Kunke, Illinois
# 201:
4:24 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Cindy Jones, New York