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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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# 76,082:
10:54 am PDT, Jul 18,
H. Landskron, Germany
# 76,081:
10:52 am PDT, Jul 18,
M. Bongert, Germany
# 76,080:
6:04 pm PDT, Jul 17,
Aviva Sirotinsky, Canada
# 76,079:
5:25 pm PDT, Jul 17,
Casey Baker, Washington
# 76,078:
1:28 pm PDT, Jul 17,
Bill Chaky, New Jersey
# 76,077:
10:48 am PDT, Jul 17,
Yvette Monnet, France
# 76,076:
8:13 am PDT, Jul 17,
Margit Papp, Hungary
# 76,075:
8:12 am PDT, Jul 17,
Melinda Donka, Hungary
# 76,074:
8:11 am PDT, Jul 17,
Anita Donka, Hungary
# 76,073:
6:25 am PDT, Jul 17,
Michael Wollrath, Germany
# 76,072:
5:44 am PDT, Jul 17,
Meryem Guney, Puerto Rico
# 76,071:
5:55 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Steve Flowers, United Kingdom
# 76,070:
11:45 am PDT, Jul 16,
Charles Neal, South Carolina
The righteous is kind to his beast. Apply technology and methods for catching tuna without causing harm to dolphins. Stop import or export or sale of fish or any other food product containing toxins. Of course this would require major changes to American Agribusiness.
The righteous is kind to his beast. Apply technology and methods for catching tuna without causing harm to dolphins. Stop import or export or sale of fish or any other food product containing toxins. Of course this would require major changes to American Agribusiness.
# 76,069:
8:35 am PDT, Jul 16,
Sklyarov Anton, Ukraine
# 76,068:
7:11 am PDT, Jul 16,
Majda Rusman, Bosnia And Herzegovina
# 76,067:
11:42 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Gábor Lippert, Hungary
# 76,066:
8:12 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Mary Lazer, California
# 76,065:
7:01 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Peter Greenwald, Colorado
KEEP TUNA SAFE!
KEEP TUNA SAFE!
# 76,064:
4:50 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Name not displayed, Greece
# 76,063:
4:39 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Laura Case, Illinois
# 76,062:
3:51 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Allise Fountain, Washington
Simple and inexpensive steps can be taken so that the dolphins can be protected. They are essential to the circle of the life of the animals at sea. Without them the balance of the earth begins to fall apart. I'm sure you eat tuna as well, think about the health risks for yourself and you family!
Simple and inexpensive steps can be taken so that the dolphins can be protected. They are essential to the circle of the life of the animals at sea. Without them the balance of the earth begins to fall apart. I'm sure you eat tuna as well, think about the health risks for yourself and you family!
# 76,061:
12:38 pm PDT, Jul 15,
SHERRY ECKMAN, Florida
# 76,060:
11:23 am PDT, Jul 15,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 76,059:
4:48 am PDT, Jul 15,
Timea Melinda Kovacs, Romania
# 76,057:
7:04 pm PDT, Jul 14,
Stephanie Seifert, Washington
# 76,056:
4:20 pm PDT, Jul 14,
Debra Ritchi, Virginia
# 76,055:
12:04 pm PDT, Jul 14,
Richard Lynn Paul, Utah
Make all tuna sold in the USA meet our standards.
Make all tuna sold in the USA meet our standards.
# 76,054:
12:02 pm PDT, Jul 14,
Mauricio Cuello C., Chile
# 76,053:
8:59 am PDT, Jul 14,
Mick Cave, United Kingdom
# 76,052:
8:46 am PDT, Jul 14,
Matthew Smith, South Carolina