Environment Awareness – What does dolphin friendly mean?
Dolphin friendly is defined by the following: – Drift nets are not used. – There are no purse seine sets made on dolphins through an entire fishing trip. – An observer from the National Marine Fishery Service and/or the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission certifies fishing vessels and trips in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Fishing methods considered dolphin friendly are long line, pole and line, and the purse seine method in the Eastern Tropical Pacific with certification only. All of Clover Leaf’s tuna products on the shelf today are certified dolphin friendly and the labels on our products proudly don the dolphin friendly indication symbol.
