What does dolphin safe mean?
Thank you for your interest in the dolphin-safe policy of Bumble Bee Foods, LLC. We are pleased to inform you that Earth Island Institute has confirmed our dolphin-safe policy, and it is approved by several conservation organizations. We have developed open lines of communication with the environmental community on this issue. Dolphin-safe is defined by the following factors: – Drift nets are not used. – There are no purse seine sets made on dolphin 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-safe are long line, pole and line, and the purse seine method in the Eastern Tropical Pacific with certification only. All of our tuna products on the shelf today are certifiably dolphin-safe and the labeling on our products proudly don the “dolphin-safe” indication symbol.
A. The “dolphin safe” program was begun in the early 1990’s. Dolphin safe is defined by the following factors: – Fisherman do not intentionally chase, net or encircle dolphins during an entire tuna fishing trip – Drift nets are not used to catch tuna – No dolphins are killed or seriously injured during net sets – Dolphin safe tuna is not mixed with any tuna caught while a dolphin was injured in individual boat wells (for accidental kill of dolphins), or in processing or storage facilities – An observer from the National Marine Fishery Service and/or the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission certifies fishing vessels and trips to be in compliance with the above items for fishing trips in the Eastern Tropical Pacific The only dolphin safe certification process recognized by the U.S. government as satisfying all applicable federal regulations is the one implemented by the NOAA Fisheries Service Tuna Tracking & Verification Program. Consumers can check packaging labels for the ‘dolphin s
Thank you for your interest in the dolphin-safe policy of Paramount Seafoods, Inc. We are pleased to inform you that Earth Island Institute has confirmed our dolphin-safe policy, and it is approved by several conservation organizations. We have developed open lines of communication with the environmental community on this issue. Dolphin-safe is defined by the following factors: • Drift nets are not used. • There are no purse seine sets made on dolphin 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-safe are long line, pole and line, and the purse seine method in the Eastern Tropical Pacific with certification only. All of our tuna products on the shelf today are certifiably dolphin-safe and the labelling on our products proudly don the “dolphin-safe” indication symbol.
