Tuna-Dolphin Wars. / Dick Russell.
by Russell, Dick; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 33Science. Publisher: Defenders, 2002ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Conservationists | Dolphins | Fishers | Tuna fishing | Tuna industry | Wildlife conservationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Due to public outcry, U.S. laws and international agreements, the official numbers of dolphins killed by purse-seiners have dropped from an estimated 350,000 per year through the 1960s, to 133,000 as late as 1986, to a preliminary estimate of 1,636 in 2000." (DEFENDERS) This article discusses the deaths of dolphins caused by nets used to catch tuna and examines the controversy between fishermen and conservationists.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Tuna-Dolphin Wars, Summer 2002; pp. 18-25.
"Due to public outcry, U.S. laws and international agreements, the official numbers of dolphins killed by purse-seiners have dropped from an estimated 350,000 per year through the 1960s, to 133,000 as late as 1986, to a preliminary estimate of 1,636 in 2000." (DEFENDERS) This article discusses the deaths of dolphins caused by nets used to catch tuna and examines the controversy between fishermen and conservationists.
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