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| Is it this one? |
Or this one? |
| Allows dolphins to be chased, encircled, injured, deafened, and still calls the tuna "dolphin safe." |
Allows NO dolphin chase or encirclement.
Ever. |
| Is part of a new U.S. law that allows the known killing of 5000 dolphins each year; and makes it easier to kill tens of thousands more. |
No dolphin kill allowed!
How could anything called :safe: include an allowable kill quota? |
| New in the marketplace in 2000. It DOES NOT mean the same thing as the old "dolphin safe" label. |
In the marketplace since 1988; not a single dolphin has died in products bearing this mark. |
| Is a fraudulent standard which defines the "dolphin safety" of a boat's tuna on a "percentage" basis. Dolphin-deadly is mixed with "dolphin safe" tuna! You neve know WHAT you are buying! |
Is a true standard with tight criteria for NO dolphin sets, kills or harrassment. Only 100% dolphin-friendly vessels are approved. |
| Defined by Congressional Committee: "Dolphin-safe" now does NOT mean "safe to dolphins"! Instead its meaning is confusing and obscure. |
Defined by the world's leading dolphin-saving conservation groups.
Simple, honest, even Kids understand it. |
| Opposed by nearly all conservation groups. |
Supported by leading conservation groups. |
| Overseen by toothless international treaty, U.S. consumers do not have access to information. |
Overseen by dedicated conservationists, enforced by solid contract law and consumer choice. |
| Lets the same tuna firm sell dolphin-deadly tuna elsewhere or under a different label. |
Binding on all tuna firm operations and all of its affiliates worldwide to not trade in dolphin-deadly tuna. |
| Legally limits what the U.S. consumer is allowed to read about dolphins on a tuna can. |
Maintains U.S. First Amendment rights to educational free speech. |
| Has no mechanism to make fisheries lower the dolphin-kill levels - EVER. Kill is made permanent. |
Works with tuna firm purchasing standards to evolve fisheries toward zero dolphin kills. |
| Allows high "bycatch" of other wasted species. |
Requires low-bycatch fishing methods. |
| Creates financial incentives to reward dolphin killers. |
Creates financial incentives to reward dolphin-savers. |
| A whopping bill for this program is paid by U.S. taxpayers. |
Voluntary, free-market accreditation program. |
| Supported by millions of Mexico's lobbying dollars. |
Supported by millions of U.S. kids. |
Only one of these marks belongs on your tuna can.
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