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Dolphins and the Tuna Industry by National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Commission on Life Sciences; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology; Board on Biology; Committee on Reducing Porpoise Mortality from Tuna Fishing is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dolphins and the Tuna Industry about?

This book presents key conclusions about the controversial killing of thousands of dolphins each year during tuna fishing in the eastern tropical Pacific.<br> Dolphins drown in nets that are set to catch yellowfin tuna, which tend to swim beneath dolphin herds. After 20 years of intense debate among environmentalists, the tuna industry, and policymakers, this fatal by-product of tuna fishing remains a high-profile public issue.<br> <b>Dolphins and the Tuna Industry</b> provides a neutral examination of the scientific and technical questions at the core of the problem. Recommendations for solutions are offered in two areas: Developing new techniques that promise to reduce dolphin mortality with the existing purse-seine method of tuna fishing, and developing entirely new methods of finding tuna that are not swimming with dolphins.<br> <b>Dolphins and the Tuna Industry</b> provides a comprehensive, highly readable overview of the dolphin-tuna controversy, useful to experts and newcomers to the issue. It explores the processes of tuna fishing and dolphin mortality, the status of the tuna industry, and the significant progress made in reducing dolphin mortality through modifications in

Author

National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Commission on Life Sciences; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology; Board on Biology; Committee on Reducing Porpoise Mortality from Tuna Fishing

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780309047357

Subjects

Science, Economics, Agriculture