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a tuna can's promise that no dolphins died so you could have a sandwich.
means a voluntary label certifying tuna was caught without deliberately netting or killing dolphins.
from born in the 1980s after footage showed fishing fleets chasing dolphin pods to find tuna schools swimming beneath them, killing hundreds of thousands yearly; public outrage forced the label into existence via the 1990 dolphin protection consumer information act.
why dolphins swim with tunayellowfin tuna often school directly beneath dolphin pods
who certifies itmostly the earth island institute, not the government
loopholelabel regulates method, not guaranteed zero dolphin deaths
global reachmost major tuna brands worldwide now carry it