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Ortiz tuna1/15/2024 Dolphin-safe compliance information for gillnet fisheries harvesting tuna by vessels flagged under the Governments of India, Iran, Mozambique, Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals and Dolphin-Safe Tuna Products (determination of regular and significant mortality and serious injury of dolphins in certain gillnet fisheries effective November 28, 2016).Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (effectiveness of requirement for observer statements to accompany certain tuna products effective January 23, 2017).The International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (PDF, 19 pages) amended the Marine Mammal Protection Act to make the objectives and requirements of the Agreement legally effective in the United States. Among other things, the Agreement mandates the establishment of an international tracking program for tuna caught in the eastern Pacific Ocean. In 1999, the United States signed on as a Party to the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (PDF, 23 pages). One of its mandates was the establishment of a national tuna tracking program. As a result, the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (16 U.S.C. Statements at the WTO, Janu(Dolphin-safe Tuna discussion begins on page 3)ĭue to the unique association between tuna and dolphins found only in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and because of the purse seine fishery that area supports, protecting dolphin stocks became a priority for the United States.
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