The Dolphin Safe Tuna Label Cannot Be Weakened Simply Because
Mexico Refuses to Comply David Phillips, Director of the
International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute,
today condemned the World Trade Organization: “The WTO decision
on the US Dolphin Safe tuna label is an outrageous attack that
would ensure thousands of dolphins horrible deaths in tuna nets
while lying to consumers about the Dolphin Safe status of such
tuna.” Phillips added: “Tuna consumers in the US and elsewhere
will not buy canned tuna stained by the blood of dolphins. Earth
Island will urge the Obama Administration and the US Congress to
refuse to weaken the standards for Dolphin Safe tuna despite
this noxious WTO decision.” Mexico’s tuna industry continues to
chase, net, and kill thousands of dolphins to catch the tuna
that swim beneath. The government of Mexico has objected for
years about the US Dolphin Safe label standards for canned tuna,
insisting that Mexico’s tuna should be falsely labeled Dolphin
Safe on US supermark