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A Long Journey to Save the Dolphins

ON INQUIRER'S FRONT PAGE (March 6, 2012 issue) / Caption: "START OF 8,000-MILE JOURNEY TO CEBU. Adventurer and conservationist Jim Sullivan (center) prepares to set sail on the 30-foot sailboat "Elusive Spirit" at Marina del Mar, California, on Sunday in this handout photo provided by Tony Winders. Sullivan is sailing the engine-less boat on an 8,000-mile journey to Cebu City to raise awareness for the protection and humane treatment of dolphins in he Philippines."

Memo from Earth Island to Dolphin Safe Tuna Companies re: Status of Pacifical and PNA Tuna

I wanted to bring you up to date on where we stand with Pacifical brand tuna, sourced by the PNA nations. We have looked into this matter very seriously and have met with the PNA nations and other parties involved in this tuna fishery. Our position is as follows:

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Dolphin safe

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Green Groups Denounce Freedom Island Reclamation on Earth Day

PRESS RELEASE--21 April 2012

In celebration of the Earth Day, environmental groups conducted a coastal clean-up at Freedom Island (Las Piñas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Eco-tourism Area). Earth Day is celebrated in more than 175 countries worldwide to raise people's environmental awareness. Said bird and marine sanctuary is under threat against tons of trash coming from the sea and the controversial reclamation project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA).

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coastal clean-up

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PHOTO OF HOOKED DOLPHIN ON FACEBOOK CAUGHT INTENTIONALLY

We would like to clarify recent news reports about a man, named ‘Sailor 16’ who posted pictures of him and a dolphin on his Facebook account.

The man is said to be working aboard a long-line tuna boat. Longline tuna operations use metal hooks to catch its target species, which is yellowfin tuna. The usual by-catch are shark but never dolphins. This is because dolphins never bite metal hooks as they sense this through their sonar.

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Dolphin campaigns

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