Dolphins and the Tuna Industry

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Size: 192 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1992

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Committee on Reducing Porpoise Mortality from Tuna Fishing, Board on Biology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
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Presenting key conclusions about the controversial killing of thousands of dolphins each year during tuna fishing in the eastern tropical Pacific, this book provides a neutral examination of the scientific and technical questions at the core of the problem. Recommendations ...
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"Dolphins and the Tuna Industry is the most comprehensive revision of the technical and scientific aspects of [the Eastern Tropical Pacific] fishery and is as well a valuable overview of the American perspective on fishery policy." --International Environmental Affairs
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 Introduction	13-21	(skim)
2 Some Policy and Economic Considerations	22-33	(skim)
3 Background on Fishing Gear	34-37	(skim)
4 Biology and Ecology of Yellowfin Tuna	38-41	(skim)
5 The Behavior of Dolphins and Tuna in the ETP	42-51	(skim)
6 Dolphin Mortality and Abundance	52-71	(skim)
7 Techniques for Reducing Dolphin Mortality	72-109	(skim)
8 Recommendations	110-119	(skim)
References	120-128	(skim)
Appendix 1	129-156	(skim)
Appendix 2	157-165	(skim)
Appendix 3	166-168	(skim)
Index	169-176	(skim)

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Presenting key conclusions about the controversial killing of thousands of dolphins each year during tuna fishing in the eastern tropical Pacific, this book provides a neutral examination of the scientific and technical questions at the core of the problem. Recommendations for solutions are offered for developing new techniques that promise to reduce dolphin mortality with the existing purse-seine method of tuna fishing and for developing entirely new methods of finding tuna that are not swimming with dolphins.

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"Dolphins and the Tuna Industry is the most comprehensive revision of the technical and scientific aspects of [the Eastern Tropical Pacific] fishery and is as well a valuable overview of the American perspective on fishery policy." --International Environmental Affairs

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