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Article: Bush administration wrong on dolphin protection.(International Marine Mammal Project)
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- Earth Island Journal
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- September 22, 2004
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Through federal court action and new scientific research, IMMP continues to show that the Bush administration is harming dolphins in the name of trade politics.
IMMP obtained a series of memos that show the Bush administration has a pattern of disregarding science at the expense of dolphin protection from the Eastern Tropical Pacific tuna fishery, where fishermen deliberately chase and net dolphins in order to catch the tuna that swim beneath them. More than seven million dolphins have died since the use of deadly purse seine nets began in the late 1950s.
Despite the wealth of scientific data showing severe harm to dolphin populations from the continued ...