Article: The Earth Island Rules.(Earth Island Institute monitors tuna industry to protect dolphins)(Statistical Data Included)

This is the unlikely tale of how an obscure San Francisco office of dolphin lovers gained what all activists lust for: real power. Over the last decade, the Earth Island Institute has become a de facto global regulator of the $2 billion-a-year canned-tuna industry. Its 14 monitors track tuna fishermen worldwide for "dolphin safe" practices, and woe to those who are caught with so much as one dolphin in their nets. Falling off the Earth Island list of "certified" companies can kill a tuna business. First, however, may come a warning from a top Earth Island official, Mark Berman, whose e-mails sometimes begin, "From: The Bermanator." "If one of these major companies ...

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