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dolphin-friendly — adjective a) caught using fishing nets that lessen the chances of killing dolphins. The can was labeled dolphin safe. b) Of the government regulated label marking such tuna or seafood. Syn: dolphin safe … Wiktionary
Tuna — Tuna, are several species of ocean dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus . Tunas are fast swimmers they have been clocked at 70 km/h (45 mph) and include several species that are warm blooded. Unlike most fish… … Wikipedia
Dolphin safe label — There are various dolphin safe labels used for canned tuna to imply that the fish has been caught without harming or killing dolphins. However, because there are various labels used, there are also various restrictions imposed on the capture of… … Wikipedia
Dolphin — For other uses, see Dolphin (disambiguation). Bottlenose dolphin breaching in the bow wave of a boat … Wikipedia
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin — Taxobox name = Pantropical Spotted DolphinMSW3 Cetacea|id=14300085] status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 status ref =IUCN2008|assessors=Hammond, P.S., Bearzi, G., Bjørge, A., Forney, K., Karczmarski, L., Kasuya, T., Perrin, W.F., Scott, M.D., Wang … Wikipedia
Yellowfin tuna — Taxobox name = Yellowfin tuna status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Scombridae genus = Thunnus species = T. albacares range range map … Wikipedia
ClientEarth — Founder(s) James Thornton (CEO)[1] Founded 2008 Location … Wikipedia
Bycatch — are species caught in a fishery while it is intended to catch another species or reproductively immature juveniles of the target species. The OECD (1997) defines bycatch as total fishing mortality excluding that accounted directly by the retained … Wikipedia
Whale — Whales are marine mammals which are neither dolphins (i.e. members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor porpoises. Orcas (Killer Whales) and Pilot whales have whale in their name, though they are dolphins for the purpose of… … Wikipedia
Prise accessoire des cétacés — La prise accessoire des cétacés désigne la prise accessoire d espèces de cétacés, capturées ou péchées de façon accidentelle ou involontaire par la pêche industrielle[1]. Les espèces les plus touchées sont les dauphins et les marsouins, mais… … Wikipédia en Français
