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Bycatch: tuna/dolphin |
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| International Dolphin Conservation Program |
| GATT/WTO dispute |
Dolphin
Interactions with the Eastern Tropical Pacific Tuna Purse Seine Fishery
Informative site from the US/NMFS Office
of Protected Resources site, which contains information on the International Dolphin
Conservation Program and the US actions under the International Dolphin Conservation
Program Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. (For more information on the MMPA
generally, see Part 10). Inter alia, it
includes the following pages (in pdf format):
Dolphin
Protection and Tuna Seining
A 1997 article from the U.S.
Congressional Research Service Report series, on the problems in the ETP tuna fishery,
including information in the 1992 La Jolla Agreement and the 1995 Panama Declaration.
Interaction Marine
Mammals/Fisheries - Including Tuna-Dolphin
Selection of articles and other material on the tuna-dolphin and other bycatch issues on
the High North Alliance site. Includes:
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A Tuna Tale:
Managing a fishery to increase positives, reduce negatives Comment, focussing on the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) yellowfin tuna fishery. |
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Dolphins and
Tunas - The Issues Brief overview of the relevant issues, reproduced from the December 1994 High North News. |
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Tuna/Dolphin section
The Flipper Generation:
Thirty Years of Influencing Tuna Politics
To
Buy or Not To Buy: Update on Major Changes in Tuna Politics
Two articles from the Mining Company's Environment guide.
The Tuna-Dolphin Connection
A report by the National Animal Interest Alliance giving a different view.
ETP Bycatch Issue Misused By
Opponents of Dolphin-Safe Fishing
Overview of some recent issues on the Earth Island Institute's International Marine Mammal Project
site.
Greenpeace
Takes a Stand on Tuna and Dolphins
Letter to Greenpeace members outlining its position on the ETP tuna fishery, reproduced on
the High North Alliance site.
Secondary
effects of overfishing
Overview of the main bycatch issues - part of a chapter entitled Whaling and Fishing,
part of Biodiversity and
Conservation, a hypertext book by P. J. Bryant of the School of Biological Sciences,
University of California (USA).
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Dolphin
Interactions with the Eastern Tropical Pacific Tuna Purse Seine Fishery
For a description of this site, see above.
Whales Alive!
(scroll down to "Dolphin-safe tuna")
Whales Alive! is a quarterly journal, published by the ngo Cetacean Society International. A number of its
articles deal with the tuna/dolphin problem, providing a background and commentary to the
1998 Agreement,
US Secretary of State's
remarks at the Signing Ceremony
US
Statement on Signing Ceremony
Two press releases relating to the 1998 Agreement on the International Dolphin
Conservation Program from the US Bureau
of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
Background on the 1998
Legally Binding Tuna-Dolphin Agreement
Legally Binding Tuna-Dolphin
Agreement
Two press releases from Greenpeace USA.
Tuna
Fishing Nations Agree on Dolphin Protection Act 10/2/98
News release on the 1998 Agreement.
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Literature on-line |
The
Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program: Recent
Developments in the Tuna-Dolphin Issue
Article by Chris Hedley in Ocean Development and International Law,
Vol. 32 (2001)
Casenote:
One step back for international cooperation; backwards or forwards for
dolphins?
Article by Chris Hedley in Journal of
Environmental Law, Vol. 12 (2000)
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The Tuna Dispute -
The Online Casebook
An informative site looking at the GATT tuna disputes, with an emphasis on the legal
aspects.
CIESIN
Thematic Guides: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
The CIESIN guide provides a general overview of the
GATT/WTO as it relates to the environment and contains a number of items of relevance to
the tuna/dolphin dispute, including the following articles:
Issues of
Fairness in the Tuna-Dolphin Cases
Another article (from 1998) by Rebecca DeWinter on the International Economics Study Centre
site.
The Tuna-Dispute
An informative - and legally based - site from a Stanford University professor about the
issue.
Tuna
Dolphin Case
GATT Tuna Case
Two relevant case studies provided by the Trade Environment Database (TED).
Environmental
Law and International Trade
Chapter 16 of International
Environmental Law and Policy a comprehensive reference source by David Hunter, Jim
Salzman and Durwood Zaelke: provides a general list of links to the relevant legal issues,
including some relevant to the tuna-dolphin issue and the shrimp/turtle issues (see next
section).
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Literature on-line |
Trade-Environment Tension
1992 article by P Cough from the EPA JournalTrade and the Environment
1992 US Office of Technology Assessment ReportTrade and the Environment
A 1992 report by GATTGATT and the Environment
Article by S. Charnovitz from (1992) 4 International Environmental Affairs