A U.S. proposal to revamp its dolphin-safe tuna label rules to comply with a trade case won by Mexico is drawing praise from conservationists and criticism from Mexico's fishing industry, which says it will keep their exports out of the U.S.
A U.S. proposal to revamp its dolphin-safe tuna label rules to comply with a trade case won by Mexico is drawing praise from conservationists and criticism from Mexico's fishing industry, which says it will keep their exports out of the U.S. market.
A World Trade Organization appellate panel ruled last year the two-decade-old labeling program was "not even-handed" because it focused on the use of large purse seine nets in the eastern tropical Pacific to catch tuna, and failed to address the risk of dolphin deaths from other fishing methods.
See full Article: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=us-tuna-plan-pleases-conservation
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