The U.S. “dolphin safe” standard accepts the use of FADs at the expense of sharks, sea turtles, and many other marine species BERKELEY, OAKLAND––“FADs are bad,” says dolphin defender Ric O’Barry. By FADs, O’Barry means a fishing method so deadly that he believes it makes a travesty of “dolphin safe” tuna labeling. The U.S. “dolphin […]
Ric O’Barry: “You may have received an e-mail with my name on it, but it was not sent by me”
17 December, 2014 As I write this, I am on the ground at the Cove in Taiji. This is my 11th consecutive year visiting the Cove since I first witnessed the slaughter in 2003. My first trip to Taiji was in 1975, five years after the Dolphin Project was born. On September 30, 2014, I […]