Sea Shepherd Helps Gabonese Authorities to Bust Fishing Vessel for Hiding Endangered Species’ Deaths
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2017 In 1990 the “Dolphin Safe” label was created after public outcry over the number of dolphins killed in tuna fishing nets. Over 25 years later, non-target and often endangered species are still being killed as “by-catch” in tuna nets around the world. In Gabon, where yellow fin tuna is fished in the same waters teeming with dolphins, turtles, rays and sharks, by-catch is a common occurrence that is not only rarely avoided, but also often unreported by the industrial tuna fishing vessels. This summer, Gabonese fisheries enforcement officers