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Gonzalez Carman, Victoria, and Maria Carman, "A Coexistence of Paradigms: Understanding Human–environmental Relations of Fishers Involved in the Bycatch of Threatened Marine Species"

Victoria Gonzalez Carman and Maria Carman focus on the interaction between a fishing community and a group of conservation experts in Brazil. They find that although fishers classify species according to their capacity to be exploited as a resource, they may also be willing to become strategic conservationists by negotiating with conservation experts to protect some of these species.

Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act Signed

The Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act is enacted by the US Congress on 28 November 1990. The act makes it illegal to label tuna products as “dolphin safe” unless the fishing boats and their practices were monitored.

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Earth First! 8, no. 4

In this issue of Earth First!, Dave Foreman questions the rule for successful environmental advocacy, Todd Steiner denounces the dolphin slaughter in the eastern tropical Pacificic Ocean, Tanja Keogh discusses the US government Animal Damage Control (ADC), and much more.