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Environmental

Feb. 6, 2004

Internal Memo Contradicts 'Dolphin-Safe' Finding

SAN FRANCISCO - Less than three weeks before the Commerce Department declared a controversial tuna fishing technique to be environmentally safe, agency insiders conceded the conclusion was scientifically unsupportable, according to a government memorandum released by a San Francisco group that contends the practice kills dolphins.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Less than three weeks before the Commerce Department declared a controversial tuna fishing technique to be environmentally safe, agency insiders conceded the conclusion was scientifically unsupportable, according to a government memorandum release...

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