Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat), on Friday, 6 July 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 55 members in total.

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Dolphin Slaughter and Tuna Fishing

That this House notes with grave concern that an estimated 150,000 dolphins are killed each year by the tuna fishing industry; deplores the industry practices whereby dolphins are used to detect possible tuna fish stocks, are then chased for miles, herded together by use of explosives, which cause not only considerable fear but also interfere with the dolphins' vital sonar powers, are then caught in huge purseseine nets where many die from suffocation or from having their flippers or beaks snagged on the net and where those who escape are often attacked by sharks or otherwise separated from their schools; and calls on all tuna canners and retailers to use only tuna caught without recourse to cruel barbaric methods which kill dolphins, and on all members of the public to boycott all tuna products which cannot guarantee to be dolphin-friendly.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1244 

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Fisheries Dolphins Fishing gear Nature conservation Drift nets Tuna

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk