EC moves to save dolphins
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EC fleets use nets that close like a purse to catch tuna in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, where tuna and dolphins are not found together. Yesterday's measure was preventive in case EC fleets adopted a practice used by others in the Central and East pacific. There, fishermen seek out dolphins because they know tuna swim beneath them.
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