Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
Keywords
commercial fishing, dolphin preservation, Conservation
Abstract
There is a current debate in separate countries involving dolphin mortality rates and the commercial-fishing industry. The debate concerns balance between the fishing industries' need for trade and the conservationists' emphasis on the importance of environmental issues.
The central conflict between conservationists and the fishing industry is the use of driftnet fishing methods. Conservationists claim driftnet fishing methods devastate the population of dolphins as well as the population of many other marine species. On the other side of the issue, commercial fishermen claim their profitability and their free-trade rights are hindered by the enforcement of environmental policies.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Goff, Nattaly
(1993)
"Dolphin Preservation Within the Commercial Fishing Industry,"
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review: Vol. 7, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuplr/vol7/iss1/6