US and Mexico in Secret Dolphin Meeting.(United States)(Brief Article)

From: Earth Island Journal | Date: March 22, 2001| Author: Palmer, Mark | Copyright information

INTERNATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL PROJECT

State Department officials held two days of secret meetings in September with Mexican government officials and the Mexican tuna industry. Among those excluded: environmental groups, US tuna companies, members of Congress, and representatives of Mexico's new president-elect, Vincente Fox.

The Mexican embassy claimed that the meetings resulted in an agreement that will allow the State Department to award the "dolphin safe" tu...

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