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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

FISHERIES MINISTER REJECTS CLAIMS

SIBConline News
18:50 hrs
26/06/2007

Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources Nollen Leni has rejected claims by marine mammal activists that exporting live dolphins and keeping them in captivity is an act of cruelty.

Minister Leni also dismisses comments that by allowing Solomon Islands Marine Mammal Education Centre to export 28 live dolphins, it could have trade implications on the country's tuna exports.

Mr Leni challenged conservation activists who've spoken against government's lifting of the ban on dolphin exports.He questions why these activists have not spoken out against the millions of animals taken from the wild in Africa and placed in zoo's.Mr Leni says Australia and Japan are two of the countries that keep dolphins captive in large aquariums, but these activists wouldn't dare speak a word against them.

Minister Leni says it is sad that people talk about a small number of dolphins the country is exporting.He says the export of dolphins is in no way linked to the export of canned tuna from Solomon Islands.Minister Leni says the export of canned tuna relates to whether a country uses dolphin friendly methods of fishing.

"Solomon Islands employs one of the best methods that are friendly to dolphin by using is pole and line. You catch only tuna, you don't catch dolphins. Why don't they talk about the nets which catch a lot of dolphins and are not dolphin friendly.

We have some NGOs who have their labels on Soltai products on the dolphin free friendly label.

But you need to question why they have their names on that label. Because nothing is free, and we will research into whether these NGO's get some benefit out of those labels. These are issues Solomon Islanders need to know."

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