George Miller: “the chart is terribly graphic and makes the point. We will have observers on the boat. What observers can observe is…”

“the chart is terribly graphic and makes the point. We will have observers on the boat. What observers can observe is dolphins being, for example, encircled, harassed, hunted down, maimed, and injured. Under that bill that is what is allowed. Under current law, that is not allowed, that is not allowed. And to be sold on supermarket shelves, the tuna that results cannot be sold as dolphin-safe. What we are saying is, you can have your ocean management techniques, you can try your bycatch, you can do all of those things. But when it results in a dolphin being maimed, being harassed and being chased and being stressed and being exhausted, do not try to tell the American consumer that that is dolphin-safe. What the Studds amendment says is let the consumer choose. Let the consumer choose. They can choose the existing can of tuna with the existing label under the Studds amendment that they know is dolphin-safe. Or they can choose some pale imitation that lets you kill an increased number of dolphins, lets you harass, lets you encircle, lets you stress, lets you harm, lets you maim, all with observers. The American people do not want observers to this activity. They want an end to this activity. That is what the Studds amendment allows to happen.”