Sam Gibbons: “I love the dolphin. I am privileged to, when I go home in Florida, wake up every morning and watch the dolphin frolic in…”

“I love the dolphin. I am privileged to, when I go home in Florida, wake up every morning and watch the dolphin frolic in my front yard. Fortunately, commercial fishing in my area of the world does not include the capture or the harassment of dolphin, so maybe I should stay out of this fight. But I do love the species, and I think it is important that we begin to get an international agreement on the preservation of that species. I wish there were a perfect way to solve this problem, but there is not. I think the Gilchrest bill is a realistic bill and does the proper type of conservation of this particular species. There is, as I say, with the technology that we have now and the knowledge that we have now, and the fact that we do not have an international agreement on the preservation of the dolphin, it leads me to believe that the Gilchrest bill goes in the right direction. Quite often we strike out in our attempts to do good by taking unilateral action. I believe we can do even better if we take international action, because these are international waters we are dealing with. This is a migratory species that moves about quite rapidly. I think, attacking this conservation matter, and the fact that such people as Greenpeace, whose credentials are beyond dispute as far as the species is concerned, are endorsing it, I think it is the wisest action to take.”