Resources for High School Students Background Information on Dolphins Policy issues regarding the 1997 Amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Dolphins and international trade, and the details of how the Department of Commerce plans to weaken to dolphin-safe label. Read the official government report by the National Marine Fisheries Service about dolphin recovery in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.  Read a letter from the Marine Mammal Commission describing the results of the National Marine Fisheries Service report. Read the DEFENDERS Magazine Article -- Tuna-Dolphin Wars: Conservationists Are Fighting to Save Dolphins From Deadly Tuna Nets Other Resources American University National Marine Fisheries Service International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (IDCPA) Humane Society of the United States Earth Island Institute Earthtrust University of Richmond Dolphin Webquest Administration Overturns Environmental Keystone "Dolphin Safe" Tuna Standard to Fall