The Tuna Tracking and Verification Program regularly spot checks canned/pouched tuna products in retail stores throughout the country to verify the authenticity of the dolphin-safe label and/or to verify that the product has been imported into the United States legally.
Brand names in bold denote the spot-checked product was labeled dolphin-safe and met U.S. dolphin-safe standards. Brand names with an asterisk (*) and not in bold denote the spot-checked product was not labeled dolphin-safe, but was verified to have satisfied Tuna Tracking and Verification Program requirements. Some brands have been sampled multiple times.
Note: NOAA Fisheries does not recommend or endorse individual private companies or their products.
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Pair of bottlenose dolphins. Credit: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Morse.
A humpback mother and calf swimming off the West Coast. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Ed Lyman. NOAA Fisheries Permit #14682.
North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 ‘Snow Cone’ sighted December 2, 2021 entangled and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556.
North Pacific right whale #87 also known as “Smudgy” interacts with a log floating on the water. There are only around 30 individuals in the eastern population, so to spot a North Pacific right whale is rare and to see one interacting with a log in a once-in-a-lifetime experience. NOAA Fisheries permit 782-1719.