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Do people eat dolphins

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AnswerYes, unfortunately. Dolphins sometimes get caught in the tuna nets and processed into tuna and other meats. There was a scandal a few years ago, a tuna company was intentionally using dolphin meat, but it has since been stopped. Any dolphin consumption now is an accident. Answer:Unfortunately, the name "dolphin" has two radically different definitions. A popular definition of 'dolphin' refers to the highly-sought saltwater gamefish, but dolphin is also a name used in place of "porpoise",

which is an air-breathing mammal. Porpoise is an illegal bycatch that commercial netters must return to the sea.

As it applies to the popular saltwater game fish, "dolphin" makes superb table fare. If you've ever ordered "Mahi-Mahi" (common dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus) in a restaurant, then you have eaten dolphin. The popular market name in American restaurants is "Mahi-Mahi", the Hawaiian name for dolphin. The dolphin moniker is intentionally substituted to avoid any confusion with the mammal. For this same reason, journalists and anglers often refer to "dolphin" as "dolphin fish".

Im sure they have before but it is, for the most part, frowned upon

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Yes. In some places, dolphins are eaten. Dolphin hunts occur on Malaita (Solomon Islands), Taiji (Japan), Faroe Islands(Denmark) and to a lesser scale in Peru.

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AnswerYes, unfortunately. Dolphins sometimes get caught in the tuna nets and processed into tuna and other meats. There was a scandal a few years ago, a tuna company was intentionally using dolphin meat, but it has since been stopped. Any dolphin consumption now is an accident. Answer:Unfortunately, the name "dolphin" has two radically different definitions. A popular definition of 'dolphin' refers to the highly-sought saltwater gamefish, but dolphin is also a name used in place of "porpoise",

which is an air-breathing mammal. Porpoise is an illegal bycatch that commercial netters must return to the sea.

As it applies to the popular saltwater game fish, "dolphin" makes superb table fare. If you've ever ordered "Mahi-Mahi" (common dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus) in a restaurant, then you have eaten dolphin. The popular market name in American restaurants is "Mahi-Mahi", the Hawaiian name for dolphin. The dolphin moniker is intentionally substituted to avoid any confusion with the mammal. For this same reason, journalists and anglers often refer to "dolphin" as "dolphin fish".

Im sure they have before but it is, for the most part, frowned upon

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Yes. In some places, dolphins are eaten. Dolphin hunts occur on Malaita (Solomon Islands), Taiji (Japan), Faroe Islands(Denmark) and to a lesser scale in Peru.

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No. Dolphins do not eat humans.

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