# Enhanced Document Requirements To Support Use of the Dolphin Safe Label on Tuna Products
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2013-07-09 · Effective 2013-07-13 · 78 FR 40997
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-16508
- **Category:** other
- **Species:** dolphin
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 40997
- **Publication date:** 2013-07-09
- **Effective date:** 2013-07-13
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 130221153-3572-02
## Abstract

NMFS issues this final rule to revise regulations under the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (DPCIA) to enhance the requirements for documentation to support labels on tuna products that represent the product as dolphin-safe. This rule modifies the requirements for the certifications that must accompany the Fisheries Certificate of Origin (FCO); changes storage requirements related to dolphin-safe and non-dolphin-safe tuna on board fishing vessels; modifies the reporting requirements associated with tracking domestic tuna canning and processing operations; and creates other new requirements for processors, other than tuna canners, of tuna product labeled dolphin-safe. This rule is intended to better ensure dolphin- safe labels comply with the requirements of the DPCIA and to ensure that the United States satisfies its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/07/09/2013-16508/enhanced-document-requirements-to-support-use-of-the-dolphin-safe-label-on-tuna-products)
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