4 Amendments of Mojca DRČAR MURKO related to 2008/2101(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Warmly welcomes the Commission Communication of 19 December 2007 on Community action in relation to whaling (COM(2007)0823) and the position on whaling adopted by qualified majority at the Council on 5 June 20081 which states that the EU must, inter alia, s. Supports the maintenance of the global moratorium on commercial whaling, and a ban on international commercial trade in whale products, seeks to end "scientific whaling" and supports the creation of whale sanctuaries;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the tragic history of commercial whaling, combined with the numerous threats currently faced by whale populations (including incidental catches in fishing operations, collisions with vessels and, global climate change and ocean noise pollution, among others), dictates that the EU must promote, in a coordinated fashion, the highest level of protection for whales at a global level;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the sentience of cetaceans and the significant potential for severe and prolonged suffering caused during whaling operations; agrees that maintenance of the global moratorium on whaling is imperative with respect to animal welfare concerns, and supports proposals which aim to improve the humaneness and welfare oversight of aboriginal subsistence whaling operations;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Member States to oppose any proposals in the current negotiating process that would seek to legitimise any level of scientific or commercial whaling, whether coastal or otherwisewhaling, whether scientific, commercial, non-commercial, coastal, community based or otherwise, or authorise any international trade in whale products.