15 Amendments of Paulo CASACA related to 2008/2101(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to the adoption by, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and its implementation by the EU, of a ban on international commercial trade in the products of all species of great whales,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas almost one in four cetacean species are currently regarded as under threat, with nine species listed as either endangered or critically endangered, whilst the status of many species and populations remains unclear,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the situation of various types of whale has impralthough some whale populations have achieved some degree of recovedry since the introduction of the moratorium, several remain critically depleted and endangered, and their ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions remains unknown,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the moratorium was originally intended to last only until an adequate management scheme was put in place, 1 Article 10e of the ICRW http://www.iwcoffice.co.uk/commission/schedule.htmmplemented to allow the IWC to “undertake a comprehensive assessment of the effects of this decision on whale populations and consider modification of this provision and the establishment of other catch limits”1,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas not all members of the IWC subscribe to the moratoriumNorway and the Russian Federation maintain objections to the moratorium and Iceland claims a reservation to it,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the number of whales killed has actualsteadily increased since the introduction of the moratorium,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the IWC (in over 30 Resolutions) and a number of NGOs and other bodies have expressed doubts as to whetheep concern the scientific study of whales necessitates lethal practices and concerns that the meat derived from them is used for commercial purpoat current special permit whaling is “contrary to the spirit of the moratorium on commercial whaling” (IWC2003-2); the meat from such whaling should not be used for commercial purposes; whaling in the name of science is unjustified and should cease,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, despite recent improve the weapons, hunting environments, the methods by whichsize and physiology of whales apre killed still fall short of the desired standardsent insurmountable obstacles to ensuring a swift and humane death for hunted whales,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the moratorium on commercial whaling, and the international ban on trade in whale products, continue to be essential with respect to both the conservation of whales and animal welfare concerns, and calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States participating in the Working Group to ensure the maintenance of these measures as a priority in all negotiations;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Hopes that the Working Group will address the issue of lethal whaling for scientific purposes and whaling under objection or reservation in order to find a basis formeans to eliminating ite them;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for any such hunting to take place only with clear quotas based on scientific advice,Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling to take place only when the IWC recognises a clearly and quantitatively demonstrated subsistence and cultural need for whale products; limits it by quotas based on scientific advice from the IWC Scientific Committee; and regulates it under strict controls and withincorporating full recording and reporting to the IWC;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls also for the establishment, in suitable locations around the world, of more mMarine reserveProtected Areas in which whales would receive special protection;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls also for threats to the cetacean populations arising from climate change, pollution, ship strikes, fishing gear, sonaranthropogenic ocean noise and other hazards to be tackled outside such protected areas;