IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 350 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the 
International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures 
to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and 
other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whal-
ing, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures 
to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2008 
Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
GONZALEZ, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. ROTHMAN, and Mr. 
HINCHEY) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, 
through the International Whaling Commission, should 
use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling 
in all of its forms, including scientific and other special 
permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based 
whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and 
management measures to facilitate the conservation of 
whale species, and for other purposes. 
Whereas 79 nations have adopted the International Conven-
tion for the Regulation of Whaling (the Convention), 
which established the International Whaling Commission 
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(the Commission) to provide for the conservation of whale 
stocks; 
Whereas the Commission has adopted a moratorium on com-
mercial whaling in order to conserve and promote the re-
covery of whale stocks, many of which had been hunted 
to near extinction by the whaling industry; 
Whereas the United States was instrumental in the adoption 
of the moratorium, and has led international efforts to 
address the threat of commercial whaling for more than 
3 decades; 
Whereas despite the moratorium, 3 Commission member na-
tions continue to kill whales for financial gain, dis-
regarding the protests of other Commission members, 
and since the moratorium entered into force have killed 
more than 25,000 whales including over 11,000 whales 
killed under the guise of scientific research; 
Whereas whaling conducted for scientific purposes has been 
found to be unnecessary by the majority of the world’s 
cetacean scientists because nonlethal research alternatives 
exist; 
Whereas the member nations of the Commission have adopt-
ed numerous resolutions opposing and calling for an end 
to scientific whaling, most recently in 2007 at the annual 
Commission meeting in Anchorage, Alaska; 
Whereas commercial whaling in any form, including scientific 
and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and 
community-based whaling, undermines the conservation 
mandate of the Convention and impairs the Commission’s 
ability to function effectively; 
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Whereas proposed coastal whaling is commercial, unless con-
ducted under the aboriginal exemption to the morato-
rium; and 
Whereas the majority of Americans oppose the killing of 
whales for commercial purposes and expect the United 
States to use all available means to end such killing: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the 
United States, through the International Whaling Com-
mission, should— 
(1) should use all appropriate measures to end 
commercial whaling in all of its forms, including sci-
entific and other special permit whaling, coastal 
whaling, and community-based whaling; 
(2) oppose any initiative that would result in 
any new, Commission-sanctioned coastal or commu-
nity-based whale hunting, even if it is portrayed as 
noncommercial, including any commercial whaling by 
any coastal communities that does not qualify as ab-
original subsistence whaling; and 
(3) seek to strengthen conservation and man-
agement measures to facilitate the conservation of 
whale species. 
Æ 
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