Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) strongly condemns the slaughter of small cetaceans (including Dall's porpoise, the bottlenose dolphin, Risso's dolphin, false killer whales, pilot whales, the striped dolphin, and the spotted dolphin) in drive fisheries, and urges nations that participate in their slaughter to end commercial hunts; (2) should at the 57th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Korea negotiate regional and international agreements with other nations that participate in small cetacean slaughter to decrease catch and bycatch of all cetaceans; and (3) should make full use of all appropriate diplomatic mechanisms, relevant international laws and agreements, Federal laws, and other appropriate means to implement these goals.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3317)
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3316-3317)
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