[CINC] From Representative Lois Capps

[Catherine French]

Thought you'd like to see this response from Rep. Capps re the international whale conservation and protection act.


Sincerely,

Catherine French
cfrench1366 at aol.com
805.815.3523


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From: Congresswoman Lois Capps <ca23ima at mail.house.gov>
To: cfrench1366 at aol.com
Sent: Mon, Jul 27, 2009 12:08 pm
Subject: Responding to your message




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July 27, 2009

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Ms. Catherine French

4345 Admiral Way

Oxnard, California 93035

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Dear?Ms. French:

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Thank you for contacting me to express your concern for current whaling practices and your support of?the International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 2455). As your Representative, I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.

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Like you, I strongly disapprove of commercial whaling practices, including scientific, special permit, coastal, and community-based whaling.? Earlier this year, I joined my colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama urging the Administration to resume its historic leadership within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to end all commercial whaling and close the current loopholes that?Japan,?Norway, and?Iceland have consistently exploited.?

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In addition to addressing commercial whaling, H.R. 2455 aims to mitigate other threats to whales, including noise pollution, vessel strikes, and entanglements in fishing gear.? The bill also makes important investments in research, establishing initiatives to study whale mortality and habitat use, anthropogenic noise, ecosystem changes due to climate warming, and fishing methods.

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H.R. 2455 has been referred to the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, on which I sit.? As a member of the Committee, I will continue to work to ensure the greatest protection of these magnificent leviathans and to reassert?United States global leadership in whale conservation.

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Again, thank you for contacting me, and please keep in touch.



Sincerely,

LOIS CAPPS

Member of Congress

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