Translation of "translation of règlement sur les mammifères marins " (French → English) :

Question No. 824 Hon. Gerry Byrne: With regard to the investigation and prosecution of all licensed Canadian sealers who were charged under the Fisheries Act or the Marine Mammal Regulations as a result of actions taken by the sealers during the 1996 harvest of a category of Hooded Seals known as “Bluebacks”: (a) how many licensed sealers were originally charged due to actions arising from the harvesting of this class of hooded seal; (b) what was the final year in which the prosecution of any sealer from this group concluded; (c) how many were convicted of any offence during the course of this prosecution and what were they convicted o ...[+++]f; (d) what specific regulation or statutory provision were they originally charged with and what regulation or statutory provision were they convicted of; (e) what is the total cost of both the investigation and the prosecution of these charges, broken down by each department or agency involved in any aspect of the investigation or prosecution of these charges; and (f) what is the description of any changes made to the Marine Mammal regulations subsequent to the conclusion of these cases and originating from circumstances made clear during the course of this investigation and prosecution?

(20) Union legislation adopted prior to this Regulation and in particular Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC[21] also lays down basic animal health rules for other animal species not regulated in other Union acts, such as reptil ...[+++]es, amphibians, marine mammals, and others which are not aquatic or terrestrial animals as defined in this Regulation.

International agreements, which have yet to be drawn up, aimed at regulating noise levels in the world’s oceans, may prove to be a key measure in regulating and limiting the adverse impact of anthropogenic sonars on marine mammals and fish.

6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up a Multinational Task Force to develop international agreements regulating noise levels in the world's oceans, with a view to regulating and limiting the adverse impact of anthropogenic sonars on marine mammals and fish;

Their movements, both through exclusive economic zones and through free waters, their current regulation by four regional fishing organisations, their high economic value, which makes them the target of many fleets, and their association with species which are not subject to direct fishing, such as dolphins and marine mammals, explain the fact that even the United Nations has decided to intervene by means of the agreement on highly migratory species.

In the matter of SOR/2009-66 — Regulations Amending the Marine Mammal Regulations; SOR/2009-101 — Regulations Amending the Pest Control Products Sales Information Reporting Regulations (Miscellaneous Program); SOR/2009-103 — Order Amending the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility to Hold Broadcasting Licences) (Miscellaneous Program); SOR/2009-165 — Regulations Amending the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001; SOR/2009-179 — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made under the Hazardous Products Act (Miscellaneous Program); SOR/2009-191 — Regulations Amending the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolut ...[+++]ions on the Suppression of Terrorism (Miscellaneous Program), it was agreed that the files be closed.