; Whereas commercial whaling, including scientific whaling and any coastal or community-based whaling, undermines the conservation mandate of the Convention; Whereas all coastal whaling is commercial, unless conducted under the aboriginal subsistence exemption to the moratorium on commercial whaling; Whereas the Conservation Committee of the Commission, established in 2003, has focused on threats to the world’s whales, such as ship collisions, incidental capture and entanglement, and the effects of sounds caused by humans; and Whereas whales migrate throughout the world’s oceans, international cooperation is required to successfully conserve and protect them: Now, therefore, be it