Brussels, 19/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament, in Brussels on Thursday 19 February, gave its backing to the maintenance of the global moratorium on commercial whaling and the ban on international trade in whale products. Through its adoption without amendment of the report by Elspeth Attwooll (ALDE, UK) on Community action on whaling (see EUROPE 9824 on the summary of the report adopted by the EP fisheries committee), the European Parliament is seeking to put an end to...