Icelanders Can Hunt Whales If They Want 20. júní 2006 12:49 MYND/KP Minister of Fisheries Einar K. Guðfinnsson told reporters that Icelanders can hunt whales for commerical purposes if they so choose, no matter what the International Whaling Commission (IWC) might say. Due to a system of rotating leadership, the IWC is currently under the control of a pro-whaling majority - Japan, Norway, and Iceland. In a largely symbolic vote on Sunday, a slim majority of 33 to 32 voted to lift the moratorium on commercial whaling. Iceland currently hunts a limited amount of whales by the loophole of "scientific purposes". Guðfinnsson called the news a "positive development," adding that "Icelanders should not let people without any substantial logic to their arguments stop an indepedent people from making use of their resources in a sustainable fashion." - pfn News News in English Mest lesið Enn skjálftahrina við Trölladyngju Innlent Prestur sakar oddvita um ólýðræðislega hallarbyltingu í veiðifélagi Innlent Ekkert spurst til Sólrúnar á Spáni í nokkra daga Innlent Stoppaður af vegfaranda sem spurði: „Hvað er þetta?“ Innlent Sólrún fundin á Spáni Innlent Vaktin: Eldgos hafið nærri Grindavík Innlent Lést í umferðarslysi við Álfabakka Innlent Snorri sagður spúa hatri og trumpísku yfir heimsbyggðina Innlent Tólf mánaða fangelsi fyrir að bera sig og áreita börn Innlent Segir borgstjórn ekki bjóða neinar lausnir - bara óvissu Innlent
Minister of Fisheries Einar K. Guðfinnsson told reporters that Icelanders can hunt whales for commerical purposes if they so choose, no matter what the International Whaling Commission (IWC) might say. Due to a system of rotating leadership, the IWC is currently under the control of a pro-whaling majority - Japan, Norway, and Iceland. In a largely symbolic vote on Sunday, a slim majority of 33 to 32 voted to lift the moratorium on commercial whaling. Iceland currently hunts a limited amount of whales by the loophole of "scientific purposes". Guðfinnsson called the news a "positive development," adding that "Icelanders should not let people without any substantial logic to their arguments stop an indepedent people from making use of their resources in a sustainable fashion." - pfn
News News in English Mest lesið Enn skjálftahrina við Trölladyngju Innlent Prestur sakar oddvita um ólýðræðislega hallarbyltingu í veiðifélagi Innlent Ekkert spurst til Sólrúnar á Spáni í nokkra daga Innlent Stoppaður af vegfaranda sem spurði: „Hvað er þetta?“ Innlent Sólrún fundin á Spáni Innlent Vaktin: Eldgos hafið nærri Grindavík Innlent Lést í umferðarslysi við Álfabakka Innlent Snorri sagður spúa hatri og trumpísku yfir heimsbyggðina Innlent Tólf mánaða fangelsi fyrir að bera sig og áreita börn Innlent Segir borgstjórn ekki bjóða neinar lausnir - bara óvissu Innlent