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 Skæður hakkarahópur herjar á framlínustarfsmenn Innlent Íbúðin í rúst eftir Airbnb-gesti Innlent Elon Musk stofnar nýjan stjórnmálaflokk Erlent Fjörutíu og þrír látnir og umfangsmiklar leitarðagerðir standa yfir Erlent Leynileg neyðarfjárveiting Dana til flugvallagerðar á Grænlandi Erlent Leitar að eiganda trúlofunarhrings sem fannst í fjöru Innlent „Býsna margt orðið grænmerkt“ Innlent Konan er fundin Innlent Fjarlægðu sprengju við Keflavíkurflugvöll Innlent Vilja að nemendur borgi allt að 180 þúsund til að skrá sig 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 Skæður hakkarahópur herjar á framlínustarfsmenn Innlent Íbúðin í rúst eftir Airbnb-gesti Innlent Elon Musk stofnar nýjan stjórnmálaflokk Erlent Fjörutíu og þrír látnir og umfangsmiklar leitarðagerðir standa yfir Erlent Leynileg neyðarfjárveiting Dana til flugvallagerðar á Grænlandi Erlent Leitar að eiganda trúlofunarhrings sem fannst í fjöru Innlent „Býsna margt orðið grænmerkt“ Innlent Konan er fundin Innlent Fjarlægðu sprengju við Keflavíkurflugvöll Innlent Vilja að nemendur borgi allt að 180 þúsund til að skrá sig Innlent