by frog
Good news (albeit a temporary reprieve at this stage) for whales out of Iceland.
Iceland announced last year it would allow up to 30 minke whales and 9 fin whales to be hunted, controversially ending a ban in place since 1986. But their Fisheries Minister has refused to renew the quota until the demand for whale meat increases.
According to this article, Iceland isn’t allowed to sell their whale meat to Japan under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species, though many anti-whaling groups are talking of massive stockpiling of whale meat in Japan anyway.
You can also sign the Greenpeace Iceland pledge here, though I’m not sure a trip to Iceland was looming in my foreseeable future either way. It does show the flimsiness of relying on an economic argument – it wouldn’t take many whale watchers to surpass the possible $4 million value Iceland was deriving from commercial whaling at it’s peak.
Published in Environment & Resource Management | Society & Culture by frog on Tue, August 28th, 2007
Tags: environment
on the trolls and those who are unable to keep on topic
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Just mention that there’s oil in them there whales and he’ll be in like Flynn.
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Hmm..on second thoughts perhaps thats not the best idea..lol
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BJ
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