iceland halts whaling!

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Iceland halts whale hunt due to low demand

 

After resuming commercial whaling just under a year ago, Iceland's fisheries

minister said recently that his country will not issue new whale-hunting quotas

until there's more demand for whale-derived products and until Iceland gets an

export license to send whale meat to Japan. " There is no reason to continue

commercial whaling if there is no demand for the product, " fisheries minister

Einar Guofinnsson said. " If there is no profitability there is no foundation for

resuming with the killing of whales. " This whaling season, Iceland's quota was

39 whales, but it harpooned just 14 due to low demand.

 

 

 

straight to the source: Reuters, Audbjorg Olafsdottir, 24 Aug 2007

 

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Good news! Until they get their export liscence! The Valley Vegan................fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: Iceland halts whale hunt due to low demandAfter resuming commercial whaling just under a year ago, Iceland's fisheries minister said recently that his country will not issue new whale-hunting quotas until there's more demand for whale-derived products and until Iceland gets an export license to send whale meat to Japan. "There is no reason to continue commercial whaling

if there is no demand for the product," fisheries minister Einar Guofinnsson said. "If there is no profitability there is no foundation for resuming with the killing of whales." This whaling season, Iceland's quota was 39 whales, but it harpooned just 14 due to low demand. straight to the source: Reuters, Audbjorg Olafsdottir, 24 Aug 2007 What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.- Mark TwainPeter H

 

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