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 Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Reynst erfitt að laga tvígreiðsluvillu en gefast ekki upp Innlent Söfnuðu 140 milljónum fyrir Kvennaathvarfið Innlent Tveir unnu tæpar 80 milljónir hvor Innlent Sektaður fyrir of stutt bil milli bíla Innlent „Þetta verður ekki auðvelt“ Erlent Þúsundir mótmæltu Trump á 1.200 mótmælum Erlent
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 Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Reynst erfitt að laga tvígreiðsluvillu en gefast ekki upp Innlent Söfnuðu 140 milljónum fyrir Kvennaathvarfið Innlent Tveir unnu tæpar 80 milljónir hvor Innlent Sektaður fyrir of stutt bil milli bíla Innlent „Þetta verður ekki auðvelt“ Erlent Þúsundir mótmæltu Trump á 1.200 mótmælum Erlent