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 Skotin með gúmmíkúlu í beinni frá mótmælunum Erlent Ísraelsher stöðvaði skútuna og handtók áhöfnina Erlent Íslendingur á válista CIA árið 1970 Innlent „Erum ekki að lýsa yfir stuðningi við Trump“ Innlent Sannfærð um sakleysi eiginmannsins og segir hann hetjuna sína Erlent Mjög áhyggjufull yfir tilfærslu ráðuneytisins Innlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Hebu Innlent Ekki hægt að nota rafræn skilríki Innlent Slökktu eld á svölum á fjórðu hæð í Engihjalla Innlent Flutningur Konukots mikið framfaraskref en skilur áhyggjur nágranna 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 Skotin með gúmmíkúlu í beinni frá mótmælunum Erlent Ísraelsher stöðvaði skútuna og handtók áhöfnina Erlent Íslendingur á válista CIA árið 1970 Innlent „Erum ekki að lýsa yfir stuðningi við Trump“ Innlent Sannfærð um sakleysi eiginmannsins og segir hann hetjuna sína Erlent Mjög áhyggjufull yfir tilfærslu ráðuneytisins Innlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Hebu Innlent Ekki hægt að nota rafræn skilríki Innlent Slökktu eld á svölum á fjórðu hæð í Engihjalla Innlent Flutningur Konukots mikið framfaraskref en skilur áhyggjur nágranna Innlent