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 Trump sendir þjóðvarðlið til Los Angeles Erlent Hætta með ökuskírteini í símaveski vegna Evrópureglna Innlent 70 milljóna króna halli vegna uppsagnar samningsins Innlent Hótar Musk alvarlegum afleiðingum styðji hann Demókrata Erlent Danskur raunveruleikaþáttarkeppandi þurfti að skilja íslensku Erlent Þrír reyndu að komast undan lögreglu Innlent Danskar herþotur verða staðsettar á Grænlandi Erlent Tók 12 ár að breyta reglum um bætur vegna seinkun flugferða Erlent Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Sækja WorldPride í skugga bakslags í réttindum hinsegin fólks 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 Trump sendir þjóðvarðlið til Los Angeles Erlent Hætta með ökuskírteini í símaveski vegna Evrópureglna Innlent 70 milljóna króna halli vegna uppsagnar samningsins Innlent Hótar Musk alvarlegum afleiðingum styðji hann Demókrata Erlent Danskur raunveruleikaþáttarkeppandi þurfti að skilja íslensku Erlent Þrír reyndu að komast undan lögreglu Innlent Danskar herþotur verða staðsettar á Grænlandi Erlent Tók 12 ár að breyta reglum um bætur vegna seinkun flugferða Erlent Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Sækja WorldPride í skugga bakslags í réttindum hinsegin fólks Innlent