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 Hraun streymir að langmestu frá Svartsengi Innlent Sauð upp úr í morgunumferðinni Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Skilningsleysi fyrrverandi fjármálaráðherra um að kenna Innlent FB stækkar og Framsókn aftur á gröfunni Innlent Spákaupmenn ásælist vatn meðan fæðuöryggi sé stefnt í voða Innlent Það sem oftast ógildir kjörseðilinn Innlent Vonast til að útkljá deilumál í fyrramálið Innlent Ekið á gangandi vegfaranda á Langholtsvegi Innlent Minnst þrír foreldrar verkfallsbarna hafi misst vinnuna 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 Hraun streymir að langmestu frá Svartsengi Innlent Sauð upp úr í morgunumferðinni Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Skilningsleysi fyrrverandi fjármálaráðherra um að kenna Innlent FB stækkar og Framsókn aftur á gröfunni Innlent Spákaupmenn ásælist vatn meðan fæðuöryggi sé stefnt í voða Innlent Það sem oftast ógildir kjörseðilinn Innlent Vonast til að útkljá deilumál í fyrramálið Innlent Ekið á gangandi vegfaranda á Langholtsvegi Innlent Minnst þrír foreldrar verkfallsbarna hafi misst vinnuna Innlent