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 Hafi verið látinn fljúga þrátt fyrir þekkt andleg veikindi Innlent Réðust á tvo menn á göngu Innlent Vissu ekki að þeir væru að ræna Kim Kardashian Erlent Bogi les sinn síðasta fréttatíma á morgun Innlent Telur að Selenskí geti samþykkt að gefa eftir Krímskaga Erlent Rúmur helmingur óhress með Trump Erlent Hljóðheimur sumarsins í hættu: Mikil fækkun lóu og spóa Innlent „Ég vildi óska að fólk gæti séð drenginn minn eins og hann er“ Innlent Kjördagur framundan í Kanada Erlent Sixtínsku kapellunni lokað vegna páfakjörs 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 Hafi verið látinn fljúga þrátt fyrir þekkt andleg veikindi Innlent Réðust á tvo menn á göngu Innlent Vissu ekki að þeir væru að ræna Kim Kardashian Erlent Bogi les sinn síðasta fréttatíma á morgun Innlent Telur að Selenskí geti samþykkt að gefa eftir Krímskaga Erlent Rúmur helmingur óhress með Trump Erlent Hljóðheimur sumarsins í hættu: Mikil fækkun lóu og spóa Innlent „Ég vildi óska að fólk gæti séð drenginn minn eins og hann er“ Innlent Kjördagur framundan í Kanada Erlent Sixtínsku kapellunni lokað vegna páfakjörs Erlent