Little interest in whale meat 12. september 2006 12:48 Úlfar Eysteinsson á veitingarstaðnum 3 frakkar með hvalkjöt According to Árni Mathiesen, Minister of Fisheries, Icelanders will be taking up commercial whaling again this autumn, and in light of this, the Icelandic Association for the Protection of Nature has released the results of a Gallup poll on the popularity of whale meat. According to the poll, only 1,1 percent of Icelanders eat whale meat once per week, but 82,4 percent of people aged 16-24 never eat whale meat. In an announcement from the association it says that this shows little national interest in whale meat. " The current policy of the Minister of Fisheries, in blaming whales for the diminishing cod stock does not comply to scientific methods. If the minister is serious about building up cod stock in Icelandic waters he should comply to the International Marine Research Institute on cod fishing quotas. Unfortunately the Minister has refuted this advice. News News in English Mest lesið Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir mistök eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent Þúsundir mótmæltu Trump á 1.200 mótmælum Erlent Sektaður fyrir of stutt bil milli bíla Innlent Söfnuðu 140 milljónum fyrir Kvennaathvarfið Innlent
According to Árni Mathiesen, Minister of Fisheries, Icelanders will be taking up commercial whaling again this autumn, and in light of this, the Icelandic Association for the Protection of Nature has released the results of a Gallup poll on the popularity of whale meat. According to the poll, only 1,1 percent of Icelanders eat whale meat once per week, but 82,4 percent of people aged 16-24 never eat whale meat. In an announcement from the association it says that this shows little national interest in whale meat. " The current policy of the Minister of Fisheries, in blaming whales for the diminishing cod stock does not comply to scientific methods. If the minister is serious about building up cod stock in Icelandic waters he should comply to the International Marine Research Institute on cod fishing quotas. Unfortunately the Minister has refuted this advice.
News News in English Mest lesið Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir mistök eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent Þúsundir mótmæltu Trump á 1.200 mótmælum Erlent Sektaður fyrir of stutt bil milli bíla Innlent Söfnuðu 140 milljónum fyrir Kvennaathvarfið Innlent