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 Allt of margir með hugann annars staðar í umferðinni Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Hætta sem sáttasemjarar í deilu Ísraela og Hamas Fréttir Óeirðir í Valensía og kallað eftir afsögn ráðamanna Erlent Baráttan hafin á TikTok: Traktor í skeifunni, kaldar kveðjur og endurkoma Innlent Missti stjórn á bílnum þegar klæðingin umvafði dekkin Innlent Ætlar 1750 kílómetra á þrektækjum á einni viku í minningu vina Innlent Yazan og fjölskylda leita að nýju húsnæði Innlent Bjartsýn eftir fund í Virginíu vegna Söndru sem afplánar 37 ára dóm Innlent Lögreglan bannaði bjór á B5 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 Allt of margir með hugann annars staðar í umferðinni Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Hætta sem sáttasemjarar í deilu Ísraela og Hamas Fréttir Óeirðir í Valensía og kallað eftir afsögn ráðamanna Erlent Baráttan hafin á TikTok: Traktor í skeifunni, kaldar kveðjur og endurkoma Innlent Missti stjórn á bílnum þegar klæðingin umvafði dekkin Innlent Ætlar 1750 kílómetra á þrektækjum á einni viku í minningu vina Innlent Yazan og fjölskylda leita að nýju húsnæði Innlent Bjartsýn eftir fund í Virginíu vegna Söndru sem afplánar 37 ára dóm Innlent Lögreglan bannaði bjór á B5 Innlent