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 Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Klara Baldursdóttir er látin Innlent Konan sem féll í Brúará er látin Innlent Ummæli Kolbrúnar blaut tuska í andlit ungmenna Innlent Deilurnar halda áfram og Musk boðar „Ameríkuflokkinn“ Erlent „Erum ekki dúkkur sem Snorri getur sagt fyrir verkum“ Innlent Kýldi konu eftir kynmök: „Hvað, getur þú ekki meira?“ Innlent Aftur logar eldur í Læradal Erlent Glittir í endurkomu sumarsins Veður Wagner yfirgefur Malí í skugga mikilla árása 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 Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Klara Baldursdóttir er látin Innlent Konan sem féll í Brúará er látin Innlent Ummæli Kolbrúnar blaut tuska í andlit ungmenna Innlent Deilurnar halda áfram og Musk boðar „Ameríkuflokkinn“ Erlent „Erum ekki dúkkur sem Snorri getur sagt fyrir verkum“ Innlent Kýldi konu eftir kynmök: „Hvað, getur þú ekki meira?“ Innlent Aftur logar eldur í Læradal Erlent Glittir í endurkomu sumarsins Veður Wagner yfirgefur Malí í skugga mikilla árása Erlent