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 Hundrað prósenta tollaaukning á allar vörur frá Kína Erlent Kourani fluttur á Klepp Innlent Hvattir til að leggja tímanlega af stað Innlent Beygjuvasarnir stórhættulegir Innlent Nóbelsnefndin rannsakar mögulegan leka og óvenjuleg veðmál Erlent Halla og Þorbjörg á leið til Kína Innlent Gengst við því að hafa grandað farþegaþotunni Erlent Tveir þriðju vilja að Ísland dragi sig úr Eurovision Innlent Tapsárir unglingar lofuðu að lækka Innlent Þarf að una áminningu í máli móður í forsjárdeilu 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 Hundrað prósenta tollaaukning á allar vörur frá Kína Erlent Kourani fluttur á Klepp Innlent Hvattir til að leggja tímanlega af stað Innlent Beygjuvasarnir stórhættulegir Innlent Nóbelsnefndin rannsakar mögulegan leka og óvenjuleg veðmál Erlent Halla og Þorbjörg á leið til Kína Innlent Gengst við því að hafa grandað farþegaþotunni Erlent Tveir þriðju vilja að Ísland dragi sig úr Eurovision Innlent Tapsárir unglingar lofuðu að lækka Innlent Þarf að una áminningu í máli móður í forsjárdeilu Innlent