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Topic Started: Aug 28 2007, 10:13 PM (595 Views)
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EPITOME OF AWESOME.

Iceland stops commercial whale hunt
Submitted by Anastvatz on Mon, 2007-08-27 08:01.
Posted under: World endangered species Environment Greenpeace Iceland whales
In a setback to the whaling industry worldwide, Iceland's fisheries minister has just announced he will not issue further commercial whale-hunting quotas.

Iceland announced last year a return to commercial whaling and a quota of 30 minke whales and 9 fins. But with virtually no market in Iceland and fears of contamination making Japan unwilling to purchase North Atlantic whale meat, the hunt has been a disaster. Icelandic whalers have killed only 7 minkes and 7 fin whales, haven't made public the results of contamination testing on the whale meat, and can't seem to convince anyone to buy their product.

Reuters quotes the Icelandic minister as saying "The whaling industry, like any other industry, has to obey the market. If there is no profitability there is no foundation for resuming with the killing of whales," he said.

The minister said he will not issue a new quota until the market conditions for whale meat improve and permission to export whale products to Japan is secured.

Here's news, minister: there's no market for the meat in Japan either. Japan is having trouble selling the thousands of tonnes of whale meat it already has in storage from its own Southern Pacific "scientific" hunt.

So while the minister's statement is short of declaring an end to Icelandic whaling, it is unlikely that market conditions for whale meat are going to improve, and even more unlikely that Japan will purchase the meat.

Iceland conducts a separate "scientific" hunt for minke whales. This was intended to be a 2 year programme to hunt 200 whales, begun in 2003. Yet with only one more month of the 2007 whaling season left, the scientific hunt is still 6 whales short of that quota, despite four years of whaling.

Meat from this so called "scientific" hunt also ends up on dinner tables, when they can sell it.

While the Icelandic minister is recognising the truth that there's simply no market for the meat from the commercial hunt, he might as well face up to another hard fact: there's no legitimate scientific reason for killing whales.

The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) reviewed Iceland's scientific programme, and decided not to support it. Whale experts around the world have demonstrated viable alternatives to lethal research which makes killing whales for science unnecessary.

Scientific whaling is just commercial whaling through a loophole. In the absence of either a scientific or commercial rationale, Iceland should simply announce an end to whaling.

There's a good economic reason for Iceland to do so. Sparing the six minkes remaining in the scientific quota could earn Icelandic tourism a bonus of $US116.9 million from the 112,000 Greenpeace supporters worldwide who have pledged to consider a visit to Iceland if whaling stops.

All the minister has to do is announce he's hanging up the harpoons. -Greenpeace

http://www.huliq.com/31791/iceland-stops-c...cial-whale-hunt
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Thats great!!
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EPITOME OF AWESOME.

I know it is!! SO HAPPY!!!
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Too good to be true!
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One of my dreams has come true.
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Wow, it's great to hear that a step has been made in the right direaction in regards to animal rights!
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Yep it's awesome
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I agree!
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EPITOME OF AWESOME.

Left to go:

Japan, Norway
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Yay, whales are gonna get no more whaling soon!
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I hope other countries do that too!
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It seems as though Norway's whaling is restricted to the Minke whale, which isn't endangered, so at least they're not killing endangered species. With that said, though, I'm still not a fan of the policy, especially seeing as there's so little demand for whale meat..
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EPITOME OF AWESOME.

THEY STORE IT!! SICK!!
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WHAT A WASTE!!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
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That is discussting!!! I'm so angry I can't even spell it right!
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Yeah, Its bad enough killing whales, but just leving them there after killing them!!! ITS SICK!!!! :angry: :angry:
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At least eat them! Those people are bas****s.
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Exactly. If there's no demand for the meat, why do they hunt so many?!
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To make money...?! :@ That [censored]es me off...
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Do not be fooled...ITS A KESTREL

People are interested only in makiing a profit...IT MAKES ME SICK!!!
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I KNOW SAME HERE!!!
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Exactly - it just sickens me that money has to come before basic morals so often these days <_< .
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I know... I don't think whaling should be allowed. PERIOD. There are other things to eat besides whales, puffins, parrots, rhinos, etc.
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If there is no demand for the meat how are they only doing it for the profit.

My main problems with whaling are its sustainability and the fact they can't kill the whales quickly.
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Or why they can't figure out a way to kill them humanely... -____-
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Because they are so large. Anything that would kill them fast enough would make the meat useless for people to eat or blow up the whale.

I wish that Sea Shepard would stop acting like arsholes though.
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OH well, it's their problem, not mine.

I'd never eat whale... not even for a million dollars. -_-
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I certainly don't eat whale, and I never have done.
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It makes me nauseous just thinking of it...
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