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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Aug 28 2007, 10:13 PM Post #1 |
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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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| Redpanda REX | Aug 30 2007, 07:28 PM Post #2 |
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Thats great!! |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Aug 31 2007, 12:11 AM Post #3 |
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I know it is!! SO HAPPY!!! |
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| Redpanda REX | Sep 8 2007, 07:33 AM Post #4 |
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Too good to be true! |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Sep 10 2007, 08:12 PM Post #5 |
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One of my dreams has come true. |
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| Chess Resources King | Sep 10 2007, 08:13 PM Post #6 |
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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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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Sep 10 2007, 08:32 PM Post #7 |
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Yep it's awesome |
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| Redpanda REX | Sep 11 2007, 07:57 PM Post #8 |
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I agree! |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Sep 11 2007, 08:13 PM Post #9 |
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Left to go: Japan, Norway |
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| Panda Lover | Sep 15 2007, 08:19 AM Post #10 |
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Yay, whales are gonna get no more whaling soon! |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Sep 17 2007, 08:09 PM Post #11 |
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I hope other countries do that too! |
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| Chess Resources King | Sep 17 2007, 08:27 PM Post #12 |
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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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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Sep 17 2007, 08:29 PM Post #13 |
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THEY STORE IT!! SICK!! |
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| FalconHawk | Jan 3 2008, 08:59 PM Post #14 |
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WHAT A WASTE!!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Jan 3 2008, 09:01 PM Post #15 |
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That is discussting!!! I'm so angry I can't even spell it right! |
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| FalconHawk | Jan 3 2008, 09:27 PM Post #16 |
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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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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Jan 3 2008, 10:52 PM Post #17 |
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At least eat them! Those people are bas****s. |
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| Chess Resources King | Mar 15 2009, 09:22 PM Post #18 |
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Exactly. If there's no demand for the meat, why do they hunt so many?! |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Mar 18 2009, 11:57 PM Post #19 |
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To make money...?! :@ That [censored]es me off... |
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| FalconHawk | Mar 19 2009, 06:53 PM Post #20 |
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Do not be fooled...ITS A KESTREL
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People are interested only in makiing a profit...IT MAKES ME SICK!!! |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Mar 19 2009, 07:10 PM Post #21 |
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I KNOW SAME HERE!!! |
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| Chess Resources King | Mar 27 2009, 10:00 PM Post #22 |
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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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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Mar 27 2009, 10:02 PM Post #23 |
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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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| lamna | Mar 27 2009, 10:16 PM Post #24 |
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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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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Apr 18 2009, 01:02 AM Post #25 |
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Or why they can't figure out a way to kill them humanely... -____- |
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| lamna | Apr 18 2009, 09:20 AM Post #26 |
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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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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Apr 18 2009, 10:55 PM Post #27 |
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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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| Chess Resources King | Apr 18 2009, 10:57 PM Post #28 |
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I certainly don't eat whale, and I never have done. |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Apr 18 2009, 11:17 PM Post #29 |
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It makes me nauseous just thinking of it... |
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