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 Árásarkonan Þjóðverji á fertugsaldri Erlent Sást ekki til sólar fyrir mýi Innlent Tekist á um breytta ásýnd Suðurlandsbrautar með tilkomu Borgarlínunnar Innlent Bensínbrúsar inni í íbúðinni Innlent Brennandi einbýlishús reyndist eyðibýli Innlent Fólk látið vinna of hratt og fái ekki greitt fyrir alla vinnuna Innlent Hitabylgjan sú mesta í maímánuði svo vitað sé Veður Fólk í fjarvinnu finni fyrir minni streitu Innlent Fólk veltir fyrir sér hvort Áslaug Arna hafi verið slompuð í ræðustól Innlent Ökumenn sektaðir vegna notkunar nagladekkja Innlent
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 Árásarkonan Þjóðverji á fertugsaldri Erlent Sást ekki til sólar fyrir mýi Innlent Tekist á um breytta ásýnd Suðurlandsbrautar með tilkomu Borgarlínunnar Innlent Bensínbrúsar inni í íbúðinni Innlent Brennandi einbýlishús reyndist eyðibýli Innlent Fólk látið vinna of hratt og fái ekki greitt fyrir alla vinnuna Innlent Hitabylgjan sú mesta í maímánuði svo vitað sé Veður Fólk í fjarvinnu finni fyrir minni streitu Innlent Fólk veltir fyrir sér hvort Áslaug Arna hafi verið slompuð í ræðustól Innlent Ökumenn sektaðir vegna notkunar nagladekkja Innlent