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 Tilkynnt um mann vopnaðan skotvopni og einn handtekinn Innlent Pilturinn muni líklega afplána þriðjung átta ára dóms fyrir manndráp Innlent Mun sjá eftir árásinni alla ævi Innlent Getur frelsað El Salvador-fangann en vill það ekki Erlent Skrifa nú undir samninginn sem féll af borðinu eftir hitafundinn Erlent Yfirgefa Svíþjóð til að hraða þróun rafmagnsflugvélar Erlent Gefur lítið fyrir tal um fyrningu Innlent Brot á trausti gagnvart félögum Lúðvíks sem vilji hjálpa Innlent Líkamsárás á veitingastað Innlent Hornafjörður gæti bjargað flugi Icelandair á Ísafjörð 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 Tilkynnt um mann vopnaðan skotvopni og einn handtekinn Innlent Pilturinn muni líklega afplána þriðjung átta ára dóms fyrir manndráp Innlent Mun sjá eftir árásinni alla ævi Innlent Getur frelsað El Salvador-fangann en vill það ekki Erlent Skrifa nú undir samninginn sem féll af borðinu eftir hitafundinn Erlent Yfirgefa Svíþjóð til að hraða þróun rafmagnsflugvélar Erlent Gefur lítið fyrir tal um fyrningu Innlent Brot á trausti gagnvart félögum Lúðvíks sem vilji hjálpa Innlent Líkamsárás á veitingastað Innlent Hornafjörður gæti bjargað flugi Icelandair á Ísafjörð Innlent