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 Birgir Guðjónsson er látinn Innlent Börnum haldið innilokuðum í „hryllingshúsi“ í fleiri ár Erlent Tilkynnt um mann vopnaðan skotvopni og einn handtekinn Innlent Kaffistofa leigubílstjóra orðin „nyrsta moska í heimi“ Innlent Verkalýðsdagurinn haldinn í skugga sjálftöku forystumanna Innlent Mun sjá eftir árásinni alla ævi Innlent Yfirgefa Svíþjóð til að hraða þróun rafmagnsflugvélar Erlent Var svo „þreyttur á öllu“ að hann ákvað að aka inn í þvögu barna Erlent Pilturinn muni líklega afplána þriðjung átta ára dóms fyrir manndráp Innlent Getur frelsað El Salvador-fangann en vill það ekki Erlent
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 Birgir Guðjónsson er látinn Innlent Börnum haldið innilokuðum í „hryllingshúsi“ í fleiri ár Erlent Tilkynnt um mann vopnaðan skotvopni og einn handtekinn Innlent Kaffistofa leigubílstjóra orðin „nyrsta moska í heimi“ Innlent Verkalýðsdagurinn haldinn í skugga sjálftöku forystumanna Innlent Mun sjá eftir árásinni alla ævi Innlent Yfirgefa Svíþjóð til að hraða þróun rafmagnsflugvélar Erlent Var svo „þreyttur á öllu“ að hann ákvað að aka inn í þvögu barna Erlent Pilturinn muni líklega afplána þriðjung átta ára dóms fyrir manndráp Innlent Getur frelsað El Salvador-fangann en vill það ekki Erlent