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Iceland resumes commercial whaling
Iceland has faced widespread international condemnation for starting commercial whaling for the first time in 20 years.
The European Union has urged the country to reconsider the decision.
"Whales are a fragile component in the biological equilibrium of marine fauna, already threatened by the unwarranted resumption of whaling, and by other human activity, mainly pollution," the European Commission said in a statement.
"If it was simply a matter for the EU to decide, all commercial whaling would be abandoned once and for all," it added.
Norway also sanctions commercial hunts of whales, often eaten as steaks.
Both countries argue that stocks have recovered since the International Whaling Commission banned commercial hunts in 1985. (Source NTLWORLD news - http://www.ntlworld.com/news/story_world.php?page_zone=150.7.3&storyid=81938
This is an absolute discrace. No country should be allowed to go back to whaling, why to they think it was band before they are indeed a fragile component in the biological equilibrium of marine fauna.
Comments from Frihosters in Iceland and Norway welcome if you can spare the time and put down your harpoons.
The European Union has urged the country to reconsider the decision.
"Whales are a fragile component in the biological equilibrium of marine fauna, already threatened by the unwarranted resumption of whaling, and by other human activity, mainly pollution," the European Commission said in a statement.
"If it was simply a matter for the EU to decide, all commercial whaling would be abandoned once and for all," it added.
Norway also sanctions commercial hunts of whales, often eaten as steaks.
Both countries argue that stocks have recovered since the International Whaling Commission banned commercial hunts in 1985. (Source NTLWORLD news - http://www.ntlworld.com/news/story_world.php?page_zone=150.7.3&storyid=81938
This is an absolute discrace. No country should be allowed to go back to whaling, why to they think it was band before they are indeed a fragile component in the biological equilibrium of marine fauna.
Comments from Frihosters in Iceland and Norway welcome if you can spare the time and put down your harpoons.
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