The Iceland Enquirer: In brief: “Whales are like any other fish”

In brief: “Whales are like any other fish”

Posted by Max Naylor on Thursday, June 24, 2010

Kristján Loftsson, director of whaling company Hvalur, is one of many who are currently in Agadir in Morocco, attending the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) annual general meeting. Newsagency AFP says that Kristján does not see a difference between whale hunting and other forms of fishing, “whales are like any other fish.”

The validity of commercial whaling has been heavily and controversially debated. The IWC banned such whaling in 1986, but Iceland, Norway and Japan have ignored the ban. The issue of whaling has one again resurfaced, as Germany has stated that it would like Iceland to abandon whaling if it intends to join the EU.

Source and image: mbl.is

Labels: EU, Whaling

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