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 Sagður hafa nauðgað konu fyrir níu árum Innlent Brynjar ákærður fyrir að brjóta á fleiri stúlkum Innlent Ekkert gert til að gera nikótínpúða jafn óaðlaðandi og sígarettur Innlent Hefur þrisvar komið að 13 ára syni sínum meðvitundarlausum Innlent Segir Vinstri græn ekki styðja frekari breytingar á útlendingalögum Innlent Matvælastofnun kærði tvo búfjáreigendur til lögreglu Innlent Hvers vegna er skiltið í Kúrlandi svo hátt uppi? Innlent Ítalía tekur aftur upp agaviðurlög frá tíma Mussolini Erlent Líklega verði flett ofan af fleirum í rannsókn á brotum Diddy Innlent Einn af 103 ökumönnum reyndist yfir mörkum Innlent
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 Sagður hafa nauðgað konu fyrir níu árum Innlent Brynjar ákærður fyrir að brjóta á fleiri stúlkum Innlent Ekkert gert til að gera nikótínpúða jafn óaðlaðandi og sígarettur Innlent Hefur þrisvar komið að 13 ára syni sínum meðvitundarlausum Innlent Segir Vinstri græn ekki styðja frekari breytingar á útlendingalögum Innlent Matvælastofnun kærði tvo búfjáreigendur til lögreglu Innlent Hvers vegna er skiltið í Kúrlandi svo hátt uppi? Innlent Ítalía tekur aftur upp agaviðurlög frá tíma Mussolini Erlent Líklega verði flett ofan af fleirum í rannsókn á brotum Diddy Innlent Einn af 103 ökumönnum reyndist yfir mörkum Innlent