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 „Mér að mæta“ ef krossar yrðu fjarlægðir Innlent Hlé vegna gagna frá ChatGPT Innlent „Það er komið að skuldadögum“ Innlent Trump gerði lítið úr æðstu heiðursorðu bandarískra hermanna Erlent Sagði Pétri Jökli að skipta um síma í snarheitum Innlent Sérsveitin kölluð til í Urriðaholti Innlent „Þetta var bara okkar líf og nú er það farið“ Innlent Óttast að tapa bestu flúðum landsins í virkjun Innlent Pétur Jökull hljóti að vera einstaklega óheppinn Innlent Katrín gerir upp framboðið og safnar heitum 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 „Mér að mæta“ ef krossar yrðu fjarlægðir Innlent Hlé vegna gagna frá ChatGPT Innlent „Það er komið að skuldadögum“ Innlent Trump gerði lítið úr æðstu heiðursorðu bandarískra hermanna Erlent Sagði Pétri Jökli að skipta um síma í snarheitum Innlent Sérsveitin kölluð til í Urriðaholti Innlent „Þetta var bara okkar líf og nú er það farið“ Innlent Óttast að tapa bestu flúðum landsins í virkjun Innlent Pétur Jökull hljóti að vera einstaklega óheppinn Innlent Katrín gerir upp framboðið og safnar heitum Innlent