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REYKJAVIK (AFP) - Iceland's government approved on Monday the commercial hunting of whales this year, a move that drew quick criticism from conservationists.
"The quota for 2008 was decided today, that is 40 Minke whales," a senior official in the Icelandic fisheries ministry, Stefan Asmundsson, told AFP.
Whalers could begin hunting from Tuesday and continue through September, he added.
Iceland, which had observed an international moratorium on commercial whaling for sixteen years until a controversial October 2006 decision to resume the practice, had not previously taken a decision on whether hunting would go ahead this year.
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so much snow!:(
Great humoristic catch!
Great - wondering if the colour of the snow is whaleblood?
Green mystic!!
Great light!
Great composition!
Häftig bild du.
REYKJAVIK (AFP) - Iceland's government approved on Monday the commercial hunting of whales this year, a move that drew quick criticism from conservationists. "The quota for 2008 was decided today, that is 40 Minke whales," a senior official in the Icelandic fisheries ministry, Stefan Asmundsson, told AFP.
Whalers could begin hunting from Tuesday and continue through September, he added.
Iceland, which had observed an international moratorium on commercial whaling for sixteen years until a controversial October 2006 decision to resume the practice, had not previously taken a decision on whether hunting would go ahead this year.
this is very real!