The Invisible Hand Drops Its Harpoon 2

Iceland halts whale hunt due to low demand

After resuming commercial whaling just under a year ago, Iceland's fisheries minister said recently that his country will not issue new whale-hunting quotas until there's more demand for whale-derived products and until Iceland gets an export license to send whale meat to Japan. "There is no reason to continue commercial whaling if there is no demand for the product," fisheries minister Einar Guofinnsson said. "If there is no profitability there is no foundation for resuming with the killing of whales." This whaling season, Iceland's quota was 39 whales, but it harpooned just 14 due to low demand.

source: Reuters, Audbjorg Olafsdottir, 24 Aug 2007

see also, in Grist: Japanese, Norwegians, and Icelanders spout off in favor of whaling

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  1. caniscandida Posted 9:19 pm
    27 Aug 2007

    well done, Ahab Smith!At last, a bit more peace for north-Atlantic cetaceans, as they do nothing more offensive than coming to the surface to breathe.
    Icelanders are very cute, however, and occasionally very passionate, so let us make sure their info is registered.

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  2. cmbryant1 Posted 1:43 am
    28 Aug 2007

    good ole supply and demand...at least in this case it works in our favor --- it's refreshing to think that fewer whales are being killed and even more refreshing that there's less demand for their flesh!

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