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The Invisible Hand Drops Its Harpoon
Iceland halts whale hunt due to low demand |
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27 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Invisible Hand Drops Its Harpoon 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 ... |
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| Topics: business, Iceland, news, whaling (all these topics) |
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