Angry response to Iceland's whaling decision

Updated: 20:03, Wednesday, 18 October 2006

Conservation groups have reacted angrily to a decision by Iceland to resume commercial whale hunts.

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Six One News: Kathleen MacMahon reports on the decision to restart whale hunting after 20 years
Six One News: Kathleen MacMahon reports on the decision to restart whale hunting after 20 years
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One News: Kathleen MacMahon reports on how Iceland has become the second country after Norway to defy the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling
One News: Kathleen MacMahon reports on how Iceland has become the second country after Norway to defy the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling

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Conservation groups have reacted angrily to a decision by Iceland to ignore an international moratorium and resume commercial whale hunts for the first time in two decades.

The Icelandic Fisheries Ministry says the whale population in the north Atlantic is high enough to justify its proposed catch of 30 minke whales and nine fin whales in the year ending August 2007.

The chairman of the country's Travel Industry Association, Jon Karl Olafsson, defended the move, saying the issue had not been fully understood.

  • Morning Ireland: Rune Fovik, Secretary of the High North Alliance, which is a pro-whaling group with members in Norway and Iceland, says the country has been preparing to resume hunting for many years

    Morning Ireland

    18 October 2006

    Rune Fovik, Secretary of the High North Alliance, which is a pro-whaling group with members in Norway and Iceland, says the country has been preparing to resume hunting for many years

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