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Supply and Demand – Fishermen In Iceland Will Not Hunt Whales For The First Time In 17 Years
Fishermen from Iceland will not hunt whales this summer, this will the first year in 17 years that the fishermen will abandon the whale hunting season. Owners of fishery companies explained why they will be skipping this season, they said that the low demand for whale meat in countries like Japan has forced them to abandon the whale hunting season this year. Loftsson explained their decision, he said that this was all because of the low demand in the Japanese Market. But according to a captain, the real reason why fishermen were skipping this year’s hunting season is that the permit was not handed out in time. >click to read< 14:03
Alaska Natives believed whale hunt was legal, Enviro group critisizes NOAA
Indigenous hunters in Alaska initially believed they were legally hunting a beluga whale when they unlawfully killed a protected grey whale with harpoons and guns after the massive animal strayed into a river last year, a federal investigative report said. ,, “The hunters also believed that if they were the first ones to shoot or harpoon the whale, the kill would be theirs,” it states. “This comes with a large amount of community pride.”,, The hunt underscores the tension between animal rights activists who want to safeguard at-risk species and indigenous residents who depend on subsistence fishing and hunting as part of their ancient culture and traditions. The Washington, D.C.-based Animal Welfare Institute criticized NOAA for not pushing for charges over a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. >click to read<17:02
A whale of a tale: the dying days of the N.L. whale hunt – 45 years ago Tom Cole hunted giants of the deep
Tom Cole of Avondale is accustomed to perplexed stares and incredulity when he tells people how he earned his living in his youth. “Most people are really surprised when I say I used to work on a whaler: ‘You what?!'” said Cole. “You know, they thought there was nobody even alive today that actually done that.” But for hundreds of years, up until 1972, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians hunted whales for their oil and meat. Now, Tom Cole is one of just a handful of seafarers still around who worked in whaling off the province’s coast. Read the rest here 08:50
