Commercial Whaling Licenses to Be Issued
From Times Wire Services
Iceland said it would resume commercial whaling after a nearly two-decade moratorium, defying a worldwide ban on hunting the mammals for their meat.
Fisheries Minister Einar Kristinn Gudfinnsson told Iceland’s parliament that his ministry would begin issuing licenses to hunt fin and minke whales. He said the ministry would permit the hunting of nine fin whales and 30 minke whales in the period ending Aug. 31, 2007.
The government said licenses could be issued as soon as today, and that ships could resume commercial whaling this week.
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