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Iceland allows whale-hunting 5 more years
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Iceland鈥檚 whaling industry will be allowed to keep hunting whales for at least another five years, killing up to 2,130 baleen whales under a new quota issued by the government.
The five-year whaling policy was up for renewal when Fisheries Minister Kristjan Juliusson announced this week an annual quota of 209 fin whales and 217 minke whales for the next five years.
While many Icelanders support whale hunting, a growing number of business people and politicians are against it due to the nation鈥檚 dependence on tourism.
Whaling, they say, is bad for business and poses a threat to the country鈥檚 reputation and the expanding international tourism that has become a mainstay of Iceland鈥檚 national economy.
鈥淲e risk damaging the tourism sector, our most important industry,鈥 legislator Bjarkey Gunnarsdottir said, referring to the international criticism and diplomatic pressure Iceland faces.
The Icelandic Travel Industry Association said the government was damaging the nation鈥檚 鈥済reat interests.鈥
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