Minke whale hunting ends in Iceland

The Japanese hunt would also be commercially unviable if the government didn't waste tax money subsidising it.

Leave the whales of all sorts alone to do their part in the faltering ocean ecosystem.

I am absolutely appalled to see slices of the bloody carcasses of these mammals for sale at my local grocery store...from ICELAND. Japanese scientific research victims are not sold at all.

Disgraceful.

It is their country and their culture, no one has any right to judge or criticize anymore than Japanese have a right to judge and criticize other countries for their practices.

It is their country and their culture, no one has any right to judge or criticize anymore than Japanese have a right to judge and criticize other countries for their practices.

Agreed, unless that practice has a negative effect on the well-being of those other countries. Since the oceans are a shared resource, fishing & whaling are everybody's concern.

It is their country and their culture, no one has any right to judge or criticize anymore than Japanese have a right to judge and criticize other countries for their practices.

That is correct. But if Japan wants to be the odd-man out in the world, Japan should not whinge (as Japan often does) about being isolated.

Like I have often said, the days of Japan having it's cake and eat it are coming to an end.

So, Iceland’s continued whaling has come to a haunt because there are no flipping whales left. Flash backs to the 89’s anyone? Japan wants to return to commercial whaling in both the sounthern and northern oceans. Obviously the whale sticks in the northern oceans have not recovered and never will with these idiots persistently hunting them. Yes, there may very well be large populations of whales in the southern oceans, but Iceland has shown that whales do not recover quickly from over hunting. If Jaian resumes commercial whaling in the southern oceans, it is likely the whale sticks will only last a decade or so and they will be right back to where they were 50 years ago - facing extinction.

 I am absolutely appalled to see slices of the bloody carcasses of these mammals for sale at my local grocery store...from ICELAND. Japanese scientific research victims are not sold at all.

Honto ni? Never heard that on this forum before..

It is their country and their culture, no one has any right to judge or criticize anymore than Japanese have a right to judge and criticize other countries for their practices.

Agree Oldman, but as these mammals have no connection to a nation state, we've to challenge these whale catching countries in debate.

Spain is making some achievements with the ban on bullfighting and international pressure helps.

I can find plenty of whale meat from ‘southern oceans” on sale at several supermarkets near me.

From Iceland?

Never seen it!

That is correct. But if Japan wants to be the odd-man out in the world, Japan should not whinge (as Japan often does) about being isolated.

Like I have often said, the days of Japan having it's cake and eat it are coming to an end.

Their personal issues with Japan go so deep for some small boys that they forget that the article goes about Iceland. That Norway catches more whales than Japan never enters their minds. A poster who's dears to point to Icelandic whale meat being for sale in Japan is down voted. Amusing really :)

Iceland, along with Norway, openly defies the International Whaling Commission's 1986 ban on whale hunting.

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Japan also hunts whales, but uses a legal loophole that allows it to continue catching the animals in order to gather scientific data.

Japan doesn't use a loophole, they follow Article VIII which has been a part of the regulations since 1948 decades before any moratorium. Iceland and Norway follow Article V (which is also unchanged since 1948), they don't defy the moratorium. And it is a moratorium NOT a ban. Meanwhile the IWC DEFIES their own moratorium by refusing to review the status of whale species as required by the moratorium.

So, Iceland’s continued whaling has come to a haunt because there are no flipping whales left.

Iceland has stopped hunting Minke whales. They still hunt fin whales

Japan wants to return to commercial whaling in both the sounthern and northern oceans. Obviously the whale sticks in the northern oceans have not recovered and never will with these idiots persistently hunting them.

Not obviously. First Iceland hunts in the Northern Atlantic which is an entirely different ocean than the Northern Pacific where Japan hunts. Second the IWC's own data shows whale stock in the Northern Atlantic and Pacific ARE recovering.

Yes, there may very well be large populations of whales in the southern oceans, but Iceland has shown that whales do not recover quickly from over hunting. If Jaian resumes commercial whaling in the southern oceans, it is likely the whale sticks will only last a decade or so and they will be right back to where they were 50 years ago - facing extinction.

No, it isn't likely. If commercial hunting resumes in the Southern Ocean it will only be for species shown to be sustainable, there will be conservative quotas set and the quotas/population will be reviewed and adjusted every year.