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Lydia Leftcoast

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29. I was in Iceland this past summer

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 13, 2012, 01:05 PM

Mar 2012

and one of our tour guides said that whaling is declining. The government has refused to issue any more permits for catching large whales and has reduced the quota for minke whales.

Furthermore, private interests are realizing that taking tourists out to see live whales has more of a future than killing whales.

So there is hope.

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Yeah sharp_stick Mar 2012 #9

I'm not trying to attack you personally, but, MoonRiver Mar 2012 #11

Nothing personal there. I agree about whaling although I would bring up aboriginal whaling Zalatix Mar 2012 #18

I don't agree with either one. MoonRiver Mar 2012 #21

Not an Icelander; I just study various countries. Zalatix Mar 2012 #22

I was in Iceland this past summer Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2012 #29

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