The Icelandic government announced Thursday that it will reinstate whaling, temporarily suspended in June, to resume on Friday, but under stricter conditions.
The start of the hunting season was postponed due to a critical report on the compatibility of the practice with animal protection laws, which sparked a heated debate on the subject in the country, one of the few where the hunting continues to be captured and traded. crustacean. .
The Ministry of Food and Fisheries reported that, after analyzing the results of a working group created for this purpose, it concluded that hunting methods can be improved from the point of view of animal welfare.
The guardianship will publish a new regulation with “more detailed and strict requirements regarding equipment and hunting methods, as well as greater control”, which will come into force at the end of the year.
Finnish Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Greens said in an interview today that it is important to reassess the situation after the season ends and reiterated that she herself is against whaling, as is her party.
Iceland, Norway and Japan are the only countries that make this practice a commercial activity.
The species caught in Iceland is classified as endangered.
Public figures such as the Icelandic singer Bjork are in favor of banning the practice and, according to recent surveys, around half of the population are in favor of its elimination and a third want it to continue.
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Source: TSF
