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cheets64 · 2 Nov 2006 at 12:12

I say let them, they will be the ones destroying there livelihood.

kaiowas · 2 Nov 2006 at 12:13

If someone gives me 10k I promise I will never kill another whale.

Kol · 2 Nov 2006 at 12:14

meghatronic · 2 Nov 2006 at 12:45

I reckon they'll take the money to not kill one whale - and kill the same amount anyway. Win-win.

Glaucus · 2 Nov 2006 at 13:04

there's no need for the ban now, the stocks are back to healthy levels, as long as it's regulated so it's not overfished. Then I can't see any problems. However whilst the ban still exists it's not going to be regulated.

Paying the hunters off just shows you how thick these animal rights people are...

scorza · 2 Nov 2006 at 13:30

AcidHell2 said:
there's no need for the ban now, the stocks are back to healthy levels, as long as it's regulated so it's not overfished. Then I can't see any problems. However whilst the ban still exists it's not going to be regulated.

Paying the hunters off just shows you how thick these animal rights people are...

According to the link in the OP, Iceland intends to catch 9 fin whales, which are on the threatened list

gjrc · 2 Nov 2006 at 13:39

i doubt Iceland whale fishing will inflict huge damage on whale populations, it is part of the Icelandic peoples way of life. i bet it wasnt Iceland who put whale populations in such danger in the first place anyway.

having said that i dont condone it.

do_ron_ron · 2 Nov 2006 at 14:09

I think the anti whale hunters should kill(sink) twenty whalers each year.
Purely for scientific purposes, of course

Glaucus · 2 Nov 2006 at 14:42

scorza said:
According to the link in the OP, Iceland intends to catch 9 fin whales, which are on the threatened list

This is a guinuine question, are they still indangered or have they just not been removed from the list? Is it possible to get animals removed for the list?

However as I said remove the ban and regulate it, that way you can hunt whats not indangered.

bam0 · 2 Nov 2006 at 15:16

AcidHell2 said:
This is a guinuine question, are they still indangered or have they just not been removed from the list? Is it possible to get animals removed for the list?

However as I said remove the ban and regulate it, that way you can hunt whats not indangered.

There will be another review of the IUCN Cetacean Red List in January 2007, but these endangered listings are only considered on a global level, ignoring local populations, the original determination was weighted heavily by declines in populations in the southern hemisphere, obviously I don't think Iceland hunts that far away.

In case people are going to ask for sources, see here: http://iwcoffice.org/conservation/iceland.htm

Glaucus · 2 Nov 2006 at 15:47

Even more reason to lift the ban and regulate it, local stock levels are much more important than global. As long as you take into account migrating pasterns and such forth.