[15세 이상] 아이슬란드, 피바다

국제적인 압력에도 불구하고 2003년 8월부터 아이슬란드도 고래잡이에 뛰어들었나 봅니다.

일본처럼 과학적인 목적의 포경으로 말을 하고 있지만

실질적으로 상업적인 포경임에 틀림없는 사실로 보입니다.

또 아이스랜드는 고래가 물고기를 많이 잡아 먹음으로써

어족보호 및 어부의 살림살이를 막아 고래들을 제어하여야 한다고 합니다.

매년 밍크고래를 600-700 마리를 포획 한다구 합니다.

-자유행동-

Iceland’s decision has sparked anew the global controversy over hunting the huge cetaceans. Britain led an international protest by 23 countries last week condemning Iceland’s harvesting plans as “unjustified and unnecessary” and a violation of the spirit of a moratorium agreed by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in June.

Commercial hunting of whales has been outlawed since 1986, because many of the great whale species are endangered. Iceland, which stopped whaling then under international pressure, now says it must control whales to protect fish stocks and fishermen’s livelihood. Reykjavik had announced its intention just before the IWC’s June annual meeting. There, a resolution calling for a “strengthening of the conservation agenda” passed by a 25 to 20 vote, deepening the divide between whaling and non-whaling nations.

Japan, which kills nearly 700 minkes for “scientific” purposes each year, denounced the resolution and threatened to leave the IWC, charging that the body had strayed from its original mission of creating conditions to allow the sustainable harvest of whales.

Japanese ships take hundreds of whales each year, ostensibly to check on the creatures’ health. Critics call this commercial whaling in disguise. After research is done, the whale meat is transported for consumption, which is required by IWC rules.

Iceland’s whale hunting makes waves with critics☜ 클릭