Killing More Whales By Iceland Makes No Economic Sense

摘要

A new pressure from the whaling industry emerged earlier this year, when Icelandic newspapers Frettabladid and Morgunbladid ran a large advertisement headlined Let's resume whaling. The advertisement argued that Iceland could dig itself out of its current financial woes through the hunting of whales. A few news stories followed, with members of the whaling lobby quoting claims of an open market for whale meat in Japan, and good prices being paid, following the recent export of whale meat from Iceland and Norway to Japan. The whaling lobby claims both significant export income and jobs would be created.