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Iceland To Hang Up Her Harpoons For Good, Issuing No More Whaling Permits
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Iceland To Hang Up Her Harpoons For Good, Issuing No More Whaling Permits

Now more interested in seeing whales than eating them, Iceland has decided to hang up her harpoons for good, banning permits for whaling.

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Whales off the coast of Iceland will be left alone by the end of next year after the nation’s Fisheries Minister announced a cancelation of all new permits for commercial whaling.

Once the current permits expire, ending after the 2023 season, it will be the end of the practice.

Even though hunting quotas are set around 400 fin and minke whales, only one whale was hunted last year, as there is simply no economic demand for it.

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Whaling in Iceland only came to be in 1948, as a result of tourists falsely believing that it was a centuries-old traditional practice and that whale meat was a staple on the island, when in reality it was only a sample dish for tourists in restaurants.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) conducted a study as part of their ‘Meet Us Don’t Eat Us’ campaign, which found that Icelanders believed whales were worth more alive than dead.

A Gallup poll found that only 2% ate whale six or more times a year, and that 84% of Icelanders had flat out never tried the meat.