Iceland Defies Moratorium, Begins Whaling Season
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Iceland started its commercial whaling season yesterday, defying a global moratorium on the practice that the Atlantic island says no longer applies to its fishery. A total of 40 minke whales may be hunted during the six- month season, a member of Iceland’s fisheries ministry, Asda Einarsdottir, said in a telephone interview from Reykjavik yesterday. Unlike last year, no fin whales will be hunted, she said.
“This is a part of our culture,” Ms. Einarsdottir said. “There are a lot of emotions in these matters, but we are not whaling from endangered stocks.”
