Norwegians Kill 546 Minke Whales in 2006

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2006/nov/13/111306278.html

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norwegian hunters killed 546 minke whales this year, falling far short of their commercial whaling quota because bad weather spoiled much of the season, government and industry officials said Monday.

Norway resumed commercial hunts of minke whales in 1993 despite an international moratorium, and raised its quota in 2006 to 1,052, the highest in two decades.

But hunters only managed to reach just over half that amount in the season that ended last month - 93 fewer than last year, officials said.

"To hunt whales, you need very good weather, which we didn't have," said Magnar Pedersen of the Norwegian Raw Fish Organization. He added that the Norwegian whaling fleet was not adapted well enough to the rough conditions in Arctic waters.

Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries spokesman Olav Lekve said next year's quota had not been set yet.

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[JuniperLea]

1. Minke's are not endangered

If we could gather all the whale and other animal activists in the world and get everyone to concentrate on global warming, there may just be an Earth for all those animals to inhabit.

Then they should all concentrate on feeding all the hungry children in the world.

Then we can worry about the animals.

Priorities. We waste so much time.

[Red Zelda]

2. Then let's kill 546 Norwegians in 2007

OK, OK ... delete the message.

[filer]

3. Why do Norwegians have to kill whales?

Do they eat them? Just wondering.

[ladjf]

4. I was wrong to have thought so highly of the Norwegians.