Norway scraps controversial seal hunting subsidy
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [AFP] - December 12, 2014 -
Norway's parliament has voted to scrap a controversial subsidy for seal hunting, potentially spelling the end of the much-criticised activity, a lawmaker told AFP on Friday.
A majority of lawmakers voted late Thursday to delete a 12-million-kroner (1.3-million-euro, $1.6-million) subsidy for the seal hunt from the 2015 budget, said Geir Pollestad.
The subsidy has amounted to up to 80 percent of revenue for seal hunters.
The EU introduced in 2010 an embargo on products from the commercial seal hunt in Norway and Canada, arguing the measures were in response to moral outrage in the public over what was considered cruel hunting methods.
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