Iceland Proceeds with Fin and Minke Whale Hunt Despite Protests
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [AFP] - June 30, 2015 -
Icelandic whaling boats have left port to begin the 2015 whaling season, authorities said on Monday as more than 700,000 people signed a petition calling for an end to the hunt.
Iceland and Norway are the only nations that openly defy the International Whaling Commission's 1986 ban on hunting whales.
For 2015, Iceland's fisheries ministry has given the whalers a quota of 154 fin whales -- the second largest mammal after the blue whale -- and 229 minke whales.
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