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Kristjan Loftsson, managing director of the Icelandic whaling company, is "pleased" about receiving a increased hunt permit. But the question remains: why kill whales?

There is a glut of unwanted meat in Iceland, Norway and Japan. In Iceland, they haven't even sold the meat from earlier "scientific" hunts.

A Gallup poll, commissioned by IFAW found that, "Only 1.1 percent of Icelanders eat whale meat once a week or more, while 82.4 percent of 16 to 24-year-olds never eat whale meat."


Whale watching and how you can help

Iceland has a choice. Most Icelanders are environmentally conscious, and in favour of using marine resources in a way that preserves them for future generations. Its whale watching industry is known around the world, and brings in more revenue than whaling possibly could. Yet, the Fisheries Ministry has done a favour for a very small interest group, and granted a permit for commercial whaling.

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