
fisheries

Time and Tuna are Running Out!

Commercial whaling is evil. Iceland has woken up.
In a step greeted with relief by environmental campaigners, Iceland have announced that they will issue no new quotas for commercial whaling. Fisheries minister Einar K Guofinnsson said that “I will not issue a new quota until the market conditions for whale meat improve and permission to export whale products to Japan is secured. There is no reason to continue commercial whaling if there is no demand for the product.â€

The Plight of the Penguin
The Humboldt Penguin population has fallen by nearly half since the early 1980s and it could soon appear on the endangered species list. Find out how over fishing, pollution, coastal development, and climate change are threatening the species.