has been going on for hundreds of years. it brought whales to the brink of extinction in the 19th and early 20th century. but an international moratorium was agreed in 1986 to allow whale numbers to recover. iceland objected to it and decided to restart commercial whaling in 2003. its biggest customer was japan, untiljapan itself pulled out of the international whaling commission in 2019, resuming hunting for whales itself. it left icelandic whalers with much less to do. it also seems that people in iceland are less keen to eat whale meat. so, with demand falling and the cost of hunting rising, the government has said there is little proof of any economic advantage to this activity, and it will end in two years when the current quota finishes. so could the only other whaling nations, norway and japan, follow iceland s lead ? the reasoning for keeping a fishery for whales active
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An undercover investigation by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) has revealed that many restaurants and supermarkets in Greenland are offering whale meat to tourists.
the whales than see them killed for commercial purposes or. even to the around the world are totally against japan s whaling rouse who is the only place we can see whales get together so closely i hope japan will reconsider resuming commercial whaling. the captain of the ship doubts the demand for whale meat will ever pick up again restaurants and hotels purposely avoid putting it on the menu for fear it will turn tourists particularly whale watchers away. the owner of a hotel in japan has just forked out 10000 euros for a bunch of grapes a look in the winning bid at the country s 1st great auction this year. bunch met strict criteria for size and sugar content in on a says they grapes will land on his guest s dinner plates but they. won t come
200000 tonnes of whale meat was consumed in japan recently it s about 5000 so no point no one percent of all meat in japan is whale meat will that now change now that this decision has been made to resume commercial well hunting will have to wait and see oversee the japanese government will hope so they re throwing money at this but the critics will be hoping it won t and so that japan in the end will decide to change its mind again all right our reporter alex forrest whiting thank you for bringing us the story. found millions of people have taken part in annual gay pride celebrations in cities around the world over the weekend this year s celebrations are special because it marks the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising the revolt of gay people in new york that began the struggle for rights. loud colorful and diverse hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered in new york to