Will nobody buy their whale meat?
Here's a quick and dirty translation of an article announcing that the single biggest buyer of Norwegian whale meat is getting out.
Reducing whale purchaseThe single most important buyer of whale meat the recent decades, Ellingsen on Skrova, is reducing its involvement. - Maybe we buy, maybe not. But it will be considerably less than in previous years, says Ulf Ellingsen.
The chair of Ellingsen Seafood is the first to regret the development. The Skrova factory has for many years lived for the whale - but off the salmon. Whalers have landed their take here since 1947. In 2005 the two Skrova factories bought over half of the meat from the domestic hunt. But the Ellingsen family has increasingly focused on aquaculture and Ellingsen doubts that they can get labour for both. He would rather take some summer vacation. Ellingsen fears that the hunt slowly but surely will stop, with less players everywhere. - Whaling is in a downward trend, he claims.
He's right. Japan is having trouble finding people to buy it as well.
Comments
How are they going to keep their GHG emissions low now? (see link)
Posted by: Daniel Simons | March 13, 2008 11:56 AM
Yes all correct and for he research that i have done apparently they are using it for dog food and for kids lunches (forceture) and there is 4 tonnes to get rid of and so Y are they still killing and can anyone tell me why we want to save the whales i love them and all that jazz but i just cant find out why ???
Thanks
Posted by: Maddy | April 6, 2008 12:23 AM