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Perspective from Japan on whaling and whale meat, a spot of gourmet news, and monthly updates of whale meat stockpile statistics12/07/2006
Yomiuri talks to Valgerdur Sverrisdottir
Iceland foreign minister: Commercial Whaling "based on science"
Iceland's Foreign Minister, Valgerdur Sverrisdottir (56) who is visiting Japan, responded to an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper in Tokyo on the 6th.
The Foreign Minister stressed the justness of the commercial whaling which Iceland resumed in October, saying that "the whaling has scientific basis". Furthermore, the Foreign Minister emphasised the importance of working together with Japan to increase understanding of whaling, noting that "it's important to co-operate together to broaden correct knowledge throughout the world".
Iceland is also an island nation like Japan, and is a fishing country. By August next year, they have plans to take 78 whales, including 39 for scientific research.
Regarding the resumption of commercial whaling, the Foreign Minister acknowledged huge receipt of emotional anti-whaling letters from mainly European countries and the USA, reading "I don't want to see any blood". However, the Foreign Minister said "We have a culture that is centred upon fisheries. These resources will not be depleted as the hunts will be limited and based upon scientific research".
(2006/12/7 01:39 Yomiuri Newspaper)
Labels: Iceland, Japanese media perspective, Whaling
アイスランド外相、捕鯨再開「科学的根拠に基づく」
来日中のアイスランドのバルゲルズル・スベリスドッティル外相（５６）は６日、都内で読売新聞のインタビューに応じた。
外相はこの中で、同国が１０月に再開した商業捕鯨について、「科学的な根拠に基づく捕鯨」と正当性を主張した。その上で、外相は「正しい知識を協力して世界に広めていくことが大切」と捕鯨に関する理解を広めるために、日本と連携を図る重要性を強調した。
アイスランドは、日本と同じ島国で漁業国。来年８月までに調査捕鯨の３９頭と合わせ、７８頭を捕獲する計画を立てている。
商業捕鯨の再開を受け、同国外務省には「血は見たくない」とする捕鯨反対の感情的な手紙が欧米諸国を中心に殺到したという。しかし、外相は「我々には漁業を中心に生きてきた文化がある。科学的な調査に基づき、上限を設けて捕獲しているので資源が枯渇することはない」と語った。
（2006年12月7日1時39分 読売新聞）
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