Iceland ends whaling due to lack of demand
Iceland has stopped commercial whaling after whalers discovered they cannot find domestic markets for the meat they have caught. Iceland's fisheries minister Einar K. Guofinnsson said that it made no sense to issue new quotas if the market for whale meat was not strong enough. Iceland announced last year it would allow up to 30 minke whales and 9 fin whales to be hunted, controversially ending a ban in place internationally since 1986. But Iceland's whalers have killed just seven minke whales and seven fin whales because of slack demand for whale meat and products.