NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoIceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square139linkfedilinkarrow-up1751
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minus-squareappel@whiskers.bim.boatslinkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down23·2 years agoOh there’s only like 200 whales left, might as well finish them off - icelandic gov.
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down24·2 years agoMinke has a minimum population estimate of 17000, so you are a bit off there. https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2022-08/Com Minke Whale-Can E Coast Stock_SAR 2021.pdf
minus-squareSamB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down7·2 years agoAh. So just a couple of whale hunting seasons away from extinction.
minus-squareRoboticide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoWhy do you guys keep talking about Minke whales? Read the fucking article. They’re hunting fin whales, which are considered Vulnerable.
Oh there’s only like 200 whales left, might as well finish them off - icelandic gov.
Minke has a minimum population estimate of 17000, so you are a bit off there. https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2022-08/Com Minke Whale-Can E Coast Stock_SAR 2021.pdf
Ah. So just a couple of whale hunting seasons away from extinction.
Why do you guys keep talking about Minke whales?
Read the fucking article. They’re hunting fin whales, which are considered Vulnerable.