Long gone are the days when Captain Ahab caught whales like Moby Dick in the world’s oceans. Since 1986, commercial whaling has ceased
Long gone are the days when Captain Ahab caught whales like Moby Dick in the world’s oceans. Since 1986, commercial whaling has not been banned worldwide, only in a few countries. It belongs to them, also in Norway – it should be done there according to the will of the government, now there is even more whaling.
The Ministry of Fisheries invested about half a million euros in a marketing campaign to make the whale population palatable. The competent minister Harald Tom Nesvik is convinced of the merits: “It is excellent meat, it is healthy and good and we should eat more of it,” he told the Norwegian newspaper “VG”. Animal protection Nesvik doesn’t want to know much: “We can’t talk to whales, but we can eat them.”
most Norwegians
do not taste whale meat, about 1500 kilograms of meat supplies each killed animal, except for the skin and fat layer. Whale meat is too popular in Norwegian kitchens. Many would prefer without it because the meat has a strange taste. “Today, the meat is cooled and frozen quickly. In addition, only the best parts of the whale are sold,” Nesvik. Through the new Trbet marketing campaign, citizens should learn how to best prepare whale – and the meat is actually a delicacy.
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But not only because of the taste, even – or especially – because of the impact on the environment, the consumption of whale meat is not approved. The species is very endangered, hunting is partly brutal. Norway, the largest whaling nation Japan and Iceland. Against the new initiative of the Minister of Fisheries, the harsh criticism of animals excites nature conservationists. According to the Norwegian animal protection organization NOAH, 20 percent of animals suffer severe pain before they die. “Norway behaves contrary to most countries in the world where whaling is banned. The government should invest money to redirect people to a healthier diet,” said the president of the organization, Siri Martinsen, to the “VG” newspaper.
In contrast, the Minister of Fisheries Nesvik, in the whaling business even part of the solution to global problems. In his opinion, could whale meat be the key to fighting world hunger: “If we caught more, I see a huge potential for more food around the world.”
source: “VG”
epp Updated Date: November 26, 2018, 8:00 p.m
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: newstars.edu.vn