Thanks for the heads up Skarpi, it's a shame. I would think that Iceland would loose more than some of it's tourist trade, probably loose some portion of it's exports (which I'm ignorant of what is exported) as well due to international protest & boycott. Probably loose a lot more than they can gain from the taking of 9 fin whales & 30 minke whales per year. I also can't see that the economy is dependant upon the sale of that amount of whale meat. Japan may also suffer by the buying of the whale meat by attracting international anger, even though they still do buy it now. And the excuse that they're eating up the fish stock, might as well kill off all the top feeders. That'll just leave us bottom feeders to fight for what's left.

Best of luck in Iceland.

Barry