Talk:Whaling in Iceland

message: I've removed the section entitled 'pros and cons of whaling', since it was clearly vandalised, and not particularly funny. Chue03 12:45, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Usually new posts should be put at the bottom of the talk page, just so you know in the future. Otherwise good job on removing the vandalism :) -Aryoc 12:56, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pros and Cons

message: The article has two different dates for the recent killing of a fin whale. Peter Harriman 19:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was caught on 21st of October and landed the day after, 22nd of October--Siggiari 21:23, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: dates

message: Added a small mention of the bbc article from 13th March which notes that Iceland are likely to go ahead with a small commercial catch from May 2008. I´ll fill it out as and when it progresses SammytheSeal (talk) 22:13, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Commercial Whaling in 2008

message: The article in its current state does not adhere to Wikipedia's standards.
The majority of the history of Icelandic whaling is only described in terms of the most recent events with little more than a foot note about its origins. Secondly, most of the description of Iceland's whaling history has no citations and appears to express a point of view lending undue weight to Iceland's intentions as opposed to describing historical facts in a neutral manner.
I intend to restructure this article and significantly improve the amount of historical information provided, complete with citations.
:The restructured article will cover -
:History
:1) Documented 13th century references to whaling and earlier references in sagas
:2) Influence of other nations on establishment of Icelandic fisheries 19th century - 20th century
:3) Early 20th century whaling ban
:4) Participation in the IWC
:5) Unregulated whaling prior to the 1970s
:6) Establishment of national whaling regulations/quotas
:7) Exports of whale product to other nations
:8) Disposition regarding the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling
:9) Diplomatic conflict with USA over whaling
:10) Effect of boycott on whaling industry in the late 80s
:11) Research whaling proposals
:12) End of commercial whaling in 1989
:13) Departure from the IWC in 1992
:14) Return to the IWC, first as an observer then as a full member in 2002
:15) Resumption of research whaling
:16) Resumption of commercial whaling under objection
:17) Resumption of exports to other nations
:Production
:18) Information on production methods & business
:Scientific Research
:19) Information on research produced
:Opposition
:20) Internal and external opposition to whaling
:21) Effect of whaling on application for EU membership
:22) Effect of whaling on tourism
Cetamata (talk) 17:43, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restructure 

message: A sentence was removed from the article and I've reverted that change. The text in question is in reference to the reasoning given for Iceland's research whaling in 2003: "would be taken under the pretense that national cod fisheries were threatened by whales."
The supporting citation is a CNN article on the subject which includes the following text: "Its government has now decided to allow a limited resumption of whale hunting both for "scientific purposes" and because increasing numbers of whales are allegedly threatening the country's fish stocks, especially cod." -and- "According to Fridrik Arngrimsson of the Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners, which is pressuring for a resumption of full commercial whaling, the whales have diminished local cod stocks by 10-20 percent, a figure disputed by environmental groups."
Although it's possible to assume bias on the subject, the source clearly states the reasoning Icelanders used to justify this program and objections from environmental groups. I think rather than removing the text, if bias is perceived by another editor, please discuss it here. Cetamata (talk) 20:15, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Really? I don't think the source states it's a pretense at all. Reason != pretense.--TheSeer (TalkˑContribs) 10:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally I think to argue that the word pretense is all suitable is a bit... blatant. --TheSeer (TalkˑContribs) 10:25, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iceland Science Whaling 

message: Hello, 
I am not very good at editing here, but I would like to point out a recent comment on the subject by the Icelandic fisheries minister. 
Fisheries minister, Jón Bjarnason, said in a statement that the quota for Blue fins caught in the North Atlantic for Icelandic whalers for the year 2011 is 154 whales in total, out of a stock of 20.000. (See below) In the same statement it is said that the Blue fin in the North Atlantic is a much larger stock, about 20.000 (according to the fisheries ministry), whereas the Blue fin stock in the South is in much worse shape. 
In the statement it is also said that these two stocks have no relations to one another. I just thought this belonged here as it's an article about whaling in Iceland. Neutrality is always an issue when it comes to matters of sentiment, and some people have a lot of sentiment about whaling. 
The issue whether the Blue fin is endangered is what the fisheries ministry disputes, e.g. that there are two unrelated stocks of Blue fin whales. I therefore think that the endangered part could be clarified more, to improve neutrality. 
20.7.2011
http://www.sjavarutvegsraduneyti.is/frettir/frettatilkynningar/nr/10579
Also the IWC has not expressed a formal view of Icelandic whaling, as is seen here: http://iwcoffice.org/conservation/iceland.htm  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.144.246.56 (talk) 22:42, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent comments from Icelandic fisheries minister 

message: Some user removed "jackpot" as a translation of "hvalreki" in 2011, rendering the mention of the word in the article meaningless. The word doesn't literally mean jackpot, true, but if the word (hvalreki) is to be mentioned, the double meaning as both just "beached whale" and something like "something good that is unexpectedly yours or at your disposal" must be mentioned. If anyone has a better translation of the term "hvalreki" when not referring to beach whales, please edit the article accordingly. If not, and if the word and its double-meaning is a meaningless addition, remove it entirely. finval  (talk) 16:57, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hvalreki 

message: Hi all. I just happened across this page in my wikitravels, and I have to say it's one of the better examples of how people with differing views can use Wikipedia to come up with a balanced and informative treatment of a subject.
I did, however, see a need for more wikilinks. As I read the article I came across several terms for which I needed definition or clarification. So I went through and linked countries, places, people, organizations, and whale species where they were maned in the article. I was pretty generous with my links, but I felt that was better than leaving future readers to wonder, and the convenience of wikilinks is one of the benefits of the Wikipedia format, after all.
There were also two issues of copy editing. Commas are not used in English for all appositive nouns, but rather only for words or phrases that add information but do not define the first noun. Also, types of whales are common nouns and should not be capitalized.Illexsquid (talk) 20:28, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy editing and wikifying 

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