Intends to interfere with whaling in Iceland this summer
The activist and whale friend Paul Watson claims to have plans to disrupt whaling in Iceland in June. Not long ago he caused the last hassle in this country.
« Our continued campaign is about to stop illegal whaling this summer. Japan Times reports.
Watson, a 74 -year -old, was arrested in Greenland this fall for arrest warrant in Japan since 2012. He was accused of vandalism on whaling vessels in Antarctica in 2010 and for injuring the whale.
Danes, however, rejected Japan's extradition request and he is now released after five months in custody in the Danish territory. He now lives in France as an honorary citizen of Paris. Watson said he had received numerous letters while he was in custody.
Has previously caused havoc in Iceland
Icelanders know Watson well, as he has previously organized action against whaling in Iceland, along with volunteers by the Environmental Protection Agency Sea Shepherd.
In 1986, broadcasters sank on behalf of the association to form two whaling boats in Reykjavik harbor by opening their bottom valves. They also broke into the whaling station in Hvalfjörður and did damage to equipment and equipment there. Sea Shepherd declared the responsibility.
In 2019, Watson returned to the country for the purpose of stopping minke fishing. However, it was not possible to go on minke fishing that year and he did not have a hard time.
Lock themselves in masts
In 2022, he founded The Captain Paul Watson Foundation, which has interrupted whaling in this country.
The Watson Association attracted much attention in this country in early September 2023, when two women on their behalf locked themselves in the masts of the whaling vessels Hval 8 and Hval 9.
The two women, Anahita Babaei and Elissa Biou, were in the masts for about two days.
Watch closely with Japanese ships
Only three nations are engaged in whaling; Icelanders, Norwegians and Japanese. Watson says the organization is closely monitoring whaling in Japan
« If the Japanese return to the South Arctic this fall, we will be there to meet them, » he says to the Japanese medium.
Controversial whaling license
In December gave Bjarni Benediktssonthen the outgoing prime minister and the Minister of Food, a permit to fish for 201 trout for Hvald hf. In addition to the permit for fishing for 217 minke whales for the tow and minke fishing boat Halldór Sigurðsson ÍS 14, which is owned by Tjaldtanga ehf.
The license is valid for five years but is automatically renewed.
Bjarni's decision was controversial, 51% of the population said they were dissatisfied with the decision according to Könun Machine. Kristrún Frostadóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, has also said that the law on whaling in Iceland is obsolete and demands review.
Whaling has been controversial in Iceland for decades.
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