"Jan Bojer Vindheim" <jan.vindheim@gmail.com> skrev i melding 
news:1gym9t4.1qmrnm21q3d6kgN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com...
> Lex T <trumbauer28@zonnet.nl> wrote:
>
>> Also in Norway whale beef is common food:
>> http://home.online.no/~sulvund/Voss_Now/foto25410.htm
>
> Actually Norwegian whaling  is dependenet on government subsidies,
> since young people dont like whalemeat
> and many older people have traumatic memories of whalemeat dinners in
> their youth

It is not dependent on government subsidies. I know there were som subsidies 
for whale blubber storage in the past, but I am unsure as to whether this is 
still in effect or not. In any case, your claim that the whaling is 
dependent upon subsidies is void, it is fully self-sustainable.
Also, about this claim (by the previous poster): "Also in Norway whale beef 
is common food:"
I can tell you that whale meat is *not* a common food in Norway. Let me put 
it this way... We are one of only a few countries in Europe where whale meat 
is eaten at all, so in comparison to the world, it is common in Norway. Put 
in a perspective of meals per person however, not at all.

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