Iceland said last Tuesday it would issue licenses to hunt nine fin whales and 30 minke whales in a year, becoming only the second nation after Norway to defy outright the international moratorium that took effect in 1986.

If you can find an icelandic and a norweigian person and tell them its wrong ok and its a lot worse than imposing an extra 2p on the price of a pint.

Hi greg , thanks for posting some stuff..will get round to replying to the others too.

It never ceases to amaze me the propaganda that people accept, especially if it makes them feel better. They justify things in their own mind to make them right. It makes me feel like the better causes like environmental ones will always take a back seat. Only now and it has died off has there been urgency in the governments of the western world to tackle global warming. Still schools of thought (i dont think they are that more schools of spin or propaganda) say there is no such thing!
The icelanders themindividualselves (great word) need to act and get properly informed on this whale issue. I thought they were pretty much on the ball but seem to be locked in the past on this one. I too hope they have a shit winter.

What are the issues that concern us now in roatan ? well coral bleaching is perhaps a global problem brought about by global warming. I also wonder about the sewerage which trickles down from the interior settlements straight into the sea. Water is going to become an issue as well. Im happy the seas are rough and the coral is getting a break from the reef bashers. Must be hard for the lobster fisherman, lets see a lobster farm sometime soon. I saw a great one in croatia which also was a lobster restaurant. You ate right over the natural water and the fenced off pens... I will do it if I win the lottery.