Martin wrote:

Icelandic tourism companies have publicly expressed their opposition
to the resumption of commercial whaling. They think that it will
damage Iceland's tourism industry, an industry that brings in far more
income than whaling. They are rightfully concerned that potential
visitors will simply travel and go whale watching in countries that do
not kill whales. We will certainly not be visiting Iceland again until
you stop hunting whales.
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> The International Whaling Commission's 1986 moratorium on commercial
whaling was adopted to protect the great whales, whose populations
were dangerously depleted by decades of commercial hunting. Fin whales
are still classified as endangered and are listed on Appendix 1 of the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora.
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> By choosing to kill 30 minke and 9 fin whales by September 2007 for
commercial purposes, Iceland is undermining the moratorium and heading
in the wrong direction for the world's beleaguered whales.
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> I hope that you will reconsider your decision to hunt whales, and
until then neither I nor my friends and associates will be visiting
Iceland. We will also be actively spreading the word through our
various mailing lists and web groups to like-minded people around the
world.

DAMN RIGHT !!!

Regards

George