Well the prior user was implying that the purpose of whaling is to hunt them to extinction, which is a pretty strange policy to have for any nation. Is that actually Icelands purpose in the whale hunting, to make them extinct?

[–] fox@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's mostly to sell to the Japanese market iirc. Not many in Iceland actually have a taste for whale. Huge waste of time and resources.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I've seen like a handful of places selling it in Iceland, and they're all full of tourists who have it just to say they've had it.

It's not great meat by all accounts.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

That would make sense.