Our friend Rune Frövik, Secretary of the High North Alliance, has resigned according to a Norwegian newspaper, Fiskeribladet.
The charismatic Rune has had many fights with Greenpeace and participated in CITES and IWC meetings. Rune has as well been kind enough to participated here on Jen’s blog. We remember him in the hot and interesting discussion on sustainable Norwegian whaling with Dr. Peter Corkeron:
https://climatelab.com.au/blog/archives/001142.html#comments
The High North Alliance (HNA) was established in 1991 as an organisation for whalers and sealers in the North Atlantic. HNA had its “golden period” during the years when Norway wanted full scale whaling activity and possibilities to export whale meat. It’s calmer now in the office that is situated in the Lofoten Islands.
“There are still many challenges”, states the new to be Secretary, Laila Jusnes.
The paper doesn’t state the reason for Rune’s resignment , but I heard he owns a little whale meat processing factory in northern Norway.
I wish Rune good luck for the future (but not killing whales!).
Ann Novek,
Sweden
> Sorry, we're all learning Mandarin!
LOL! You got a laugh out of me there, and for the right sort of reason 🙂
>And Thanks Travis for your support.
You're most welcome Ann.
>And if you could ask him...
David, you know you could ask me yourself 🙂
All now good about the animal welfare and environmental stuff. Thanks. Seems it was more chronologically mixed up than anything else.
> Travis the terrier. Do you exercise chasing a mechanised bunny around?!
No need for the mechanised. There are plenty of the real thing around. Hares are the best.
>If we were posting in Japanese I'm sure I could outdo you guys so cut me some slack already!
Sorry, we're all learning Mandarin!
>And thanks, Travis, right on que. You showed all readers what spiteful, bile-driven low life the greens really are. Keep it up.
You're most welcome Mott. Didn't think I was being spiteful though, if that's what seeking clarification is.
I heard the Olympic flame is not going to Canberra, but is now going to the Southern Ocean on board the Nisshin Maru. That way Australia can concentrate its protest efforts.
"Does hoping to eat whales and trying to get other nations to be tolerant of this really knock Japan so far down the rankings!?"
You are asking me??! Where does Australia fit in on the best-friends scale with Japan, and what about NZ?
> Of course comments like ... are a good way of keeping it sunk!
Just trying to fit in here 🙂
> No idea what Australia is doing with the surveillance results, etc. You?
Still only just my previous supposition.
> That's being optimistic...
Does hoping to eat whales and trying to get other nations to be tolerant of this really knock Japan so far down the rankings!?
LOL! You are the "just a European housewife" Ann. I'm the "bimbo scrubber bullocky's daughter"!
Thankyou for clearing up the welfare/environmental issue. Never too hard to refloat the ship, unless you truly blast it into little pieces. Of course comments like "And if you could ask him who he's talking about when he says "girls"?" are a good way of keeping it sunk!
No idea what Australia is doing with the surveillance results, etc. You?
"second best friends in Asia, the Japanese?"
That's being optimistic...
" And if you could ask him who he's talking about when he says "girls"?- David
I'm the old bitchy witch 🙂 !
Tell us what head office says about krill stocks again, Ann, that will impress us all.
And thanks, Travis, right on que. You showed all readers what spiteful, bile-driven low life the greens really are. Keep it up.
> Posted by: Travis at April 10, 2008 03:02 PM
Strange comment.
Ann, my English skills have deserted me so if you wouldn't mind interpreting to Travis that subsequent to posting my comment at April 9, 2008 06:35 PM, I then saw your comment from April 9, 2008 05:20 PM, and now think I understand the meaning that you intended to convey.
And if you could ask him who he's talking about when he says "girls"?
> Travis the terrier. Do you exercise chasing a mechanised bunny around?!
Did Libby's post get automerged with one from Ian?!?
> Please enlighten us David
I got the impression that Ann thought it would be standard to regard the TTD issue as an environmental issue, after seeing her comment to Mr. IceClass that: "I doubt that the issue of animal welfare is high on your agenda , which has previously been pointed out by statements of yours that TTD is not an environmental issue."
I evidently misinterpreted this to mean the reverse of what it was supposed to (if I understand correctly), but missed or forgot the previous context of this discussion between them.
Sheez you guys are tough. If we were posting in Japanese I'm sure I could outdo you guys so cut me some slack already!
> otherwise you are truly not adding anything positive,
This ship looks too hard to refloat 😉
Anyway, why don't we talk about stuff then. How is Australia's analysis of the materials collected from their spy ship going? Prospects for court action by Australia against their second best friends in Asia, the Japanese?