Atuagagdliutit - 16.01.1991, Blaðsíða 3

NR. 1 1991
AALISAAT/INUIT HUNTERS
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Arfanniartoqartariaqarpoq
- Kalaallit Nunaata nunanJ assigiinngitsuni arfanniarneq pillugu kommissionimut IWC-
mut uppemarsarpaa arferit neqaat Kalaallit Nunaanniinuussutissatutpisariaqartinneqar-
toq. Kalaallit Nunaanni aalisartut piniartullu kattuKanni siulittaasoq Pavia Nielsen (qeq-
qarleq) ukiup ingerlanerani Uummannami qilalukkanik qernertarniartillugu assilineqarsi-
masoq takuneqarsinnaavoq. (Ass.: Bo Nørreslet).
Greenland has provided documentation to the international whaling commission IWC that
meat from whales is an essential food in Greenland. Pavia Nielsen (in the middle), the
chairman of the Greenlandic Association of Fishermen and Hunters is shown here following
a harwhal hunt in Uummannaq earlier this winter. (Photo: Bo Nørreslet).
Whaling is necessary
The chairman of KNAPK, Pavia Nielsen, retorts a new
Danish book
The chairman of the fis-
hermen’s and hunters’
organisation KNAPK,
Pavia Nielsen, is discon-
tended with the informa-
tion about whaling in
Greenland, which has
been published by the
Danish writer Willy Jo-
hannsen in his book:
»World of the Whales«.
Pavia Nielsen comments the
book thus: - The writer
must know, that the exploi-
tation of the living resources
of the ocean is the most im-
portant basis of living in
Greenland, since the popu-
lation in Greenland gets
their natural food mainly
from the ocean, and that the
fishermen and the hunters
use government-approved
gear and weaponry here for
their activities.
Pavia Nielsen is very sur-
prised that Willy Johann-
sen, who apparently is con-
cerned about the terms of li-
ving of all animals, only at-
tacks the Greenlanders.
- Whales aren’t the only
animals!
What about chlcken
and pigs?
- If it’s the intention of the
writer to publish a new bo-
ok, Pavia Nielsen suggests
he should write about the
world of chicken and pigs, if
he dåres!
- Several enviromental or-
ganisations deliberately
choose not to deal with the
matter of the methods used
at Danish slaughterhouses,
where chicken are plucked
alive, hung on a transporta-
tion-string, and transported
to their death, says Pavia
Nielsen and adds:
- What about pigs, which
are kept in captivity using as
little space as possible. I
think these conditions are
more important to deal
with. But personally I think
that the enviromental orga-
nisations are afraid to deal
with these matters, because
billions of kroners are at sta-
ke.
- Pigs and chichen are two
of the most common menu-
es for millions of homes
around the world, and if this
market is diminished, a lot
of people would be unem-
ployed.
- Why this distrust?
Willy Johannsen also que-
stions the truthfulness of
many of the officially pre-
sented documents about the
importance of whaling in
Greenland to the Interna-
tional Whaling Commision
(IWC).
Pavia Nielsen says, that
the writer must know, that
Greenland has documented
to the IWC the importance
of whale meat as a natural
food source in Greenland.
And that representatives
from the member nations of
the IWC, after having studi-
ed the contents of these re-
ports in detail, have appro-
ved them.
- So why this distrust, Pa-
via Nielsen asks.
- The book brings infor-
mation about collective
whaling of minke whales
and the use of harpoons in
these hunts, which are di-
rectly misleading. The exi-
sting guidelines specifically
referring to the collective
hunts, do not State in any
parts that the whales should
be harpooned, before shoo-
ting them, says Pavia Niel-
sen, and adds that sassat do
not take place each year in
Greenland.
- Were vou there
yourseli?
Moreover, Pavia Nielsen
points out that Willy Johan-
sen should have worked mo-
re seriously with the infor-
mation he published concer-
ning the sassat (hunt),
which took place in the Dis-
co-bay this year. The writer
claims that there was
around 500 tons of whale
meat at this sassat which
was merely rotting away on
the ice. This is impossible
due to the veiy low tempera-
tures!
- We know that scientists
normally work seriously
with their analysis, but I
wonder if he was there him-
self on the ice during the
hunt, where the temperatu-
res were between 20 to 30
degrees below zero, and if he
counted every single nar-
whale or beluga which was
caught, Pavia Nielsen asks.
Did the writer analyze every
single whale, since he writes
that there was 500 tons of
meat?
- It seems that Willy Jo-
hanasen is playing a scien-
tist, by taking figures out of
the blue sky and publishes
them in his book, believes
Pavia Nielsen.
The chairman of KNAPK,
Pavia Nielsen concludes: -
To you, who is trying to wri-
te as a scientist, I’d like to
say that you are dealing
with matters here, which
you apparently don’t know
the slightest thing about!
KNAPK-p siulittaasuata Pavia Nielsen-ip qallunaat
atuakkiaat nutaaq sakkortuumik oqaaseqaateqarfigaa
Paasissutissat Kalaallit
Nunaanni arfanniartar-
nermut tunngasut, qal-
lunaap atuakkiortup
Willy Johannsenip atu-
akkiaatigut: »I hvaler-
nes verden«ikkut saq-
qummiunneqartut aali-
sartut piniartullu peqa-
tigiiffianni KNAPK-mi
siulittaasup, Pavia Niel-
senip, naammaginngil-
luinnarpai.
Atuagaq taanna pillugu Pa-
via Nielsen imatut oqarpoq:
- Atuakkiortup ilisimasaria-
qarpaa immap uumasuinik
iluaquteqameq Kalaallit
Nunaanni inuuniarnermi
tamanit pingaarnerpaajum-
mat, kalaallimmi inuussu-
tissamik pingaarnerpaar-
taat imaaniit pisarpaat,
aammalu aalisartut piniar-
tullu atortuuteqarlutillu
sakkuuteqarput piniarner-
mi atorneqartartut pisorta-
niit akuerisaasimasut.
Pavia Nielsen-ip mikinn-
gitsumik tupaallaatigaa,
Willy Johannsen-ip, uuma-
sunik ilisimatuunerartup,
kalaallit saassutiinnavim-
magit!
- Arferimmi kisimik uu-
masuunngillat!
Kukkukuuaqqamml
puulukillu
- Atuakkiortoq atuakkioq-
qikkusukkuni, Pavia Niel-
sen siunnersuivoq, taava
tullianik kukkukuuaqqat
puulukillu pillugit atuak-
kioriannguarli, qununngik-
kuni!
- Uumasunik illersuinia-
qatigiiffiit assigiinngitsut
qallunaat uumasunik toqo-
raaviini pissutsit amiilaar-
narluinnartut isiginngit-
suusaarpaat, tamakkunani-
mi kukkukkuuaqqat suli
uumasut niuinnaasigut ni-
vinngarsinnarlugit tullerii-
aarpassuakkuutaarlugit to-
qoraavimmut ingerlaartit-
tarpaat uumatillugillu eri-
sarneqartarlutik, Pavia
Nielsen oqarpoq nangilluni-
lu:
- Aammami puulukit ini-
mineerakasinni aalariarfigi-
nerluunniit ajornangajattu-
nik uumasuutigineqartar-
put. Uanga isumaga malillu-
gu pissutsit taamaattut as-
suarisassaqqinnerungaara-
luarput. Uangali isumaqar-
punga, uumasunik illersui-
niaqatigiiffiit pissutsit ta-
makku uparuartussallugit
ersisut, tamakkumi anin-
gaasanut milliarterpassuar-
nut attuumassuteqarmata.
- Puulukimmi kukkuku-
aaqqallu silarsuarmi inup-
passuit nerisaasa pingaar-
nersaraat, inuillu tam akku
nerisartakkatik allanngor-
tissappatigit taava inuppa-
rujussuit suliffissaarutis-
sapput.
- Sooq
tatiglnngilaatigut?
Willy Johannsen-ip aamma
apeqqutigaa Kalaallit Nu-
naanni arfanniartarneq pil-
lugu nunat tamat arfanniar-
neq pillugu ataatsimiititali-
aannut (IWC) uppernarsaa-
titut pappiararpassuit pisor-
tatigoortumik saqqum-
miunneqartartut ilumut eq-
qortuunersut.
Pavia Nielsen isumaqar-
poq, atuakkiortup ilisimasa-
riaqaraa, Kalaallit Nunaata
IWC-mut uppernarsareersi-
magaa arferit neqaat maani
inuussutissatut pisariaqar-
luinnartuusut. Aammalu
nunat IWC-mi ilaasortaati-
taqartut sinniisaasa upper-
narsaatissat tamakkua mis-
issorluareersimallugillu na-
lilersorluareersimagaat na-
lunaarusiallu imai tamak-
kerluinnarlugit akuersissu-
tigereersimagaat.
- Soormiuna taava tati-
ginngittuaannaraatigut, Pa-
via Nielsen aperivoq.
- Atuakkami saqqum-
miunneqarput paasissutis-
sat ataatsimoorluni qooror-
tuut atorlugit tikaagullinni-
artarnermi pissutsinut
tunngasut sallulluinnartut.
Tassami uagut nalunngilar-
put taamatut ataatsimoor-
luni qoorortuut atorlugit ti-
kaagullinniarnermi tikaa-
gulliit naaleqqaarneqarnis-
saannik ullumikkut aalajan-
gersakkani atuuttuni allas-
simasoqanngilluinnarmat,
Pavia Nielsen allappoq nan-
gillunilu: Aammalu atuak-
kiortup ilisimasariaqarluin-
narpaa Kalaallit Nunaanni
ukiut tamaasa sassisoqar-
neq ajormat.
- Nammlneq
najuukkavit?
Pavia Nielsen-ip ilanngullu-
gu apeqquserpaa, ukior-
manna Diskobugt-imi sassi-
simaneq pillugu paasissutis-
sanik Willy Johannsen saq-
qummiussuinialerami peq-
qissaartumik • paasiniaaq-
qaarsimanersoq, ilisima-
tuummi sulinerminni misis-
sueqqissaarneq tunngavigi-
sarmassuk. Atuakkiortormi
allappoq, sassinermi tassani
arferit neqaat 500 tonsit
missaanniittut sikumi asiu-
tiinnarneqarsimasut.
- Taamanikkununa mi-
nus 20 aamma 30 gradit
akomanni issittumi sassiso-
qarnerani nammineerluni
najuussimanersoq, aamma
qilalukkat pisar ineqar tut
tamarluinnaasa kisissima-
nerai, Pavia Nielsen aperi-
voq. Atuakkiortup nammi-
neerluni qilalukkat pisari-
neqartut tamarluinnaasa
uuttortartarsimaneramigit
oqaatigaa neqit 500 tonsiu-
simasut?
- Willy Johannsen ilisima-
toorsuaasaarpoq, taamaak-
kaluartorli kisitsisit paasis-
sutissallu piumasaarsuu-
taannarluinnaat atuakkia-
minut Uanngussorsimavai,
Pavia Nielsen oqarpoq.
KNAPK-p siulittaasua
Pavia Nielsen naggasiilluni
oqarpoq: - Ilisimatoorsuaa-
saartutit oqarfigissavakkit,
nalusarnut ilanngukkavit!
- Arfanniarneq inuiaqatigiinni kalaallini pisariaqartuuvoq, KNAPK’p siulittaasua Pavia
Nielsen danskit atuakkamiksaqqummersitaannut nutaamut tunngatillugu oqarpoq. (Ass.:
Louise-Inger Lyberth).
Whaling is necessary for the Greenlandic society, says Pavia Nielsen, chairman of KNAPK
as a commentary to a new Danish publication (Photo: Louise-Inger Lyberth).