Whaling-foreman

Whaling-foreman

The whaling foreman is in Faroese known as a "grindaformaður". He is a central figure in the Faroese pilot whale hunt.

He has the following responsibilities in a hunt:

* He is responsible for organising the pilot whale drives

* He makes sure the word spreads when pilot whales are sighted close to land

* He makes sure that there are enough boats to drive the whales, and that there are enough people on shore to help out.

See also

* Whaling in the Faroe Islands

External links

* [http://www.whaling.fo Whaling.fo - Website from the Faroese Gouvernment] en icon
* [http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Hunts/Faroe_Islands/pi-wh-in.htm Information page from the High North Alliance] (in favour of whaling)
* [http://www.nammco.no/ The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission]
* [http://www.campaign-whale.clara.net/issues/faroe.html Information page from the Campaign Whale campaign] (against whaling)
* [http://www.ngs.fo/en/sat2004/index.htm Museum of Natural History Faroe Islands] Tagged pilot whales
* [http://kari.torkilsheyggi.fo/gallery/grind2 Torkilsheyggi] Images from a pilot whale hunt in Gøtu 2006


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