Hi Pondus,
That is because the others never tasted Hvalbiff, very healthy food with Omega 3 fatty acids. The mink whale the Norwegians and people from Iceland are after isn't a threatened species like Bluefin Tuna (fishing that species is barbaric). Then whale is very, very healthy for people recovering from a serious intestinal disease.
In Norway another aspect was that the whale was seen as a fish in medievel times, and so people were allowed to eat whalebeef on a Friday (pity they did not have BBQs then),
polonus