Iceland Resumes Commercial Whale Hunting After Two-Year Pause
Iceland has recommenced commercial whaling operations, with vessels returning to sea following a two-year hiatus. The decision to resume hunting has been met with protests from environmental groups.
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Iceland resumes whale hunt amid protest
One of Iceland’s two remaining whaling ships set out this week to hunt the giant mammals after a two-year hiatus, local media and campaigners reported on Saturday. Iceland is one of only three countries that still openly permit whaling, alongside Norway and Japan – despite international opprobrium from the public and animal welfare organisations. A protester chained himself to the mast of the vessel before it left the port of Reykjavik on Friday. He climbed down in the evening and was escorte...
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ling vessels Hvalur 8 and Hvalur 9 departed for hunting grounds at around 10 pm on Thursday, marking the resumption of fin whale hunting after a two-year hiatus. In 2024, then Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir granted a whaling permit only after the hunting season was due to begin, preventing operations… The post Whaling Vessels Return to Sea After Two-Year Pause appeared first on Iceland Review.
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