Iceland’s only active whaling company, Hvalur hf., will not be operating this summer, marking the second consecutive year ...

The controversial practice of ‘whaling’, hunting and killing whales to extract and sell their meat is currently only ...

The Iceland government suspended whale hunting for the rest of the summer on Tuesday, following a report that found the practice contravenes the country's animal welfare standards. “I have taken ...

REYKJAVIK, April 12, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Iceland's only active whaling company, Hvalur, will not hunt whales this summer for a ...

There is no demand for fin whale meat in Iceland and the hunt continues to supply a small but enduring Japanese market for whale meat. International commercial trade in products from great whale has ...

Whaling in Iceland presents a significant threat to the country’s highly profitable and popular whale watching industry. Asbjörn Björgvinsson, chairman of the Icelandic Whale Watching Association and ...

Allegedly the return of Japan to whaling in 2019, following three decades of no hunting, decreased the demand for Icelandic-caught whales in the Asian country. The loss of this key market meant ...

but only with other CITES parties that hold reservations (Iceland and Japan) and with nonparties to the treaty (the Faroe Islands). When the moratorium came into effect in 1986, Norway initially ...