Iceland licenses continuing whale hunt
Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir has announced that a whaling licence is to be allocated to the country’s only whaling company, Hvalur hf. Although the option…
Iceland’s whale hunt hangs in the balance
The troubled issue of hunting whales is again coming to a head as Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries has promised to make public on Tuesday her decision on whether or not…
Protestors delay whaling before it starts
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Svandís Svavarsdóttir hasn’t made herself popular with either side in the ongoing and increasingly bitter controversy over the country’s fin whale hunt, pursued by whaling company…