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…
Iceland suspends fin whale hunt
Iceland’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, has suspended this year’s fin whale hunt until 31st August. The season had been due to start this week. The decision follows…
Iceland licences five more years of commercial whaling
Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Kristján Thór Júlíusson has approved regulations licensing hunting of fin and minke whales between now and 2023, extending whaling for a further five-year period.
Iceland’s whalers plan 2018 season
Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf plans to resume hunting for fin whales this summer after a two-year hiatus. The last whaling season was 2015.
No fin whale hunt this summer
Kristján Loftsson, owner of Iceland’s whaling vessels and whaling company Hvalur HF, has announced that there will be no fin whale hunt this year. The hunt for smaller minke whales, with which he is not involved and which supplies meat exclusively to the local market, is expected to continue as usual.