Iceland is home to numerous whale-watching sites throughout ... It seems like the Azores truly has it all. Sperm whales, blue whales, fin whales, sei whales, pilot whales, humpback whales, and so much ...

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Iceland will not be hunting fin whales this summer, following a decision by Hvalur hf., the only company in the country ...

Japan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will not hunt this summer, citing a declining demand for whale meat products in ...

Iceland’s largest commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf., has said it will not hunt any fin whales in the summer of 2025. In December 2024, Iceland’s government granted Hvalur hf., run by ...

In 2024, Japan added a new quota of 59 fin whales, in addition to the Bryde’s, minke and sei whales that it hunts each year. Ms Blanca Ferriz, 30, conducting a whale-watching tour.

On Dec. 6, Iceland’s caretaker government announced it had issued five-year licenses to hunt fin and minke whales in Icelandic waters. It granted the fin whale hunting license to Hvalur hf., the ...

Iceland, one of only three countries still allowing whale hunting, on Thursday issued permits to two whaling companies for the next five years, until 2029, the outgoing government announced.

Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns. Under the new permits, 209 fin whales and 217 minke whales can be caught during each year's whaling season ...

Most of the whale meat is exported to Japan. Iceland's government has issued a licence to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year.