Iceland already harvested the lowest number of whales among the whaling holdouts, which include Japan and Norway. Since resuming whaling in 2003 after a 14-year pause, the island nation has killed ...

An international moratorium paused whaling in Iceland in 1986, but it was restarted in 2006. Now, it is one of only three nations, alongside Norway and Japan, that still permit commercial whaling.

Iceland is a member of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) but defies the 88-nation body’s ban on commercial whaling, in force since 1986. In 2006, the country began setting quotas for ...

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

Unsure of what the future of the whaling industry has in store, for now, Iceland is heading into its second year of skipping the season, potentially leading to big changes in the field moving forward.

As Iceland’s latest whaling season comes to a close, a heated debate continues over the ethics and sustainability of the country’s policy on these marine mammals. Filmmaker and activist Micah ...

Washington, DC—Iceland will again allow fin whaling, beginning Sept. 1, but with stricter requirements, the country’s minister of food, agriculture and fisheries announced today.. Minister Svandis ...

Opposition to whaling is on the rise in Iceland with a majority now in favour of dropping the practice, a fresh public opinion poll showed ahead of a ...

Iceland's government said in a statement Tuesday that commercial whaling company Hvalur hf. was given a license to hunt 128 fin whales in Icelandic waters and parts of Greenland and the Faroe ...

The International Whaling Commission imposed a ban on commercial whaling in the 1980s due to dwindling stocks. Iceland left the IWC in 1992, but returned in 2002 with a reservation to the ban. It ...