In 2023, Iceland’s government lifted a ban on commercial whaling. The temporary ban had been implemented in June due to animal welfare concerns and was not renewed. But now, commercial whaling in ...

Iceland has allowed its only remaining whaling company to continue hunting this season despite criticism from animal rights campaigners. The Nordic country issued a new whaling permit to Hvalur hf, ...

(Bloomberg) -- Iceland granted a whaling license to the only company in the island nation still carrying out the practice. Hvalur hf will be permitted to continue whaling until the end of the season ...

Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaling company amid widespread criticism of the practice. Iceland, Norway and Japan are ...

LONDONLONDON — Iceland’s government said Tuesday that it has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation’s last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year. Animal rights groups ...

On Dec. 6, Iceland’s caretaker government announced it had issued five-year licenses to hunt fin and minke whales in ...

As the 53rd meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens today in London, WWF, the conservation organization, is warning that Iceland's attempt to rejoin the IWC while maintaining a ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is deeply disappointed by today’s announcement that Iceland’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has issued whaling permits that could result ...

An aerial team from the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium spotted this fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) during a 2017 survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts ...

Whale meat for sale at a market in Shimonoseki, Japan -- the country has sharply reduced its imports from Iceland - Copyright AFP/File Daniel SLIM Whale meat for sale ...