In 2023, Iceland’s government lifted a ban on commercial whaling. The temporary ban had been implemented in June due to ...

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, ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

REYKJAVIK, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Iceland said on Tuesday it would allow whaling of fin and minke whales -- a practice opposed by conservationists -- for another five years. Iceland, in crisis after its ...

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 ...