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 ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Iceland's government said on Thursday it will resume hunting fin whales after a two-month halt, but with new guidelines aimed at killing them as quickly as possible to reduce ...

After a four-year hiatus, Iceland’s last remaining whaling company, Hvalur hf., will resume its hunt this summer, much to the chagrin of tourism officials. As the Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating ...

Iceland imposed a temporary ban on the hunting of fin whales in June. The country recently resumed hunting of fin whales, but with increased supervision and requirements on hunting methods. Rights ...

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday Aug. 23, 2003, Seagulls mill around in search of food as a whale is hauled onto a fishing boat after it was killed in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of ...

On Dec. 6, Iceland’s interim government announced it had issued five-year commercial whaling permits to hunt fin and minke whales. The permits, issued to domestic whaling companies Hvalur hf and ...