REYKJAVIK, April 12, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Iceland's only active whaling company, Hvalur, will not hunt whales this summer for a ...

Iceland is one of the only countries that allow commercial whaling, along with Norway and Japan. The practice frequently draws the attention and anger of environmentalists and animal rights activists.

Update: No commercial whaling for fin whales—a threatened species—occurred in Iceland in 2019, 2020, and 2021. In 2022, the Hvalur whaling company resumed activities, and 148 fin whales were killed.

The government of Iceland announced whaling was to resume effective Sept. 1 after banning the practice two months ago. The new measure sparked rage among environmentalists concerned about the ...

Whaling in Iceland presents a significant threat to the country’s highly profitable and popular whale watching industry. Asbjörn Björgvinsson, chairman of the Icelandic Whale Watching Association and ...

Activist Paul Watson has revealed a plan to take action against Iceland's whaling activities in June, while continuing to monitor wh ...

Hvalur, Iceland’s sole remaining fin whaling company, announced in March that it intends to resume hunting this summer for the first time since 2018. Its two aging whaling vessels are currently being ...

Activist Paul Watson has revealed a plan to take action against Iceland's whaling activities in June, while continuing to monitor whether Japanese ships return to the Southern Ocean to hunt the marine ...