Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year

Icelandic government grants new license to whaling company to hunt 128 fin whales

The Icelandic government has granted a whaling license to commercial whaling company Hvalur, despite previously suspending its operations due to animal welfare concerns. On June 11, the government announced that Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir, Iceland’s minister of food, agriculture and fisheries, had granted a license for the 2024 whaling season, permitting Hvalur to hunt 99 vulnerable fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the waters around Greenl…

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Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year

Iceland’s government says it has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation’s last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year

Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year

Iceland’s government says it has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation’s last...