Seventeen scientists in the fields of biology and marine life have issued a joint statement put forward that they consider…

Kristján Loftsson, the director of Iceland’s sole fin whale hunting company, Hvalur hf., gave a very candid interview with Icelandic…

A DNA sample of the whale killed in Icelandic waters last week is currently being tested, and an Icelandic biologist…

Workers within the whaling company Hvalur hf. have been informed by the company that they may not be members of…

A new poll shows that the largest share of Icelanders are neither for nor against Iceland beginning whale hunting again….

An unidentified whale recently got into an accident with an Icelandic fishing boat in the south of Iceland, RÚV reports….

After a two-year break, whale hunting conducted by Hvalur hf. will resume again this summer. MBL reports that the company…

The last act of the outgoing Minister of Fisheries was to expand the no-hunting zone for whales in the bay…

Only 17 minke whales have been caught in Iceland so far this year, which means that whale meat will have…

The number of hunted whales is expected to rise compared to last year, RÚV reports. Whaler Gunnar Bergman Jónsson hopes…

The Ministry of Fisheries and the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority has granted permission for moving three beluga whales from…

Kristján Loftsson – head of Iceland’s largest whaling company, Hvalur hf. – has announced that he will not be hunting…

The start of this month arrived with good news for those who stand against whaling, and for the animals themselves,…

The practice of whaling continues to receive increasing pushback, as a petition signed by both locals and tourists in Iceland…

An anti-whaling campaign emphasises local attitudes about whaling, and its impacts on the tourism industry. The International Fund for Animal…

A major grocery store chain has issued a statement saying they will no longer sell whale meat at their Húsavík…

A new documentary has been released showing the struggle between Icelandic whale hunters and the NGOs that are trying to…

More than half the minke whale hunting companies in Iceland have either quit the business or gone bankrupt since 2007….

The US Embassy in Iceland has welcomed the news that Iceland will not hunt fin whales this summer, but the…

Fin whales are off the menu this year, but minke whale hunting will move forward as scheduled, hunters have vowed….

The organisers behind a global petition against fin whaling in Iceland have claimed victory, as a major whaling station will…

There will be no whaling at all this summer, and Iceland’s top whaler has expressed regret at even starting it…