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Iceland’s first whaling season in four years has come to an end, chalking up a death toll of 148 fin whales

EIA has urged the Prime Minister of Iceland to intervene and prevent the resumption of commercial whaling in the country after a three-year hiatus

Japan’s plan to hunt whales within its own economic waters might lead to more whale meat exports from Iceland and Norway

For the first time since its launch in 2014, UN World Wildlife Day (3 March) switches its focus from creatures on the land to the world beneath the waves with the theme 'Life below water: for people and planet'.

New whaling quotas for the next five years announced by the Government of Iceland are a big step in the wrong direction..

Iceland’s multi-millionaire rogue whaler Kristján Loftsson and his company Hvalur hf have resumed their slaughter of endangered fin whales in defiance of the international ban on commercial whaling. The hunt is Iceland’s first in three years and marks the start of a whaling season that could see up to 239 whales killed