Almost four decades after the 1986 global moratorium on commercial whaling put an end to the mass slaughter of whales, opposition to commercial whaling around the world is stronger than ever. Yet as we mark World Whale Day 2025, Japan, Norway and Iceland – three of the world’s wealthiest nations that otherwise generally abide by […]
Iceland’s ageing whaling fleet is set to resume its slaughter this summer after the Government issued a new licence to hunt threatened fin whales
Iceland’s ageing whaling fleet looks set to resume its slaughter this summer as the Government issued a new licence to hunt threatened fin whales.
In the week that Japan announced it plans to increase the scope of its whaling activities to include threatened fin whales — we’re sharing a flashback to a film we made in 2014 to accompany an Ocean team report on Iceland’s slaughter of the species
Podcast - After spending most of the summer in port, Iceland’s last whalers have been given the green light by their Government to resume the hunting and killing of endangered fin whales
A ‘ludicrous’ attempt to justify the killing of endangered fin whales by claiming their slaughter will help Iceland achieve its climate goals has been debunked by EIA’s Ocean experts