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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 internationally condemned minke whale hunting industry has shut down, citing rising costs after just six whales were slaughtered in June and none in July, traditionally the peak time for hunting. Iceland operates in open defiance of an international ban on commercial whaling which was imposed in 1986

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

After a two-year hiatus, Iceland’s whaling kingpin announced he intends to resume hunting endangered fin whales. The last two killing seasons were scrapped, with Hvalur hf CEO Kristján Loftsson citing ongoing difficulties with Japanese customs on imports of his whale products and the strong krona