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
For the next nine days, EIA campaigners are attending the 68th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) with a four-strong delegation from our UK and US offices
Iceland’s first whaling season in four years has come to an end, chalking up a death toll of 148 fin whales
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement to which governments voluntarily adhere and which seeks to ensure that the trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival
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