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
The decision to commit $900,000 to a planning study under the Agency’s 2018 draft fiscal budget was taken despite a 30-year global moratorium on commercial whaling
EIA is delighted that the European Parliament this week sent an unequivocal message to Norway that it must stop whaling and exporting whale meat to Japan.The resolution passed clearly emphasising the EU position with regard to the cruel and unsustainable practice of whaling
The European Union (EU) has condemned Japan’s new ‘scientific’ whaling programme (known as NEWREP-NP) in the North Pacific in a formal letter to the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) Contracting Governments
Today the UK Government released the results of its consultation concerning a proposed ban on microbeads in personal care and cosmetic products, and confirmed that it will be bringing forward a microbeads ban this year
Iceland’s rogue whaling kingpin Kristján Loftsson has announced the cancellation of yet another season hunting endangered fin whales this summer. The second season he has scrapped, citing ongoing difficulties with Japanese customs on imports of his whale products and also the strong krona.