Iceland company to resume commercial hunting of fin whales

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Egill Bjarnason, Associated Press
Updated 8:13 pm, Tuesday, April 17, 2018

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A whaling company in Iceland said Tuesday it is preparing its fleet to bring commercial hunting of fin whales back to the Nordic island nation after a two-year freeze.

Whaling company Hvalur hf (Whale Inc.) said it is readying two vessels for the 100-day summer whaling season. Fin whale hunting stopped in Iceland after the 2015 hunt, when Japanese authorities refused to import Iceland's catch because of unmet health code requirements.

Fin whales are the world's second-largest whales after blue whales, and Iceland is the only country where the marine mammals can be hunted commercially.

The fin whale population is considered critically low outside the Central North Atlantic region surrounding Iceland. The latest counts from 2015 put the region's population at 40,000, the highest on record, Gisli Vikingsson, head of whale research at Iceland's Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, said.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Iceland-company-to-resume-commercial-hunting-of-12841289.php

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Hvalur hf. Resumes Whale Hunting in Iceland
ICELAND
By Gunnar Jónsson 11:29 am April 17, 2018

The Icelandic whale hunting company Hvalur hf. is going to resume whale hunting after a two-year break. This is reported by visir.is

The company will hunt finback whales. The whales will be used in research and manufacturing on iron-rich food supplements as well as gelatine from the bones and blubber. Additionally, there are hopes that Japanese whale markets will open again soon.

Iron deficiency is one of the world’s most widespread and dire health problem.



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Hvalur hf. Is the only company that has hunted whales around Iceland in the last few years and it is not free from controversy. Former president of the United States, Barrack Obama, condemned the hunt and foreign hackers have frequently hacked Icelandic websites in protest.

http://www.icenews.is/2018/04/17/hvalur-hf-resumes-whale-hunting-in-iceland/

[shenmue]

1. Fuck these people

[central scrutinizer]

2. You can get whale and puffin in Reykjavik

Cost is about 6500 kroner ($65) for the combination

[dhill926]

3. Fuck this shit...

[Canoe52]

4. KnR nt

[Mendocino]

5. Whales

are overloaded with PCBs and mercury. These rubes think that harvesting them is a good idea.

[Blues Heron]

6. Gelatin? Iron supplements?

Sickening. Time to boycott Iceland. Hit their tourist economy. Call hotels and let them know why your NOT going to Iceland. Cancel your reservations people! Let them know this is not acceptable.