The key reason for interest in the species was to determine whether this killing was legal or not under Icelandic law. Weighing as much as 200 tonnes and stretching up to 30 metres, blue whales ...

Icelanders are at a point of reckoning – how to balance traditional practices with contemporary realities. Read more at ...

The whale meat is then sold to be eaten. Under Article VIII of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in 1946, countries can "kill, take and treat whales for purposes ...

In March of this year, as noted on page 2, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the Makah Tribe’s proposed hunt of gray whales—the first ...

In 2022, scientists reported how a pack of killer whales ganged up to kill a blue whale. A recent spate of orcas striking and, in some cases, sinking boats around the Strait of Gibraltar has put ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The aging Nisshin Maru, a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition ... issue with Tokyo’s claim it was killing whales for scientific purposes.