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

On Dec. 6, Iceland’s interim government announced it had issued five-year commercial whaling permits to hunt fin and minke whales. The permits, issued to domestic whaling companies Hvalur hf and ...

Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns. Under the new permits, 209 fin whales and 217 minke whales can be caught during each year's whaling season ...

On Dec. 6, Iceland’s caretaker government announced it had issued five-year licenses to hunt fin and minke whales in Icelandic waters. It granted the fin whale hunting license to Hvalur hf., ...

An aerial team from the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium spotted this fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) during a 2017 survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday, as officials try to keep ...

TOKYO (AP) — Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday, as ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to about £1,030 per kilo at auction. Japan’s Fisheries Agency this year added fin ...

The fresh meat from fin whales was sold at a fish market in Shimonoseki (Shimonoseki City, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Maintenance Division via AP) Meat from fin whales caught for the ...