Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season
The Peninsula
Reykjavik: Iceland s government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country s sole whaling company amid widespre...
Reykjavik: Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaling company amid widespread criticism of the practice.
Iceland, Norway and Japan are the only three countries that allow commercial whaling despite fierce opposition from animal rights activists.
In January, Hvalur, the only whaling group left in Iceland, applied for a five-year permit to hunt whales after its licence expired.
Another company hung up its harpoons for good in 2020, saying it was no longer profitable.
The government said in a statement that the new license would be valid for the 2024 season and permitted the hunting of 128 fin whales -- the second-longest marine mammal after the blue whale -- down from 161 whales the previous year.
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