Icelandic whale hunting company Hvalur hf. is going to resume whale hunting after a two-year brek.
The company has been permitted to hunt 161 fin whales in addition to using a portion of last year’s quota which was unused. The hunt will start around June 10 and the whales will be used for ‘research’ and to manufacture iron-rich food supplements as well as gelatine from the bones and blubber.
Hvalur hf. Is the only company that has hunted whales around Iceland in the last few years and suspended their whale hunting operations in 2016 due to difficulties in exporting the meat to Japan.
Time To End Commercial Whaling In Iceland!
Please email the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Kristján Þór Júlíusson, politely expressing your disappointment about this latest news and your opposition to the country’s whaling, urging him to put a stop the hunt of the fin whales.
Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
email to: kristjanj@althingi.is
