Iceland resumes whale hunt despite growing protest
One of Iceland’s two remaining whaling ships set out this week to hunt the giant mammals after a two-year hiatus, local media and campaigners reported on June 20.
Iceland is one of only three countries that still openly permit whaling, alongside Norway and Japan, despite international opprobrium from the public and animal welfare organizations.
Iceland cancelled its whale hunt in 2024 and 2025, partly because economic woes had cut demand and the industry was not deemed sufficiently profitable.
The International Whaling Commission banned the commercial killing of whales in 1986 amid alarm at the declining stock of the marine mammals.
