a marine biologist and whale expert, told Iceland Monitor that when such mammals enter shallow waters "most of them have a tendency to become disorientated". She added that pilot whales usually ...

Iceland killed an average of 90 whales per year until 1990, exporting most of the products to Japan ... targeting endangered fin whales as well as minke whales. Since that time, around 700 fin whales ...

Hybrids between fin and blue whales are a grey area, say specialists. Specialists believe that hybrids are not very common in the waters off Iceland. Hard to Port "Since 1983, they've only ...

Almost two years ago, Iceland’s Hvalur Inc., headed by Kristjan Loftsson, suspended its fin whale hunt. It continued however to export thousands of tons of mainly fin whale products, principally to ...

Thanks to the sudden collapse of the government in October and a breach of protocol by the Independence Party, whaling is looming large again.