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Geri ❤️

For the second year in a row, the whaling season has not taken place in Iceland, and there is every likelihood this abhorrent practice may be consigned to the past.

Strangely, here is one of the reasons as to why it no longer happens.

#Iceland’s second largest #whaling company, IP-Utgerd, ceased operations in 2020, citing declining profits and demand for whale meat facilitated by the #COVID-19 pandemic

Possibly Covid's only benefit?

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Mo's Iceland photos

Some good news and some bad news from #Iceland.

Hvalur hf. - the only company licensed for this barbaric "hunting" - has cancelled this year’s #whaling season.

Fortunately, market changes mean that exporting the "product" is no longer economically viable.
Unfortunately, the bad news is that this means nearly 200 local people are out of work. Let's hope that they find better permanent employment before the 2026 butchery begins.

grapevine.is/news/2025/04/14/h

A colour photo of a seascape with a snowy coastline on the horizon. In the foreground, amongst the choppy waves, is the sleek black back of a whale, its dorsal fin above the water, showing its recognisable humpback.
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Different Than

Hey #history and #maritime and #shipping expert people:

Here's a dataset about #whaling with some variables I don't understand (neither do the students using it for an intro #statistics project). If you have any insight into what these variables/terms mean, will you share that?

  • Number of whales struck (does this mean "harpooned," maybe?)
  • Number of whales tried out (no idea)

The data are here:

whalinghistory.org/av/logs/com

whalinghistory.orgCoML Whales encountered and captured – Whaling History
#help#request#highered
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MediaFaro News Digest

The whaling season is cancelled for second consecutive year in Iceland.

Iceland's largest whaling company – Hvalur hf. – will not be hunting this season. This marks the second consecutive year that the company has opted out of whaling during the summer season.

The controversial practice of ‘whaling’, hunting and killing whales to extract and sell their meat is currently only permitted in Iceland, Norway and Japan.

mediafaro.org/article/20250413

Euronews · The whaling season is cancelled for second consecutive year in Iceland.By Malek Fouda
#Iceland#Whaling#Norway
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Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

American-Canadian environmental activist Paul Watson, a leading figure in the defense of whales, is now free to travel abroad after Interpol suspended his arrest request from Japan, the NGO Sea Shepherd France announced Tuesday. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Paul Watson says that Interpol has been weaponized by many countries to go after whistleblowers, activists and dissidents.
#SeaShepherd #whaling #Interpol #conservation #environment

youtube.com/watch?v=j3wuDefxiIA

YouTubeInterpol has been weaponized, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says • FRANCE 24 EnglishBy FRANCE 24 English
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Mark

The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. They have fisheries & trade agreements with the EU, but they're not part of the EU so they don't have to abide by EU's whaling ban.

And yes, they still slaughter whales.

Great 10-min vid from @sober_pirate that explores whaling in the Faroes & what you can do about it. [includes slaughter scenes] videos.trom.tf/w/9NSRmN7G9Lbk3 #whales #whaling #OceanConservation #cetaceans #FaroeIslands #peertube #Nature

PeerTubeFaroe Islands - Should you visit or boycott ? Consider this first!By Be Brave To Act
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MediaFaro Magazine

Paul Watson: unshaken by prison and still fighting for whales.

Despite enduring five months of imprisonment in Greenland in 2024, environmental activist Paul Watson remains more determined than ever to combat illegal whaling.

Recently granted honorary citizenship by the city of Paris, he eagerly anticipates sharing his message at the UN Ocean Summit in Nice this June.

mediafaro.org/article/20250218

RFI · Paul Watson: unshaken by prison and still fighting for whalesBy Ollia Horton with RFI
#PaulWatson#Whaling#Greenland
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moki
i am very fortunate to be able to work with @locomoctavia on their new audio book for kids: MOBY DICK by herman melville
(will be published 2023) tanja & daniele have already made 9 italien audiobooks with passion - if you like to improve your or your kids language skills in italian this is a wonderful possibility

#locomoctavia #audiobooks #whale #humananimalstudies #whaling #greenocean #seanimal #seamammals #animalstudies #anthrozoology #mobydick #albino #spermwhale #melville #hermanmelville #govegan #animalrights #exploitation #pottwal #painting #moki
#moki
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moki
i am very fortunate to be able to work with @locomoctavia on their new audio book for kids: MOBY DICK by herman melville
(will be published 2023) tanja & daniele have already made 9 italien audiobooks with passion - if you like to improve your or your kids language skills in italian this is a wonderful possibility

#locomoctavia #audiobooks #whale #humananimalstudies #whaling #greenocean #seanimal #seamammals #animalstudies #anthrozoology #mobydick #albino #spermwhale #melville #hermanmelville #govegan #animalrights #exploitation #pottwal #painting #moki
#moki
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