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Whichever path is chosen, the law will need to change. The goal is to present a new bill in the next legislative session.

This is not symbolic — it’s structural. The Icelandic legal system is being questioned and reformed, and for the first time, a full legal ban is one of the serious options on the table.

The future of #whaling in #Iceland is being written right now — and this moment needs public pressure, global awareness, and bold action.

- #PaulWatson Foundation

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🚨 #Whaling Under Legal Review in #Iceland 🐋
A new 269-page government report could change the course of whaling in Iceland — permanently.

Following a public consultation, the Minister of Fisheries will decide the legal future of whaling. The report presents three options:

1️⃣ Allow whaling to continue
2️⃣ Ban it entirely
3️⃣ Impose stricter limitations

It doesn’t guarantee the end of whaling yet, but it’s a clear shift toward transparency, legal accountability, and possibly abolition.

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Songs to call the #whales: "Even when the Tribe wasn’t #whaling, the spiritual connection between the #Makah and the whale spirits was kept alive in the form of sacred whaling songs"—The Makah Tribe Resumes the Sacred Practice of Whaling (Yes! Magazine)

#NativeAmericans #spirituality #SacredSongs
yesmagazine.org/political-powe

YES! Magazine · The Makah Tribe Is Calling Back the WhalesBy Frank Hopper

"The southwest coast of #Australia hosts one of the world's few southern right #whale populations ... We knew their numbers were increasing since the 1970s but, given recent signs of slowing birth rates in ... populations elsewhere, it was important to re-assess how their recovery was progressing in Australia," Grundlehner said.

"We analyzed 49 years of aerial survey data from 1976 to 2024 ... across more than 2,000 kilometers of coastline, available from ... monitoring efforts initiated by the late John Bannister. And we were very concerned to find not only slowed growth in births ... but an actual halt and what looks like the onset of a decline.

"We found that annual births began to stagnate around 2016 and observed declining trends in the number of animals visiting the coast. ... the number of other individuals that visit has dropped by 66% between 2011 and 2024," she said.

#SouthernRightWhale #population growth has stalled, scientists say, with a possible 'onset of a decline'.

Australia's southern right whale population growth has #stalled, raising questions about the recovery of a species that was nearly driven to #extinction by historical #whaling, according to a new study.

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/ima

ABC News · Something is happening with the southern right whale population, scientists sayBy Ellen Coulter

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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
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

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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