On Dec. 6, Iceland’s caretaker government announced it had issued five-year licenses to hunt fin and minke whales in Icelandic waters. It granted the fin whale hunting license to Hvalur hf., ...

However, the government has set a catch limit of 379 whales for this year within Japan’s EEZ, including a cap of 167 for minke whales, 187 for Bryde’s and 25 for Sei whales. According to some ...

During whale watching trips on Jan. 2, onlookers saw a fin whale and a minke whale, which are “rare sightings for this time of year,” according to a Jan. 3 Facebook post by the Monterey Bay ...

However, the last minke whaling company has closed and now ... this key segment of Iceland’s tourism industry is a major opponent of whale hunting. Marine biologist Giulia Bellon said it does ...

This year, researchers discovered new animal behaviors, uncovered surprising hunting techniques and ... encountered a 15-foot minke whale stranded on a sandbar in the Shubenacadie River.

“It’s also important to inherit traditional food cultures in Japan.” Japan caught a total of 294 minke whales, Bryde’s whales and sei whales last year, said the Fisheries Agency, which ...