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Japanese whaling ship

Infamous whale slaughter ship docks for the final time

The whaling ship, Nisshin Maru has returned to the port of Shimonoseki for the final...
Sperm whale

Dominica announces new protections for sperm whales

Dominica has placed almost 800 square kilometers of sea off the west coast of the...
Porpoise dies after becoming entangled in fishing net

UK government rejects chance to protect whales and dolphins

The government has formally rejected almost all of the crucial recommendations made in a House...
Common dolphins © Christopher Swann

Ocean areas selected for conservation are now in danger says task force

The international task force celebrating 10 years of work mapping out Important Marine Mammal Areas...

Links between fishing and whaling in Iceland strengthen

The links between Iceland’s fishing industry and its whaling activities has strengthened with the news that Kristjan Loftsson, chief executive of Iceland’s biggest whaling company, Hvalur hf, has been elected Chairman of the Board of HB Grandi, one of Iceland’s largest fishing companies.

The appointment this month follows the recent death of previous HB Grandi chairman, Árni Vilhjálmsson. The new appointment potentially tightens the bond between these two companies which have collaborated previously. In the past, Hvalur has made use of HB Grandi facilities to process the fin whales it has caught. Loftsson has declared Hvalur’s intention to resume fin whaling this season; whilst HB Grandi recently announced a dramatic fall in their overall net profit to 14.9 million euro in 2012, compared to 37 million euro in 2011.

About George Berry

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