Posts Tagged ‘Commercial whaling’
Arrests made following illegal whale meat smuggling from Japan to South Korea
Customs authorities in Busan, South Korea, have arrested six people for allegedly smuggling at least 4.6 tonnes of whale meat (worth around €400,000) into the country from Japan between February 2021 and June 2022. Disguised as fish products, the whale meat entered South Korea via courier shipments and was eventually resold to whale meat restaurants…
Read MoreNorway ups whale kill numbers and removes whale welfare protections
The whale hunting season in Norway has begun on the back of disturbing announcements from the country’s government stating the number of whales that can be killed (quota) will increase, whilst measures in place to protect whale welfare will be removed. The number of whales that the government will allow hunters to slaughter will go…
Read MoreHundreds of whales killed as Norwegian hunt season ends
The end of the whaling season in Norway has been announced with 580 minke whales killed by 13 hunting vessels in just under six months. Norway’s minister of fisheries had set a quota (number that can be killed) of 917 whales for this season. Thankfully that number was not reached but this was still the deadliest…
Read MoreJapan begins commercial whaling season
Japanese whalers have left port to begin this year’s annual hunt for whales and could kill up to 150 Bryde’s whales and 25 sei whales by the time the season finishes in mid-November. This year’s hunt is scheduled to begin on 13th of June with the whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 and its mother ship…
Read MoreIcelandic tourist board backs end to whaling
The man behind Iceland’s only fin whale hunting company has hit back at recent announcements from within the country that whaling could be ending for good, by hinting that he would like his whaling boats to go out again this summer. Kristján Loftsson, CEO of Hvalur hf. has announced to Icelandic media that he expects…
Read MoreNorway’s government gives green light for slaughter of hundreds of whales this year
Just weeks after Iceland indicated it is moving away from cruel whale hunting, Norway’s government has announced that its whalers can kill hundreds of minke whales in 2022. Bjørnar Skjæran, Norway’s new Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs has set a quota (numbers that can be killed) of 917 minke whales for the upcoming hunt…
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