The operators of Keflavik International Airport have removed International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) posters encouraging tourists not to taste whale meat in Iceland. The action follows complaints from whalers. IFAW accuses the airport of censorship. Read the full story

A new advertising campaign is encouraging adventurous visitors to Iceland not to taste whale meat. According to the campaign, whale is not a traditional Icelandic food, as tourists usually believe; and even a small taste does a lot of harm. Read the full story

An attempt to agree on a compromise between whaling nations and their opponents has failed. The Two days of private discussion were held by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) this week but an agreement could not be reached. Read the full story

Arni Finnsson, chairman of the Nature Conservation Union of Iceland, said it will prove very expensive to get Icelandic fin whale meat to market in Japan. It is out of the question that the Icelandic government is in a position to supplement the whaling industry with the extra hundreds of millions of kronur it has cost and continues to cost the nation every year. Read the full story

Iceland’s whaling quota this year is coming close to being reached, but according to Managing Director of the Association of Minke Whalers Gunnar Jonsson, reaching the quota is not the goal. The quote was set for 200 minke whale and 150 fin whales. At the moment, a quarter of the total quota has been met including 50 percent of the fin whale quota. That means 46 minke whales and 64 fin whales have been caught. 110 whales in total have been captured this season. Read the full story

Norway’s main fish sales group has decided to call off the annual whale hunt along the country’s coasts this year due to a low demand for whale meat. The organisation that handles the sale and distribution of the whale meat, Norges Rafisklag, claims there simply aren’t enough customers to warrant continuing the hunt. Read the full story

As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met in Portugal recently, Denmark requested on the behalf of Greenland to include 10 humpback whales in its annual hunting quota. Greenland presently has hunting quotas for minke and fin whales, but the meat obtained from these species is significantly less than the amount allowed by the IWC. Read the full story

There is little to no market for whale meat in Japan, according to the manager of the import company Asian Trading Co Ltd, which has been Hvalur hf.’s main Japanese customer.

The manager said Asian Trading does not intend to purchase Icelandic whale meat from Hvalur hf. this year. Read the full story

The Irish actor Pierce Brosnan visited the White House in Washington DC yesterday and used the opportunity to urge American leaders to start serious negotiations with Iceland, Japan and Norway on the subject of whaling. Read the full story

It’s been 37 years coming, but a Greenlandic bowhead whale has been hunted and caught near the town of Qeqertarsuaq, thus finally filling its special quota to catch a single whale. In 1973, the historic Greenland whaling town was granted permission to hunt a single whale in commemoration of the town’s 200th anniversary. Read the full story