Japan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will ...

A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki port, plans to start hunting fin whales in the ...

The Kangei Maru, a commercial whaling ship, leaves Shimonoseki port in western Japan on April 21, 2025. (Kyodo) SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi (Kyodo) -- A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese ...

The controversial practice of ‘whaling’, hunting and killing whales to extract and sell their meat is currently only ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The aging Nisshin Maru, a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition, has finally retired after playing a central role in research and commercial operations for more ...

Iceland’s largest commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf., has said it will not hunt any fin whales in the summer of 2025. Hvalur hf. exports almost all of its whale meat to Japan. However Loftsson, ...

Iceland’s only active whaling company, Hvalur hf., will not be operating this summer, marking the second consecutive year ...