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Iceland stops commercial whale hunt

Endangered Whales - Hunted, Stockpiled and Left to Rot on a Rubbish Dump

23 January 2007

The Icelandic government's claims of sustainable whaling were harpooned this morning, after Greenpeace activists revealed that around 200 tonnes of meat and blubber from endangered fin whales are still in storage, waiting to be tested for chemical contamination and a further 179 tonnes of bones and entrails have been dumped and left to rot in a landfill site.

Greenpeace Calls for Whaling Fleet to Stay in Port

14 November 2006

Despite international condemnation and little domestic support, a six-ship whaling fleet is due to sail from Shimonoseki in Japan tomorrow, with plans to hunt nearly 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Greenpeace is calling on the Japanese government to keep the fleet in port, stop their fake research program and commit to protecting endangered species instead of hunting them.

Greenpeace response to Iceland Announcement of the Resumption of Commercial Whaling

17 October 2006

The decision by Iceland to grant a commercial license to hunt whales makes no economic sense and should be retracted immediately.

Icelandic 2005 bogus scientific hunt comes to an end

18 August 2005

As Iceland kills the last minke in this year’s bogus scientific hunts, bringing the total to 39, Greenpeace strengthens its vow to stop the Icelandic hunt and to push its pledge to increase whale watching and tourism on the island.