Iceland resumes commercial whaling

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.

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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.

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Icelandic whaling

05 July 2005

Greenpeace today strongly criticised the Icelandic government' s decision to issue quotas to hunt whales for the third year running. The government has just granted permission for 39 minke whales to be killed in the 2005 hunt. The Icelandic go ahead comes just 2 weeks after so-called 'scientific whaling' was condemned by the International Whaling Commission at its 2005 meeting in Ulsan, Korea.

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IWC- stop the drift to whaling

22 July 2004

Greenpeace today sounded the alarm over a pending agreement by the IWC on a process that could lead to the resumption of commercial whaling.

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Changing minds in Iceland

05 July 2004

According to a new opinion poll (1) conducted in Iceland by the IMG Gallup for Greenpeace and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), support for the resumption of whaling has declined.

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Greenpeace challenges 'research' whalers to tell the truth.

09 June 2004

The fleet of 'research' whalers expected to depart Japan June 10th is sailing under false pretences Greenpeace said today. Last year the 'research' whalers marketed 3,000 tonnes of whale meat for 52 million dollars.

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Iceland abandons major part of whaling programme

02 June 2004

The Icelandic government will put their so called scientific whaling programme on hold and limit this years take to 25 minke whales. This is as close to a victory as we could have hoped for, said Greenpeace spokesperson Frode Pleym.

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Greenpeace condemns whale hunts

07 May 2004

Despite public condemnation Japanese and Norwegian whaling fleets will set sail next week for their annual hunt. "The justification surrounding the whale hunt is based on deceit and shows a total disregard for scientific fact," said John Frizell of Greenpeace.

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Increased scepticism over the economics of whaling

14 January 2004

The market for whale meat is small and decreasing in whaling nations Iceland, Norway and Japan due to changed eating habits and fear of environmental toxins. A future export of Icelandic whale meat must be considered as very remote. (1)

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New poll show that Icelanders believe the environment needs Greenpeace.

04 December 2003

The people of Iceland are on the threshold of choosing a new environmental path for the future and adopting a new view of the whales in its surrounding oceans. A new finding by Gallup, the opinion research firm, has revealed that 48% of the Icelandic public thinks the existence of groups like Greenpeace is " rather important or very important." (1).

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Greenpeace Responds To Iceland's Proposed Whale Hunt

August 06, 2003

Greenpeace is deeply concerned with the Government of Iceland's announcement on August 6, 2003 that it is moving back into commercial whaling and fear the move will further jeopardize the future of whales.

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