❐ Iceland didn't hunt any whales in 2019 – and public appetite for whale meat is fading
2020 Jan 21
Whale watching (here, off Húsavík, Iceland) may be better for the local economy than whale hunting. Davide Cantelli/Wikimedia , CC BY
Icelandic whalers have killed more than 1,700 whales since a global ban was adopted in 1986 – up to 2019, when no hunts took place. Is Iceland quietly getting out of the business?