Dozens of dead beached whales have been spotted by sightseers during a helicopter flight over western Iceland ... Schwarzhans It is unclear how the animals became beached In November 2018 ...

However, the regulations include certain restrictions on the number of hunts allowed and the species that can be hunted. According to the BBC, Iceland is implementing new rules allowing whale ...

Update: No commercial whaling for fin whales—a threatened species—occurred in Iceland in 2019, 2020, and 2021. In 2022, the Hvalur whaling company resumed activities, and 148 fin whales were killed.

Almost two years ago, Iceland’s Hvalur Inc., headed by Kristjan Loftsson ... diminishes the effectiveness of an international program for endangered or threatened species—in this case the Convention ...