Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Iceland-Resumes-Commercial-Fin-Whaling-27MZIF3OV7FQ.htmlConceptually similarIcelandic Whalers GP03IIICompleted★★★★Return of Icelandic Whaling ShipGP03IPICompleted★★★★Icelandic Whaling 2015 First Fin Whale LandedGP0STP5HDCompleted★★★★Caught Whale in IcelandGP03IDPCompleted★★★★Whale Flensing in IcelandGP03IV5Completed★★★★Protest against Whale Meat in HamburgGP04O8BCompleted★★★★Iceland Lands First Two Fin Whales of 2014GP0STOGI9Completed★★★★★★Icelandic Whaling ActivitiesGP03IIMCompleted★★★★Soundbites from Protest against Whale Meat in HamburgGP04O8CCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STOAGHIceland Resumes Commercial Fin WhalingThe first fin whale catch of the 2013 season by Icelandic whaling vessel Hvalur 8, in Hvalfjordur port, signaling a resumption of commercial whaling by Icelandic whaler Kristján Loftsson. Loftsson's company Hvalur plans to hunt up to 180 fin whales in the 2013 season in an operation backed by the Icelandic government. Greenpeace is opposed to the commercial hunt, stressing that the operation is being carried out despite a ban on commercial whaling introduced by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The fin whale is also listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) Red List of threatened species.Locations:Hvalfjörður-IcelandDate:18 Jun, 2013Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:6m40sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :B-ROLLKeywords:Day-Fin whales-Fjords-Flensing-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-Whale meat-Whalers-Whaling-Whaling shipsShoot:Iceland Resumes Commercial Fin WhalingThe first fin whale catch of the 2013 season by Icelandic whaling vessel Hvalur 8, in Hvalfjordur port, signalling a resumption of commercial whaling by Icelandic whaler Kristján Loftsson. Loftsson's company Hvalur plans to hunt up to 180 fin whales in the 2013 season in an operation backed by the Icelandic government. Greenpeace is opposed to the commercial hunt, stressing that the operation is being carried out despite a ban on commercial whaling introduced by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The fin whale is also listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species.Related Collections:Icelandic Whaling Compilation (Photos & Videos)
