Fin whale hunting in Iceland has already been an on-and-off proposition for the last several years. There was no commercial fin whale hunting from 2019 to 2021, and in June 2023, Iceland's ...

Iceland’s largest commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf., has said it will not hunt any fin whales in the summer of 2025. In December 2024, Iceland’s government granted Hvalur hf., run by ...

Fin whales accounted for just three of those. In July 2014, a fin whale was struck by a cargo ship in Western Alaska. In May 2016, a cruise ship arrived in Seward with one smashed against its bow.

Conservationists, however, remain skeptical. Nanami Kurasawa, head of the Dolphin & Whale Action Network, opposes hunting fin whales, arguing their populations near Japan are insufficiently studied.

Fin whales are the second-largest whale species on the planet and have a “distinctive coloration – black or dark brownish-gray on the back and sides and white on the underside,” according to ...

From fin whale sightings to playful dolphins, groups were able to see marine life thrive off the coast of CA, a whale watching group said in a post on Facebook.

Ending their unnecessary hunting could help ensure that they are preserved for future generations. Fin whale hunting in Iceland has already been an on-and-off proposition for the last several years.

A group of onlookers got the chance to see a plethora of sea creatures off the California coast, a whale watching agency said. Onlookers saw an “active pod” of bottlenose dolphins playing on ...