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This dead right whale calf had injuries consistent with a vessel strike, including fresh propeller cuts on its back and head, broken ribs, and bruising. Photo: FWC/Tucker Joenz, NOAA Fisheries permit #18786

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Norwegian whalers kill first minke whale of the season

By George Berry | 04/14/2022 |

Sadly, Norwegian whalers have killed the first minke whale this season. The whale was caught on Monday by the whaling ship Kato off the Finnmark coast. According to skipper Dag Myklebust, the whale was eight meters (26 feet) long and weighed around 1,700 kilograms (~3750 lbs).

In February, we reported that Bjørnar Skjæran, Norway’s new minister of fisheries had set a quota (number that can be killed) of 917 minke whales for this season. The whalers rarely take their quota and usually generate a 'permitted carryover' to the next whaling season.  2021 saw 575 minke whales killed, marking the deadliest whaling season since 2016. 16 vessels have registered to hunt this year.

Last autumn, shocking new documents revealed that dwindling domestic demand for the meat means that some is sold for dog food. Our most recent poll commissioned by NOAH, Norway’s largest animal protection NGO, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), and WDC found that only 2 percent of Norwegians regularly eat whale meat.

Learn more about whaling in Norway.

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