Posts Tagged ‘Minke whale’
Breach: London screening a great success
We were privileged to host the first screening of Breach in Europe on Friday evening. Breach, a film about Icelandic whaling, was presented by its producer and director, Los Angeles-based film-maker, Jonny Zwick. It was a great night at an amazing avant-garde venue, the historic Horse Hospital in the heart of London’s Bloomsbury district. Audience…
Read MoreJapan to resume minke whale hunts in the name of research
Japan’s Fisheries Agency has announced plans to hunt whales off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido in just a few days’ time for research purposes. Up to 51 minke whales could be killed during the hunts, which the Fisheries Agency said would contribute to resource management by looking into whale’s ecology through analysis of stomach…
Read MoreIcelandic government official questions whale hunts
A leading member of the Icelandic government has questioned the extent of the country’s whale hunting in a surprising interview with a local news service. In the first acknowledgement of its kind from an Icelandic government official for many years, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Iceland’s Foreign Minister has indicated that Iceland should consider reducing its whaling…
Read MoreIcelandic minke whaler who blamed vet strike for delaying his hunt is forced to retract
Yet more smoke and mirrors from Iceland’s whalers – this time, the turn of minke whaler, Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, who has recently been spending a great deal of time whining and complaining on the radio and elsewhere in the news, that he can’t start his whaling until the current strike by veterinarians ends. In fact,…
Read MoreOrca Watch in Scotland
For the past few days, as part of its Shorewatch programme, WDC has been participating in the annual Orca Watch in Caithness in the very north of Scotland. The event is run at this time of year to coincide with peak sightings of orcas that visit the Caithness coastline and the Northern Isles of Shetland…
Read MoreMinke whale hunts to start off Iceland in days
Icelandic minke whaler, Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, announced that minke whaling will start in the next few days. In an Icelandic newspaper article, Gunnar Bergmann states that whilst he took his boat out for a test run around FaxaflĂłi Bay (near Reykjavik) last week, they found few whales. He commented that although they will start the whaling…
Read MoreIceland – 2014 minke whale hunt falls short of quota
The 2014 Icelandic minke whale hunt has killed less than 10% of their self-allocated quota. RUV, Iceland state broadcaster, reports that Iceland’s Whale hunters have failed to reach even a small percentage of their qouta, making it very likely that there will be a shortage of whale meat in Iceland this winter. Although the Icelandic government has…
Read MoreShorewatch, or Haarwatch?! September’s Big Watch Weekend.
WDC Shorewatch’s bi-annual Big Watch Weekend was a brilliant success again this September. The weather was not as kind to us as it was in June with many of our Shorewatch sites covered in a thick haar for most of the weekend. It became a serious case of Haarwatch for many of us… haar haar…
Read MoreGovernments and retailers must act to halt Iceland’s slaughter of endangered fin whales
PRESS RELEASE GOVERNMENTS AND RETAILERS MUST ACT TO HALT ICELAND’S SLAUGHTER OF ENDANGERED FIN WHALES A new report today calls for the international community and vested commercial interests to take tough action to endIceland’s ongoing slaughter of endangered fin whales. Slayed in Iceland: The commercial hunting and international trade in endangered fin whales has been…
Read MoreShorewatch’s September Big Watch Weekend
After a fantastic season it’s time for Shorewatch’s bi-annual Big Watch Weekend: 12th, 13th and 14th September. During this weekend our dedicated Shorewatchers layer up and anchor themselves to their Shorewatch sites, with the aim of completing as many Shorewatches as possible. We will then be able to see what is going on at that exact…
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