The whaling vessel Hvalur 9 has caught two fin whales and is on its way to bring them ashore. The animals were shot last night. Daníel Jónsson, station manager at Hvalur hf., says that the hunt for the animals went well. They will be brought ashore tonight, but it is not known exactly when. These are the first whales caught off Iceland since 2023, but nothing came of the hunts last year and the one before that. Hvalur hf. received a five-year wh…
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The whaling vessel Hvalur 9 has caught two fin whales and is on its way to bring them ashore. The animals were shot last night. Daníel Jónsson, station manager at Hvalur hf., says that the hunt for the animals went well. They will be brought ashore tonight, but it is not known exactly when. These are the first whales caught off Iceland since 2023, but nothing came of the hunts last year and the one before that. Hvalur hf. received a five-year wh…