Despite strong opposition from the population and the international community, Icelandic company Hvalur hf. wants to resume whaling. Up to 209 fin whales may be killed per year. Photo: Jean Bazard via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) There is one company in Iceland...
In the 1930s, more than 30,000 whales were killed and processed worldwide each year. By 1960, the number of marine mammals killed increased to about 40,000 per year. As a result, many whale species were on the verge of extinction. (Photo: Cor Gransbergen) We always...
Blue whales are still the largest whales on earth, despite extensive hunting. But before the hunt, the animals could reach up to 30 meters in size and weigh 140 tons, today still up to 27 meters. A total of four subspecies of blue whales are known, two of them in...
Bowhead whales are highly specialized Arctic residents that live year-round in ice-covered waters. Photo: Paul Nicklen Svalbard Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) are still endangered, but little is known about their distribution, which makes an accurate assessment...
The Southern Right Whales are called “Right whales” in English because they were the ‘right’ whales for whaling due to their buoyancy and low swimming speed. For more than 350 years, the population in the South Atlantic has been heavily...
