{"id":50675,"date":"2020-04-30T17:37:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/pas-de-chasse-aux-rorquals-en-islande-cette-annee\/"},"modified":"2020-04-30T21:25:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T21:25:41","slug":"no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"No Whaling in Iceland This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Iceland, the two main commercial whaling companies have announced in the past few days that they will not be pursuing their activities this year. At least that is what is being reported by Icelandic media. The 2019 whaling season was also cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The company Hvalur typically hunts <a href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/discover\/the-species-of-the-st-lawrence\/the-13-species\/fin-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fin whales<\/a>, a species of special concern. It will suspend its operations this year, as subsidies to Japanese whalers in that country, the most important market for whale meat, are making exports too difficult. Constraints linked to social distancing measures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic are also believed to have weighed in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>Also specializing in <a href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/discover\/the-species-of-the-st-lawrence\/the-13-species\/minke-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">minke whales<\/a>, sometimes known as lesser rorquals, the company Utger\u00f0arfelagi\u00f0 Fj\u00f6r\u00f0ur allegedly announced that it will permanently suspend its activities. Its managing director, Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, announced to Agence France-Presse: \u201cI will never hunt whales again, I am quitting for good.\u201d The company&#8217;s last year of operation dates back to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the 1986 International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on whaling, three countries, namely Iceland, Japan and Norway, have continued to hunt fin whales. International pressure and declining consumption of whale meat are putting a dent in the industry. Increased whale-watching activities also diminish the economic benefit of whaling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Iceland, the two main commercial whaling companies have announced in the past few days that they will not be pursuing their activities this year. At least that is what is being reported by Icelandic media. The 2019 whaling season was also cancelled. The company Hvalur typically hunts fin whales, a species of special concern. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No Whaling in Iceland This Year - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Iceland, the two main commercial whaling companies have announced in the past few days that they will not be pursuing their activities this year. At\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No Whaling in Iceland This Year - Baleines en direct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Iceland, the two main commercial whaling companies have announced in the past few days that they will not be pursuing their activities this year. At\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Baleines en direct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-30T17:37:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-30T21:25:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BaleineMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BaleineMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aa5adaa7a716546a29d4679e717996f1\"},\"headline\":\"No Whaling in Iceland This Year\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-30T17:37:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-30T21:25:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/\",\"name\":\"No Whaling in Iceland This Year - Baleines en direct\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-30T17:37:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-30T21:25:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"In Iceland, the two main commercial whaling companies have announced in the past few days that they will not be pursuing their activities this year. At\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No Whaling in Iceland This Year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Baleines en direct\",\"description\":\"Tout savoir sur les baleines du Qu\u00e9bec\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Baleines en direct\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":88,\"caption\":\"Baleines en direct\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/baleinesendirect\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BaleineMagazine\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/BaleinesEnDirect\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aa5adaa7a716546a29d4679e717996f1\",\"name\":\"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c80481e99f2ed82634734fdf921213eb6de41c0e66948b89f9613001ac5ea340?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c80481e99f2ed82634734fdf921213eb6de41c0e66948b89f9613001ac5ea340?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c80481e99f2ed82634734fdf921213eb6de41c0e66948b89f9613001ac5ea340?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller\"},\"description\":\"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller is responsible for GREMM's communications and spokeperson for the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergencies Response Network (QMMERN). As Editor-in-Chief for Whales Online, she devours research and has an insatiable thirst for the stories of scientists and observers. Drawing from her background in literature and journalism, Marie-\u00c8ve strives to put the fragile reality of cetaceans into words and images.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/marie-eve-muller\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No Whaling in Iceland This Year - Baleines en direct","description":"In Iceland, the two main commercial whaling companies have announced in the past few days that they will not be pursuing their activities this year. At","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"No Whaling in Iceland This Year - Baleines en direct","og_description":"In Iceland, the two main commercial whaling companies have announced in the past few days that they will not be pursuing their activities this year. At","og_url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/","og_site_name":"Baleines en direct","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect","article_published_time":"2020-04-30T17:37:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-30T21:25:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":500,"url":"http:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BaleineMagazine","twitter_site":"@BaleineMagazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/"},"author":{"name":"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/person\/aa5adaa7a716546a29d4679e717996f1"},"headline":"No Whaling in Iceland This Year","datePublished":"2020-04-30T17:37:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-30T21:25:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/"},"wordCount":210,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/","name":"No Whaling in Iceland This Year - Baleines en direct","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png","datePublished":"2020-04-30T17:37:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-30T21:25:41+00:00","description":"In Iceland, the two main commercial whaling companies have announced in the past few days that they will not be pursuing their activities this year. At","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chasse_rorqual_Sea_shepherd_UK.png","width":750,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/no-whaling-in-iceland-this-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"No Whaling in Iceland This Year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/","name":"Baleines en direct","description":"Tout savoir sur les baleines du Qu\u00e9bec","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization","name":"Baleines en direct","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png","width":300,"height":88,"caption":"Baleines en direct"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect","https:\/\/x.com\/BaleineMagazine","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/BaleinesEnDirect"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/person\/aa5adaa7a716546a29d4679e717996f1","name":"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c80481e99f2ed82634734fdf921213eb6de41c0e66948b89f9613001ac5ea340?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c80481e99f2ed82634734fdf921213eb6de41c0e66948b89f9613001ac5ea340?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c80481e99f2ed82634734fdf921213eb6de41c0e66948b89f9613001ac5ea340?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller"},"description":"Marie-\u00c8ve Muller is responsible for GREMM's communications and spokeperson for the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergencies Response Network (QMMERN). As Editor-in-Chief for Whales Online, she devours research and has an insatiable thirst for the stories of scientists and observers. Drawing from her background in literature and journalism, Marie-\u00c8ve strives to put the fragile reality of cetaceans into words and images.","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/author\/marie-eve-muller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}