{"id":650,"date":"2020-05-05T21:05:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T21:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:25:33","slug":"commercial-whaling-may-be-over-in-iceland-provided-by-nationalgeographic-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/05\/commercial-whaling-may-be-over-in-iceland-provided-by-nationalgeographic-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial whaling may be over in Iceland &#8211; Provided by: NationalGeographic.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"650\" class=\"elementor elementor-650\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2495df4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2495df4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4f3b7d\" data-id=\"f4f3b7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b16b742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b16b742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/whale.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-652\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/whale.webp 666w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/whale-300x142.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8782bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8782bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b434264\" data-id=\"b434264\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe9fea5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe9fea5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AS PUBLIC OPINION changes and consumption of whale meat declines, commercial whaling may be one step closer to a permanent end in Iceland and possibly the world. For the second year in a row, Iceland, one of three remaining whaling nations, will not hunt any whales.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Iceland already harvested the lowest number of whales among the whaling holdouts, which include Japan and Norway. Since resuming whaling in 2003 after a 14-year pause, the island nation has killed 1,505 whales. Recent announcements by the country\u2019s two whaling companies suggest that the annual hunt may be coming to an end.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">One reason, Loftsson said, was the social distancing restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which would make crewing vessels and processing whales impractical. But Hvalur\u2019s ships also stayed in port in 2019, and Loftsonn acknowledged that there were bigger issues at play. For one, his company hunts fin whales primarily for export to Japan, which has become a difficult market.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: inherit;\">To learn more, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/2020\/04\/commercial-whaling-may-be-over-iceland\/\">click here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Source:\u00a0 National Geographic<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Author:\u00a0 Kieran Mulvaney<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AS PUBLIC OPINION changes and consumption of whale meat declines, commercial whaling may be one step closer to a permanent end in Iceland and possibly the world. For the second year in a row, Iceland, one of three remaining whaling nations, will not hunt any whales. 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