A little sensation was spotted in Skjálfandi Bay on the 28^th of May: A female minke whale accompanied by her calf. It was the first time...

On the 27th of May, the Icelandic Marine Research Institute (Hafro) published the new numbers of the minke whale population in Icelandic waters, which is now estimated to be between 10.000 - 15.000 animals. This is only 24% of the number published in 2001...

On the 26^th of May, the expedition team of "Expedition around America"
(http://www.69nord.com/) visited Húsavík, which was the first stop on their one-year-long journey through the North-west passage.

Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are rarely spotted in Icelandic waters. Being anyway small and swift, they have generally stayed away from the boats and have rarely been seen during the whale watching trips. Consequently, the sight of breaching harbour porpoises is even more unusual...

On the 19^th of May 2008, the Fisheries Minister, Einar Guðfinnsson, issued the permit to hunt 40 minke whales commercially for the local market. Surprisingly enough, since in August 2007, commercial whaling was stopped due to the lack of a whale meat market internationally and locally...

What started as a pilot project last year is about to become a permanent establishment: the "Hvalaskóla" or Whale School, which is a three day workshop for school children to learn about the whales and the ocean environment.

For the first time since its establishment, the Whale Museum received a regional award assigned from the Atvinnuþróunarfélag Þingeyinga hf. (The Regional Development Office)..

An international workshop about marine & nature based tourism with people attending from Iceland, Canada, New Zealand and Germany was held on the 5^th and 6^th of May in Húsavík and the Mývatn-area. The workshop was organised by the Regional Employment-Development Agency and aggregated local stakeholders with international advisors to evolve future projects in North-eastern Iceland.