On Tuesday the 26th of May, the first whaling boats will leave the harbour to start the minke whale hunt. According to the national newspaper Morgunblaðið, the minke whalers received 3 whaling permits to achieve the quota of 100 minke whales released by the former Minister of Fisheries Einar K. Guðfinnsson. As the paper pointed out, one of the permits will go to a woman, who is one of the 20 students that had attended a whaling course in the past 3 months. Considering the difficulties of killing these animals in a humane way, the question arises if people who had just finished a course and have no practical experience should be provided immediately with a whaling permit.         

It is still early in the season and the number of humpback whales in the bay has not yet been comparible with the previous years. However, our research team managed to capture and identify an individual during the trip on the 21st of May that was documented twice in July 2008 and is now known as MN 102 or Sketch.  

It is now the 3rd year that the Whale School or "Hvalaskóli" took place in the Whale Museum. The 3-day workshop for shool children in 5th grade took place from Monday 18th - Wednesday 20th. As in the years before, the children spent the first day in the Whale Museum...

After days of rumours that the humpback whales have returned to Skjálfandi Bay, it now is confirmed. On the 1st of May, a humpback whale was sighted during the whale watching trip in the morning. And furthermore, this individual appears to be a re-capture from 2007! After comparing the pictures taken during the trip...