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23. October 2006

The Resumption of Commercial Whaling - Appendix

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned commercial whaling under a moratorium imposed in 1985.                                                                                                                                                This ban on commercial whaling was violated by Icelandic whalers only a few days after the announcement on the 17th of October, when the whaling vessel “Hvalur 9” caught the first of 7 Fin whales so far. Fin whales are listed as an endangered species by the World Conservation Union.

Diplomats from 25 nations including the UK, the US, Germany, Finnland, Sweden, France and Australia delievered a formal letter of protest to the Icelandic government over its resumption of commercial whaling.

 


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24. May 2010

Humpback whale from Skjálfandi Bay photographed off Africa

It is still quite early in the season but the museum’s researchers have already been out on the whale watching boats several times to collect data and take pictures of whales that have been sighted during the trips.

21. December 2009

Ship-building and Whale Watching in the Whale Museum

The Whale Watching room in the Húsavík Whale Museum is now under renovation

13. November 2009

Work in Progress "CARCASSES" The Slaughterhouse Revisited

Sunday November 22nd from 13:00 to 15:00 the public is invited to an open house in the Húsavík Whale Museum.


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June, July and August
09:00 - 19:00

May and September
10:00 - 17:00

Other times by arrangement



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