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Iceland didn't hunt any whales in 2019 – and public appetite for whale meat is fading

  • Written by Joe Roman, Research Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont
Whale watching (here, off Húsavík, Iceland) may be better for the local economy than whale hunting. Davide Cantelli/Wikimedia , CC BY

One of the most important global conservation events of the past year was something that didn’t happen. For the first time since 2002, Iceland – one of just three countries that still allow...

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