Iceland to end whaling in 2024 as demand dwindles

Japan's return to commercial whaling in 2019 has left few buyers for Iceland's meat

Iceland, one of the only countries that still hunts whales commercially, along with Norway and Japan, plans to end whaling from 2024 as demand dwindles, the fisheries minister has said.

There are few justifications to authorise the whale hunt beyond 2024," when current quotas expire, Svandis Svavarsdottir, a member of the Left Green party, wrote in Morgunblai newspaper.