SPAR Norway and its parent company NorgesGruppen ASA are important facilitators of the distribution and sale of whale meat in Norway. Food products from the hunts of protected minke whales killed in Norwegian waters are being sold in a number of SPAR Norway outlets and other NorgesGruppen stores. Under an objection to the global moratorium […]
Conservation, Animal Protection Groups Call for Trade Sanctions Against Icelandic Companies Linked to WhalingRequest Follows Massive Exports of Whale Products to Japan from IcelandWASHINGTON, D.C.—A coalition of international animal protection and conservation organizations has urgently asked the Obama administration to impose economic sanctions against Icelandic companies with corporate ties to the commercial whaling industry. This […]
On Monday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) gave conditional approval of Shell’s revised multi-year exploration plan to drill in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska’s Arctic, a decision which endangers Arctic marine mammals like the beluga whale. By Shell’s own calculations, its two drilling rigs and large fleet of support vessels will expose 12 […]
By Danielle Grabiel, EIA Senior Policy Analyst Today, Secretary of State John Kerry is in Iqaluit, Canada, to accept the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, and with it to take on a rare opportunity to shape the future of the region. Founded in 1996, the Arctic Council is an intergovernmental organization including all eight […]
Ad Warns Consumers of Perils of Buying Seafood from Icelandic Whalers BOSTON — A mobile billboard – funded by a coalition of U.S. animal protection and conservation organizations – will take the message “Don’t Buy From Icelandic Whalers” to the streets of Boston this week. The large billboard makes its debut at the Kendall Square […]
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has released a new report, Endangered Belugas and the Growing Threats of Climate Change, Arctic Shipping and Industrialization, which comprehensively documents the plight of the beluga whale, a species that was hunted to near extinction throughout its range. Today it continues to face a barrage of threats, including poorly-regulated subsistence […]