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

Iceland didn’t hunt any whales in 2019 – and public appetite for whale meat is fading: 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 commercial whaling – didn’t hunt any whales, even though its government had approved whaling permits in early 2019.