One of the world's last whaling companies has announced that it won't be manning the harpoons this summer, deciding it's too hard to market the meat.
Iceland's Hvalur company caught and slaughtered 155 fin whales in the waters of the far North in 2015 — but CEO KristjánLoftsson told the Icelandic newspaper Morgunbladid that Japan, where its catch is sold, has put up "endless obstacles" to its markets. The Japanese are insisting that Icelandic whale meat pass a full chemical analysis before going to market, Loftsson said.
"If Japan does not adopt modern testing methods such as used in Iceland … Hvalur will no longer be able to hunt whales for the Japanese market," Loftsson told the newspaper Thursday.

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