Hvalur hf. is an Icelandic commercial whaling and holding company. Hvalur hf. was founded in 1947 as a commercial whaling company by Loftur Bjarnason and...
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Whaling in Iceland (section Hvalur hf. - Fin whaling)
Commission in 1986, and that still maintain a whaling fleet. One company (Hvalur hf.) remains concentrated on hunting fin whales, largely for export to Japan...
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He has been the CEO of the commercial whaling and investment company Hvalur hf. since 1974 and is, along with his sister, its largest shareholder. He...
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part of the Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1966.[citation needed] In 1972 and again in 1973 she was requisitioned...
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part of the Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1962. In 1973 she was requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard...
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owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1961. It was bought, along with its sister ship Hvalur 7, to replace the aging Hvalur 2 and Hvalur 3 which were built...
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owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1961. It was bought, along with its sister ship Hvalur 6, to replace the aging Hvalur 2 and Hvalur 3 which were built...
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countries which still host a (privately owned) whaling fleet. One company (Hvalur hf.) concentrates on hunting fin whales, largely for export to Japan, while...
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cannons built by Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk (KV) in the fin whale hunt by Hvalur HF. It also uses 50 mm cannons built by KV in the minke whale hunt. Norway...
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on a blue whale killed in July 2018 by the Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf, found that the whale was the offspring of a male fin whale and female...
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