The whale museum in Húsavík has now, for the third year in a row, accepted a generous gift from the welfare fund of the American travel agency Abercrombie & Kent for the continued support of the reef project. This year, close to 200 people came on behalf of the organization to attend the presentation of the grant, which amounts to 14,320 dollars or about two million ISK at the current exchange rate. The Whale Museum thanks the association for the support and goodwill shown to the museum.

Bjarni Benediktsson changed his position on the processing of Hvalur hf.'s application for a whaling license.
According to a RÚV news report from April 8, 2025, Bjarni Benediktsson initially considered himself incompetent to process Hval hf.'s application for a whaling license due to