The weather has been beautiful this week in Húsavík and the bay is just full of humpback whales. These clumsy but friendly looking whales have been migrating north from their breeding grounds in the Caribbean.
Christian Schmidt, a guide at North sailing said he had seen between 20 and 30 individual humpbacks on a single trip. He said they seemed to be very hungry and were working together in the feeding process.
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
The chairman of the Icelandic Fisheries Association (SFS, formerly LÍÚ), Ólafur H. Marteinsson, told Morgunblaðið on March 14 that "As far as the capelin stock is concerned,
The summer season has officially begun at the Húsavík Whale Museum and the museum's opening hours have been extended. The museum is now open to all