This season's commercial whaling ban has been lifted in Iceland in Scandinavia, and one finfish exported to Japan was landed on the 1th.
Iceland had stopped whaling because it was not profitable, but it resumed on the condition that all Japan companies buy all the whales landed last year, and last season about 150 whale meat was exported to Japan.
This season's whaling ban was lifted on the 1st of this month, and on the 8th, the country's only whaling company landed a fin whale for the first time this season at a port near the capital Reykjavik.
After being processed locally, most of it is exported to Japan.
This season's whaling ban was scheduled to be lifted in June, but was postponed due to the Icelandic government's request to improve the methods and tools of catching whales so that they do not suffer for a long time from animal welfare perspectives.
There were also protests against whaling in the area, and before sailing, two activists broke into the whaling ship and occupied the lookout tower for two days before sailing, and were arrested by the police.
There are currently only three countries in the world engaged in commercial whaling: Japan, Iceland and Norway.
In an interview with NHK, Loftsson, president of a whaling company, said, "We don't hunt whales if we don't have enough resources, and there are 1,6 finfish around Iceland, so it's sustainable enough."