But whale hunting is not purely an economic issue to Icelanders.
Here's hoping that Norway will come to see the error of its ways regarding whale hunting.
By the 1650s it was used for whale hunting.
The whaling controversy is the international environmental and ethical debate over whale hunting.
It is marked by social and cultural events connected to the tradition of whale hunting.
From 1893 the ship was deployed to the Antarctic ocean for whale hunting.
To them, whale hunting was a challenge and an art, rather than an industry.
The day after we saw our first whales - a couple of dozen at least - we went whale hunting again.
There are a lot of old men who want to bring back whale hunting as a tradition.
His gun was a .357 Magnum, great for whale hunting.