1986 Hvalur sinkings

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In 1986, anti-whaling activists scuttled two unoccupied whaling vessels, Hvalur 6 and Hvalur 7, in Reykjavík harbour, and sabotaged a whale processing station in Hvalfjörður. Iceland and other whaling nations decried this as an act of terrorism,[1] while others saw the act as a non-violent attempt to protect whales.[citation needed] As a result of this incident, the International Whaling Commission revoked Sea Shepherd's observer status. In 1994, IWC Secretary Ray Gambell stated "the IWC and all its members ardently condemn Sea Shepherd's acts of terrorism."[2]

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society lists the incident on its website as "The History of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Whaling": "In November of 1986, Sea Shepherd engineers Rod Coronado and David Howitt arrived in Iceland and scuttled two of the four Icelandic whaling ships at dockside. They also destroyed the whale meat processing plant in Iceland."[3]

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  1. ^ Sveinn Birkir BjörnssonWhaler Down: Looking back at the sinking of the whaleboats in 1986 Reykjavik Grapevine, 03 Nov 2006.
  2. ^ Bousquet, Earl (2001-07-23). Ocean Warriors Confront Lucian Fishermen (HTML). Government of Saint Lucia web site. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
  3. ^ The History of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Whaling
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