Anti-whaling ship crew’s delight at ban on hunting

By Linsey Smith & Chloe Laversuch

BBC Look North

The crew of an anti-whaling ship, captained by the co-founder of Greenpeace, have welcomed the practice being halted in Iceland’s waters.

The former Scottish Fisheries vessel set off on a mission from Hull to prevent whales being killed by hunters in the North Atlantic Ocean.

On Tuesday the Icelandic government temporarily suspended hunting of fin whales over animal rights concerns.

Crew member Paul Barker, from Beverley, said he felt “happy” about the ban.

Most countries in the world agreed to a ban on commercial whaling in 1986 after some species of whales were driven almost to extinction.

But Iceland, Norway and Japan were among those who refused. The ship, named the John Paul Dejoria, had travelled to the North…

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