Whaling boat Hrafnreyður KÓ hunted a minke whale in Faxaflói today, the 33rd captured by a boat of the company Hrefnuveiðimanna ehf. this summer. According to Gunnar Bergmann Jónsson, the whaling went extremely well and the boats did not run into any trouble catching the whales.

The minke whale hunted today was captured just outside of the line marking the inner whale hunting zone. The catch has been considerably larger this year than last summer. The boat’s paint job has been attributed to its success in whaling, being black in colour.

“The hunt went very well. We’ve not needed to go on any wild goose chases, we’ve always managed to get [whales]. The weather has been very fine. Faxaflói is stuffed full of minke whales,” Gunnar said.

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