Sailboats started their whale watching season yesterday, May 1st. With that, all the whale watching companies in Húsvísk have started working this year.
This is the seventh year that Sölkusiglingar offers whale watching at Skjálfand. In the first years, the company had one oak boat in use, but in 2017 the second boat was added. On the occasion of this turning point, the employees of the Whale Museum took a bouquet of flowers to the ticket office of Sölkisigli, which also runs an ice cream shop during the summer. It was an employee of Sölkisigli Loes de Heus who received the bouquet from the hands of Eva Bjarkar Káradóttir, the director of the Whale Museum.

Norway increases whaling quota for 2026
Norwegian Minister of Fisheries, Marianne Sivertsen Næss The Norwegian Minister of Fisheries has announced that the minke whale fishing quota for 2026 will be increased by 235 animals from the previous year.

