The Government of the Faroe Islands has issued a provisional dolphin catch limit for 2022 and 2023. The quota will be put at 500 white-sided dolphins, the government said in a statement on Sunday. The move comes after the government was heavily criticized in 2021 for the amount of animals caught and the way they were harvested that season. “It has been acknowledged that aspects of that catch were not satisfactory, in particular the unusually large number of dolphins killed,” the government said. The government said it would also continue to look into improving hunting methods that would kill the animals more quickly.

Source: CBC News July 11, 2022 20:53 UTC