1986 Hvalur sinkings

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, [Sveinn Birkir Björnsson [http://www.grapevine.is/?show=paper&part=fullstory&id=1489 Whaler Down: Looking back at the sinking of the whaleboats in 1986] Reykjavik Grapevine, 03 Nov 2006.] while others saw the act as a non-violent attempt to protect whales.Fact|date=April 2008 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." [cite web|last=Bousquet|first=Earl|title=Ocean Warriors Confront Lucian Fishermen|publisher=Government of Saint Lucia web site|date=2001-07-23|url=http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/pr2001/ocean_warriors_confront_lucian_fishermen.htm|format=HTML|accessdate=2007-02-11]

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." [ [http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/whales_SSCS_history.html The History of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Whaling] ]

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* [http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/whales_SSCS_history.html The History of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Whaling]
*Sveinn Birkir Björnsson [http://www.grapevine.is/?show=paper&part=fullstory&id=1489 Whaler Down: Looking back at the sinking of the whaleboats in 1986] Reykjavik Grapevine, 03 Nov 2006.
*Klemens Òlafur [http://www.grapevine.is/default.aspx?show=paper&part=fullstory&id=258 Watson the victor: Does terrorism pay off in Iceland?] Reykjavik Grapevine. 11 Feb 2005.
*Patrick George Derr, Edward M. McNamar [http://books.google.com/books?id=oLu5C4sYa_kC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Hvalur+terrorism&source=web&ots=45jk41fgLZ&sig=Fmf8WgIMPLl8V80nf1l1E4vobW8&hl=en#PPA28,M1 Case Studies in Environmental Ethics] Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Page 28.

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