Faroe Islands will limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals after last year's cull received widespread criticism for killing more than 1,400 dolphins.
Almost 1.3 million people signed a petition that called on the Faroese government to ban the huntThe restrictions are expected to be implemented as an executive order by July 25In February, a review by the government of the independent Danish territory was ordered in response to the outcry.
A statement from the territory's Fisheries Ministry said the new annual catch limit would be provisional for 2022 and 2023. It said the proposal for the catch limit was put forward for public comment on July 8 and is expected to be implemented as an executive order by July 25.of 1,423 white-sided dolphins that took place on September 14 last year, the ministry said.
"It has been acknowledged that aspects of that catch were not satisfactory, in particular, the unusually large number of dolphins killed," the ministry said.
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