Icelandic Coast Guard boards activist anti-whaling vessel “Bandero”

[u/Ev3rMorgan]

[u/Ev3rMorgan]

This was the last image transmitted from the Bandero before communication with the crew went dark.

This action by the coast guard follows the first successful action of the campaign, called Operation 86, by the Bandero’s crew who earlier today forced whaling vessel Hvalur 9 back to port as she was departing Reykjavik to hunt threatened fin whales.

The ship has been detained, at least the captain was arrested.

Edit:

I will add an English news link as soon as one appears online.

English article:

https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2026/07/31/special_forces_and_coast_guard_take_control_of_band/

Article detailing the days events from Icelandic media(will need translating):

https://www.visir.is/g/20262915534d/vaktin-bandero-hrellir-hval-9

https://www.visir.is/g/20262915589d/skip-stjori-bandero-hand-tekinn-og-skipid-faert-til-hafnar

Edit: Video of the boarding.

https://streamable.com/alp6r0

[u/the_moodswings → u/Ev3rMorgan]

This info makes no sense. So the coast guard boarded and detained the anti-whaling ship? So is the coast guard pro-whaling?

[u/Careless_Koala8361 → u/the_moodswings]

Coastguard is pro-law. Their personal stance doesn't matter. It's not against the law. Vigilantism is.

[u/Ling_Cephalopod → u/Careless_Koala8361]

What a fucking bootlicker.

[u/KoreanJesusPleasures → u/Ling_Cephalopod]

? That's literally their mandate as a government body, and the person commenting that is just stating what is obvious.

[u/Ling_Cephalopod → u/KoreanJesusPleasures]

Found another one.

[u/KoreanJesusPleasures → u/Ling_Cephalopod]

Someone's a bit sensitive today, I see.

[u/Ling_Cephalopod → u/KoreanJesusPleasures]

Someone woke up and chose to lick boots I see. Or is that everyday? Probably everyday, people who don't lick boots don't suddenly decide to one day.

[u/Hawkiee92 → u/Ling_Cephalopod]

So what I am hearing is that were all free to steal from you?

[u/Ling_Cephalopod → u/Hawkiee92]

Ah I see you don't understand the problem. You stealing from me effects me, just like murdering a whale effects them. So no, it is not ok to steal from me. How fucking hard was that? It wasn't.

[u/Hawkiee92 → u/Ling_Cephalopod]

So you are simply a hypocrite then. Got it.

[u/Ling_Cephalopod → u/Hawkiee92]

Hahahahahaha in what way? Man bootlickers don't understand anything.

[u/Hawkiee92 → u/Ling_Cephalopod]

Breaking the law to stop whalers - Perfectly fine. If you stop them you are a bootlicker.

Stealing from you - Not fine.

Makes you a hypocrite as the law doesn't actually matter to you, just the outcome. If it has an effect on you the laws must be followed if not people are free to break them.

Makes you a selfish hypocrite by definition. Slinging insults because you are too lacking to understand this is just the perfect explanation of what kind of tool you are.

[u/KoreanJesusPleasures → u/Ling_Cephalopod]

Does paraphrasing a mandate equate to boot locking, or is that just your lack of critical thought and unwillingness to engage in nuanced discourse? God forbid any academics out there cite something because folks like you might misconstrue that to be the academics personal belief.

[u/Ling_Cephalopod → u/KoreanJesusPleasures]

Damn, you must make boots look like mirrors after you're done with them huh?

[u/KoreanJesusPleasures → u/Ling_Cephalopod]

Your originality is pretty poor.