Faroe Islands' salmon exporter joins condemnation over dolphin hunt

The Faroese government has said it wants to evaluate the regulations on the catching of Atlantic white-sided dolphins

The carcasses of dead white-sided dolphins on the island of Eysturoy. Picture: Sea Shepherd/AP

One of the Faroe Islands’ largest farmed salmon exporters has condemned the slaughter of a large number of white-sided dolphins on the North Atlantic archipelago.

Bakkefrost CEO Regin Jacobsen called Sunday’s slaughter of nearly 1,500 animals “totally unacceptable”, and said the firm was not involved in the controversial hunt and none of its assets were used.