The Faroese kill the pilot whales in the traditional way with traditional weapons (roughly, hook and knife) but their small boats chasing the whales into a bay today have motors. Protect-the-whales-groups BTW have harshly criticised the Faroese for using the traditional method of killing and have called it "medieval".

For each group of pilot whales nearing the Faroes it is decided anew whether the chase will be allowed or not. The number of killed whales is stable since centuries (the data go some centuries back). None of these whales is processed industrially, all meat and what else can be used is distributed and used locally.

Wolfgang