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- Feb 28, 202750% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Iceland's Government Tables a Permanent Commercial Whaling Ban
- The government plans to put a permanent commercial-whaling ban before parliament in February 2027, turning its pledge to legislate into a timetable[1]
- If passed, the bill would close the legal route for commercial whaling despite five-year licences issued in 2024, leaving Norway and Japan as the remaining whaling countries; the coalition has a majority but the Althing must still pass it[1]
- Iceland resumed commercial whaling in 2006 after the IWC moratorium took effect in 1986; Norway resumed in 1993 and Japan in 2019 after leaving the Commission[1]
- The 2026 season ended on 20 September with 93 fin whales caught[2]
- Minister of Industries Hanna Katrín Friðriksson had promised legislation this winter to ban whaling altogether[3]
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- [1]50%icelandreview.com/news/society/iceland-permanent-commercial-whaling-ban-2027icelandreview.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Feb 28, 2027 ✓· 38% of score
Estimated: Iceland Review[2][3] (citing Reuters) says the government 'plans to put a permanent commercial-whaling ban before parliament in February 2027'; no day is given, so the pin takes the month's last day.
- [2]75%Iceland's Whaling Season Ends After 93 Fin Whales (Iceland Review)icelandreview.com· Published Sep 21, 2026· 37% of score
The season the bill would be the last of ended on 20 September 2026 with 93 fin whales; 'No future ban has yet taken effect', and more than 700 complaints had gone to the EFTA Surveillance Authority.[1]
- [3]72%First Fin Whales Caught After Two-Year Hiatus (Iceland Review)icelandreview.com· Published Jun 22, 2026· 26% of score
Minister of Industries Hanna Katrín Friðriksson had announced plans to present legislation 'this winter that would ban whaling altogether', while pointing to the permit still in force.[1]
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