Iceland's Government Tables a Permanent Commercial Whaling Ban
Alþingi, 14, Kirkjustræti, Miðbær, Miðborg, Reykjavíkurborg, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, 101, ÍslandGovernment of Iceland
ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins65% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 65%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 149 daysEstimated: Iceland Review[1][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.
Iceland's government plans to put a bill permanently banning commercial whaling before the Althing, which would close the legal route for fin whaling despite the five-year licences issued in 2024 and leave Norway and Japan as the only whaling nations.
