Update: Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters

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The country is one of just three that still permits commercial whaling, while its government has faced mounting pressure to ban the practice Iceland is expected to submit a bill in February 2027 which could permanently ban whaling in its waters, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries to permit commercial whaling. The report also notes that Whaling in Iceland has been put under intense scrutiny since a government-commissioned report was published in 2023 that found harpooned whales took two hours to die. The report led to a temporary suspension of the hunt that year.

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