According to a Reuters report on the 10th, the Icelandic government plans to submit a bill prohibiting commercial whaling to the parliament in February next year. The bill will include a “permanent ban on commercial whaling.” If passed, Japan and Norway will be the only countries in the world that continue commercial whaling. According to reports, according to data from an animal protection organization, during the whaling season from June to September this year, 80 long-whiskered whales had been caught as of September 9, while the annual quota was 150. The long-whiskered whale is the main target of the Icelandic whaling industry and is classified as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

According to a Reuters report on the 10th, the Icelandic government plans to submit a bill prohibiting commercial whaling to the parliament in February next year. The bill will include a “permanent ban on commercial whaling.” If passed, Japan and Norway will be the only countries in the world that continue commercial whaling. According to reports, according to data from an animal protection organization, during the whaling season from June to September this year, 80 long-whiskered whales had been caught as of September 9, while the annual quota was 150. The long-whiskered whale is the main target of the Icelandic whaling industry and is classified as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.