Last week, Iceland released its summer whaling quotas for 2026. In a notable cut from previous quotas, the government will permit up to 150 fin whales and 168 minke whales to be killed—a total of 318 whales.
Iceland stands alongside Japan and Norway as the only countries still conducting commercial whaling, despite the global moratorium adopted by the International Whaling Commission in 1986.
Even one whale suffering the particularly horrific death of being shot with exploding harpoons is one too many. So even with the decreased quota, it is shocking Iceland still allows whaling at all, especially because a bill to ban commercial whaling in Iceland is expected to be introduced later this year.
The question is not whether Iceland should ban whaling. The question is why hundreds of whales may still die just months before a proposal to ban such cruelty is presented to parliament. | 
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