c/europe@feddit.org · Melchior@feddit.org · 10 Sep 2026 15:51

Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/iceland-propose-whaling-ban-leaving-norway-japan-isolated-2026-09-10/

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@Tango@piefed.ca · 10 Sep 2026

I’m disappointed in Norway and Japan.

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@Rokin@leminal.space · 10 Sep 2026

Nice, might as well join EU.

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@Crisps555@feddit.uk · 10 Sep 2026

& Denmark??? Faroe islands???

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- @Skua@kbin.earth · 11 Sep 2026
  A bit of a weird situation. As I understand it:
  - Denmark itself has banned whaling
  - The Faroe Islands and Greenland continue whaling, but both do in ways compatible with the international moratorium on whaling
  - For Greenland, it's the allowance for indigenous subsistence whaling
  - For the Faroes, it's by hunting smaller whales that aren't covered by the moratorium
  - Both Greenland and the Faroes decide their own law on the matter, Denmark can't make them without partially rescinding the home rule acts
  - Nonetheless, Denmark is often quite obstructive to making actual progress on limiting whaling
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