冰岛拟提交法案永久禁止商业捕鲸

冰岛政府计划在2027年2月提交法案，以期在其水域内永久禁止商业捕鲸活动1。此举意味着一旦通过，全球将仅剩挪威和日本两国从事商业捕鲸1。

这项立法提案源于2023年一份政府报告的发现——被鱼叉刺中的鲸鱼需要长达两小时才能死亡1。该报告发布后，冰岛随即临时停止了捕鲸活动1。冰岛工业部长哈娜·卡特琳·弗里德里克松表示支持终止这一已过时的捕鲸法律1。长须鲸作为地球第二大动物，被国际自然保护联盟列为易危物种1。

截至今年9月8日，冰岛水域已捕获80条长须鲸1，而冰岛的捕鲸配额最高为150只动物1。目前冰岛仅有一家捕鲸公司Hvalur从事该业务，其获得的五年许可证将于2029年届满1。自国际捕鲸委员会在1986年颁布捕鲸禁令后，挪威和冰岛分别于1993年和2006年恢复了商业捕鲸活动1。

Iceland's government plans to submit legislation in February 2027 that would permanently prohibit commercial whaling in its territorial waters 1. The move would leave only Norway and Japan as countries permitting commercial whaling operations 1.

The proposed ban follows a 2023 government report that found whales struck by harpoons require approximately two hours to die 1. In response to these findings, Iceland temporarily halted whaling activities in 2023 1. Industrial Minister Hanna Katrín Friðriksson has previously expressed support for ending the nation's whaling practices 1. Through September 8 of this year, Icelandic waters yielded 80 fin whales, approaching the country's maximum quota of 150 animals 1.

Iceland's sole whaling company, Hvalur, holds a five-year license expiring in 2029 1. Fin whales, the world's second-largest animal, are classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature 1. Iceland resumed commercial whaling in 2006, following the International Whaling Commission's global moratorium imposed in 1986. Norway, which had objected to the moratorium, resumed commercial whaling in 1993 1.