Icelandic Government
Report on Whaling

Released May 2025

A working group setup by the Icelandic government has released a report about the legal framework for whaling with three possible recommendations: do nothing, modify the laws on whaling, and ban whaling.  The Minister for Industry, where the whaling issue sits, is accepting comments until

May 20, 2025 at 23:59 Iceland time

Anyone can comment on the report.  If you are an Icelandic resident or citizen with a kennitala (Icelandic identification number), you can use that to submit a comment through the comment portal below. 

If you are not from Iceland, you can still submit a comment by writing to

Hanna Katrín Friðriksson

Minister of Industries

atrn@atrn.is