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Iceland’s ban on whale fishing ‘against the law’, leaves gov’t open to legal challenge

A report by law firm LEX claims the government's move to temporarily ban whale fishing is in violation of the law and was not built on a sufficiently solid legal basis

By Undercurrent News | June 28, 2023 10:50 BST
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A report by law firm LEX claims the Icelandic government's move to temporarily ban whale fishing is in violation of the law and was not built on a sufficiently solid legal basis, according to fishing companies' representative body Samtok fyrirtaekja i sjavarutvegi (SFS) [...]

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