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title: "Will Iceland ban commercial whaling?"
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status: live
trading_closes_at: 2027-07-01T03:59:00+00:00
total_volume_usd: 205.3
venues: ["Kalshi"]
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# Will Iceland ban commercial whaling?

Live · $205 traded · listed on Kalshi

## About

If a national ban on commercial whaling has become law in Iceland before Jul 1, 2027, then the market resolves to Yes.

Enactment requires completion of all constitutional and legal requirements for the legislation to become binding law.

Standard legislation requiring executive approval: final passage by all required legislative bodies, executive signature OR becoming law despite executive inaction OR successful veto override, and satisfaction of any required waiting periods
Legislation not requiring executive approval: final passage and completion of required waiting periods
Constitutional amendments: passage with required supermajorities and completion of ratification processes
Executive orders: official signature, publication in official government records, and legal effectiveness

The following do NOT constitute enactment:

Legislative passage without completed executive action
Passage by only some required bodies
Provisional passage
Non-binding resolutions
Draft orders

Enactment occurs when all requirements are completed, regardless of pending judicial challenges.

For this market, a “commercial whaling ban” means a legally effective Icelandic governmental measure, whether legislation, executive order, administrative regulation, or another governmental measure, that generally prohibits commercial whaling in Icelandic waters and removes commercial authorization across all species then authorized under Icelandic law, currently fin whales and minke whales. It may use any legal vehicle and may contain separate scientific or noncommercial exceptions, provided commercial whaling is not generally authorized.

A measure limited to a season, quota, area, species, company, or individual permit, a temporary suspension, permit non-use, or operator inactivity does NOT qualify. A proposal, draft, non-binding resolution, or measure not legally effective before the deadline does NOT qualify. Enactment occurs when applicable legal requirements are complete and the measure is legally effective before the deadline.

_From Kalshi's listing._

## Main market

| Outcome | Probability | Cheapest | Kalshi |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | 67% | 71¢ on Kalshi | 71¢ |
| Yes | 33% | 37¢ on Kalshi | 37¢ |

## Open on a venue

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