What country first started to kill whales?

The practice of whaling dates back thousands of years, with evidence indicating that the Basques of Spain and France were among the first to hunt whales systematically in the 11th century. They developed techniques for hunting and processing whales, which laid the groundwork for the whaling industry. Other cultures, including the Norse and indigenous peoples in the Arctic, also engaged in whaling long before it became a commercial enterprise in the 17th century.