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The fresh meat sold for up to 15,000 yen ($140) per kilogram (2.2 pounds), several times higher than the prices paid for Antarctic minkes, at a wholesale market in Sendai, one of several cities on ...
In 2006, 5,560 tons of whale meat was sold for consumption. [9] In modern-day Japan, two cuts of whale meat are usually distinguished: the belly meat and the tail or fluke meat. Fluke meat can sell for $200 per kilogram, over three times the price of belly meat. [8]
In 1998–1999, Harvard researchers published their DNA identifications of samples of whale meat they obtained in the Japanese market, and found that mingled among the presumably legal (i.e. minke whale meat) was a sizeable proportion of dolphin and porpoise meats, and instances of endangered species such as fin whale and humpback whale.
The post-war recovery established whale meat as a nationwide food source for the first time. In 1947 whale meat made up over 50 percent of the meat consumed in Japan. [citation needed] The market significantly increased through commercial sale and public distribution. In 1954, the School Lunch Act also included whale meat in compulsory ...
Higher prices for butcher shops have translated to higher prices for customers.
Drone videos of gray whales off Oregon have revealed new details about how the marine mammals find food. The findings were described in studies this summer.
The meat and blubber would be adorned with eagle feathers and down in order to honour the whale's sacrifice. [16] The lines of the harpoon used to kill the whale were hung on two poles and more feathers along with the whale's eyes were placed next to the saddle. [16] Following the first cut of the whale, the remaining meat was subsequently ...
At about the same time though, petroleum oil was discovered in Pennsylvania, which caused whale oil prices to crash. [1] By 1840, increased competition and a decline in international whale oil and bone prices and increased costs led to the two local companies' closures. Some whale boats were used for ferry services on the Swan River. An ...