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  2. Whale meat - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Marine mammals as food - Wikipedia

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    Dolphin meat is dense and such a dark shade of red as to appear black. Fat is located in a layer of blubber between the meat and the skin. When dolphin meat is eaten in Japan, it is often cut into thin strips and eaten raw as sashimi, garnished with onion and either horseradish or grated garlic, much as with sashimi of whale or horse meat ...

  4. Blue whale - Wikipedia

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    The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale.Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 m (98 ft) and weighing up to 199 t (196 long tons; 219 short tons), it is the largest animal known ever to have existed.

  5. Whaling in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Bowhead whales are still hunted in northeastern Canada: two to four per year. [9] Harvested meat is sold through shops and supermarkets in northern communities where whale meat is a component of the traditional diet. [16] Hunters in Hudson's Bay rarely eat beluga meat. They give a little to dogs, and leave the rest for wild animals. [17]

  6. Whaling - Wikipedia

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    Harvested meat is sold through shops and supermarkets in northern communities where whale meat is a component of the traditional diet. [52] Hunters in Hudson Bay rarely eat beluga meat. They give a little to dogs and leave the rest for wild animals. [17] Other areas may dry the meat for later consumption by humans.

  7. How citizen scientists are uncovering the secret lives of ...

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    The programme, which is supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, started as a Facebook group, inviting local tour operators, fishermen and residents to share sightings of cetaceans.

  8. Muktuk - Wikipedia

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    Muktuk [1] (transliterated in various ways, see below) is a traditional food of Inuit and other circumpolar peoples, consisting of whale skin and blubber. A part of Inuit cuisine , it is most often made from the bowhead whale , although the beluga and the narwhal are also used.

  9. Inuit cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Whale meat generally comes from the narwhal, beluga whale and the bowhead whale. The latter is able to feed an entire community for nearly a year from its meat, blubber , and skin. Inuit hunters most often hunt juvenile whales which, compared to adults, are safer to hunt and have tastier skin.