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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 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.
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 modern Japan, two cuts of whale meat are usually distinguished: the belly meat and the more valued tail or fluke meat. Fluke meat can sell for $200 per kilogram, three times the price of belly meat. [27] Fin whales are particularly desired because they are thought to yield the best quality fluke meat. [28]
Higher prices for butcher shops have translated to higher prices for customers.
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 ...
This translated to an increase in meat prices in 2020 by about 6.5%, according to the USDA, which is more than double its usual rate. Beef and veal were especially hard hit, at approximately 9% ...
Whale meat captured in Norway is primarily eaten by humans. In 2014 113 metric tonnes of offal and other byproducts were sold to make animal feed for the fur industry. [34] [35] Whale meat is also used as a niche product for pet food in Norway. [36] According to opinion polls by Opinion in 2009 and 2010, about 80% of Norwegians have eaten whale ...