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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 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] Fin whales are particularly desired because they are thought to yield the best quality fluke meat. [10]
Mariners or beachgoers can report whale sightings to 877-942-5343 or 888-979-4253. Federal rule requires people, boats, kayaks and paddle boards to stay at least 500 yards away from a right whale.
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The new recommendation says only one dinner with whale meat and blubber per month, with a special recommendation for younger women, girls, pregnant women and breastfeeding women. [13] From 2002 to 2009 the PCB concentration in whale meat has fallen by 75%, DDT values in the same time period have fallen by 70% and mercury levels have also fallen.
Prices for the hamburger meat are up 42% from four years ago. U.S. beef demand hit a 38-year high in 2024 despite record prices, said Lance Zimmerman, senior animal protein analyst for ...
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