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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]
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.
The Polymarket "whale" betting on a Trump win had about $3 million in unrealized losses Monday morning. The closely watched bettor had over $10 million in gains before Trump's odds declined last week.
Factors influencing the price of meat include supply and demand, subsidies, [2] hidden costs, [3] taxes, quotas or non-material costs ("moral cost") of meat production. Non-material costs can be related to issues such as animal welfare (e.g. treatment of animals, over-breeding).
"Today, we're going to give it an insurance valuation of $150,000 to $200,000," said appraiser Allan Katz on "Antiques Roadshow." "That's extraordinary," said the tooth's owner. Ain't that the tooth!