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1998 (minke whale) official prices (converted to yen/kg) [15] 2011 (Bryde's whale) reference price for bidding (yen/kg) [16] Special selection red meat: n/a 7000 Special grade red meat: 4640 4500 1st grade red meat: 3270 1700 2nd grade red meat: 140 n/a 1st grade unesu (baleen whale underbelly, used for bacon) 5860 3000 2nd grade unesu: 4380 2600
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 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]
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]
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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 ...
“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed ...
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]