For the first time animal activists have shown evidence that an open and a black market in whale meat exists on the Faroe Islands. The animal protection activists Andreas Morlok (Project Whale ...

Whale fin meat from off ... Approximately 1.4 tons of fresh meat caught off Hokkaido were available for purchase. The most expensive item at the market was the tail meat, which is considered ...

“The market for Icelandic fin whale meat in Japan has been struggling for years — there is both a declining demand and a large stockpile of surplus of imported meat that remains unsold — so a lack of ...

At the 71 st meeting of the CITES Standing Committee in August 2019, AWI presented new information on the extent of this market. Our surveys show that illegally landed sei whale products are sold by ...

Fresh fin whale meat was auctioned in Japan for the first time in nearly 50 years, with prices reaching over $1,300 per kilogram on Thursday. This marks a significant moment for Japan's whaling ...

WWF, the conservation organization, today warned that an initial toxic analysis on Norwegian Minke whale meat and blubber samples destined for human consumption has shown that these contain some of ...

MINAMI-BOSO, Chiba Prefecture--A soft-serve milk ice cream topped with generous slices of raw whale meat. Anyone? Hanamaru Ichiba, a farmers’ market at roadside rest facility Rosemary Park here ...

Last year, the same wholesale market at the Shimonoseki port set what was then a record 120,000 yen per kilogram for whale meat. The meat put on auction on Nov. 14 came from the most coveted ...

The whaling industry insists that it is pushing ahead with plans to modernize operations, cut costs and encourage more people to consume whale meat, but environmental campaigners says they are ...