On Thursday, some 1.4 tons of fresh meat from several fin whales caught off Japan ... market and the Kangei Maru’s home port of Shimonoseki. In Shimonoseki, where 250 kilograms (550 lbs) of fin ...

Japan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will ...

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 ...

a move aimed at reviving the shrinking market for whale-related foods. Whale meat was once a staple source of protein in Japanese culture, but consumption began to decline with increased imports ...

Japan’s whaling expeditions in the past two years have been “commercial” in name only. While the wholesale market for whale meat in Japan has annual sales of about 2.5 billion yen ($22.8 ...

The price tag 6 billion yen should be offset if the government permits an expanded quota of whales and the Japanese public can be convinced to eat more whale meat, said Konomu Kubo, a spokesman ...

Undeterred by declining appetites for whale meat, and unfazed by global opposition to commercial hunts, Japan's whaling industry is doubling down. Earlier this month, a company unveiled a new ...

Iceland’s only active whaling company, Hvalur hf., will not be operating this summer, marking the second consecutive year ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan ... market and the Kangei Maru’s home port of Shimonoseki. In Shimonoseki, where 250 kilograms (550 lbs) of fin whale ...

Whale meat in Japan was an affordable source of protein for the country's malnourished population in the years following World War II, with annual consumption peaking at 233,000 tons in 1962.