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Food companies and restaurants that sell whale meat are increasing as stocks increase and the whaling industry makes an effort to boost demand.
Sales of whale meat are an important source of income for whaling research so it is imperative to stimulate demand as poor sales may hinder future research.
Whale meat is mainly taken from whales that have been processed and sold once research has been undertaken.
The Institute of Cetacean Research, which conducts whaling research, distributes whale meat via the Tokyo-based shipping company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd., to whom the institute commissions its whaling activities.
Kyodo Senpaku has been promoting its whale meat, resulting in increased sales to food companies and restaurants.
Hoko Co. in Tokyo, a subsidiary of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., began sales of three products, including cooked whale and canned broiled whale in March.
Hoko said baby boomers who had eaten whale during the post-war period would remember the taste and welcome the new products...more of this same crap...
Now, where did I leave my nautical compass and sextant?..A U.S.-based conservation society patrolling the waters of the Ross Sea off Antarctica is offering a $25,000 reward for the coordinates of Japanese whaling ships.
The Sea Shepherd Society announced the reward during its "Operation Leviathan" mission to stop illegal whaling in the Southern Ocean. Two Sea Shepherd ships, the Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter, are in the Antarctic with 70 volunteers from 14 countries. They believe they are within 500 miles of the Japanese whaling ships.
The reward comes days after Japan called a special meeting of members of the International Whaling Commission next month to help lift a global moratorium on hunting of whales. Several countries opposed to whaling have said they may boycott the assembly...
GuyJean wrote:Operation Save the Whales: $25,000 Reward Offered for Location of Japanese Whaling Ships
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2834036&page=1
Now, where did I leave my nautical compass and sextant?..
GJ
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