Pilot whale meat can be ordered in restaurants like “Marco Polo” and in the four stars hotel “Hafnia” For the first time animal activists have shown evidence that an open and a black ...

In Shimonoseki, where 250 kilograms (550 lbs) of fin whale meat was flown from Hokkaido for the event, the tail meat — a delicacy known as “onomi” — fetched the day’s highest price at ...

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 ...

It will be replaced by a modern vessel next year, but lackluster demand for whale meat suggests the industry that drew condemnation from around the world faces an uncertain future. A large crowd ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Japan responded by ending the high seas component of its sei whale hunt (reducing the take of sei whales from 134 to 25). It has continued, however, to allow the sale of thousands of tons of illegally ...

How do you take apart a whale? With flensing knives, meat hooks, plastic sleds and a crowd of people. On Thursday, dozens of volunteers gathered on the Anchorage mudflats to cut apart the 47-foot ...

The UK Government has drawn up a list of products that could be slapped with import taxes in retaliation against US President Donald Trump's tariffs on British goods and it ranges from motorcycles and ...

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.