Iceland, Norway resume whale meat exports to Japan

Tuesday 03rd June, 07:15 AM JST

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cleo at 01:15 AM JST - 4th June

ihope2 -

Whoever wrote the copy at the link you posted obviously doesn't know what they're talking about; they call whale 'this fish'. If they can get something as basic as that wrong, their claims that the meat is 'healthy' need to be taken with a huge handful of salt.

Neither is whale meat 'important food for people with allergies'. Dead animal flesh is a substitute for neither rice nor wheat, and the idea that humans need to devour vast quantities of animal protein at every meal is not simply false, it is dangerous. Excess protein is stored as fat, and is linked to chronic calcium loss leading to osteoporosis.

The picture looks positively up-chuckable.
ihope2eatwhales at 11:02 AM JST - 4th June

To imacat, You often say the same things, over and over and over again. This story has nothing do with Antarctic whaling. But you repeated your statements again anyway. Very strange. Also strange that moderator-san did not delete them.

But I have a comment for you, this time.

But I wonder why Japan is importing this meat.

There is enough people here who hope to eat this 80 tons of meat, there is no mistake.
Zen_Builder at 11:12 AM JST - 4th June

But I wonder why Japan is importing this meat.

Easy, because Japanese live fin-whale meat but don't hunt fin-whales. Norwegians too as they reckon fin-whales are plenty.

Said that the BBC article I linked stated that there is NO market for Whale meat in Norway and it also states that the Japanese did NOT officially request the meat which they must do so via the japanese goverment.
ihope2eatwhales at 11:23 AM JST - 4th June

To imacat, you copy everything you wrote at the previous story, and paste it here, once again. Again you talk about an "association". This association does not exist. Please see:

http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/japan-australia-agree-to-work-out-diplomatic-solution-to-whaling-dispute

You need not repeat yourself forever.
ihope2eatwhales at 11:28 AM JST - 4th June

To cleo, you may eat as much salt as you hope to. We hope to eat whales, and we are not worried by things such as whales being called fish. You are very cunning. The link also says whale is a meat, many times. I only saw what you were talking about by reading very carefully.
ihope2eatwhales at 11:33 AM JST - 4th June

To Zen_Builder, I have heard that our friends do not have a taste for fin whale, or whale blubber. They hope to eat only small minke whales. This is a fortunate thing for we in the Japanese market.

I do not understand the western reports well. For trade issues, I believe "keizaisangyooshoo" is relevant government body. It seems western reporters have asked fisheries agency about this trade. I do not know for sure, but I guess fisheries agency has little to do with international trade issues such as this.
ihope2eatwhales at 02:30 PM JST - 4th June

This news is not about objections against whaling. It is a business article about resumption of trade.
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 02:43 PM JST - 4th June

It seems to me the anti-whaling arguments contain more emotion than logic. It's just hunting. If it's sustainable and managed properly, it's a good source of food, therefore, a good activity.

Moderator: Readers, stay on topic please. This thread is about the business decision by Norway and Iceland to sell whale meat to Japan. Please do not rehash old arguments.
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 01:36 AM JST - 5th June

imacat says,

"I think readers of this board who perhaps don't live in Japan should get the correct picture of who is eating whale meat in Japan."

These are not facts, not even anecdotal evidence. It's just you telling how you think it is.

I had a class this morning and all 4 middle aged ladies contradicted your "facts". They said Japanese people in general would like to eat whale meat if it wasn't so expensive.

Of course, if there was no demand, it wouldn't be so expensive.
Betting at 10:56 AM JST - 5th June

"I had a class this morning and all 4 middle aged ladies contradicted your "facts". They said Japanese people in general would like to eat whale meat if it wasn't so expensive."

You shouldn't even take statements like that at face value Stranger. In my past I've taught classes like that as well, but when talking to some of those same students later outside of class, they tell a much different story. And it's very interesting to hear why they said such a statement during class in the first place.
ihope2eatwhales at 12:06 PM JST - 5th June

I hope very much to eat whale, but avoid to say so in the face of non-Japanese. Some foreigners become crazy about this, it is easier to just agree with them and make them happy in such face-to-face situations. But I have also met level-headed non-Japanese too. Especially recently, many non-Japanese enjoy whale cuisine.
OssanULTRA at 10:32 PM JST - 7th June

I find the statement "there is no market for whale meat in Norway" highly dubious. http://www.highnorth.no/library/Culture/Recipes/no-wh-me.htm http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/25069/story.htm http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/08/13/eatingwhalesteak.html http://uktv.co.uk/food/thread/threadid/16646
Graywolf0813 at 11:04 AM JST - 8th June

Someday there might not be whales to hunt or to eat ' Iceland and especially Norway think they have the right to hunt these beautiful animals because of tradition dating back in the "old days" ' Go eat something else besides whales ' I guess Japan feels left out because Norway and Iceland has no trouble killing whales huh '
ihope2eatwhales at 03:08 PM JST - 9th June

Graywolf0813, so long as people hope to eat whales, there will be whales to hunt and eat.
M_Lammerse at 09:42 PM JST - 9th June

@Graywolf0813: I love herring, herring are for me the most cudely animals (fish) in the world, their cute eyes and tale makes me want to have one as a pet. So sad, that miilions are eaten every day makes me cry when I see that, or see them in the supermarket. I have nothing with wales by the way, fat blobby fish, which arent't even real fish after all, go ahead eat my day I would say...but herring, so sad...