Individually, many people actually take a positive stance toward whale consumption. I’d like to actively promote whale cuisine.

A voice in the wilderness.

If whales can be harvested sustainably then I don't have too much of a problem with people wanting to eat whale meat.

I've tried it and personally it doesn't appeal to me, but I do know people who have it from time to time.

Japan should be allowed to hunt whales in its own territorial waters if it so chooses, however I would prefer they did not come to the South Pacific. Massive money losing exercise.

In Japanese markets kujira is said to come from the minke whales but not all kujira is whale meat. Some of it is dolphins, porpoise, or beaked whale meat. So people eat kujira, thinking they are avoiding unsafe levels of contaminants are actually eating meat that contains very high levels of toxic subtances. These are dangerous environmental contaminants including organchlorines, PCBs, DDT, dioxin and heavy metals like methylmercury.