News tagged with whale meat
Norway whalers take first whales of hunting season: official
Norwegian whale hunters have harpooned the first three whales of the year, nearly a month after the controversial hunting season began, the country's Fishermen's Sales Organisation said Wednesday.
May 02, 2012 |
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Illegal trade in whale meat points to Japan: DNA study
An international team of Oregon State University scientists, documentary filmmakers and environmental advocates has uncovered an apparent illegal trade in whalemeat, linking whales killed in Japan's controversial ...
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Norway, Japan prop up whaling industry with taxpayer money
The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling.
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Japan finds radiation traces in whales
Japanese whale hunters have found traces of radioactive caesium in two of the ocean giants recently harpooned off its shores in the Pacific Ocean, a fisheries agency official said Wednesday.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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S.Korea clamps down on illegal whale-hunting
South Korea said Sunday it will tighten rules on whaling and the processing of whale meat amid international pressure to curb illegal hunting of the endangered giant mammals.
Jan 02, 2011 |
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Mercury high in Japanese town that hunts dolphins
(AP) -- Residents of the dolphin-hunting village depicted in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" have dangerously high mercury levels, likely because of their fondness for dolphin and whale meat, Japan's ...
May 09, 2010 |
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