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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20020123b9.htm

 

30% of wholesale whale not sold

 

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Demand for minke whale meat products

fell last summer at the wholesale level as about 30

percent of stocks remained on the shelves, reflecting

reduced demand for the expensive delicacy during the

economic slump, according to data made available

Tuesday by a private research institute.

 

It is the first time that wholesale markets did not

sell all their whale meat since Japan resumed its

" research hunting " of whales in fiscal 1987.

 

According to the Institute of Cetacean Research, Japan

caught 440 minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean in

fiscal 2000. Wholesale markets put 725 tons of meat on

sale from July through August, but around 220 tons

remained as of the end of August.

 

One of the factors contributing to the poor sales was

that whale meat prices were much higher than those for

other fisheries products, which have fallen recently,

institute officials said.

 

The Japan Times: Jan. 23, 2002

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