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Originally Posted by quantum-x
Whale is honestly the most tasty meat I've ever eaten.
It's got the deep rich scarlet colour of the best quality steak you've ever eaten, with a grain that's as fine as a very good salmon.
It's fucking delicious, I can understand why the Japanese and the Norweigans flip the bird to people telling them to stop eating it...
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like i said earlier the minke whale is not endangered and can easily be sustainably harvested forever without effecting populations. they actually could increase their yearly quota by very large number and it still would be sustainable and not hurt overall numbers. even if south korea who would like a quota of 1-2 hundred, along with a few other asian counties added in such numbers - things would be fine. japan is not even trying to push for more numbers anyways since they take what they need.
those whales also happen to consume 5-6 times the fish per year as the entire human race, so the more whale hunting the more fish available in the oceans. which include a lot of fish who's numbers are in alarmingly low numbers.
also kind of funny that the japanese really started hunting whales and the numbers they do right now due to the u.s. backing out of fishing treaties it had with them in the pacific. they needed to replace the now missing fish meat they used to get with another protien and whales were what was the most viable. they are a small island after all and they can only produce so much via the land for their citizens. japans version of the grazing farmlands we raise cattle on is the ocean.
the dutch though need to back off on the fin whale. japan has been removing its quota for those already and the dutch need to do the same. that whale is endangered and can not realistically be sustainably hunted in any real numbers. though we also have the inuit in america who also hunt and kill whales, they too need to switch to non endangered ones if they can. if they are unable though perhaps the world should allow them the fin whales and the dutch and japanese can take the minke's.
whew that was long winded. did not think i had that much typing in me. just sustainable hunting is a big interest of mine. before getting wrapped up in internet marketing i was planning on making that my profession as a scientist, however the money sucked ass and i figured i would work adult while i finished school for that. could not do it and left school to stay in the internet full time.