Whale meat has been declining in popularity for years yet the extremists in Japan continue to insist on the annual hunts. Even worse, WikiLeaks has revealed that the US is partnering with Japan to attack the Sea Shepherd organization. The whale hunting by Japan is political pandering to the hard right so maybe it's time the US has that discussion instead of pretending as though this is a legitimate program. Why kill even more whales when people aren't even eating what is there today?
The fisheries agency has said Japan's whale meat stockpile in August was estimated at 5790 tons - but the activists challenge the figure, saying it is based on a smaller sample of warehouses than previous surveys.
Kyodo said the whale meat stocks seemed to have increased as consumption fell more sharply than supply, which has also has been decreasing as Sea Shepherd activists have obstructed harpoon ships in recent years.
"Although the supply has been small and wholesale prices of whale meat have been cut in the past two years, the pace of decline in stocks has been slowing as Japanese people are moving away from whale meat," Mr Sakuma told Kyodo.
