T OKYO (AP) — Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday, as ...

Fresh fin whale meat was auctioned in Japan for the first time in nearly 50 years, with prices reaching over $1,300 per kilogram on Thursday. This marks a significant moment for Japan's whaling ...

The juvenile fin whale washed ashore on the Anchorage mud flats in November and drew thousands of visitors. It’s still there.

There is no demand for fin whale meat in Iceland and the hunt continues to supply a small but enduring Japanese market for whale meat. International commercial trade in products from great whale has ...

Since resuming commercial whaling in 2006, the Icelandic company Hvalur has shipped 5,540 metric tons of endangered fin whale meat worth more than US$50 million to Japan, in defiance of a ban on ...

The plan is not meant to increase whale meat supply and whalers who catch fin whales do not necessarily have to meet a quota, an agency official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss ...

A controversial luxury dog treat made from endangered fin whale meat has been pulled from the shelves in Japan.

A Tokyo-based whaling company hosted an event at Fukuoka’s Nagahama Fish Market to promote domestic fin whale meat, which was ...

Built at a cost of US$ 47 million, the 9,300-ton Kangei Maru has a slipway to haul up to 70- ton fin whales, and can store up to 600 tons of meat. This is almost double that of its predecessor ...

MEAT from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than US$1,300 (RM5,760) per kilogramme at auction, as officials try to keep the ...