In 2022, the production volume of canned whale meat distributed in round tin cans in Japan amounted to 324 tons. This continues the incremental downward trend that started after figures peaked in 2014 at 636 tons, the highest amount of the past decade.
In July 2019, Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission, resuming commercial whale hunting in its territorial waters.
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Japan Canners Association. (July 4, 2023). Production volume of preserved whale meat sold in round tin cans in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/918817/japan-canned-whale-meat-production-volume/
Japan Canners Association. "Production volume of preserved whale meat sold in round tin cans in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in tons)." Chart. July 4, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/918817/japan-canned-whale-meat-production-volume/
Japan Canners Association. (2023). Production volume of preserved whale meat sold in round tin cans in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/918817/japan-canned-whale-meat-production-volume/
Japan Canners Association. "Production Volume of Preserved Whale Meat Sold in Round Tin Cans in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/918817/japan-canned-whale-meat-production-volume/
Japan Canners Association, Production volume of preserved whale meat sold in round tin cans in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/918817/japan-canned-whale-meat-production-volume/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Production volume of preserved whale meat sold in round tin cans in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in tons) [Graph], Japan Canners Association, July 4, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/918817/japan-canned-whale-meat-production-volume/