Indeed, even in Japan, whale meat isn't that popular.
事实上,即使在日本,鲸鱼也没有那么受欢迎。
Last, there is very little demand for whale meat as food.
最后,鲸鱼肉作为食物的需求量更是少之又少。
Indeed, even in Japan whale meat isn't really that popular.
事实上,即使在日本,鲸鱼也没有那么受欢迎。
Which begs the question - who would possibly eat whale meat?
谁在回避问题的实质?——谁可能会去吃鲸鱼?
Which leads to the question — who would possibly eat whale meat?
谁在回避问题的实质? ——谁可能会去吃鲸鱼?
Requested an immediate ban on dolphin meat and whale meat in Japan deal.
请立刻制止海豚肉和鲸肉在日本地买卖。
Peter: and that the extra whale meat and blubber is sold for whale research.
彼得: 多余的鱼肉和脂肪卖了以后赞助鲸鱼研究。
Whale meat would remain uneatable, but the pursuit of it would be a little more speakable.
虽然不应该以鲸鱼肉为食,但捕鲸行为将不再那么名不正言不顺。
Whale meat isn't confined to those countries; a sample showed up in a California sushi restaurant in March.
鲸鱼肉不仅限于在以上国家贩卖,三月份在一家美国加州的寿司店也发现了鲸鱼肉的样本。
Some Japanese say they no longer want to eat whale meat because it costs too much and it is no longer a popular food.
一些日本人表示他们不会再吃鲸肉了,因为代价太高;鲸肉已经不再是时尚的食物了。
Whale meat is back on the menu at around a sixth of Japan's state-run elementary and junior high schools, AFP reported.
据法新社报道,日本全国小学和初等中学中,有超过六分之一的学校向学生供应的午餐中有鲸肉制品。
Ther is only a very small domestic market for whale meat in Iceland and over 99% of whale meat produced was exported to Japan.
只有很少很少一部分为本地市场, 99%的冰岛鲸肉产品都出口到了日本。
They also argue that whale populations have recovered enough to be hunted again, which would satisfy the growing market for whale meat.
他们还争辩鲸鱼的数量已回升至足以再次遭到猎捕,如此才能供应日渐增长的鲸鱼肉市场。
But environmentalists claim demand for whale meat is in decline, and say the fleets would be financially better-off taking tourists on whale-watching Tours.
不过环保人士声称对鲸鱼肉的需求在下降,还说捕鲸舰队通过带游客进行鲸鱼观赏游会达到较好的财政境况。
However, the tradition of eating the meat has waned over the years with many younger Japanese having never tried it, while restaurants serving whale meat are rare.
然而这些年来,吃鲸肉的传统已逐步淡化,许多日本年轻人从未尝过鲸肉,供应鲸肉的餐厅非常罕见。
But it's been decades since Japan could be described as impoverished, and a 2008 survey found that 95% of Japanese either eat whale meat very rarely or not at all.
但这几十年来日本都不能被称作是贫穷国家了。2008年的一项调查发现,95%的日本人几乎或完全不吃鲸鱼。
Whale meat was prized in the late 17th and 18th century, but of even greater value was whale oil, which was used for burning in lamps, machinery and even manufacturing cosmetics.
鲸鱼肉在17世纪末、18世纪非常珍贵,但是更加珍贵的是鲸鱼油,它可以用于灯的照明、机器甚至制造化妆品。
Past studies may have found a link because the women involved ate whale meat, which has five times the mercury concentrations of the more common ocean fish consumed in the Seychelles.
过去的研究认为已在两者间找到关联,是因为以前的研究对象包含了食用鲸鱼肉的妇女,而鲸鱼肉所含的的汞浓度比塞席尔人日常吃的普通海洋鱼类要高上五倍之多。
"Norway and Japan are hurting tourism, a potential growth industry in both countries in order to spend millions of dollars obtaining whale meat, the sale of which makes no profit," Fisher said.
“为了花掉数以百万用来获得鲸鱼肉的钱——而那却没有任何利润而言,挪威和日本正在损害旅游业,一种对于两国而很据增长潜力的产业。”Fisher说。
The Japanese Institute of Cetacean research, which carries out whaling in the name of research, sells whale meat to local municipalities for school lunches at one-third of the market price.
日本鲸研究学会名义上以鲸类研究为任务,但实际上也向地方学校出售鲸肉,且价格一般只有市场价的三分之一。
The skin is used for making belts and various household devices, the meat is used for food for people and dogs, even whale bones are perfectly useful for the traditional sledges.
他们把动物的表皮制成皮带和各种家具,把动物的肉作为人及家犬的食物。 另外,鲸鱼骨还是传统制作雪撬的好材料呢。
The Blue Whale used to be hunted for oil and meat.
蓝鲸曾经是寻找石油和肉。
Men went whaling to get the valuable oil, meat, and bones of whale.
人们捕鲸是为了获得宝贵的鲸油、鲸肉和鲸骨。
The basking shark and whale shark are killed mainly for their fins and meat, and the great white shark for its jaws and teeth, he said.
他说,姥鲨与鲸鲨主要由于其鱼翅和肉而被捕杀,大白鲨是由于其鳄与牙而被捕杀。
Men went whaling to get the valuable oil, meat, and bones of whale .
人们捕鲸是为了获得宝贵的鲸油、鲸肉和鲸骨。
Men went whaling to get the valuable oil, meat, and bones of whale .
人们捕鲸是为了获得宝贵的鲸油、鲸肉和鲸骨。
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