Ashley Cooper / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), by the old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaught...

Ashley Cooper / The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat. February...

Ashley Cooper / Old whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat. February 2014

Ashley Cooper / Menu featuring Whale curry, Chinese restaurant in Ilulissat, Greenland, July 2008.

Tony Wu / Marinated whale meat for sale at the Tore Tore Market, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Honshu, Japan. February 2018.

Tony Wu / Diagram showing the origin of different whale meat cuts at Tore Tore Market, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Honshu, Japan. February 2018.

Tony Wu / Whale curry for sale, each box with a 200g curry portion for 540 Yen. Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. June 2017.

Tony Wu / Whale meat products for sale at the Whale Corner of Tore Tore Market, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Honshu, Japan. February 2018.

Tony Wu / Whale bacon and sashimi for sale. The labels indicates the products are sourced from research whaling in the Southern Ocean. Tore Tore Market, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Honshu, Japan. Fe...

Tony Wu / Sashimi set with three cuts of whale meat sourced from the Southern Ocean and North Pacific. Other whale products in counder below. Tore Tore Market, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Honshu, Ja...

Nature Picture Library / Canned whale meat for sale at a souvenir shop for tourists in Japan.

Nature Picture Library / Whale meat for sale in a supermarket. The label on the top right with the blue whale tail indicates that this meat is from the southern hemisphere research whaling. As such, it is probably minke whale...

Nature Picture Library / Whale ham and other whale products for sale at a souvenir shop in Japan.

Nature Picture Library / Prepackaged whale meat curry for sale at a souvenir shop for tourists in Japan.

Nature Picture Library / Frozen whale meat for sale, intended for consumption as sashimi

Nature Picture Library / Whale sashimi on the menu at a restaurant in Japan.

Nature Picture Library / Whale skin for sale at a fish market in Japan. Cetacean species unspecified.

Nature Picture Library / Whale skin leftovers, referred to as koro", for sale. This is what remains of the skin and blubber after oil has been squeezed out and sold separately.

Nature Picture Library / Canned whale meat for sale at a souvenir shop for tourists in Japan. The label states that the contents are from an unspecified baleen whale.

Nature Picture Library / Canned whale meat for sale at a souvenir shop for tourists in Japan. The label states that the contents are from an unspecified baleen whale. The sales sign states that whale meat is a food that is go...

Gerrit Vyn / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female and cubs feed on frozen whale meat they have discovered, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, USA

Gerrit Vyn / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female and cubs feed on frozen whale meat they have discovered, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, USA

Gerrit Vyn / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) two stand over piece of frozen whale meat they have scavenged, Barter Island, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, USA

Gerrit Vyn / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female and cub feed on frozen whale meat they have discovered, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, USA

Cyril Ruoso / Frozen whale meat boxes, at the Husavik Whale hunting museum Hvalamidstodin, Iceland.

Cyril Ruoso / Residents of Faroe Islands with carcasses of 150 Long finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) after traditional hunt. The residents will share the meat between themselves. Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Cyril Ruoso / Residents of Faroe Islands butchering 150 Long finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) after traditional hunt. The residents will share the meat between themselves. Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Cyril Ruoso / Residents of Faroe Islands butchering 150 Long finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) after traditional hunt. The residents will share the meat between themselves. Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Cyril Ruoso / Residents of Faroe Islands butchering 150 Long finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) after traditional hunt. The residents will share the meat between themselves. Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Cyril Ruoso / Children playing on carcass of Long finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) hunted for meat, Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Cyril Ruoso / Children playing by carcass of Long finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) hunted for meat, Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Cyril Ruoso / Carcass of Long finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) hunted for meat, Faroe Islands, August 2003. Non-ex

Terry Whittaker / Menu outside a restaurant advertising Whale and Puffin meat, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2012.

Steven Kazlowski,Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers butcher a Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch in the village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, North Slope, Alaska

Cyril Ruoso / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) subsistence hunting, 150 harvested, Faroe Islands

Cyril Ruoso / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) subsistence hunting, 150 harvested, Faroe Islands

Cyril Ruoso / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) subsistence hunting, two locals haul away tail, Faroe Islands

Cyril Ruoso / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) subsistence hunting, 150 harvested, Faroe Islands

Mark Carwardine / Whaling - Container of Fin whale meat, Hvalfjordur, West Iceland, 1993 {Balaenoptera

Mark Carwardine / Whaling - Fin whale meat Hvalfjordur, West Iceland, 1993 {Balaenoptera physalus}

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuits from Cape Dorset gathering round the carcass of a Beluga / White whale (Delphinapterus) for meat. Nunavut, Canada, 2002.

Mark Carwardine / Whale meat (Hvalkjott) for sale in supermarket, Tysfjord, Norway, November 2004

Pete Oxford / Orca (Orcinus orca) female followed by gulls picking up scraps of meat from Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) kill, East Falkland Island, Falkland Islands

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit people sharing meal of muktuk (whale skin) and raw meat. Moriussaq, Northwest Greenland, 1987.

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers butcher a Bowhead whale, (Balaena mysticetus) catch on the pack ice during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska. May 2009

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq / Inuit subsistence whalers butcher a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch on the pack ice during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska, USA, May 20...

Staffan Widstrand / Grey whale {Eschrichtius robustus} meat for sale, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 1996.

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female walks along a sandspit looking for scraps of Bowhead whale meat during spring whaling season, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult male bloody from feeding on fresh whale meat after autumn whaling season, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult female scavenging for scrapes of Bowhead whale meat after autumn whaling season, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Juergen Freund / Whale shark meat {Rhincodon typus} drying on beach, Philippines.

Flip Nicklin / Various processed whale meat products, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) meat hauled by Inuits, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) meat and Inuit hunters, Baffin Island, Canada

George Chan / Three ex-whale fishermen enjoy a meal of Whale meat, Japan 2002

George Chan / Whale meat for sale, Japan 2002

George Chan / Whale meat for sale, Japan 2002

Martha Holmes / Minke whale meat for sale at Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo, Japan

George Chan / Whale meat for sale, Japan 2002

George Chan / Tins of whale meat for sale, Japan 2002

Niall Benvie / Box of whale meat with harpoon, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) being flensed by Inuits in background while others load muktuk, the skin and outermost layer of skin, onto sleds, Barrow, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) being flensed by Inuits in the background with muktuk, the skin and outermost layer of skin, displayed on snow, Barrow, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) meat snack in Tokyo restaurant, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) meat entree, Moon Garden Restaurant, Tokyo, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) meat in refrigerator of a Japanese home, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) meat, Tsukiji Market, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) meat, Norway

Juergen Freund / Whale shark slaughtered and cut up in shallow water. Pamilacan, Bohol, Philippines. 1997

Juergen Freund / Whale shark slaughtered and cut up in shallow water. Pamilacan, Bohol, Philippines. 1997

Juergen Freund / Villagers cut up whale shark meat on beach, Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Whale shark hunters cut transport holes in whale sharks jaw to attach rope to, Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Villagers cut up whale shark meat on beach, Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) meat. Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 wh...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) meat. Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 wh...

Flip Nicklin / Minke Whale meat bar snack at Moon Garden Restaurant, Tokyo, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)meat processing, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) meat, Norway