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...