Sea Sheaperd

[Monoriu]

My understanding is that the taste of whale meat is meh.  At least, it is no where near the quality of tuna. 

[Slargos]

My understanding is that the taste of whale meat is meh.  At least, it is no where near the quality of tuna.

I suspect that calling it "whale meat" when pertains to taste is about as precise as "fish meat".

I've only had whale (in all likelyhood Minke) a couple of times, generally years inbetween though, so I can't say for sure. What I can say is that it's quite good, and that I would certainly prefer it to tuna the few times I have a say in the matter.

[CountDeMoney]

All yellow bastards that insist on raping the oceans for their fruity ass "traditional" culinary fetishes deserve what they get.

[Neil]

All yellow bastards that insist on raping the oceans for their fruity ass "traditional" culinary fetishes deserve what they get.

Wouldn't it make more sense to rage against Asian and Spanish fishing practices then?  After all, whaling is harmless.

[CountDeMoney]

All yellow bastards that insist on raping the oceans for their fruity ass "traditional" culinary fetishes deserve what they get.

Wouldn't it make more sense to rage against Asian and Spanish fishing practices then?  After all, whaling is harmless.

I hope a pack of wild Injuns steal your car.

[Neil]

All yellow bastards that insist on raping the oceans for their fruity ass "traditional" culinary fetishes deserve what they get.

Wouldn't it make more sense to rage against Asian and Spanish fishing practices then?  After all, whaling is harmless.

I hope a pack of wild Injuns steal your car.

I live in the city.  The immigrants have annihilated the Indian as a viable criminal in all but the worst parts of town, and they don't travel.

[Josquius]

I've heard whale tastes like salty beef.
So unless I'm trying to figure out what meat would have tasted like in the distant past I'm not so keen to try it (I would if someone offered me a bit though).

In norway the allowable catch is increased by hundreds of whales each year. This is because any un-hunted quota from the previous year gets carried over to the next. It started out at around 600 and is now closing in on 2000. Nobody kills that many though, but the quota balloons.

Interesting.
And I guess the hippies ignore the reasoning behind the increase and bitch about the high quotas as if this is a minimum rather than maximum quota?

They are already transferable to buyers who are licensed whalers. It's  just that the price of the whale on the open market isn't sufficient to justify the cost of going to get it and getting the license. If anything is going to end whaling is if it is opened up to free market competition, not maintained by governments to support the principle of whaling rather than permitting the activity. Nobody makes money doing this, most of the whalers today hunt as part of outsized government funded research programs which primarily serve to maintain the right right whale in the future. If it wasn't banned it would have died a natural death some time ago being reduced to a few mom and pop operations to supply the connoisseur.

Whale meat is ok, but nobody that sells it makes an effort.. 'cause the government subsidises the whole thing. 

Thats the impression I got from the Japanese, interesting I was on the right lines. It really does seem to be a national pride and not wanting to 'lose' thing.

Wouldn't it make more sense to rage against Asian and Spanish fishing practices then?  After all, whaling is harmless.

Defiantly to the Spanish.
Damn bastards.
Its shocking how anti-Europe folks don't pick up on that so much,  having our seas raped by the Spaniards was the worst thing to come from joining the EU

[The Larch]

Defiantly to the Spanish.
Damn bastards.
Its shocking how anti-Europe folks don't pick up on that so much,  having our seas raped by the Spaniards was the worst thing to come from joining the EU

[Josquius]

Nope. I really don't like what your fishermen did at all.

[clandestino]

Getting tired of listening to this retarded nonsense about Spanish fishing I've tried to check some data.

According to wiki (no, I'll not check their data, do it yourself if it pleases you) the following countries harvest more fish than Spain:

China, Peru, USA, Indonesia, Chile, Japan, India, Russia, Thailand, Norway, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Iceland, South Korea, Bangladesh, Mexico, Malaysia, Canda, Taiwan, Morocco, Argentina and Denmark.

Between Spain (848,803 tons) and the UK (669,458 tons) there are only two countries: Brazil and South Africa.

All this data is concerned about capture, not aquaculture as I suppose you don't have any problem with those.

Next time you blur some stupid prejudice at least do your homework.

Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_by_country

[Josquius]

Getting tired of listening to this retarded nonsense about Spanish fishing I've tried to check some data.

According to wiki (no, I'll not check their data, do it yourself if it pleases you) the following countries harvest more fish than Spain:

China, Peru, USA, Indonesia, Chile, Japan, India, Russia, Thailand, Norway, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Iceland, South Korea, Bangladesh, Mexico, Malaysia, Canda, Taiwan, Morocco, Argentina and Denmark.

Between Spain (848,803 tons) and the UK (669,458 tons) there are only two countries: Brazil and South Africa.

All this data is concerned about capture, not aquaculture as I suppose you don't have any problem with those.

Next time you blur some stupid prejudice at least do your homework.

Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_by_country

None of which has anything to do with the point (of the thread or the 'Darn Spaniards stole our fish' issue)

[The Larch]

Nope. I really don't like what your fishermen did at all.

And what did they do, pray tell?

[The Minsky Moment]

Nope. I really don't like what your fishermen did at all.

And what did they do, pray tell?

Oversalt the bacalao.

I propose that resources be reallocated to Ribera del Duero, Priorat, and Jumilla production; prices have gotten too high.

[Josquius]

Nope. I really don't like what your fishermen did at all.

And what did they do, pray tell?

Over fished in British waters ruining fish stocks.

[Rasputin]

Whalers vs. Greenpeace is like the Iran-Iraq War.