Small-Type Coastal Whaling in Japan: Report of an International WorkshopTreats in considerable detail, the entire history of whaling in Japan and the nature of contemporary coastal whale fishery. It provides a useful context for a wide range of topics which include: the organization of small-type coastal whaling, the commercial and non-commercial distribution of whale meat, the importance of whales as a source of food, social integration, and whaling culture. |
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Contemporary Japanese SmallType Coastal Whaling | 18 |
The Commercial Distribution of Whale Meat | 32 |
Whaling Beliefs and Japanese Worldview | 52 |
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Abashiri aboriginal associated Awa County Ayukawa Baird's beaked whale blubber boat owners Buddhist catch Chiba Prefecture Chikura Coastal Whaling Workshop commercial crew members cuisine dishes distribution of whale eat whale meat economic Field notes fin whale fish fishermen fishery flensers food culture gifts harpooner harvest Hokkaido hunting important involved Iwasaki Japanese STCW Japanese whaling Katsuyama kujira Kushiro landing station Large-type Coastal Whaling Minke whale offshore minke whales operated Osaka Oshika Oshika Town participants Pelagic Whaling percent pilot whales ports priest processors red meat region religious retail ritual sashimi sauce Shinto shrine Small-type Coastal Whaling social sperm whale STCW STCW boats STCW communities subsistence whaling Taiji tare temple Tokyo tourism traditional villages Wada Wadaura whale meat whale memorial rites whale products whaling boats whaling communities whaling company whaling complex whaling culture whaling grounds Whaling in Japan whaling season whaling towns whaling vessel wholesalers