David @ Tokyo
Perspective from Japan on whaling and whale meat, a spot of gourmet news, and monthly updates of whale meat stockpile statistics10/14/2007
Whale meat stockpile update - August 2007
(MS Excel, PDF formats, whale meat classification = #35)
I'm having technical issues, so this update is going to brief...
August 2007 outgoing stock: 502 tonnes
502 tonnes is 64% of the figure for August 2006.
August 2007 incoming stock: 1,044 tonnes
1,044 tonnes is also down on the figure for August 2006. The majority of this influx is the meat by-product of the JARPN II cruise, which concluded it's offshore component in the middle of August.
August 2007 end-of-month stockpile: 3,858 tonnes
The figure of 3,858 for August end is 73% of the volume held in stock at the same time in 2006.
Graph: Annual volumes
YTD incoming stock made a bit of a comeback in August, but is still a few tonnes behind YTD outgoing stock for 2007.
(2007 YTD outgoing: 5,758 tonnes)
(2007 YTD incoming: 5,723 tonnes)
YTD outgoing stock will most probably pull away over the last 4 months of the year.
Graph: Monthly stockpile movements
Stocks up in August, but it still appears that come February 2008 stocks will be at their lowest levels for at least a couple of years.Graph: 12-month moving averages
The outgoing stock average (12-month) remains more than 100 tonnes above the incoming average, so will have to continue it's downward trend (slowly though, I imagine).It is possible that it'll remain above the incoming average until early next year when the JARPA II cruise returns. Having a stockpile makes this possible.
Graph: Regional whale meat stockpiles
Ishinomaki and Kushiro stockpiles are net gainers in recent times, while Tokyo stocks have dropped by more than half in just a couple of months.
September figures will be released on November 12. I'll bring you another update shortly thereafter.
Labels: stockpile figures
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http://www.icrwhale.org/gpandsea-geiken435.htm
Y/H(Japan)
: 12:37 amThanks for your message. I'm fine, now happily married, but a little busy these days...
I did also have time to find the new article at ICR's page last week. I haven't read it all yet, but it is good reading for the extra information it provides.
それに、肝心の捕鯨再開ですが、日本では最近政治的な混乱が続いたせいか、捕鯨政策を進めるにはあまり良い時期じゃないみたいですね。アイスランドはせっかく商業捕鯨も再開したのに、鯨肉の国際貿易を再開したとすると、政権が海外からの批判を招くことになるんで、それを避けたいだろうと思います。日本もなんらかの形で「商業捕鯨」を再開することを期待していたのですが、もう少し時間がかかりそうですね。安定した政権が捕鯨再開にとって重要な材料みたいです。
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