A grand total of ...two. And not at the scale of the Japanese. Iceland even exports whale meat to the Japanese because they don't eat enough of it. To top it off, Japan has to subsidize the "industry" (quotes used because Japan claims it's for research) because it's unprofitable.
A grand total of ...two. And not at the scale of the Japanese. Iceland even exports whale meat to the Japanese because they don't eat enough of it. To top it off, Japan has to subsidize the "industry" (quotes used because Japan claims it's for research) because it's unprofitable.
Sources:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729043-000-taxpayer...
https://www.ifaw.org/united-states/our-work/whales/which-cou...
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151203-why-do-some-countrie...