• h3doublehockeysticks [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Do we have any experts in the fishing industry on lemmy? Is whaling really that profitable? Because it’s weird to go back on something like whaling if it isn’t profitable. Like I know the Japanese are subsidizing it heavily as a point of national pride, but that can hardly be the issue here.

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      1 year ago

      I’m currently reading Moby Dick and that book goes over the entire process of harvesting a whale. Even then they started it wasn’t necessarily profitable but the versatility of the whale s resources were went they are harvested. I also heard the meat sucks.

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      1 year ago

      I could be wrong, but I thought the only reason Japanese whaling wasn’t profitable is that it’s for “research” so it can’t be for profit, and also all the physical harassment from “eco terrorist” groups.