30年來日本首次舉行鯨魚肉拍賣

30年來日本首次舉行鯨魚肉拍賣

Whale meat auctions have been held in different areas of Japan after it officially resumed commercial whaling this week.

日本本周正式恢復(fù)商業(yè)捕鯨后，鯨肉拍賣在日本各地舉行。

Japanese whaling ships set sail on Monday morning (local time), a day after the country left the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the country's Fisheries Agency said.

日本漁業(yè)機(jī)構(gòu)表示，日本捕鯨船在離開國際捕鯨委員會一天后，于當(dāng)?shù)貢r間周一上午啟航。

The withdrawal came after the IWC rejected Japan's proposal in September to resume commercial whaling of species believed to be abundant.

去年9月，國際捕鯨委員會拒絕了日本提出的恢復(fù)商業(yè)捕鯨的提議。

At auctions on Thursday (local time), some whale meat reportedly sold for nearly NZ$140 per kilogram.

據(jù)報道，在當(dāng)?shù)貢r間周四的拍賣會上，一些鯨魚肉以140新西蘭元（約640元人民幣）/公斤的價格售出。

Commercial whaling stopped in Japan in 1988, but in what it said were for "research purposes", the country continued to hunt whales.

1988年，日本停止了商業(yè)捕鯨活動，但該國稱其為“科研目的”，繼續(xù)捕鯨。

On Thursday, the Japan Times spoke to people taking part in an auction in the town of Taiji.

周四，《日本時報》采訪了在太極鎮(zhèn)參加拍賣的人。

"It's [the meat] higher quality, unlike that from research whaling, as they drained the blood aboard," said Taiji fishing cooperative member Yoshifumi Kai.

“他們在船上把血排干了，所以(肉)質(zhì)量更高，與科研捕鯨的肉不同。”太極漁業(yè)合作社成員吉文凱(Yoshifumi Kai)說。

"I want people to understand that whale meat tastes good," Kai told the Times.

“希望人們明白鯨魚肉味道很好。”凱接受采訪時表示。

Another unnamed man said he "couldn't wait to eat it as sashimi".

另一名不愿透露姓名的男子表示，他“迫不及待地想把它做成生魚片來吃”。