Japan’s essential whaling firm has launched photos displaying the primary fin whale caught commercially by its fleet in nearly 50 years earlier than it was butchered and despatched dwelling for consumption.
Japan, considered one of three international locations to hunt whales commercially with Norway and Iceland, this 12 months added the fin whale to a catch record that already contains minke, Bryde’s and sei whales.
Fin whales are the world’s second-largest animal after the blue whale.
