What is the real reason for Japanese fishing?

When I was in Japan, I saw whale meat in a revolving sushi restaurant. Compared with other sushi, whale meat is bloodier. The price is 3-4 times that of other single sushi. Out of curiosity, the author tasted one and felt that the taste was not "delicious". The key is to have a strong "hard to swallow" emotion during eating. This sentiment is not to say that whale meat is not delicious, but to know the sensitivity of eating whale meat and its international controversy. The author is very sad at the thought of the bloody whaling scene. Of course, the author still ate one and will never eat it again.

Japan kills whale meat for the declared "scientific research", but it catches 850 minke whales, 50 fin whales and 50 humpback whales almost every year. The outside world questioned whether it is necessary to catch so many whales for the purpose of scientific research.

First: In fact, the main purpose of Japanese whales is to "eat". In this regard, the general rhetoric of the Japanese government is that eating whale meat is a tradition of the Japanese since ancient times.

This sentence is not bad. That's true.

As early as the Japanese Historical Records, it was recorded that "whale meat was offered to Emperor Jimmu in 7 12 AD". It can be seen that it has a long history of eating. From 65438 to 0606, the Japanese began to catch whales that swam to Kumano Beach in the northwest Pacific Ocean in an organized way, which opened the first page of Japanese whaling history.

After World War II, Japan was short of food, mainly pork and beef, so whale meat became a substitute. According to the records of Japan Fisheries Agency, the whale meat production in Japan was about 6.5438+0.38 million tons in 65438+0.958, and reached 226,000 tons in 65438+0.962, almost doubling. At that time, the Japanese people's feeling of whale meat was "a substitute for beef and pork", and it was not synonymous with high-end food as it is now.

Whale meat has entered every aspect of Japanese society, and has also been served on the school table, becoming an important source for students to obtain protein. However, with the rise of international environmentalists in the 1980s and 1990s, the killing of whale meat in Japan became the material accused by the international community. Some Japanese people realized the importance of whales in the earth's environment and began not to eat whales. Even so, in today's Japanese society, whale meat can still be easily seen in restaurants or high-end restaurants. After all, you can't shut everyone up.

This is the aspect of "eating".

Second, Japan is still killing whales today for "profit"

By killing whales, Japan has formed its own marine fishery power, covering an entire industrial chain such as marine fishing, seafood processing, transportation, distribution and consumer terminals.

The main whaling producing area in Japan is Taiji Town, Wakayama Prefecture. It is said that hundreds of whales are decomposed in the local area every year. Most of the more than 3,500 local residents make a living from this industry, and they are proud of the whaling culture that has been passed down to this day. Every September, the local "Whale Killing Festival" is held. An American documentary film crew once came here to shoot local whaling scenes. The blue water was dyed red by the blood of the whale that was killed at once, and the cries of whale companions resounded through the sky. The American documentary filmed it as Dolphin Bay, and the scene of blood-stained forest once triggered protests from the international community headed by Australia. However, local residents believe that their history and culture have been distorted by western media.

Japanese society is still unable to cut off the entire industrial chain of whales from hunting to dining table. The Japanese government will not easily deprive the local culture and rice bowl. Under the strong protests of the international community every year, the Japanese government can only use the rhetoric of "scientific research" and "tradition" to cover up its true thoughts.

This involves the third word "person"

Third: arrogance.

Japan has always been a country famous for attaching importance to environmentalism, and also attaches great importance to the "harmony" between human development and nature, but only in the case of whales, the Japanese government can't achieve "harmony".

In fact, students familiar with Japanese history know that today's environmentalism in Japan is the result of the natural development of economy and society, and people's consciousness is accompanied by the natural development of economic prosperity. Historically, in the eyes of China people, the Japanese were a "barbaric country" that ate raw meat. I just didn't expect that hundreds of years later, sushi and sashimi, as representatives of Japanese "healthy food", began to be popular all over the world.

The ocean is the lifeline of Japan. Japan ignores the protests of the international community and hunts whales without authorization, which is also its own dual application of international marine and fishery laws and regulations. When it is in its own interest, it becomes a fighter to defend the earth. When it is not in your own interests, it is said to be traditional and scientific research.

At present, China is returning to the ocean. The ocean is also the lifeline of China. However, the Japanese government is fanning the flames everywhere, exaggerating the description of China's maritime strategy as an international threat.

Whether in the South China Sea or the East China Sea, Japan has intervened everywhere to create opposition. China people should pay attention to this arrogance.