Sushi Name and Shame Game

這是刊登在今期的NS的。可惡的日本，我就說不是研究了，可憐的鯨魚。。。

Sushi Name and Shame Game (New Sientists No2599 P.6)

If you're an American sushi friend, you may have a moral dilemma on your hands. Chances are the sushi you eat comes from a company that sells whale meat. True World Foods, the largest supplier of sushi in the US, buys frozen fish from Kyokuyo, based in Tokyo, Japan, which also sells and distributes whale.

On Tuesday the Environmental Investigation Agency, a lobby group based in London and Washington DC, called for True World Foods to persuade its Japanese partner to stop profiting from whaling.

"True World Foods will realise its customers don't want it to be linked with whaling in any way," says Clare Perry, an EIA investigator.

Last year, in an apparent attempt to distance itself from the industry, Kyokuyo sold its shares in a whaling company that carries out "scientific" whaling under licence from the Japanese government. It remains a major retailer and distributor, though, says EIA. Kyokuyo-branded whale meat can be found for sale online.

New Scientist asked True World Foods to comment, but the company, which supplies more than 6000 restaurants across the US, had not replied as we went to press.

The EIA report says that since Kyokuyo was founded in the 1930s, it has profited from the deaths of more than 130,000 great whales, including more than 10,000 since commercial whaling was banned 1986. Kyokuyo also sells whale meat from the Southern Ocean sanctuary, established by the International Whaling Commission. Meanwhile, Japan's whaling fleet is preparing for this year's expedition.