【もう一つの問題： 混獲】
太地町の入り口のオブジェは、親子のザトウクジラです。
太地町の道の駅でザトウクジラの肉が売っていました。
ザトウクジラは、胸びれと尾びれが大きく、優美なフォルムをしています。
自ら人間にも近づいてくることもあります。
ザトウクジラは捕獲対象種ではないため、混獲で死亡、あるいは殺された者と思われます。
2019年、日本におけるザトウクジラの混獲は8人。
うち、5人が殺され、3人が解放されています。
先日、太地町の定置網にザトウクジラが混獲された日、隣の串本町ではミンククジラが混獲され、翌日には遺体がスーパーで売られていました。
[Another problem: Bycatch]
(Google Translate)
The object at the entrance of Taiji Town is a mother and child humpback whale.
Humpback whale meat was sold at the roadside station in Taiji Town.
Humpback whales have large pectoral and tail fins and have an elegant shape.
They may also approach humans themselves.
Humpback whales are not the target species for Japanese whaling.
Therefore, it is believed that they were killed or killed by bycatch.
Bycatch of humpback whales in Japan in 2019 is eight.
Five of them have been killed and three have been released.
The other day, the day when humpback whales were bycatch in the fixed net of Taiji Town, minke whales were bycatch in the neighboring Kushimoto Town.
The next day, the body was sold at the supermarket.
