"H$(D??(Bvid A. Falch" <decoy@tele2.no> wrote:
>I can tell you that whale meat is *not* a common food in Norway. Let me put
>it this way... We are one of only a few countries in Europe where whale meat
>is eaten at all, so in comparison to the world, it is common in Norway. Put
>in a perspective of meals per person however, not at all.

That *has* to be true, given the population of Norway and the
small number of (small) Minke whales harvested.

On the other hand...  There are about 3500 Inupiat people living
here in Barrow.  They are allocated 22 Bowhead whales per year.
They like to catch young whales about 40-45 feet in length,
which is about 80,000 pounds per whale.

If that is only 50% food (I don't know what the actual
percentage is, and am trying to be conservative), that would be
40,000 pounds of food per whale.

  40,000 * 22 / 3500  is about 250 pounds per year per Eskimo!

That would be something like 2/3rds of a pound per day average for
every Eskimo in town.

Now, it is safe to say that whale meat is commonly eaten in
Barrow, eh?

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Floyd L. Davidson           <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                         floyd@barrow.com