And after that, Japan just kept on whaling and selling whale meat.

那之后，日本仍在继续捕鲸并出售鲸鱼肉。

Whale meat could be used to feed the masses.

鲸鱼肉可以喂饱一大批人。

Amos knows that Greenland sharks are partial to whale meat.

阿莫斯知道格陵兰鲨鱼喜欢吃鲸鱼肉。

The whale meat was auctioned in Tokyo and sold for record prices.

鲸鱼肉在东京拍卖，并以创纪录的价格售出。

And what about whale meat — was that ever a significant part of the American diet?

那么鲸肉呢？它曾经是美国饮食的重要组成部分吗？

It's not a huge demand for whale meat in Norway.

挪威对鲸鱼肉的需求并不大。

But, Alabaster says, the overall amount of whale meat consumed, even in Japan, is very small.

但是，阿拉巴斯特说，即使在日本，鲸鱼肉的消费总量也非常小。

As for the meat: well, Americans never took to whale meat.

至于肉：嗯，美国人从不吃鲸鱼肉。

When we as kids had whale meat served by our mothers, we didn't like it very much.

当我们还是孩子的时候，我们不太喜欢母亲提供的鲸鱼肉。

The fact is, there isn't much demand for their whale meat — in Norway, or elsewhere.

事实上，无论是在挪威还是其他地方，对鲸鱼肉的需求并不大。

He said: A country that does not preserve its food culture has no future. He also promoted the health benefits of whale meat.

“一个不保护饮食文化的国家是没有未来的。”他还宣传了鲸鱼肉对健康的好处。

Whale meat was never really a product as such.

鲸鱼肉从来都不是真正的产品。

But soon enough, whale meat did become more valuable, at least in some places.

但很快，鲸鱼肉确实变得更有价值，至少在某些地方是这样。

That's good news if you eat whale meat.

如果你吃鲸鱼肉，那是个好消息。

Since there's not much demand for whale meat, or whale oil, why is there still any whaling in Norway?

既然对鲸肉或鲸油的需求不大，为什么挪威仍然存在捕鲸活动？

What about the price of whale meat over the past few years?

近几年鲸肉价格怎么样？

Like I said: not much demand for whale meat these days.

就像我说的：现在对鲸鱼肉的需求不多。

Jay Alabaster says that whale meat now gets maybe one-third, or even less, the price it used to sell for.

杰伊·阿拉巴斯特说，现在鲸鱼肉的价格可能是以前售价的三分之一，甚至更少。

There just isn't much demand for whale meat, it turns out, and even less for whale oil.

事实证明，人们对鲸肉的需求并不多，对鲸油的需求就更少了。

But there was a problem: just as whale meat became a critical component of Japan's recovery, the world was running out of whales.

但有一个问题：正当鲸肉成为日本经济复苏的重要组成部分时，世界上的鲸鱼正在耗尽。