WHALE STEAK AS MEAT

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24741, 5 December 1945, Page 10

WHALE STEAK AS MEAT

NUTRITIVE QUALITIES COMMENDED

. In .tius protein-starved world of todaw it would seem to be a duty to specia! efforts to prevent this and other formerly scrapped products from going to waste,’’ says Mr A. E Kefford Chief Inspector of Fisheries! when discussing _ the food value of w A ie r T ieat * n his' anual report. Preliminary experiment in canning was made at the Picton sardine factory. he reports. A sample tin had for nutritional factors 5? Nutrition Research Department of , th P Medical School, Those who- tasted the pack reported that “it tasted good—just like ordinary steak,” a verdict which Mr Hefford says he can corroborate from a trial made by his family and himself on canned whale-steak many years ago. ..The estimate was that there were three tons of meat suitable for canning on each whale carcase. An average seasonal yield of more than 200 tons of very good nourishment would be. provided. In the 1944 whaling season, 88 humpback whales were caught by the Marlborough Sounds whalers. th e production being 440 tons of oil and 100 tons of by-products, such as steamed bone and meat.