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Table 1: Total mercury concentrations in cetacean products sampled by EIA in 2015.
Producer / Shop
Product
Description
Species according to
label
Origin
Purchased
from
Ajisaku
Whale rib cut
Long-finned pilot whale
18
Taiji, Wakayama
Yahoo!Jp
Ajisaku
Dried whale
Long-finned pilot whale
19
Taiji, Wakayama
Yahoo!Jp
Ajisaku
Whale collo
Long-finned pilot whale
1.7
Wakayama
Yahoo!Jp
Hakudai
Whale jerky
Baird's beaked whale
3.7
Hakudai
Stewed whale
Baird's beaked whale
0.69
Hakudai
Stewed whale
Baird's beaked whale
7.2
Coastal Japan
Yahoo!Jp
Whale jerky
Baird's beaked whale
3.2
Coastal Japan
Yahoo!Jp
Whale collo
Sperm whale
0.49
Kujiraya
Whale spare ribs
Long-finned pilot whale
13
Kujiraya
Whale collo
Long-finned pilot whale
1.3
Taiji
Yahoo!Jp
Whale collo
Toothed whale
1.5
Taiji
Yahoo!Jp
Roasted whale
Toothed whale
10
No origin info
Yahoo!Jp
Whale ham
Toothed whale
7.4
Taiji, Wakayama
Yahoo!Jp
Dried meat
Dolphin from Iwate
3.2
Iwate
Numazu
Sliced fin
Dolphin from Iwate
0.45
Iwate
Shimizu
Chopped meat
Dolphin from Iwate
1.1
Iwate
Shimizu
Dolphin
2.8
Dolphin
2.1
Dolphin meat
Dolphin
11
Intestines
Whale
10
Hiradoguchi
Yoshizen
Hiradoguchi
Yoshizen
ToreTore Ichiba
Nanki
ShirahamaIchiba
ToreTore
(Producer:
Nanki
Jutaya
Yutani
Shirahama
ToreTore
Ichiba
Shōten)
(Producer:
Nanki
Nanki Suisan)
Shirahama
Numazu
(Producer:
Ganyudo
Kaneyoshi
Gyokyo
Maruichi
Yutani Suisan)
Sokabaijo
Marumori
suisan
Food Park
Kinokuni
Taiji gyokyo
super
Taiji gyokyo
super
Food Park
Kinokuni
Dolphin stomach
meat
Dolphin stomach
meat
Hg (ppm)
Minami Bōsō,
Chiba
"off the shores
of Honshu"
Western North
Pacific
Kumano Coast
(Taiji)
Taiji, Wakayama
Taiji, Wakayama
Taiji, Wakayama
Taiji, Wakayama
Yahoo!Jp
Yahoo!Jp
Yahoo!Jp
Yahoo!Jp
Kiikatsuura
Taiji
Taiji
Kiikatsuura