Yea wild-hunted venison is probably a much better comparison, I'd probably agree that whale meat is better for the environment then farmed meat but ultimately you have to account for scale. It would be impossible for the world to live on whale meat alone, much like it would be impossible for the world to live on fish, or non-farmed crops. It's good to have a variety of food sources both for culinary enjoyment as well as food security and sustainability.

[–] Squids@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I'd also add to the discussion that the reason why Norway (and I think Iceland too) eat it as "tradition" isn't because it's some sacred animal or traditional or something, it's because up until very recently both countries were dirt poor and neither country is particularly great when it comes to arable land that you can grow veggies or animals on. Whale is a physically big source of red meat that lives not that far off the coast, and has tons of other uses besides food too. They're also small countries so using them as a food source isn't that damaging (hell I'm pretty sure out of the entire Norwegian fishing industry the whaling part is probably the least environmentally destructive part of it)

Also grilled whale is like, really nice. It's like if tuna was a red meat.