jap whalers have packed it in, page-8

whalemeat is also going international....a California Sushi Bar was selling it
http://www.mywhaleweb.com/?p=4706

And still plenty stored in japan...

"Japan's mighty whale mountain
In terms of mercury, surplus is a healthy sign

By ROWAN HOOPER (dated Sept 2010)

It's enough to make members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society choke on their tofu burgers. Stocks of frozen whale meat in Japan have reached 4,000 tons ? that's 4 million kg.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fe20100912rh.html

You're right, oorain...the Japs are going off it, but its now being sold to other countries, such as South Korea.