In addition, the whale meat from the byproducts of the scientific whaling, distributed for non-profit use, have been used in school lunches, and such use of the meat is beginning to increase, reflecting oversupplies of whale meat ("Use of whale meat in school lunches is increasing: Such use of whale meat has been "restored" in more than 100 schools," February 14, 2006, the Sankei Shimbun).
ほか、公益用として流通した調査捕鯨副産物は学校給食でも利用され、鯨肉のだぶつきを反映しての消費拡大政策もあり、広がる傾向を見せている(「広がる鯨肉給食4都府県100校以上で"復活"」産経新聞2006年2月14日)。