In the small-scale whaling business, it has been traditional custom that whale meat is allotted to each worker engaged in hunting whales as a kind of material compensation, and use of the meat through such custom is still existing in some areas.
なお、小型捕鯨業では、伝統的に捕鯨従事者への一種の現物支給として鯨肉分配がされる習慣があり、現在でも一部でそうした利用が継続している。