Kyodo Senpaku
Kyodo Senpaku, formed in 1987, is a consolidation of earlier whaling departments of Japanese fisheries. The for-profit company conducts the collection, processing and wholesale of the whale byproducts on behalf of the Institute of [Cetacean Research], in accordance with IWC Article VIII which specifically requires the byproducts to be sold and used. In 2000, it had nine vessels and its main income was $45M of fees from the institute.