., ▁St . ▁Vincent ▁and ▁the ▁Gren ad ines , ▁St . ▁Lu cia , ▁Domin ica , ▁Martin ique ), ▁where ▁wh ales ▁are ▁commer cially ▁h unted ▁and ▁the ▁meat ▁is ▁available ▁for ▁human ▁consumption . ▁Pil ot ▁wh ales ’ ▁strong ▁social ▁b onds ▁and ▁her ding ▁instinct s ▁make ▁them ▁prime ▁candidates ▁for ▁so - called ▁drive ▁fish eries , ▁where ▁wh ales ▁are ▁her ded ▁towards ▁shore ▁by ▁boats ▁and ▁then ▁killed ▁in ▁shall ow ▁waters . ▁ ▁Other ▁hunting ▁methods ▁include ▁hand ▁or ▁cross bow - project ed ▁har po oning , ▁and ▁small - type ▁wh aling ▁( defined ▁as ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁can non ▁mounted ▁on ▁a ▁vessel ▁below ▁a ▁certain ▁size ). ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 3 – 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁annual ▁qu ota ▁for ▁all ▁short - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ale ▁takes ▁in ▁Japan ▁was ▁ 5 0 0 , ▁a ▁large ▁proportion ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁allocated ▁to ▁the ▁drive ▁h unt ▁in ▁Ta iji . ▁Wh aling ▁documentation ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁has ▁been ▁sp or adic ▁and ▁often ▁incomplete , ▁but ▁at ▁least ▁in ▁St . ▁Vincent ▁and ▁the ▁Gren ad ines , ▁local ▁hun ters ▁have ▁taken ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 1 4 1 ▁pilot ▁wh ales ▁and ▁ 1 5 9 ▁dol ph ins ▁of ▁various ▁species ▁ann ually ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁▁▁▁ ▁C ertain ▁Japanese ▁restaur ants ▁serve ▁pilot ▁wh ale