Japanese sushi chain pays $5.6m for a single bluefin tuna

A Japanese sushi restaurant bid 510 million yen for a bluefin tuna, the highest-ever price paid at the annual New Year auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

Japanese sushi tycoon pays fin-tastic record of US$3.2 million for bluefin tuna

A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record US$3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna on Monday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo’s main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.
Japan Today

'Tuna King' pays record ¥510 mil for bluefin at Tokyo auction

A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) for a giant bluefin tuna Monday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo's main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.
Silicon Valley

Pacific bluefin tuna are swimming toward sustainability

MONTEREY – International cooperation is reeling the world’s most valuable fish back from the shores of extinction. The population of Pacific bluefin tuna ascended 1,000% between 2014 and 2022, scientists learned at a conference in June. They did not ...
CNA

Bluefin tuna sells for record US$3.2 million at year-opening auction at Tokyo fish market

The pricey fish, caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, costs 2.1 million yen (US$13,360) per kilogram.
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