55,700 Dollars for Bluefish Tuna
Fishermen across the globe are driving the Bluefish Tuna towards extinction, making the first tuna auction of 2008 a record-breaker for Japan:
A Hong Kong sushi restaurant owner Saturday paid a record 55,700 dollars for a massive bluefin tuna in the first auction of the year at the world’s largest fish market in Tokyo, an official and media reports said.
The 276-kilogram (607-pound) bluefin tuna — caught off Japan’s northern region of Aomori — sold for 6.07 million yen (55,706 dollars) or 22,000 yen (about 202 dollars) per kilo, an official at the Tsukiji fish market said.
The final price was a record for Japan and nearly two million yen more than the previous year, he added.
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The Tsukiji market sold a total of 2,904 bluefin tuna or 176.6 tonnes Saturday, down from 3,268 or 178.6 tonnes at last year’s opening auction.
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