Bluefin Tuna sells fpr $396,000 at auction

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Giant tuna sells for record price in Japan

TOKYO (AFP) – A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record 396,000 dollars in the year's first auction at the world's biggest fish market in Tokyo Wednesday amid intense pre-dawn bidding.

The 342-kilogramme (752-pound) fish -- caught off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido -- fetched a winning bid of 32.49 million yen (396,000 dollars), said an official at the Tsukiji fish market.

It was the highest such bid yet, topping the previous record of 20.02 million yen paid for a bluefin tuna in 2001, the officials said.

A piece of "sashimi", a slice of raw fish, from the massive specimen would be estimated to sell at up to 3,450 yen at cost price, local media reported.

The fish was bought by a pair of Japanese and Hong Kong sushi restaurant owners who also made the joint top bid for a bluefin in the first auction of last year at Tsukiji, a market the size of more than 40 football pitches.

"I felt relieved," the Hong Kong sushi restaurant owner told reporters at the market, where a total of 538 bluefin tunas were sold for high prices in the pre-dawn auction.

"It's a good tuna," he said. "The high price came because overseas buyers have also been demanding tuna."

Local media said bidders from China, where the popularity of high-grade bluefin is growing, had helped push the sale price to its new record.

"The globalisation of food led to the high price," one participant said, according to Kyodo News. "This is good news that enlivens the entire market. I hope the Japanese economy will get a boost and pick up as well."

Decades of overfishing have seen global tuna stocks crash, pushing some Western nations to call for a trade ban on endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna.

Japan consumes three-quarters of the global catch of bluefin, a highly prized sushi ingredient known in Japan as "kuro maguro" (black tuna) and dubbed by sushi connoisseurs the "black diamond" because of its scarcity.
 
You can kiss this species good bye. Just what a weak fish stock needs...demand and record high prices to promote poaching and over fishing.
 
[video]http://vodpod.com/watch/4505232-i-want-to-catch-giant-tuna
 
Thats insane! I'd like to see a picture of that fish
 
You ask... You receive
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In its 396k glory
 
Hmmmm, I wonder if they want any salmon? lol
 
why so much tho,whats the big deal, why is it such a delicacy...baffling really...hope halibut doesnt go this way...holmes*

TOKYO (World News) — A giant bluefin tuna sold for 396,000 dollars on this year’s first auction in the world’s largest fish market in Tokyo on Wednesday at dawn bidding.

It was reported that the fish weighing 342 kg was caught in the vicinity of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido and offered up to 32.49 million yen (396,000 dollars), said an officer at the Tsukiji fish market.

It is the highest bid value, larger than the previous record of 20.02 million yen worth of which also paid for bluefin tuna in 2001, an officer said.

“Sashimi”, types of food from raw fish of a giant fish is expected to be sold up to 3450 yen as an initial price, write your local media.

Fish is bought by a pair of sushi restaurant owner from Japan and Hong Kong are also made joint bids for other blue fin tuna on last year’s first auction at the Tsukiji fish market is an area of more than 40 football fields.

“I feel relieved,” a Hong Kong restaurant owner told reporters in that market, where a total of 538 bluefin tuna are also sold at high prices in the auction dawn.

“Tuna is good,” he said. “Prices are high because foreign buyers also want the tuna.”

Local media said the bidders from China who are experiencing added demand for bluefin tuna species participate boost the selling price until it reaches a new record.

“Globalization of food triggers higher prices,” a participant said according to Kyodo news agency. “This is good news that turn the entire market. I hope the Japanese economy can also be encouraged and increased.”

The period of excessive fish poaching has dropped the price of global tuna, sparked some western countries to conduct trade restrictions on Atlantic bluefin tuna is rare.

Japanese consume three-quarters of bluefin tuna caught in the world, the material of high priced sushi in Japan and is known as “Kuro maguro” (tuna black) and referred to sushi lovers as “black diamonds” because of its rarity.

SD..... I hear the live cod market over there is worth some bengies
 
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