754-pound tuna sells for $400,000

upi ^ | Jan. 5, 2011

[JoeProBono]

TOKYO, - The first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market saw a 754-pound blue fin tuna sell for nearly $400,000.

The blue fin tuna, a species highly regarded for sushi making, was purchased Tuesday by a joint bid from a Tokyo restaurant and a Hong Kong sushi chain, the BBC reported Wednesday.

The fish, which was caught off the Japanese island of Hokkaido, was one of 500 to be sold in the fish market's first auction of the year Tuesday.

Tsukiji market traders said the price of tuna has been rising due to increased Chinese demand for sushi and tightened restrictions put in place due to overfishing concerns.

[JoeProBono]

[Sacajaweau]

What...His wife wouldn’t let him put it on the wall??

[Sacajaweau]

Whoops....forgot....paper walls..

[GeronL]

I guess the good stuff doesn’t get canned?

[JRios1968]

I guess the good stuff doesn’t get canned?

Sorry, Charlie

[Lazlo in PA]

I'm glad he found a new gig. But in Japan?

[hosepipe]

Wonder how many eggs that tuna would have generated(each year)?..

[hosepipe]

i.e. meaning baby tunas...

[GSWarrior]

This story doesn’t pass the smell test.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

12,064 ounces for $33.13 an ounce. Include bones, organs and waste in that price.

Insane.

Consider that slaughter cattle in the U.S. runs about 7 cents an ounce on average.

[wardaddy]

why is the two blind lesbians joke first thing in my dirty mind?

[TheCipher]

I wonder how much they'd give for this 500 lb whale ?

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Insane.”

You want insane? A Rod makes $40,000 per at bat.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

This story is a little fishy.

[italybub]

I know when I was Black Cod fishing in AK, our entire catch went to Japan, they would pay top $$$.

[JoeProBono]

[Allegra]

You can tune a piano, but can you tune a fish?

I'm sorry....I got nothin'.

[subterfuge]

Tuna is becoming a scarce commodity, relatively speaking. It’s no wonder at those prices.

[JoeProBono]

Sablefish This fish is also known as a Black Cod. This is a much sought after commercial species

[JoeProBono]