Huge Tuna Fetches $176K
A gigantic bluefin tuna, weighing in at 512.8 pounds, sold for roughly $176,000 today in an auction in Japan, a sum not seen in nearly a decade. It was Japan’s first tuna auction of the year—amid...
View ArticleSushi Chefs Search for Bluefin Alternatives
As bluefin gets ever closer to extinction and governments mull a ban on international trade in the prized tuna, some restaurants are taking it off the menu. Others are sticking with the old favorite...
View ArticleUS Backs Bluefin Tuna Ban
The Obama administration will endorse a full ban on the international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna, the strictest protection yet for the endangered sushi fish. Monaco proposed such a ban late last...
View ArticleAsian Nations Torpedo Shark Protection
Conservationists were left fuming yesterday after a UN conference on endangered species failed to win protection for a single marine species. Asian nations, led by Japan, defeated efforts to restrict...
View ArticleFeds Seize 881-Pound Bluefin Tuna
A Massachusetts fisherman nearly caught a fortune in the form of an 881-pound bluefin tuna, but it's now the property of the US government. A fishing boat owned by Carlos Rafael snagged the massive...
View ArticleTuna Sells for Record $736K
Japan's first tuna auction of the year generally sees millions of yen tossed around—in 2011, the top bluefin sold for 32.49 million yen, the equivalent of about $423,000. But hold on to your hats,...
View ArticleNew Japan Import: Radioactive Bluefin
Radiation from Japan's nuclear meltdown keeps hitting US shores : The latest comes in the form of the bluefin tuna, a massive fish that can top 1,000 pounds and which spawn off the coast of Japan and...
View ArticleBluefin Tuna Sells for $1.8M
If last year's record price of $736,000 seemed high for a bluefin tuna, then this year's new mark will be even harder to fathom: The owner of a Japanese restaurant chain paid $1.8 million at an annual...
View ArticleHong Kong Gov't Will Stop Serving Shark Fin
The menus at the Hong Kong's official functions just got a bit more eco-friendly. The government has announced it will stop serving shark fin at its events, and will encourage government-funded bodies...
View ArticleNew Year's Tuna Sells for $118K
It's among the biggest of Japan's many New Year holiday rituals: Early on Tuesday, a huge, glistening tuna was auctioned for 14 million yen, around $118,000, at Tokyo's 80-year-old Tsukiji market....
View ArticleAsian Nations Torpedo Shark Protection
Conservationists were left fuming yesterday after a UN conference on endangered species failed to win protection for a single marine species. Asian nations, led by Japan, defeated efforts to restrict...
View ArticleFeds Seize 881-Pound Bluefin Tuna
A Massachusetts fisherman nearly caught a fortune in the form of an 881-pound bluefin tuna, but it's now the property of the US government. A fishing boat owned by Carlos Rafael snagged the massive...
View ArticleTuna Sells for Record $736K
Japan's first tuna auction of the year generally sees millions of yen tossed around—in 2011, the top bluefin sold for 32.49 million yen, the equivalent of about $423,000. But hold on to your hats,...
View ArticleNew Japan Import: Radioactive Bluefin
Radiation from Japan's nuclear meltdown keeps hitting US shores : The latest comes in the form of the bluefin tuna, a massive fish that can top 1,000 pounds and which spawn off the coast of Japan and...
View ArticleBluefin Tuna Sells for $1.8M
If last year's record price of $736,000 seemed high for a bluefin tuna, then this year's new mark will be even harder to fathom: The owner of a Japanese restaurant chain paid $1.8 million at an annual...
View ArticleHong Kong Gov't Will Stop Serving Shark Fin
The menus at the Hong Kong's official functions just got a bit more eco-friendly. The government has announced it will stop serving shark fin at its events, and will encourage government-funded bodies...
View ArticleNew Year's Tuna Sells for $118K
It's among the biggest of Japan's many New Year holiday rituals: Early on Tuesday, a huge, glistening tuna was auctioned for 14 million yen, around $118,000, at Tokyo's 80-year-old Tsukiji market....
View ArticleMan Buys Fish for $3.1M, Expresses Some Regret
At $3.1 million it's kinda pricey—but hey, it's bluefin tuna. The owner of a Japanese sushi chain made history Saturday by dishing out the highest-ever sum for a single fish at the new year's auction...
View ArticleSomeone Just Paid $1.79M for a Dead Fish
It's an annual thing in Japan: Who will spend the big bucks on the year's first auction of a huge bluefin tuna? In 2020, the honor goes to self-dubbed "sushi king" Kiyoshi Kimura, who ABC New s reports...
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