[www.keralites.net] Bluefin tuna sells for record Money

 

Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76 million.

A single blue fin tuna has sold in Japan for 1.7million dollars, almost triple the record price set last year. High bids traditionally mark the year's first auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market. Even the buyer, sushi chain owner Kiyoshi Kimura, who paid out the record price last year, said the cost was "a bit high." The sale came amid continued warnings from environmentalists that tuna stocks are dwindling and over-fished. This year's record-breaking fish was caught off north-eastern Japan and weighed in at 222kg (489lbs), some 47kg lighter than last year's prize-winner, which fetched 56 million yen, the BBC reported. The prices do not necessarily reflect quality or size and are more linked to publicity and setting the tone for the business year. (ANI)



President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura, displays a 222kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant near Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on January 5, 2013. The bluefin tuna was traded at 155.4 million yen (1.77 million USD) at the wholesale market, smashing a previous record. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO

Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, poses with a bluefin tuna in front of his sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kimura won the bid for the tuna with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai.

Kiyomura Co's employees push a cart carrying a 222 kg (489 lbs) bluefin tuna outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, won the bid for the tuna with a record of 155.4 million yen ($1.76 million) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura (C), who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, and men carry a 222kg bluefin tuna in front of his sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kimura won the bid for the tuna with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, wipes a sword as he cuts a 222 kg (489 lbs) bluefin tuna at his sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kimura won the bid for the tuna caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan, with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, cuts a 222 kg (489 lbs) bluefin tuna at his sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kimura won the bid for the tuna caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan, with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Kiyomura Co's employee holds the head of a 222 kg (489 lbs) bluefin tuna after cutting its meat at the company's sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, won the bid for the tuna caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan, with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura (C), who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, cuts a 222 kg (489 lbs) bluefin tuna at his sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kimura won the bid for the tuna caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan, with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Kiyomura Co's sushi chefs react to a part of a 222 kg (489 lbs) Bluefin tuna after cutting its meat at the company's sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, won the bid for the tuna caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan, with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Guests look at tuna sushi made from a 222 kg (489 lbs) bluefin tuna at a sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, won the bid for the tuna caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan, with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A woman eats a tuna sushi made from a 222 kg (489 lbs) bluefin tuna at a sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo January 5, 2013. Kiyomura Co's President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, won the bid for the tuna caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan, with a record 155.40 million yen (1,762,700 USD) at the fish market's first tuna auction this year. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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