In Japan at auction at the Tokyo fish market in Toyosu sold tuna for 193,2 million yen (about 1.8 million U.S. dollars)
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In Japan at auction at the Tokyo fish market in Toyosu sold tuna for 193,2 million yen (about 1.8 million U.S. dollars). Weight to go under the hammer this year’s first tuna auction was 276 pounds, reports RBC.
According to journalists, the buyer paid about 700 thousand yen (approximately 6480 us dollars ) for one kilogram of tuna, which was caught by fishermen from the Northern Prefecture of Aomori.
Happy owner of a huge fish carcass for the second year in a row was vegeliusa a chain of sushi bars Sushi Zamnai company Kiyomura.
The auction is traditionally held in early January on one of the world’s largest fish market, which in 2018 is located in the Toyosu area from Tokyo Bay.
57-year-old Japanese from the coastal village of Omagh, caught sold for a record price bluefin tuna, told the broadcaster that such a catch “dreams of every fisherman.”
Bluefin tuna – an endangered species, listed on the website of the world wildlife Fund. The weight of an adult can reach 680 kg, length – 3 m
東京の豊洲市場で５日朝、新年恒例の”初競り”が行われ、青森県の大間港で水揚げされたクロマグロが１億9000万円余りで競り落とされました。https://t.co/nnkABujIxz#nhk_news #nhk_video pic.twitter.com/DS2JKGm5E8
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