Traditionally held on the morning of January 5, it’s a lively and dynamic event in which shouting bidders vie for giant bluefin tuna, which often fetches exceptionally high prices. This year is ...

The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market said they paid $1.3 million for a tuna on Sunday, the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi ...

A bluefin tuna caught off northern Japan fetched 207 ... It was the second-highest price paid for a single tuna in the year’s first auction since 1999. “It was by far the freshest tuna ...

Tokyo's Toyosu fish market held its first tuna auction of 2025 on January 5. The winning bidder paid 207 million yen, or about 1.3 million dollars — the second highest price on record.

Sadly, bluefin tuna remains a prized menu item in some restaurants. The sushi market keeps prices for tuna high — a single tuna sold for an astonishing $1.7 million in early 2013 — and encourages ...

In the 2019 market, rewards were at record lows. The most common price per pound was $4. Fishermen were paid $7 per pound the previous year. 1980s saw bluefin tuna prices often around or above $15 per ...

The Pacific bluefin tuna is not yet listed, but overfishing is now occurring, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Sadly, bluefin remains on the menu in some restaurants. The sushi ...

The year started off in an amazing way with a giant bluefin tuna being sold at Tokyo’s Toyosu Fish Market. Onodera Group, a famous chain of Michelin-starred sushi restaurants, bought the special ...

Bluefin tuna have been eaten by humans for centuries. However, in the 1970s, demand and prices for large bluefins soared worldwide, particularly in Japan, and commercial fishing operations found ...

Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs the Onodera Group said they paid ¥207mil (RM5.92mil) for the 276kg bluefin tuna, roughly the size and weight of a motorbike. It is the second highest price ...

A 120.8kg northern bluefin tuna landed by angler Ian Rouse in a two-hour sea battle on Waitangi Day was late on Friday still holding its place as the heaviest catch in Hawke’s Bay four-day Megafish ...

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