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The highest auction price since comparable records began in 1999 was 333.6m yen in 2019 for a 278kg bluefin. It was paid by self-styled Japanese "Tuna King" and sushi restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura.
The Onodera Group paid 114 million yen for the top tuna last year. But the highest ever auction price was 333.6 million yen for a 612-pound bluefin in 2019, as the fish market was moved from its ...
A 608-pound bluefin tuna that was auctioned for 207 million Japanese yen (about about 1.3 million U.S. dollars). Sushi restaurant operator Onodera Group bought the fish at the first tuna auction ...
Atlantic bluefin tuna have been recorded at up to 680 kg (1,500 lb) in weight, and rival the black marlin, blue marlin, and swordfish as the largest Perciformes. Throughout recorded history, the Atlantic bluefin tuna has been highly prized as a food fish.
The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) (or "tunny" as it was known in Britain at the time) is a large and powerful fish, arguably the strongest fish in the world, which is frequently the target of big-game fishermen. Off the Yorkshire coast in that era various records were made (including a world record) for size of tunny caught with rod ...
Atlantic bluefin tuna, the largest member of this genus, can grow to 15 feet (4.6 m) long and weigh up to 1,500 pounds (680 kg). All tunas are extremely strong, muscular swimmers, and the yellowfin tuna is known to reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) when pursuing prey.
TOKYO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million for a bluefin tuna in the year's first auction at Tokyo's new fish ...
The site features information, photos, blog posts and multimedia stories about the bluefin tuna. Pew Charitable Trusts, new data (1/2013) shows that the population of Pacific bluefin is a small fraction of what it used to be, and is in danger of all but disappearing, – actually the Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population is down over 96%